Building houses!

Building a house can be completely overwhelming at times. You have a bit of an idea whether you've picked the right tiles, colours and trims when you lay them all out on the table, but you aren't completely sure until you see the finished product.

Fortunately when making a house cushion it's a bit easier to change my mind.

 I had planned on the pom pom trim for my latest batch of house cushions.......but after attaching them all I had a change of heart. Not so easy to do that on a real house.

 This is going to be our indoor cricket pitch, runway, bowling alley, according to the kids.

 I think the house cushions look so much better with a pretty little scalloped edge and a twill trim bow.

 This is our family room which will include the kitchen, meals and lounge all looking straight through to the formal lounge.

 I love watching our new home change a little each week, it's very satisfying to see that the choices made on paper were the right choices.

 This is one half of our back veranda, a place where we'll spend many leisurely afternoons.

 I'm so please with how things are going with the house, just as I'm so pleased with how my house cushions turned out. I took this picture of them all lined up on Megan's bed head where she already had the little birdy living on a stick ...... watching over her nest.

 I know this is a slow process, but I'd rather that so the builders get it right the first time.

 A couple of these house cushions have been listed in my madeit store if anyone is looking for a bit of cuteness! 

Thanks for stopping by.


Edit: Cusions have just sold, I'll try to get a few more made soon if anyone is interested.

Where have I been spending my time.....

I never thought I'd say this but I've been having a bit of fun on Facebook lately and been a bit slack on the blogging side of things. I found it a great way to see what was going on  while I was in hospital, have a bit of fun chatting to friends, I guess the fun is still continuing.......sorry blogger I haven't forgotten you I promise!

Apart from Facebook I have been busy sewing up a storm ready for my return to Shop Handmade this week, so excited to be busy and creative again.

 I packed up two huge parcels full of Red Stitch Designs goodness, now working on filling the next few boxes to the brim.

 I've been talking to a few marketing friends about some of the bigger upcoming markets, I'd love to attend a few this season because they are so much fun and you meet the most beautiful people, but because I've had a few months off the sewing machine I'm not sure if I can pull off the amount of stock I think I'll need......but I'm sure going to give it a go, If I can't well that's just the way it is!

I'll try and blog a bit more in the future, so sorry about that!

Thanks for stopping by.

51 weeks to go!

Yay how exciting only 51 weeks to go until the London Olympics! I was supposed to share this with you a week ago when the Olympics were 1 year away, I mean it should have only taken me a few hours to complete but I ran out of steam part way into it.........so now I'm celebrating 51 weeks!

 I have a style in mind for our new house, a mix of old and new furniture with a few eclectic pieces thrown into the mix.........this cushion fits in perfectly with what I'm after. I love it so much I think I'll make it a Red Stitch Design regular when I'm up and running again.......shouldn't be too much longer.

I just want to give out a huge virtual hug to all of you who have sent me messages of support, they all mean so much and I love and appreciate every single one of them. I knew I had some special people in my life but it took something like breast cancer to realise just how special they all really are.

Love and hugs to everyone!

Yay I've finished!

This isn't Megan's quilt I've been working on, this is another smaller one I made out of all the extra fabric.

It makes me smile when I look at it knowing that the other one I'm working is going to be equally as beautiful......just three times the size!

I absolutely love everything about it and I'm going to find it hard parting with it!

I took the advice of some of my lovely readers and made a matching cushion sham, so glad I did because now it's like a complete set when on the bed.

The quilt measures 170cm x 125cm and the cushion sham measures 45cm square.

I'm really excited about doing some more of these, because as you know I plan on having them all over my new house!

I have just listed the quilt and cushion sham in my madeit store so if you're interested go check it out.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend planned, me well it'll be my sixth day straight of sport with the kids. We have had swimming lessons, swimming trials, cricket, rugby training, rugby carnival and tomorrow is cricket. I'll be so glad when lunch time Saturday comes, so looking forward to a rest or some serious sewing and maybe even a bit more blogging. So sorry for the lack of it lately....life suddenly got a little crazy!

