Thanks to everyone for their get well wishes. I am pleased to report that I am well again but am counting down to two weeks leave from work in a weeks time while the kids are on school holidays.
Today I completed “Tickled Pink” a bag designed by Nicole Mallalieu that was featured in Australian Homespun No 57 Vol 9 No 2. I was having trouble sourcing the polished silver O Rings locally, so ordered them directly from Nikki – they made all the difference to the finish of the bag. I used an IKEA furnishing fabric and with the application of heavy fusible interfacing, it is able to stand up by itself -it is the perfect size for shopping!!
I received a lovely order of linen goodies this week from Matatabi. I am looking forward to putting them to good use.
I made up a batch of butterfly cakes this week – an old fashioned favourite!
There was much excitement in the Sugar household this week when my 14 year old son found out he is finalist in the WA Inventor of the Year Schools Competition! He will find out if he was the winner or runner up of his category at an award ceremony in October. He is going to invest his winnings into setting up a small business enterprise selling his invention – “Party Mate”. I can’t tell you any more at the moment until we have helped him get a patent on it – if you live in Perth, it will be on display at Scitech during the October school holidays!
I love your bag. That’s one of my favorite fabrics. Congrats to your son.
Gorgeous bag. I haven’t tried using O rings yet but I have some at the ready. Delicious looking cakes. Breakfast time here now and they’d be delicious with my cup of tea. CONGRATULATIONS on your son’s accomplishments.
What a gorgeous bag! It looks great. As do the butterfly cakes (yum!)… and well done to your son too! You have lots of things to be pleased about this weekend.
Congrats for everything!
The bag is lovely! Your orders lovely! The cakes looks…hummmmmm!
And last, not the least (is it correct??) your son’s invention!!! After October can you tell something else for those who are far from Perth?
Lisa, that bag is gorgeous! I love looking at Nikki’s patterns. Some day I will order one!
You always have so many interesting things happening. I love catching up with all your news.
CONGRATS to your son. I can’t wait to see what he has invented. You certainly have a creative household.
Love the bag, and love the look of those cupcakes.
I just stuck a yellow sticky note in the homespun magazine with this lovely bag in it today! Your version looks gorgeous and has managed to bump this project up the list!! Just need more time……. :)Kylie
wow…a rizing business star in your mitz…
i love the bag and only yesterday i put a order into nikki for a pattern.love the link for the linen thou i will be checking that out straight away…
ooh, can’t wait to hear more about party mate – keep us posted.
Lovely bag and fabrics, but GREAT news about your son. What a fantastic achievement!
it all looks beautiful and delicious, as always! congrats to your son. what an amazingly talented family you have!!
I LOVE that bag!!! Great fabric, great shape, just great all around!
And congratulations to your son, how impressive, an inventor at 14! I hope he wins!
Wow! It’s all go at your house! Hope your wweekend is equally brilliant!
Love the bag!!! The cakes are making me hungry. Congrats to your son. That’s awesome. You must be proud.
Lisa, love the black contrast fabric, my style
Glad to hear you are feeling better, the bag is just lovely and Congratulations to your son – your family must be so proud.
Lisa x
out of the gloom of feeling miserable, all the stars are shining again!!!!!! my mother used to make the butterfly cakes, the bag looks great in the ikea fabric and the ‘cleverness’ runs in the family obviously. well done to your son and his ambitions.
Wow, Congratulations to your son…that is huge news!! Your bag is gorgeous and I love the Matatubi ribbons….looking forward to seeing them in future projects!! Cathy
Your bag is stunning – it looks wonderful made up in that print (I’m going to have to brave Ikea one weekend and have a look at their fabrics!).
It sounds like the whole Spoonful of Sugar family is both creative and talented. Good luck for the Inventor of the Year.
How cool is your son!!! WOW! Good for him! You must be so proud of him!
I’m looking forward to hearing more about it….later….when the patent agents say it’s okay to tell 🙂
Your bag is beautiful!
