tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33713189057127566712024-03-14T13:48:10.078+10:30Crafty Pugcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-38699565355015004082011-12-23T15:10:00.000+10:302011-12-23T15:10:00.360+10:30merry christmas!well, ive decided - i think my new years resolution will have to be to find some consistent time to blog each week.... anyone else need to join me in that :)<br />
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but in the mean time - MERRY CHRISTMAS! i hope you have a fantastic Christmas and a most joyful start to 2012.<br />
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here are my two seeing Father Christmas at the Magic Cave - too cute! <br />
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my mother in law turned 60 and didn't want a big party - she just wanted a holiday with her boys and their families. my hubby's brother lives in Melbourne with his wife and 3 cute kids and so we are not all together that often.</div>
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so they treated us all to a holiday in lovely Apollo Bay, Victoria. If you ever have the chance to go there, I completely recommend it! just stunning. i borrowed my dad's fancy camera for the weekend (i have put one on my christmas wish list, but i don't think santa's budget is going to stretch that far this year!) and took these shots</div>
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learning to surf on uncle's surf board!<br />
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and of course - the presentation of the quilt. my MIL loved it! she is not a quilter or crafty person, but loved the pictures and work of the grandkids of course, but she also took me aside and said how special it was to her, and that she knew so much work must have gone into it....just lovely!<br />
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so what can i say - it took me over a year to do, hours of cutting, piecing and quilting, driving to find matching fabric and was it worth it? i would do it again in a heartbeat.</div>
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a very special lady was made happy - what more can you ask for? :)</div>
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xx</div>crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-88778387129359764962011-11-28T15:04:00.001+10:302011-12-20T15:26:06.243+10:30time has flown!hi all<br />
time has flown by somehow - sorry for the inconsistent blogging!<br />
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here are some updates of what i have been up to in crafty land :)<br />
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received from <a href="http://bubzrugz.blogspot.com/">Fiona</a><br />
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A few of my cuties to update you with. The little human is closing in on 3 years old at a fast pace - this is him being a 'wok star' at Playgroup (he still has that gorgeous toddler accent!)<br />
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some of the proud and at times overwhelming big brother with his little puglet sister (now 6 and 1/2 months)<br />
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sometimes she gets some space and can smile and play by herself......but not often :)<br />
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and this one is for his 21st....the little human is too old for a nap now, if he has one he doesn't go to sleep at night until FOREVER.....but he now has a quiet time in his room for about an hour. most of this is spent by the door, waiting waiting waiting for the timer to go off so he can come out. every now and then, though, he still needs a bit of a sleep, but he fights it until the end!<br />
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hope you have had some cuties in your life too!<br />
pugs and kisses<br />
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xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-22739804314092112982011-10-27T21:03:00.001+10:302011-10-28T19:28:44.918+10:30I am alive!Just in case you were wondering ;)<br />
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and i have been crafting - but not blogging.<br />
I am working one something a little bit big and exciting at the moment - not quite ready to share....but will let you know :)<br />
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That has been taking up some of my time.....along with general crafting, looking after the kids and hubby (and the house - why does it demand so much attention!?!? we can put a man on the moon, but we haven't invented the self-cleaning floor?!), and getting my teaching registration back up to date. <br />
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The plan is to go back one day a week next year, with hubby staying home that day to look after the kids. I am looking forward to getting back out there :)
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crafty-wise i have been finishing off my mother-in-laws quilt, working on puglet's quilt (all the blocks are sewn, just have to join it up!) and some hand stitching<br />
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here are my blocks for this months swaps - this one for the regular swap with Larain<br />
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and this for the Christmas swap with Sue<br />
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and some of the kids! the little human on his fave ride at the shops (he doesn't know that money can go in them yet when he is with mummy!)<br />
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and then a lovely trip to hubby's uncle's farm - here is puglet on her first tractor ride!<br />
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much love to all, and i hope you have found time to do crafting, and tell those around you that you love them<br />
pugs and kisses<br />
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<br />crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-41128920458678870792011-10-01T15:48:00.001+09:302011-10-01T15:48:28.760+09:30a few more projects....my mother in law's 60th quilt top is finished! windy day, so little human is holding it steady for me :)<br />
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if you click to enlarge, you should be able to make out the drawing blocks from the grandkids (she has 5 - our 2, plus my hubby's brother's 3), plus the piccies of our kids and theirs, plus the stitcheries - the middle block, and the bottom block with her favourite bible verses.<br />
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just have to quilt it now.....<br />
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and these are the block for the puglets new quilt for her wall - still piecing them together from a charm pack and a jelly roll.....<br />
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and some pin wheel blocks - i LOVE pinwheels in all their various guises - but did these using <a href="http://quiltedhugsandothernonsense.blogspot.com/2011/09/pin-wheel-tutorial.html">Sue's tutorial</a> that promised super-easy perfect pinwheels every time - sounds like a good promise to me!<br />
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and one of my puglet to finish with - she has just worked out how to hold things and start to put them in her mouth - this is her current fave toy - a flat doggie with teether paws and a crinkly tummy<br />
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whatever takes your fancy!<br />
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pugs and kisses<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-32533286848931654362011-09-30T15:10:00.000+09:302011-09-30T15:20:33.373+09:30update on all things Craftywell, the first update is of course on my best creations (awwwwwwwwwwww) the cuties!<br />
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this is the little human (now 2 and 1/2) in his big boy pj's - thomas the tank of course. he was very proud to wear them (coz thats what big boys wear when they sleep in big boy beds apparently), but after a few minutes in bed there was much carry on. when i went in, he complained that he couldn't get comfy because of the buttons down the front ;) so back into his tshirt he went! but the boxers stayed!
