Breakfast at My Place...

good morning!

last night i finished the binding on my placemats.

when i got up this morning

i couldn't wait to try them out...

{never mind that i had to clear off the table first!}

a closer look.

i decided that a grey border

would make them more versatile~

and i already had this fabric!

being breakfast time

and

being breakfast placemats...

i boiled some eggs,

toasted some bread,

made a cup of tea

and

christened the placemats...

they did the job

magnificently!!! 

mr p has gone to work,

mr m is not yet up,

so max and ellie and i had breakfast

most peacefully this morning.

i hope you breakfasted royally this morning...

and treat yourself like the princess you are today

and if you like

come and have a look at what Kirsty is up to with me,'cos it's thursday!

and ...happy thanksgiving to all you americans

and anybody else who wants to celebrate it!

naturally Carol xox

ps...how to make origami doves...tomorrow!

Pretty Frilly Cushion etc...etc...

good morning

from the place of gusty winds and sudden downpours of rain!

here in south east queensland,

where they tell us ...

it's beautiful one day and perfect the next?

it's looking pretty green but it's not

very warm or sunny and summer-like

at the moment!

thank you all for your wonderful birthday wishes

for my dad's 80th yesterday...

he loved his afghan,

which took me all winter to crochet!

it was totally worth it,

i could hear his smile on the 'phone.

just thought i'd also say

that i have posted the winners of the giveaway

their parcels.

and

also thought i'd give you a bit more of a look

at the little frilly cushion

which joni and anya will receive in a few days!

{i hope i'm not boring you to tears}

you've seen the frilly front,

made with one of the last pieces of my pink 'flower sugar'...

just thought i'd show you the back as well...

made with 'mirabella' if you please.

so if anya gets tired of frilly and pink

she can turn it over and have baby blue and paisley,

i couldn't resist a little selvedge

and buttons and a blue heart lovingly embroidered in!

well, show and tell ain't finished.

no, sirree!!

i'm going to display a work in progress.

these are a couple of the placemats

i cut out "snippety snip" last week.

after some wise words of advice,

from experienced blogging friends,

i bought grey polar fleece

and sandwiched it between the back and the front layers...

if you look closely

between the front {top} and the back {bottom red fabric}

you will notice a little line of grey!

needing some way of holding it all together,

{wish it were this simple with the rest of my life!}

i decided to emphasise the stripes of different patterns

on the fabric in red cotton...

i am happy with that.

i'm going to get on with binding the edges now...

so tomorrow i may have something else to 'show & tell'.

how exciting is that?

i just know i've made your day! lol...

but first a creative cup of tea!

i'm hoping your weathermanperson is forecasting

just the kind of weather you like...

naturally Carol xox

Cutting It Out Creatively...

after finishing my summer tablecloth

yesterday morning,

i was excited...

i've never made one before.

my inspiration

was my friend irene in new zealand

who's family is dutch.

she used to put a rug on her dining room table!

it looked fantastic.

so i thought

i could make a patchwork tablecloth

and dress my table with it...

this morning,

though,

i was just wondering

how to start.

have you ever been there?

so i just fiddled around

with the fabric i have in my little plastic box

and came up with

a few ideas

to keep me off the streets!

these will be breakfast place mats,

the retro pattern is the front,

the red connected dots will be the back...

should i put a third piece of fabric in between the layers for bulk?

or a thin piece of padding?

i would love it if you would let me know!

&

&

a couple more 'flower sugar' and pink polka dotty aprons...

{all the girls in the family...me included...are loving pink aprons!}

&

 the start of a couple of little girly cushions,

a rectangle and a small square,

just inched out of left over pink flower sugar.

i'll have to hunt around for coordinating materials now

to finish them.

{i haven't made a rectangular cushion before!}

now!

it's on to the fun stuff.

just a giveaway reminder...

if you want to enter to win

one of two

'le petit bunting' strings like this -

see tuesdays post for details

or leave a comment here...

entries open until sunday!

i'm linkin' up with kootoyoo today!

do you want to see who's there too?

naturally Carol  xox