Glad you are felling better. I love the bag the fabric is lovely. I bought some fabric from IKEA and I can not decide what to do with it. Once I have accepted the fact that I need to cut it at some point then maybe ideas will flow! I hate cutting into fab fabric.
Love the bag, love the fabric, Love the trims, love the cakes and Well done to the 14 year old!
I am glad you are feeling lots better!
I love the bag! The fabric is wonderful! Congratulations to your son and Good Luck to him in October!!! Your butterfly cakes like so yummy!
The butterfly cakes take me back to my mum baking them for me. I love them. I am with you bring on school holidays, I have the time off too and I cant wait.
Congratulations to your son.
Have a good weekend.
Love the bag…and can’t wait to hear about the young inventor!
Beautiful bag Lisa! And congratulations again to your fabulous son!
Loooovely bag! Congratulations on your sons achivements too. Excellent! Those butterfly cakes have our household drooling, they look delicious!
Love the Fabric on your Bag…Nice Style & those Butterfly cakes look Exceptional.
cheers
maree
That all sounds very exciting with your son. Good luck on it all. I have heard that those rings are hard to source. I bought some at the stitches and craft show, but wish I had got more. Your bag looks lovely.
What a lovely bag-great choice of fabric. Well done to your inventor son and those cupcakes look delish!
Congradulations to your son! That is very exciting! I love your new bag. I am envious of your new trims, just beautiful. Can’t wait to see what you do with them.
WOW! Lisa, love the design, love the fabric, love the colours and those rings are just gorgeous and finish it off perfectly…….
What a wonderful bag, I love the fabric that you chose.
Butterfly cakes, yummy one of my favorites.
Congrats to your son!
And are the Matatabi pieces bias tape?
I am so envious; it looks like you have had a perfect week. That finished bag is amazing and so is the baking. And…you must be the proudest mum in the world!!! I have had a horrendous week, did not do a stitch of knitting and am finally catching up on everyone’s blogs. Sigh.
Such exciting news for the spoonful boy! Congratulations.
Again, delightful treats and bag! And that’s super cool about your son!!
Love the bag. Congrats to your soon for his achievement! Those butterfly cakes are just absolutely gorgeous.
Hi Lisa, Glad to hear you are feeling better. You have done a fantastic job on the bag. Such lovely little linens… wonder what will become of them? I haven’t baked butterfly cakes for sooooo long… I think it’s time to bake some more. Congratulations to your son for his achievements and I hope his invention takes him a long way. Evonne xx
The Matatabi items are adorable!
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
Congratulations to your son. What a creative family!
I love those linens and the great Ikea fabric bag.
OH that fabric and twill is just STUNNING.
Good luck to your son!
How exciting for your son!! How clever too!
Of course the bag is fab!
That fabric is beautiful. Nice cakes too…
The bag looks great! How exciting for your son!!! That sounds very exciting, I can’t wait to hear more about it in October.
your bag looks wonderful and so do those butterfly cakes (a favourite around here too!)
congratulations to your son too, sounds like exciting times ahead!
Wow — how exciting for your son — Congratulations!
Love your new bag too!
Beautiful bag – love it. And congrats to your son – WAY TO GO!
Kris
First off congratulations to your son. That is such a big deal. And just by the name of it I can tell we are all going to love it!!! Pictures to follow I hope. That is such a great bag and love the fabric. Whenever we go to IKEA I always come home with some of their fabrics!!!
Love the back. The fabric is just perfect for it. And the linen? TOO CUTE! Congratulations to your son! Can’t wait to hear more about it!
Love that bag! It looks amazing!
those fabric as so great aren’t they! nice bag!
Lovely fabric for the bag!
What gorgeous looking linen bits you recieved!
Oh I love the bag! This has been on my shortlisted ‘to do’ list since the magazine came out but I hadn’t got around to it. You are now inspiring me to get on and have a go. Thanks!!
Congratulations to your son. I loved having some time in the Scitech building recently. The bag looks great.
i love this bag! great fabric. Congrats to your son too! lots of talent in your family!!!
the bag is so cute, you did an excellent job. I also, love the butterfly cakes, those look yummy.