Cotton...

My grandparents have moved into a rest home... it's sad, and it's been a hard week as we have sorted through their house and their belongings that they no longer want or need... but there are always gems to be found... And my nana's cotton stash is one of those gems... I thought long and hard about where I was going to store them, and then it dawned on me... left over preserving jars...

 

 

What do you think???

 

 

 

More Nappies

I love nappies :) I've posted about my love of nappies over here

Our night time nappy covers were in need of a bit of TLC to be honest.  I found the velcro tabs too small and not really practicle for a on the move toddler, and they would often come off or loose in the playtime before bed...

So I was thinking about it for ages, and then it hit me - why don't I pop bigger velcro tabs on??

A trip to spotlight in the weekend, and I had all the velcro I needed and I already had some fabric scraps lying around to sew on the other side of the velcro.  So today - while I had some spare time I changed our nappies from this:

To this:

Sew much fun

some of you may be aware that a few months ago, I bought a sewing machine.  I've wanted to buy one for ages, and finally this one came up on special for only $210 so I bought it :)

Then of course I needed a project, so decided to make something very simple, but very needed - A table cloth for Cam's table.  So off fabric hunting I went and bought this:

Very nice, isn't it?  and it looks great on his table

now of course - this was several months ago now, and I've been having to turn this tablecloth around fairly quickly whenever it's in need of a clean, so I found myself browsing the fabric at spotlight once again.  There really isn't much to choose from that's bright and funky to be honest, but I found this:

Which is similar to the original, but still different and cool :)

and again - it looks great on the table

Fabric...

I just popped into the fabric shop before for a look and walked out with:

Aren't they just such lovely bright colours... now to start creating :)

My first fabric purchase

yesterday on trade me - i bought this gorgous fabric By Pillow & Maxfield for Michael Miller Fabrics.

while I don't actively sew, and I don't own a sewing machine, what most of you don't know, is that I am actually quite a competent sewer, having made 2 out of 4 of my school ball gowns, altered all of my jeans in high school and turned them all into flares, shorts and skirts :) I'm taking up sewing again, and am currently saving up for a maching.  I have big plans for this fabric - so watch this space, because what I make with this will most likely become my first giveaway.