What's new?

Well... not much. With the grandparents here I haven't really done any quilting/printing/sewing since the last posting. So all I have to show you is this small decoupage box that I made a while ago, using Australian stamps from letters we have received in the last four and a half years.



I really like decoupage and have a few more boxes to embellish! I'm thinking Dutch stamps (which we have a lot of, obviously), stamps from other countries, music scores, atlases...



On Tuesday hubby and I are flying to Adelaide , where we will be for five days, while the grandparents stay here with the boys. I'm looking forward to discovering a new city, shopping, going to museums, wine-tasting...

I will probably not post here before we leave, so see you all in 10 days or so!

Curtain!

My latest sewing project: curtains for our new caravan!



I bought six metres of this coated blockout fabric and have now finished the curtains for five of the eight windows. It's the first time in my life I have made curtains!



I also made another Cuddly Calli; the Dinosaur. Working on the Kookaburra!



And I finished another decoupage project. Using a Chinese newspaper from Hong Kong I covered the inside and outside of a plain box. I love how it turned out. Thinking of making a gymnastics box for my oldest, a bicycle box for hubby, a train box for my youngest etc...



I'm itching to start a new quilt but it will have to wait until after the Kerbside Lane Markets next week...

Dolphin Cuddly Calli

Meet my Dolphin Calligram Cuddly toy! (Calli-Cuddle? Trying to think of a good name...) I made it from the Spoonflower swatch (8 inch square) that you have to order before you can put a fabric design up for sale. I have lots of them and suddenly thought this was a good way to use them! (yes, I still have to finish the Calligram Quilt for Robbie, also made with these swatches...)



I'm sure I will make some more of these Callies!



I'm also working on some new decoupage projects - a few photo frames to start with, for Blue Jacaranda at the Kerbside Lane Markets on August 14th. I really enjoy this technique; I brought some Chinese newspapers from Hong Kong with this in mind.

So... still no quilting here. I guess I will take it up again after the market. I'm thinking about a design for the Beneath the Southern Sky exhibition. It will probably include some screen printing..!

Crafty Easter

I'm being very crafty this Easter weekend. I've spent most of the day on this decoupage project: covering this old table with pages from an 1998 Brisbane Street Directory. It needs another two layers of glue but is already looking very good:



I got the idea from this British magazine that I discovered at the newsagent the other day:



I tried the technique on a wooden picture frame first, using some old sheet music:



I have also framed the Kookaburra and Robot calligram fabric and made another set of Vintage Fairytale Cards - all for sale now in my online shop.



And yes, I still make quilts as well! I have started quilting the new gymnastics quilt. Will show a sneak peek here soon. Now I'm off to apply the third layer of glue to the table!