Beginnings

A bit excited.

I got the latest Australian Homespun magazine yesterday and look what I found on the customer creations page ...

That's my camel!!!!!

And I'm sharing the page with another customer who has made some of Louise's gorgeous turtle softies. Yay!!

And why 'beginnings'? Well, I have just submitted my first quilt pattern to Down Under Quilts magazine. I'm hoping this is the beginning of more patterns and more magazine features.

Just a bit excited.

Andi xx

Respect

A new found respect for folks who make softies

And especially for those who write softie patterns (like you, you, you and you)

People who can imagine turning flat shapes into rounded ones

With a head, a body, a hump and four legs (albeit slightly splayed ones)

Who can help to create this kind of happiness

(Except she doesn't actually get to keep it. The toy is a gift for a camel-mad sixty year old man.)

Not sure I'll be making another one in a hurry. It was rather labour intensive.

But I do know it will be well loved.

Happy Sunday to you.
Andi xx

PS Camel pattern purchased here

Babushka needed a friend

Have a great weekend.

Andi xx

My creative space

... is soft and cuddly

... and smells delicious

Recipe from here with loads of added seeds and grains.

And here's Ella's creative space after a day off from school yesterday

At least she included a little quilt!!

Hope your space is a creative one. More spaces here.

Andi xx

I made a softie!!

And now she has a friend!

Hope you are having a happy Monday.

Andi x

My creative space.

It's my first time joining in with Kirst's Thursday fun but it won't be my last.

This week, my creative space is all about Softies for Mirabel (another first for me).

With plenty of inspiration from here and here.
I made the faces in Word (because I don't have any decent illustration programs) and printed them onto fabric sheets. The rest I just winged. She's pretty large (about 17 inches tall) and super cuddly.

I'm sure she'll be well loved by someone small.

More fabulously creative spaces here!!

Andi x

Gifts

Lots of gifts made by me recently:

Bunting to match Jonah's quilt:

Another softie using one of Karen's panels, this time for little Roni:

A soft wrap for a new baby born today (inspired by a beautiful soft wrap I spied around this delicious little person):

A bag made for a little girl turning 5. She's having a 'Baking Party':

And that same little girl's mum has a birthday in the same week and always misses out on celebrating her birthday so I made her a luscious soft scarf using my latest favourite fabrics:

And to top it all off, I received a thankyou note from Tina for her PIF gift.
It is a beautifully handmade fabric postcard:

Handmade gifts are always the best.

Don't you think?


Andi :-)

Charming birdies!!!

Some dear friends of ours are moving to live overseas next week.

I used some Prints Carming blocks to make something for each of their 2 little people to decorate their new bedroom.



Andi :-)