Stylish Dress Book Vol 2

Oh dear - I bought the second Adult Couture Stylish Dress Book from an etsy seller - pomadour24! This is my third Japanese sewing book and I should really stop. Mostly because they just make me buy MORE fabric...

But I did buy it especially so I could make this pinafore below (the one on the left)

Cute, don't you think? Perfect for winter. I've bought a nice flecked green wool fabric to make it from  my new favourite fabric shop - The Fabric Store which is in Surry Hills, Sydney.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers Markets at Eveleigh....

c - razy!

It must be so difficult to run a market stall there - so many people, so noisy, so endless it must feel. I wonder if people have good sales there - you would think so wouldn't you? But then again, I couldn't buy a few things that I wanted because  alot of the stall holders don't have eftpos or credit card facilities. And there is no ATM!! Arghhh. You have to go there cashed up. It must really cut down on people's impulse buys. I know mine certainly were.

I did buy come lovely fabric offcuts though. I could afford those. They'll make beautiful birds....

Funny owl

I like this. Alot.
So cute and quirky....

Its by catrabbit from Melbourne Australia

WIP's and a completed project!

Some birds mid - construction.

Some are working, some are not. I have always got a few birds half finished hanging around. Sometimes I never finish them, others I rescue from impending doom.... I don't think the little linen one in the middle is going to make it! The seams are twisted and the linen is a bit of a nightmare to unpick. I'll reuse his little wings (below him) though...

And a finished project!

Doesn't this look much better now thats its stretched and mounted in an embroidery hoop? I backed it with some white leather to make sure that it was tight and not see-through. Not sure about the black ribbon though... a bit girly for me I think.

Thoughts?

ohhhh, ghostpatrol...

how wonderful is this??

it could be MINE for only AU$2000!

Oh ghostpatrol......

five faves - with meet me at mikes

I haven't played along with a meme for a little while so thought I would join Pips 5 faves from Meet me at Mikes . Here goes...


1. Eames chairs - ours are black and our home doesn't look like this... but we DO have those chairs!

2. Japanese Sewing book - "The Stylish Dress Book". Quite frankly, I'm addicted to this book and have made at least 4 things from it. All from lovely japanese fabric too! Ridiculous...

3. Hanging clothes on the washing line to dry. Love it. Especially when you take them off and they are still warm from the sun...

4. Le Chasseur cookware - we cook everything in ours  and even though I regularly burn myself on it I can't stop using it. Stove top, oven, table top. Looks good always.

5. KitchenAid. One day I'll buy myself one. One day...... soon. If only I lived in the States - these guys are US$249 over there! Compare to AU$649 - thats cheap!