pink

I'm working on a new design .

It has a lot of pink in it .

It's messing with my head .

my creative space

I was meant to be making my daughters curtains .

The curtain rings who have sat patiently for so long

started to get a bit jittery .

They sparkled and winked at me and led me astray .

I thought I'd give Lola Novas tutorial a go.

The tutorial is clear and full of step by step photos .

I still couldn't get it right !

My flowers are bigger and floppier but that's ok .

I'm linking them together as I crochet and when

I'm finished I'll have a pretty string of flowers

but no curtains .

See more creative spaces here

a girl can never have too many pretty tablecloths

or pretty plates or kitschy little koalas .

Very happy with my latest Vinnies scores .

Can op shopping become an addiction ?

Sew It Together

It's official I am a sponser of Sew It Together 2011.

What could I possibly do for 58000 stitchers

that are coming from far and wide to be part of this ?

Well firstly I am giving patterns as door prizes .

and then.......

I am designing a brand new little pattern

for Sew It Together !

What will it be ?

Something bold and bright ..

or something soft and pretty ...

Everyone attending Sew It Together will

receive a copy of my new mystery

 pattern in their goodie bag .

Very exciting isn't it !

If you are interested in going along and joining

thousands and thousands of fun stitchers

eating , chatting , laughing and some stitching too

pop over to Sew It Together and see what

all the fuss is about !

PS. Not really thousands but lots !

now we know where you are !

Hi ! Thanks so much to all for playing

"where are you?"

especially the bloggers who have never

left a comment here before and in some

cases had never left a comment anywhere before !

I hope you enjoyed seeing where everyone

comes from , I found it very interesting.

Not a lot of crafting going on here at the moment

as it is still school holidays and we are still renovating .

Just have a look at the beautiful old lino we found

under the carpet in my daughters room .

Whole pieces are being torn up to send to

Liz at Lino Forest go and see what this girl

can do with old lino , genius !

Besides the normal chaos at my house we

decided we needed just a little bit more .

Meet Blue our new red heeler pup !

Just to add to the craziness at our house !

What have you been up to ?

where are you ?

I was waiting for an email the other day and

instead of doing something productive

I decided to have a look at my blog stats .

Most of my visitors are from Australia ,

New Zealand , USA and England .

I also have visitors from Spain , Italy and Croatia .

Where are you from ?

No I don't want your addresses to stalk you

I'm just interested in what general area

you are from or maybe I'm just a stickybeak !

Please just leave a comment here like-

"Hi Clare , I'm from Transylvania "

or something like that .

Thanks I think this will be fun !

the old hankies have a new life and a winner

Thanks to your suggestions and the lady from Vinnies

I now have bunting !

I've always wanted some pretty bunting so using up some

 old hankies was the perfect opportunity to have a go

at making some .

I had to end up taking the photo inside as I picked

a very windy day to take photos outside but

they did look so pretty fluttering about

on my clothesline .

The winner of the Sew book by Cath Kidson was......

Ellieboo .

 Ellieboo would you please email me with your details .

Thanks to all who entered come back soon

for a pattern giveaway !