On My Desk.....on a Wednesday

It's a bit of dreary day in Melbourne today, so no lovely light filled photos.

On my desk today are some more bookmarks that I finished lastnight. I'm going to put some in The CurlyPops Shop later today. I must thank Stacey for giving me the idea in the first place too!

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On my desk....on a Wednesday

On my desk today are some fabric bookmarks for a custom order, and the usual mess and paraphernalia that ends up on my desk when I make anything!

My 9 year old nephew really liked the bookmarks so I need to make one for him now too....

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On My Desk.....on a Wednesday

On my desk today is an absolute disaster!

I was making myself a new handbag yesterday afternoon and decided to overlock the seams as the fabric was fraying quite easily. There was a section of the seam that was thick and the overlocker became stuck before spitting out the left needle...aaaggghhhh.

The needle was still threaded and I managed to work out how to put it back in, but now the threads are not overlocking. I've tried to follow the diagrams in the instructions and on the overlocker but I just can't work it out. I ended up being so frustrated that I had to just walk away and leave it......

Maybe I'll try again later today.

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On My Desk....on a Wednesday

My nephew Nico is having his first birthday party this weekend so I'm making him some clothes. I was planning to be further along with the birthday production line than this, but I had another lot of prospective buyers come through the house at short notice lastnight so it was a mad scamble to clean up all of the crafty mess that I had strewn all over the kitchen again (and make the bed, and pick up the dirty washing from the floor, and bring in the fabric that was drying on the pool fence)!

While my roast lamb dinner was in the oven lastnight, I sat on the couch and did some crazy stitching on the felt star. I had already used vliesofix to set the star in place so the stitching is really just for a bit of added effect.

I almost forgot to mention, that these pants were made from a $1 mens corduroy shirt from the oppy. I cut the two front panels from the back of the shirt, and the two back panels from the front of the shirt. This photo is the back of the pants which have the front pocket from the shirt. I just layed the pattern piece in the correct place so that the pocket stayed in tact. I think it turned out pretty cute!

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On My Desk....on a Wednesday

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my last post.....today I'm feeling much more inspired.
The sun isn't exactly shining in Melbourne today but it's still quite lovely outside and a perfect day for a spot of op-shopping.

But now, onto todays On My Desk.....

On the left I have a stack of things to take to papercraft day at Cathy's on Saturday.....collaged canvas backgrounds, paper doilies etc...

In the middle are some flannel fat quarters that my mum found at Dimmey's on Monday. Eight fat quarters for $5....bargain!

On the right are more t-shirts for stencilling and some vintage buttons. These buttons have been lost in the dark messy depths of my car interior since my Melton op-shopping spree in September. I cleaned my car out yesterday and they magically appeared!

Oh and a tip for anyone looking for plain kids t-shirts.....my sister found Target brand plain t-shirts at Dimmeys on Tuesday for $1.99 each.

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On My Desk...on a Wednesday

On my desk today is a work in progress bag that I'm making for Cathy. The alphabet panel has been cut from some fabric that we found at the oppy last week. I have to hurry up and finish it off so that I can drop it off thisafternoon....better get moving!

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On My Desk....on a Wednesday and Blogtoberfestin'

Lots of mess On My Desk today. I'm really struggling to keep it contained to one area, which is why I end up with a huge pile of mess like this!

Left to right....Babushkas pencilcase with all of my snapsetting supplies inside (made by this lovely chick), some Michael Miller clown fabric and co-ordinating prints that a girlfriend gave me on the weekend (she bought it but never used it), some trim that my mum found at the oppy, some selvedge that I'm collecting (for this lovely chick), bizzare Elvis fabric that my sister bought over on Monday, some vintage tablecloth and sheeting cut up to make some more bags. and there's even a bib cut out peeking through on the far right! I always tend to have lots and lots of projects cut out....just not many sewn back together again.

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Gotta run today....I have Banana Bread in the oven and Cathy's on her way over for a Blogtoberfestin' crafty day out...yippee!

On My Desk....on a Wednesday

On my desk today..... some fabric headbands waiting to be sewn. I'm thinking of putting some of these in the CurlyPops Shop. It's been a little neglected lately.

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On My Desk......on a Wednesday

I'm cheating a bit today because this is actually what was On My Desk yesterday......
I posted all of my cd's for the CD Swap yesterday except for the international one which I'll take down to the post office thismorning......

.....along with these little fellas which are heading off to Bianca's house to join in on a secret Toy Society mission.

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On My Desk .......on a Wednesday

On My Desk today are a multitude of works in progress.....I constantly swap between projects before finishing them leading to lots of mess. I have bibs cut out ready to sew, a stack of fabric that needs to be put away, a beautiful package of ric rac and fabric that arrived in the mail yesterday from Stacey, a naked softie for the Toy Society (I have an idea in my head about making a dress for her), and the cowboy jeans that I whipped up for Moo Moo yesterday afternoon (waiting on a final fitment).

