A rainy day....

Ahh back after a couple of days. Today it has pretty much rained all day, after explaining how sunny it is usually everyday here in Wang in my last post, it is now raining. Oh well. So today Gemma and I were home all day and whilst playing dolls etc made a few hair ties with covered buttons as I have seen on a few other blogs of late and with yo yos.




And below is another smock type top that I made with some pretty fabric from Lincraft when I was in Melbourne, I think it was $9.95 a metre, got to love that.



Have some more tops to make over the next few days then a dress with fabric I bought from Amitie, I am making the dress from one of the Amy Butler patterns which I have made twice before already, once as a tunic and another as a dress out of quite flimsy fabric.





I have so much I want to do at the moment I just need to stop thinking about it all and do it, need to get my quilts all back on the go, finish quilting Gem's gelati, start quilting dads, and finish piecing Sacha and Teagans new quilts!! And the list goes on....But off to have a wine with Matt now, so will be interesting to see how much I get done tonight!! Tomorrow will be productive I can feel it!

Until then,
Ren

What your wearing Wednesday

Here I am again for What your wearing Wednesday...And its another sunny day in Wangaratta again!! Thats one of the things we love up here the weather is so much more consistent than Melbourne! Basically its sunny one day and well, sunny the next!! The only problem with that is that it really is consistently 'beer' weather everyday!





This is a skirt I made a few months ago, its another simplicity pattern, I like it but I think I need to alter the size slightly, I feel slightly frumpy in it, but love the fabric, its comfortable at least. And below is Gemma joining in the Wednesday fun as well. She is wearing a little skirt I made, a top from Cotton on for kids I bought on the weekend and some very well worn boots from Grandpa Neil given to her for her birthday back in April. Her bag made from Ikea pillowcase I bought in an op shop for 50cents.






And below is one of the twins, Sacha who was awarded a principle award in school assembly this morning for 'her positive attitude towards writing'. I was rapt for her because Teagan received one last term so now they both have one before the end of the year is out. Phew!



SO thats it for now, off to finish another top and some mice tails for the girls end of year concert tomorrow night, the preps are singing 'little bunny foo foo' a very cute song if you have heard it. I am going to try and do a post at least twice a week from now on.
Until then, Ren

What your wearing Wednesday

Thought I would join in Fi's What you are wearing Wednesday, just to put myself out there!! So heres what I am wearing today..Dont mind the face I am pulling at one of the kids, they were taking the photos!!




This top I only finished on Monday, it is the Simplicity pattern 4589 which I have made with the sleeves before but this was the first one like this which I really like and will be making more for summer or winter over a long sleeve top. I lined this one though, because the fabric was very see through.

Just received some patterns in the post yesterday, I bought both the adult and kids hat patterns from nicoleM Design so will be visiting Amitie on Friday for some fabric for those amongst other things, I have my list ready!!

And heres a couple of piccies of another quilt I made at the end of last year I think?? The one thing I havent done with my own quilts is label them, I do for the ones I give away but not my own or the girls so after xmas I have to go on a labelling mission for a week!!! The following quilt was a pattern I picked up from Material Obssession in Sydney and fabric mainly from Amitie of course!!


The Front


The Back



And some more pj's for Gemma. I bought these pj pants last week from Sussan for $10 for myself and when I went to wear them that night I didnt like them but thought they would be cute for Gem so cut them up to get some shorty and long pj's for her..




More and more I have been buying less and making more which is good, the more I wander into shops to buy something I can never find anything because I always come away thinking I could make something nicer and more suited to myself for cheaper and better quality. Might even be able to take the 'Handmade Pledge' soon!!!

Anyway thats all folks for today...
Ren