stuff we like ~ turn it tool

I quite like fiddly .

I really don't mind turning things through or handstitching at night.

Squiddley was a bit fiddly .

Frances was certainly fiddly .

But there really is a limit to my patience .

Jodie from The Haby Goddess stocks these fantastic tube turners .

Straps for dresses , headbands  or anything tubey !

Jodie also has a very clear tutorial on how these work , I can't wait to get mine !

What would you use yours for ?

childishly

ridiculously, crazily, jump up and down and squeal ,point and exclaim,

so , so very happy with my solar lights wrapped around an upside down

planter basket hung on my verandah outside my kitchen window .

This is true love ...

our creative spaces

My Creative Space has only been between my ears lately .

I'm slowly,slowly working on a scrap rag rug . 

I've made quite a few of these little bags .

and I am approaching the finish line for a new softie pattern .

Now I look at this stuff it seems I have gotten a few things done .

Are you playing Our Creative Spaces ?

crafty easter soiree`

Hello there are you getting ready for Easter ?

Are you having a little Easter do for your craft group ?

Woolworths have these plastic eggs that snap apart apparently for children .

I think the children will cope without these.

If you put some crafty things inside they'd be great as a little

table decoration/gift at the big girls craft party .

Ribbons , cotton reels , buttons and little , teeny carrots will all fit .

You can still fit in a couple of little eggs too .

How's everything with you ? I hope you are well xx

st patricks day

My family has an Irish background and we have a few very special Patricks.

My grandfather was a Patrick so when my mother had her first son

she named him Patrick .

My youngest brother named his first son Patrick .

To all my special Paddies have a great day !

I never finish anythi

I'm finalising two new patterns .

There are another 3 sitting in the background whispering at me

" come and work on us , come on !"

I was cleaning my daughters bedroom the other day and saw how

much makeup she gets on the floor , another valid reason why

14 year old girls are too young for makeup.

Anyway I decided I would make a mat to protect the carpet .

Not finished.

I also thought the loungeroom needed another floor cushion .

Not finished.

Earlier in the year I joined in (sort of) with Jodie's rag-a-long.

Not finished.

My crocheting I love to do all year round but again -

Not finished.

A pretty stitchery I started one night when it was too hot to crochet .

Not finished .

Sometimes I need to be forced to finish things so I have made a booking

with my printer man for next week for two patterns to be printed up .

I'd love to know how many things others have unfinished .

I'd better go and finish somethi

speckled eggs

Speckled eggs ~ so cute and fun to make .

What else are you going to do with all these teeny , tiny scraps ?

All the little bits of fabric that just ends up on the floor is

cut into even smaller bits and simply glued to styrofoam eggs .

Even a plain gluestick does the trick .

Having a small bowl of water to clean your fingers as you glue and smooth is helpful.

The kids could help with these .

 If they really have to .

They look gorgeous displayed in a bowl or you could thread some string

through them and hang them from a branch for a different Easter display .