I loved the giant ric rac that I used on Staceys Apron, so Stacey very generously offered to pick some up for me next time that she was at her local fabric shop....

It arrived yesterday......and it's gorgeous.

Then as an extra suprise, she also include this fantastic cowboy fabric. I had to stop what I was doing and immediately start on the cowboy jeans. There was supposed to be an appliqued cowboy tee to go with it, but when I popped down to the Bonds outlet, they were closed for stocktake. I'll have to try again today.

Thankyou so much Stacey!

Stacey is having a birthday giveaway at the moment with a fantastic prize from her Etsy or Made It shops.....head on over and enter.

Washing Machine update - repair guy arrived at 3PM - good news, it can be fixed - bad news, cheaper to buy a new one. Moral of the story - no point buying an expensive brand like Maytag because they don't last any longer than the cheap brands.

On My Desk.....on a Wednesday

On My Desk today is:

• Some beautiful morning sunshine
• My lovely journal from Serena
• Brooches and tags for The CurlyPops Shop
• Bib patterns to send to Serena and Juddie
• a bottle of varnish

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On My Desk.......on a Wednesday

On my desk today (well actually, I cheated and took this photo lastnight, which was very smart of me apparently, because today I'm wandering around the house with my head in a bucket). I finished Staceys Apron and now it is all packed up and ready to be popped in the post.

I hope she likes it......and I hope it fits!

Back to the couch for miserable me.......

On My Desk.....on a Wednesday

On my desk today are a couple of work in progress items......an apron for me (with bias tape trim of course), and some bibs that are a gift for another friend who had a baby boy last week.

Hopefully, I've have these ones finished by the end of tonight (might just be a bit of wishful thinking)!

Moo Moo managed to sneeze on me with a mouth full of Vita Brits thismorning so I have some extra washing to do now as well.

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PS. Make sure you check out Michelle's Tips and Tricks #11. I used it lastnight and thismorning and it works a treat! So much faster.

On My Desk .........on a Wednesday

On my desk today is my new owl house ($5 from the Reject Shop)....thanks for the hot tip Steph!

I woke up thismorning to find that Mr CurlyPops had put one of my owls in the house.....he must have been testing it out while he was having brekky. I'm going to paint it before I put it on the wall in my craft / spare room.

The fabric and bias tape is the beginning of my Mixtogether gift, and there's the usual sewing paraphernalia as well.....

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On my desk..........on a Wednesday

On my desk today is yet another work in progress........ it's a gift for two little bubbas who are due to arrive very very soon (so I'd better hurry up and actually finish this one).

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On My Desk ........on a Wednesday

On My Desk today is an unfinished object (UFO)

It's been a UFO for about a month now because I'm hand stitching the felt and vinyl flowers (and it takes fooooorrrreeevvver)!

If I ever finish this one, it's going to be made into a new apron for me.

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On My Desk ...........on a Wednesday

On my desk today is a funny little project that I finished at about 8PM lastnight (there was nothing to watch on telly)!

While searching through the fabric stash on the weekend, I found a piece of brown velour that I bought at the op shop a while back and I also had this brown cow print fat quarter that I picked up for $1.50 a couple of weeks ago. Moo Moo's daddy is not a big fan of the 70's pants pattern so I thought I'd take it one step further and make a real 70's outfit! Velour pants and a matching personalised bib!

This photo is here to shame me into cleaning up.....this is the aftermath of the great pants challenge, and me trying to find fabric in the stash to make some curtains for my kitchen door!

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On My Desk.......on a Wednesday

On My Desk today, it's still very early so the sun hasn't even risen......

It's the beginning if The Great Pants Challenge.......

On My Desk......on a Wednesday

It's the aftermath of making a softie with my nine year old nephew lastnight while cooking dinner at the same time.......

The result is Jack......a funny little fellow with a moustache and rather large ears.

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I woke up thismorning to find my knitted scarf over on Cuteable......considering it's only the second knitted item that I've ever finished, I was rather chuffed!

On My Desk.......on a Wednesday

There is a complete lack of crafting action On My Desk today.....

My sewing desk looks exactly the same as it did last week .... I just put Moo Moo down for a sleep in my sewing / spare room ...... I can hear him chattering away to himself instead of sleeping!

The kitchen bench / craft desk has seen some kiddie crafting action this week. My nephew has been using my 'Things to make and Do' book and cutting up lots of pieces of coloured paper. I caught him using my rotary cutter last night to cut paper.....aaagggghhhhhh!

I'll be hiding that while he's at school today before he cuts his fingers off.

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