The cold and flu has worked its way around our family until we all succumbed, but day by day we are recovering. The freezing cold weather we have been having lately hasn’t helped, especially as we have a gas crisis in Western Australia and households are urged to conserve gas and electricity. On the positive side it is good weather for knitting and hand quilting!
I have been busily working on my projects for my pin cushion swap but can’t show and tell for a couple of weeks yet. One quick project I can show you though, is the Sew Simple Needle Case by Marina from Wink Designs and you can find the pattern here (http://winkdesigns.typepad.com/photos/sew_simple_needle_case/needlecaseinlinensewingmotiffabric-1.html). I used a combination of linen fabrics, wool felt, and trims for this project. Quick and practical – just the way I like it.
I have some lovely old vintage patterns from my grandmother that I wanted to show you. I love their charm and plan to frame a few of them to put up around my studio (hopefully I will have some pictures of that to show you next week).
Sarah and I were delighted to be awarded the Arte Y Pico award three times in one week!
We were awarded it by the energetic Tonya from PuddinPop who is a home schooling mother of 7 with a wicked sense of humor, who still finds time to sew clothes for herself and her children – an inspiration to us all! We also received the award from Wen from Arkerchi who has two beautiful daughters and makes lots of lovely crafty items ranging from hair accessories to shoes. We were also honoured by Kristin from Grace Violet (http://www.graceviolet.com/) who makes a range of beautiful sewing projects and has some great tutorials to inspire you. You must check out their lovely blogs.
We in turn would like to bestow this award on five lovely blogs that we enjoy to read regularly.
1. Melissa from What Knot whose blog is full of great sewing projects; recipes; tips for sustainable living; and great activities for the preschool set.
2. Jessica from Turkey Cookies who has great recipes; is growing her own veggies; and loves to craft (when she isn’t busy with study!)
3. Jill from Life with Nature Girl who makes great aprons and doll quilts and has a budding photographer in her young daughter! She is enjoying her summer break before heading back to work.
4. Julz a New Zealander from Julz Design who loves to quilt, sew and stitch! She has recently made up some blankets for children in Afghanistan.
5. Michelle from Leni and Rose who posts the greatest blogging tips and how to’s each week. She also makes the most adorable baby shoes, and a range of other sewing projects.
Go and check out these blogs – they are all amazing!
Erin from Girlz with Curlz also tagged us this week with a 5 thing meme. You must check out Erin’s blog as she has some great recipes (her mango salsa sounds delicious) and lots of great crafty projects.
5 Kind Things I do for myself:
Read, sew, bake, blog, and shop
5 Kind Things I do for friends:
Remember birthdays and anniversaries; give homemade goodies; telephone them; give dinner parties; and baby-sit.
5 Kind things I have done for a stranger:
Smile; give directions; baked meals for those in need; donated to charities; voluntary work.
5 Hobbies I enjoy (no surprises here!)
Sewing; quilting; baking; embroidery; reading;
I won’t tag anyone for this meme but please feel free to play along if you wish!!
EDIT: A couple of my links keep disappearing – is there a limit to the number you can put in one post? Anyway I have put them in manually.
Posted By Lisa
Lisa – thanks for playing along with the Tag. I hope you are feeling better soon. I can’t believe how much gas costs in Australia. UGH!
Hope you are feeling well soon!
love that fabric – I have made some things in that (is it Amitie?) Those vintage patterns are lovely and will look wonderful framed – I should do that with my collection.
Sending well wishes for a speedy recovery.
Love the fabric and love the idea of framing old vintage patterns, what a great way to decorate a sewing room.
EEE!!! Thanks so much for thinking of me and my little blog! You have made my very first day of summer vacation quite sunny and wonderful!!! I love those patterns you have from your grandmother-I have some of my grandmother’s embroidery thread and knitting needles-There is something very special about them!
Congrats to you!
I love the idea of the pattern and framing them, again you ahve inspired me,
Have a great week.
Thanks for the award! How fun!
I love that brown and white polka dot.. SO pretty. And the vinage patterns are adorable. They will add a lot to your studio walls 🙂
Hoping all of you are in good health now!
Thank you for the award!! What a lovely start to my day! I love those vintage patterns, hope you’re feeling better soon!
Sorry to hear that you’ve been sick. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Oh, swoon. I love those vintage patterns you have that were your grandmothers.
hope you are better soon! congrats on the awards and love those patterns!
I love the fabric you picked. The brown and white is perfect!
I have some old patterns from my granny and it never occurred to me to frame them. Thanks for the idea!
Cheers,
Tracey
Love your needle book and vintage patterns – great job/ideas!!
Kris
I just found your blog. I love the stuff you’ve made. You make me want to dust of my sewing machine and get too work. I’ll definitely be back!
Yay to me!! Thanks for my award, I’m thrilled!!! And thanks for the Wink link. I think I’ll have a go on the weekend making one of those cute needle case. It’s lovely! Hope you guys get better soon…
Hope you are feeling better now. Great needle book!
Hi there! I just had to pop in and say hello…I have visited before, but never left a comment but your vintage patterns inspired me to do so! My daughter and I just found a HUGE bag of vintage patterns at a local good will. In the bag there were 57 patterns for $5.99! We were so excited about it! You can see the photos on my blog if you like….:)
Anyway, I think your blog is so fun.
Lovely fabrics used in the needle case
You always come up with really interesting things Lisa is that a piece of a tape measure sew on the edge of the page??? I love those pattern oh to have a waist like the top right hand pattern LOL.
Pretty fabric. Stop tempting me to sew, you know it will end in tears. really nice to see some of the vintage patterns.
Somehow I am not surprised that y’all got the award from 3 different people, y’all definitely deserve it : D
I love those vintage patterns, what a great idea to frame them, I am gonna have to remember this idea!
Great idea with the patterns. I’d love patterns like that, especially from your own grandmum makes them really special.
Sorry to hear you guys have been sick. Love that sewing case and those vintage patterns!
Congratulations on the award! Love the black and white!!! And I hope you are feeling better. Two of mine are down with it today … fine way to start the holidays! 🙁
Hope your family is well and as good as new soon. Love the vintage patterns. Congrats on the awards!!
Hope you all feel better soon, my 2 are all runny nosed too. Congrats on your awards. Looking forward to seeing your sewing space
lisa x
oh, i love that chocolate and white fabric!
My family also unfortunately got stuck down with the dreaded flu that was going around… Hopefully you feel better soon… Those vintage patterns are gorgeous, what a great idea to frame them up.. Can’t wait to see it.
Jodie 🙂
I hope you and your family are all nice and healthy soon.
The patterns are just gorgeous… off to check out your links now.
I hope you and your family are feeling better. Your sewing case is so beautiful! Thanks for all the great links. I’m looking forward to seeing pictures of your studio!