Mathilda's Market

We're going coastal!
Yes, I thought a little sea change would be nice, so I'm going to be selling my quilty wares at the Mathilda's Market in Geelong on the 2nd November.

Here's a sneak peak of a couple of works in progress...
(My favourite local talented ladies at Maze & Vale and Umbrella Prints feature heavily as usual!)

A little bit of news (and a play dough kebab)

As alluded to previously, here's a little sharing of some family news...



**Apologies if you've already seen this on Facebook or a snippet on instagram**

Trying to stay positive...

On a day where I'm feeling fairly depressed about our nation's new Government and what lies ahead, I'm just trying to stay positive.

After all, I have fresh runuculus beside my bed, we had safe and calm elections (and I have lived in countries where this is not the case), my community of friends, family and neighbours is loving, compassionate, inclusive and we can indeed make a positive difference in our own lives and the lives of those around us.
And there are exciting times ahead in our own little family!! (more on this shortly...)

Fun, quirky and... bright

I received a commission a little while back from a lovely lady, asking if I could make a king-single sized quilt for her soon-to-be two year old daughter, Kate. It was to go on her new big girl bed in her new room. The request was for bold colours, not too matchy matchy, fun and quirky and, well... bright.

It's the largest quilt I've made to date, and there were a few challenges along the way, but I had fun with it and learnt a few new tricks and am so happy with how it's turned out. And so are its new owners... I dropped it off in person and took a few snaps of it in its gorgeous new room (though the first few below are on my own bed). Happy birthday Kate!

(As usual, there's a few fabrics from some of my favourite local fabric makers including Umbrella Prints and Maze & Vale)

One for baby Finn..

It's been a while since sharing some quilt pictures here, so here's a few of a little one that went off to some beautiful friends who brought their first child - little Finn - into the world a few weeks ago. We love you Finn...

(yes, there is actually a small child in that last photo).

holiday snaps.

So it's a freezing, windy and rainy in Melbourne today. And I've been looking through our recent holiday photos to remind myself that somewhere in this rather large country of ours, it's warm and sunny. It doesn't necessarily make me feel better about being back in winter, but it does give me a little dose of sunshine, plus some lovely memories! We had a wonderful time up in Northern Queensland... just the refreshing little break we were needing. Daintree rainforest-ing, Barrier Reef-ing, Butterfly sanctuary-ing, resting, reading, swimming, awesome playground-ing etc etc.
(p.s. and no, that cable car did not worry me one. little. bit.)

Music Monday #13

Last night as I watched Leo dancing around his grandparents' lounge room, I thought... "his dance style looks strangely familiar, it reminds me of something".

And then it came to me...