Sewing therapy

Been stitching! Helps me to feel better.

This quilt will be a gift for Jake's teacher after 2 years of magnificent teaching and support. Jake has come so far in the last 2 years and I give his teacher a significant chunk of the credit. We are so very grateful.

When I asked her about colours she answered that her couches were neutral coloured with red throw cushions (PERFECT!!) but then added that her bedroom was blue and yellow. "I really love blue and yellow" she added hopefully. Not so perfect in terms of the colours I like to work with but I hope I have found a combination that will work in either room.

Fabrics are mostly from Denyse Schmidt's "Picnic and Fairgrounds" range from earlier this year with a few other staples in the mix.

Attempting to channel the great Red Pepper goddess of quilting with this one. This quilt in particular!

Now on to basting and quilting. Hopefully I'll get it done soon so I can relax a little before our family birthday season is in full swing.

Happy stitching to you and yours.
Andi xx

Craft = Community

We had our local school fete last weekend and we decided to have a craft stall this year with lots of gorgeous handmade items. I put my hand up to coordinate the stall together with Maddy, another mum without a lot of crafty experience but with heaps of enthusiasm and a whole lot of style!

I knew this would be a lot of work but what I didn't expect was a wonderful community experience.

We decided to have a couple of "making days" at school where mums came along to help make items for the stall.

Some people were experienced crafters and others had never threaded a needle before.

People brought along donated materials and also donated finished items that they had knitted/crocheted/sewn/etc.

We made hair clips, hair ties, library bags, door stops, bunting, tissue cozies, wands, tooth fairy bags, button jewellery and HEAPS more gorgeous items.

But more than that, we had a lovely time, we met people we hadn't met before and we connected over the wonderful creative process!!

The day came and after a very rainy week in Melbourne, the sun gods shone on us and the weather was glorious!

The stall looked great (with a couple of PatchAndi quilts for decoration) and it was a beautiful day.

We sold most of our stock and raised lots of money for the school.

While I'm not in a hurry to get stuck into more making for the school at this stage .... come next year, I look forward to another stall with more beautiful community "making days".

How good is craft?!?

Andi xx
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I wanted to add a note to thank everyone for all your well wishes after my last post. It was so amazing to have such support from you all. I can't tell you how much I appreciated it.

The latest update is that Jake is happily back at school, my Dad is cantankerous as ever and I saw my surgeon today to get my stitches out and get the official all clear!!! 

Much relief! Moving on ....  xxx

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