Take care

Black Bird Cushions

Today was so nice and cool, it was an absolute joy to sit and create something without sweat dripping from my brow.

I made these four little cushions for a special order I've been working on. Loads of fun, I really enjoyed making something I haven't made for a while!

 Because these cushions are so small ( 20cm x 20cm ) I had to make the inserts to go in them.

 I also made this set of Love pears in red, I was thinking of making a few more for Valentine's Day or any time of year for that matter!

So sorry about the brightness in this picture, I don't know why it is but I can never get a nice picture of anything with red in it! These pears aren't fluro red......it's just my crap photography skills!

Thanks for stopping by.

P.S. The air-con man came and fixed my air-conditioner a short while ago! Woooohooooo!

A pretty house.

Every little girl needs a house cushion to sit on their bed, apart from looking beautiful and having a garden out in bloom all year round it's great for pretend play!

I love this little cushion.......
and I hope Chloe did too!

Have a lovely weekend!

Little Houses!

I took a break from making little Christmas hanging owl ornaments yesterday afternoon and made these cute house cushions.
I think the pink one is going to look so sweet on Megan's bed.

I've had a few good nights sleep and I'm feeling much better than I was earlier in the week, I'm even going to take the afternoon off and go so something special with Megan.......no hand stitching is coming along with me! I've come to realize that you can only do what you can do, and stressing and working myself stupid isn't part of what I had in mind!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

Black Bird Cushions

I just wanted to share a few cushions I made for my Etsy Store.
The big ones are 50cm x 35cm and the little ones are only 20cm x 20cm.

They all have a zip in the back.

The colours look great all mixed up!

I'm quite attached to these ones they look so beautiful all together.

These would go perfectly with pretty much any decor. I have just listed a couple of them in my Etsy Store......I haven't done the red ones yet, it all takes time to load them all up and my son is busting to use the computer. If you want the red ones or any combo for that matter just send me an email.

Thanks for stopping by.

My Creative Space.

For this weeks Creative Space I would like to share a little bit more of my latest obsession......cushions!

This one was inspired by one of Megan's T-shirts which had an apple on it.
And because I like apples I made this little 20cm x 20cm cushion to go with the bigger one.

Together they look like this!

This is the big one I've been working on of a night time.......it took what felt like a month to make as once again the design was totally hand stitched on. The cushion measures 60cm x 60cm so it's quite large, I think it would look great just about anywhere around the house!!

What will I put on the next cushion?

If you want to check out Kirsty and all of her creative followers head on over to Kootoyoo and say hello!

My Creative Space.

For this weeks "My Creative Space" I'm going to share a couple more silhouette cushions which I finished off yesterday. I'm having so much fun with these......the possibilities are endless, I'm even finding it hard to sleep at night, all I can think about while trying to get to sleep is my next design.

This is my Birdy cushion.
I wouldn't normally do something like a cow but I think it really works, and my husband who is a bit of a cow lover ( shorthorn specifically ) thinks it's pretty good!

All the designs are totally hand-stitched, slightly time consuming but quite effective I think. I am off to sketch my next design on paper and see how it goes.......I can't wait to get stuck into the next one!

If you want to see some more Creative Spaces head on over and say hello to Kirsty at Kootoyoo.

I LOVE THIS!!!

I started working on one of these on the weekend and had to change my game plan a little.......sooooo glad I did! I am totally smitten with the way my ampersand cushion turned out!!!

Beautiful natural coloured linen.

Just in case you were wondering the entire design was hand stitched on by moi.

Very time consuming but totally worth the effort. I even put a zipper in the back so it can be carefully hand washed!

I am working on a few more designs as we speak.......will share very soon. If you think you would like one of these let me know by email.

To end today's post I want to share a picture of one of our chooks.....she has been sitting on 19, yes that's right 19 eggs for 16 to 17 days now, so here's hoping we get some little chicks very soon!

If they all hatch she is going to be one busy mumma!!

Have a happy day!