New Machine in the craft room

Picked up this vintage machine (including the manual and all parts) on the weekend.

Not 100% sure of the vintage, but I am guessing 1970s, but it runs beautifully and I am looking forward to sewing a project on it soon.

Fantastic Scraptastic Baskets

One of my favourite bag designers and bloggers Janelle from Emmaline Bags has a fantastic new free tutorial for these handy Scraptastic Baskets.

These are so quick and easy to put together, perfect for using up project leftovers and turning them into a useful storage basket. 

Once the first one was done, I couldn't wait to make the next! This time in some gorgeous Japanese lawn.

They also make perfect little storage baskets for Mr 3's treasures. Thermal lined curtain fabric scraps stand up nicely without any added interfacing - bonus for an even quicker sew!

Mr 3 said he needed 'straps like on your bag Mummy' to make the basket easier to carry. These dinosaur ones are perfectly cute and portable.

I think these will be perfect for gifts too. Thanks Janelle for such a fab free pattern.

Meet the Cat in the craft room

His name is Cappuccino.  He is a 13 year burmese cat who loves sleeping in fabric and being where ever I am.

Lately he has taken to sleeping on the ironing board. So far he has avoided a singed tail.

Umbrella Prints Trimmings No2

My second trimmings packet.

I decided to team with some gorgeous natural linen and my first attempt at a circle of geese block. Which I decided to turn into a cushion, just for me.

I let the trimmings geese and linen speak for themselves and quilted it simply between the geese and added a freehand spiral into the centre. I am thrilled with the result.

Umbrella Prints Trimmings No 1

Its that time of year again - Umbrella Prints Trimming competition time. I love the challenge of coming up with a creative use of these little packets of delish scraps.

I was super excited to pick up my packets in the mail and squeed with delight to find a golden ticket in one of my packets. I was already a winner - of a mega packet of gorgeous rainbow scraps. Thanks Umbrella Prints!

Which I turned into a portable game board for Master 3.

Tic Tac Toe board and a memory game in a travel case. Trimmings were put together with more Umbrella Prints from the stash and a denim outer to handle 3 year old wear and tear.

Master 3 loved it!

And so it begins......

Another blog about craft - how original I know! Well this is a second and hopefully better attempt at keeping myself on track and docmenting all that happens in the craft room. There seems to be a never ending wishlist of project, boxes of UFOs and piles of fabric as well as multiple projects on the go - creative chaos in a confined space.

Hopefully being more organised with photographing and blogging my creative output will lead to a bit more organisation in the craft room.