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white

the sky is white with rain clouds today and it hasn’t stopped pouring since last night. there’s a puddle forming at my front gate with a swirly reflection. not sure what happened to summer, but its great for my pot plants.

surprise

A lovely surprise when I logged on this morning to see I have been included in a Treasury with some gorgeous items. Thank you Vanilla Pixie! I am having problems getting a screen shot and have to run off to work . . so heres some pics of my recent present making instead.

small purses for the neices to be filled with chocolate money for christmas

a sweet faced rabbit in mauve flowers for my god-daughters 2nd birthday

a couple of soft christmas trees, one pre-bell, for a couple of good friends

tidy

I finally managed to sort out my Granny’s scrap box into some sort of order, now I just have to add my lovely Aunt’s wonderful contribution. I think I need more shelves!

trees

My Christmas decorations went up on Sunday after running around looking in every cupboard for them, and I decided to make these little soft trees following Stephanie Congdon Barnes easy pattern. I love all the different styles as seen here in this flickr group. And that is a dark pink felt as I couldn’t find any red!

local

I made all these this morning in a sewing purse frenzy, and they have all been purchased by a brand new gorgeous shop in Northcote called ‘The Local Shop’. So my first time supplying to a retail store! They are so new there’s no web link, but they are at 262 High Street, Northcote.

All of my purses have lovely linings . . I thinks its a treat to open your purse and see something different.

jingle birds

Two more birds but this time I added a bell inside for a soft jingle.

And some pics of my garden, happy to see some flowers in bloom.

baubles

As part of the new baby gift my friend Liz has ordered, I made these soft bell balls to go with Miss Ladybird the Rabbit. tiny happy has a great tutorial here on how to make these, I just added a bell when I was stuffing and did some extra stitching to hold the ends together.

Needless to say I did first attempt these without a pattern, and ended up with a flat version, so a new pin cushion it is!

garry

I was pleased as punch to see that Garry the rabbit made it to the front page of madeit yesterday! Exciting to think of people looking at my shop. And a lovely buyer purchased Dancing Daisy so I am thrilled she is going to a good home.

ladybird

Little Miss Ladybird the rabbit, a custom order for my friend. I’m sure she’ll be renamed by the lovely little girls she is going to, but I do like coming up with their names once they are finished.

firsts

There have been a few firsts happening lately, like my first quilt attempt. This baby quilt / play mat is for my expectant sis-in-law & brother for their first bub. I can’t wait to meet them.

I also made my first overseas sale of Petunia the rabbit to a lovely buyer in California who had this to say, “Petunia arrived today! As soon as I took her out of her (beautiful) packaging, her arms and legs flopped around which just melted my heart! 🙂“. I am thrilled to know someone loves my rabbits as much as I enjoy making them. Thank you!

And I have just set up my shop on www.madeit.com.au, yet another first for me.