Oh My Goodness...has it really been that long??

Oh Dear, it's been nearly two months since my last blog post...WOW!
I guess I have been busy sewing for Squeeky Cheeks and trying to get my site organised and stocked! Check it out @ www.squeekycheeks.com.au !! I am still working on the site as I'm not yet 100% happy with it. I have a new logo for my business now, so I need to update the site with it.
I have also been spending WAY too much time on FaceBook...that place is addictive!! I have set-up a fanpage for SqueekyCheeks...Check it out and become a 'liker', I'd love to see you there!! www.facebook.com/squeekycheeks

Sewing wise, I have been sewing Crayon rolls for a Charity called 'Backpacks 4 Aussie Kids', here is just a few of the ones I have made so far:

they are so easy to make so are great to do when I don't feel like thinking too much!!

Anyway, that's just a fraction of what I've been doing, I will post again soon with some more pics of my creations...

A Quiara for Ella

Yesterday, I made up this top for Ella. My first ever 'Farbenmix' pattern. I wasn't too happy with it while I was making it and I was sure it was going to be WAY too big for her. BUT, now it's finished, I am happy(ish) with the finished article.

The fabric is from Spotlight and it's not good quality at all.
Ella is delighted with it though and that's the main thing...
It is a very nice pattern and easy to make up, I will definately be making more.

Please excuse the blue pants, pink gumboots and scruffy hair...she had just got home from school!!

This is what you get when you stuff up an embroidery!!

Doing some embroidery yesterday and was going great till I got this one off the machine. I had caught the 'wing' of this nappy cover underneath and it got sewn onto the bottom. I was so disappointed and just had to laugh or I would have cried! Luckily, I was making it for Harry anyway, so was just going to bin it and start again.

Anyway, Mum is visiting at the moment and when I showed her, she said why not just cut it off and add a bit on...SO I did.
I'm actually really pleased with the finished product.

I'ts kinda 'tacked on' but I don't think it looks too silly.

So...Do I jump???

Saw this little guy in the overflow of our tank last night...I wonder how he got up there!
It's only about 2 metres from the ground!

May Sewing Challenge

I'm going to have a go again at the 12 months, 12 sewing challenges challenge for May...I missed a couple of months.

This month is ZIP month. I really have no idea what I'm going to do. I have Hubby's Jacket that needs a new zip put in AGAIN! I replaced it last year and now it's gone again...grrr...AND it's not just a little one, it's 30 inches long, open ended! I'm not sure though if that will qualify.

Maybe I will make a knitting bag for the knitting I have in the car. At the moment, it's just sitting in the console. I have it there as something to do when I have to wait for the bus in the arvo after school. It's just a dishcloth but it's something I can simply pick up and away I go, I don't have to think about it much. A nice little bag to put it in would be great.

Locusts...

EEEEEEWWWWWW!!! They are disgusting.

Walking across this paddock, the noise is amazing, they flit up and woosh they're off...millions of them...They are doing damage too. There are patches where they have eaten it down to bare dirt.

Knitted Dish Cloth

My dishcloth had enough the other day and has now gone to where all good dishcloths go, to that great dishcloth Heaven in the...ummm...well, let's just say it's gone (Don't want to go upsetting anyone!!)
So...I decided to make a new one...I'm really pleased with the end product and will be making many more, I think!
I'm no pattern composer, but, the pattern is simply:
Cast on 46 stitches
Knit 3 rows
k3, (k5,p5) rep until 3 sts remain, k3
Repeat for 5 rows
k3, (p5,k5) rep until 3 sts remain, k3
Repeat for 5 rows
Keep alternating in rows of 5 until desired length is achieved.
Knit 3 rows to finish and cast off.
There you have it.

Now it's a shame to have to use it, but that's what I made it for isn't it!!