Holiday fun!

Did you read the irony in the title? No? Well, I hate to say it, I am not one of those people who love the school holidays.I'm on my own with my child all day and night, and when holidays come around, IE no school and no work, we drive each other a bit batty!

It seems to be worse when she goes and has a heap of fun at someone else's house and comes home to....me. Bit of a let down, I'm guessing, if the bad behaviour is anything to go by.

So, after a write off of a morning, I suggested she play with these Hama beads. Now, I'm particularly proud of this find. 2 weeks of stalking Salvos and it was still there- all the beads, all the templates, instructions etc.

Hard to read, but the original price tag said $46.99. Not well spent for the kid who chucked them out, but well worth the $4.99 I picked them up for!

So far, solo, she has made the ostrich (called an emu, but I keep correcting her);

and made me a 'Cheeky Monkey';

and I've just come from helping her with the lion's mane and face. We've had a few cries when it gets bumped, but boy, these things are great for teaching resilience! So today, when I couldn't find the purse feet or right size template plastic for the bag I'm making, I could proudly say 'see? No point crying, doesn't find them /fix it any quicker.

And we've had some nice Mummy/kid time too.

And this pic is to show the wee girl where I put her present, the little sweetie gave it to me, too cute! With my other special things :)



What a Hoot!

A gorgeous day, people would think that knocking on the door of the wrong house would dampen it, but no, Andi's smiling face greeted us and we were welcomed in, to the house of fabric! Yep, I saw all those amazing projects, had a yummy lunch (put up with a grumpy daughter), and saw the one in particular I was interested in.....

yep, here is my fabric (made into that last quilt), It's a Hoot by MoMo. It's my Xmas pressie to Moi. Me. Bec. You get it?

 

And she threw in this charm pack, which was also in that quilt. Too gorgeous. Lots of staring at them for a while before I'm brave enough to cut into it! (It is good to know she may be teaching this quilt soon).

And what do 2 creative, patchwork and quilting lovin' chicks do when they kids

are entertain (or to entertain the kids?) Hama beads, of course!

Thanks, Andi and fam!

It's been a while...

I've been busily cleaning up and moving around furniture, but managing to do a few things new. I followed the directions here and ended up with these!

I have used most of them, they definitely go better on non stretch fabrics, oops! I'll use my sew on ones for those. Thanks, Sandra!

Little Miss has had a busy time, she is still enthralled with the beads, and produced this little piece. All. By. Herself! Pretty proud of her, what a great pattern.

The lurgy has caught up with me- I think I caught it online haha. Very sore throat and generally feeling crap, so this dessert tonight. A craving for rocket is a bit weird, but the yummy lemon and olive dressing made it yummy, hope all the vitamins help.

I cheered up a bit by watching this with the girl, trying to rest (yeah, right! Have you seen my house?). Great music!