that's not all

And just when you think that all I have been doing is baking and eating, here is a little peek at my latest W.I.P.
Of course the Utter Puffery clips and elastics are always a going concern, but I'm up to date with stock to keep people happy on that front.
I decided to make a stash busting red quilt to use up some of the plethora of red bits I have cluttering up my less-than-expansive fabric storage nook.
That's all very well and good, but I hear ya.
It's never enough!
I made these strips of red, thinking of the Stacked Coin design idea and couldn't quite handle them abutting eachother. I needed something to strip between them.
I also had no idea of how big it was going to end up or, as a friend sensibly pointed out, what I was going to do with the finished product.
So I took myself down to Amitie and laid out my long red strips on the counter, then tried out about ten different grey/black combinations, before falling in love with this gorgeous hand drawn floral look. It's not exactly black and it reminds me of chalkboard drawing.
In my opinion, it gives the red strips a zing and pop that I love!

In answer to my cynical non-crafting friend...I will drape myself in this quilt when the proper footy season starts and my Saints going marching in to glory.
So there.
I will be on the couch, wine in one hand, book in the other, looking up every now and then to cheer!

GOODBYE OLD RED..HELLO ORANGE!!

Continuing my life of procrastination.
My beloved red bag and constant companion is beginning to fray around the edges. Instead of getting stuck into the pink quilt project, I made myself a new bag.
I looked at the stash and the stash looked at me and screamed ORANGE!!
So here it is. The new bag. Same dimensions as the old one, because it worked so well. I had a stab at log cabin piecing, then went crazy. I used the pilowcase I found at the Warragul oppy, with lots of off-cuts from Nic's cushion cutting job. It's lined with polka dot orange like the gusset and a very sweet white soft cotton with red/orange flower pattern. Handles are four thicknesses for strength. Onwards orange bag.
old red and new orange
Originally uploaded by lovelybutton

RED WITH WHITE POLKA DOTS

It's very cool to have all the bits and pieces to "make stuff" at your diposal. Last week I put on a red top with white polka dots. It was from the op-shop a while back and this was it's first outing. As soon as I put it on I knew I was in a RED WiTH WHITE POLKA DOTS kind of mood.
I put on some red leggings (bad idea when your legs are like tree trunks...all the way down) and I nipped in to my crafting cubby hole and made this badge. I took a photo of it whilst wearing from above, then one by holding the camera out and pointing at myself. Bingo!