Craft Room

I am so loving the Craft Room. Wednesday night I arrived with two projects both that I had heaps of questions on. The ladies were full of advice and ideas. I learned how to finish my crochet with a scalloped edge and unfortunately had to unravel a very long knitting project. I've found a solution to the knitting and I couldn't be happier with the crochet. I am so impressed with the knowledge and the skills of these ladies, I have a feeling my sewing and knitting are going to improve immensely if I can continue to sponge off this amazing group! Next up I think I am going to get some advice from this lady on how to make hexagons...I just can't stop thinking about them...she was hand stitching them all through Wednesday night...-kb

Scout's Baptism

Scout was baptised on Sunday. Following the service we held a big party at our house. Last week I spent ages sewing her dress. Silk with a lace trim, puffed sleeves, fully lined...reminder a 4 month old has tiny arms, most of the lace and the arm holes were sewing on by hand as was the lining. The silk raveled like crazy to be honest it was a bit of a nightmare, if it weren't for sheer determination I think I would have have thrown it out just after I cut the fabric! All of that being said, I love the dress it came out perfect.

So many friends and family joined us, one of the best parties we've ever had. The house was full of white flowers, we had pink cupcakes and triangle sandwiches...and Scout wore her dress the entire day, after all of that work I wasn't about to take it off! -kb

A day in the city

Friday I ventured into the city for a few errands with Scout in tow. I took her to some of my favorite spots including Tiffany, Prada and the Strand Arcade for some serious window shopping. She was all smiles and loved checking out all the sounds and colors. We lunched at the David Jones Food Hall (love that place) and browsed through endless Japanese sewing books at Kinokuniya. It was our first mother daughter shopping trip to the city, I had a blast, she was amazing and I can't wait for all the adventures like this we will share in the future. We came home with 3 books, the rest of the day was just browsing. I thought there was nothing as great as shopping with your mom, but now I have shopping with my daughter. (picture of "scout" tee from holly loves finn (hollylovesfinn@optusnet.com.au) -kb

More lounge pants

My good friend Jen celebrated her birthday with a fantastic party over the weekend. As I am so in love with my lounge pants I thought they would make the perfect gift. Used fabric from my trip to Western Australia (2 meters down, 58 to go!) and scraps to tie a bow on the bag. She loved them. -kb

Lounge Pants

I made these lounge pants from the Amy Butler In Stiches book a few weeks ago. I modified slightly by making a really big cuff at the bottom, used fabric from my stash, Amy Bulter as well. Right after taking this photo I actually told my husband I would wear these everywhere if it were socially acceptable to wear pajamas in public. Needless to say I love these pants, the fit and the fabric are perfect. -kb