Mother of a Nappy Bag

My nesting instinct is finally starting to kick in and this week I've managed to make something on my necessity list.

Five Inch Patch

This is my latest quilt- a simple patchwork made of eighty 5" squares.

Birds and Birch Trees

I just got a brand new teeny tiny niece this week. She is absolutely lovely. At the moment she lives about 10 minutes from me but soon her family will be moving far away and I probably won't see her much over the next few years. I wanted her to have something that she knows I made her so it had to be a quilt of course.

Paper City Quilt

I've been a big fan of Made By Joel ever since I discovered his Paper City a few years ago. I can't explain why I like it so much but I just do. Since then he's done a paper city Sydney, which I love because, although I live in Perth now, I grew up and studied in Sydney and I love it. There's also a Paper City Paris and a Nativity and they're all fantastic with that distinctive Made By Joel style.

I have been wanting to make a Paper City Quilt for some time now. It was always one of those projects in the back of my mind, brushed aside by girls needing new dresses and the like. When I found out my friend was having her fourth boy last year, it was just the excuse I was looking for to make it a priority on my projects list.

Summer Carnival by Make It Perfect

 Last weekend I was fortunate to test a new pattern for Make It Perfect Patterns. As soon as Toni sent me the picture of this one I knew I had to make some time to sew it. Luckily it was fast and easy, like many of the Make It Perfect patterns.

This little baby is called the Summer Carnival and is new, hot off the press. It was released on Tuesday and in my opinion if you have a little baby, it is a must. The photo below is from the pattern cover. 

Carly Bubble Romper

Every now and again you find a pattern that really works for you. Zoe is always moving at the moment, and while I love little dresses and swing tops and all things cute like that, for a baby who is spending most of her time dragging herself along at a tremendous pace on her hands and knees, tummy or bottom, I have found them to be unpractical at this stage of development, and I rarely dress her in them. I have been on the hunt for some cute rompers and was appalled at how much the cute ones in the shops cost - and naturally it is the expensive ones that I like. So I went on the hunt for a pattern so that I could make some myself.

Baby Boy

One of my best girlfriends had her 5th baby a few days after Christmas.

When The Baby Girls Met

Kate and her husband Craig and their 4 children came to Sydney this week. It was so nice to see them.

Nappy Covers

Summer is finally here. It feels like I have been waiting forever for it to come. And the first day of summer started off with a real ripper - 39 degrees and very very humid. You know when you are hitting those temperatures in Nov/Dec that by the time February rolls around it is going to be very very hot. Naturally this just provides me with another excuse to do more sewing. For a baby, a nappy and a singlet is pretty much all they need to wear in the super hot weather. But I think it needs to be a little cuter than a huggies label and a plain white singlet.

Ruffles

After two boys, I am really enjoying having a girl. I know I am likely to not feel so keen when she is a teenager, so I am just going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Max the Monkey

This is Max the Monkey and he is headed for the cot/pram/floor of a brand new baby boy.