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and this is the puglet, now 4 months, DESPERATELY trying to roll over. i remember this stage with the little human - they get SO frustrated that they can't do it. she can get herself onto her side, and has managed all the way to the front once, but thats all - other than a lot of grunting, and then crying!<br />
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now onto my blocks that i received in the swap for September - lucky me!<br />
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this is my beautiful wonky star for the <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Christmas Block Swap</a> from Janet<br />
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and this is my shooting star block from Terry for the <a href="http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Quilting Block Swap</a>. im not sure if she did it on purpose, but the red star in the middle is great!<br />
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and finally, i finished the Cat in the Hat quilt for the little human a couple weeks ago. he loves it! he insists on sleeping with it so that the label is up near his face. i just wrote the normal details on it, but he says that i wrote that 'mummy made this quilt for me because she loves me'. im happy with that<br />
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pugs and kisses always<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-51374142564569255482011-09-10T18:03:00.000+09:302011-09-10T18:03:58.545+09:30block swaps for Sept done!here is the black, pink and grey block requested by Terry in the <a href="http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Quilting Block Swaps Australia</a> Group<br />
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and here is the Christmas colours and snow block as requested by Janet in the <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Christmas Quilting Block Swaps Australia</a> Group<br />
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i hope they like them!!<br />
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xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-27459225905215850312011-09-06T11:06:00.000+09:302011-09-06T11:06:53.219+09:30crikey! where does the time go?wow - the last date in this blog is last month! <br />
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i have been crafting, but haven't been blogging - sorry!<br />
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here is what i have been working on in the evenings - the stitchery parts for my mother in laws 60th quilt. it is coming together nicely! one is her fave bible verse, and the other is the centre square for the quilt. i have also ordered the photos on fabric so hopefully they will be ready this week and i can piece it all together!<br />
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this is a photo of a quilt in use!! my mum always says 'but what do you do with all these quilts' and 'how many do you need!' etc, but she was happy to see how much little human loved having this one on his new big boy bed. there is something very special (and a bit emotional!) about seeing a little one that you love snuggled under something you have made especially for them with your own hands<br />
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and this is my final Pay It Forward gift - a tablerunner - on its way to Lana in the US. I hope it gets there safe and sound!<br />
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my projects for this week are to iron all the backing fabric for two quilts i have ready to go. the little human's cat in the hat quilt - which he is now begging for! and a jungle quilt for the puglet's bed.<br />
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also, now that i have finished the stitching for my mum in laws quilt, i am back onto the butterfly garden quilt - and really enjoying it!<br />
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a couple of quick photos of my cuties to finish with - somehow, puglet is now over 3 months old! she had her vaccinations yesterday and had a huge sleep last night and is still asleep for her morning nap now. this is very unusual for her - she is a catnapper because of her reflux. but i am happy to take it for today!!! i think i will go and make a cuppa and sit and watch the little human with his play dough :)<br />
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pugs and kisses always<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-38663088471618720452011-08-19T17:04:00.004+09:302011-08-19T17:04:00.152+09:30some crafty photos!i know! about time i show some craft on this so called crafty blog!!<br />
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here are my gorgeous mug rugs that i have received from <a href="http://tinkingalong.wordpress.com/">lynne </a>- i love them both, but especially the more modern one.<br />
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she also included these gorgeous reusable fabric gift bags! there is a tute on her blog if you want to create some too<br />
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now some blocks - this one is from <a href="http://robynshomeinthemountains.blogspot.com/">robyn </a>for me for last months <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">christmas block swap</a><br />
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this i made for sharon in canada for this months swap<br />
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and this is my block for this month from the lovely leena for the <a href="http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">quilting block swap</a><br />
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and the one that i made for her - man i found the mitred corners difficult!!<br />
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i also finished off my second Pay It Forward gift and that has been sent! this is for Linden - a table runner<br />
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phew! i think i am now up to date!<br />
to finish a photo of the little human. he loves to help out with everything, and as anyone who has ever had a 2 year old knows, that help can mean a huge hassle!! he he<br />
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he is desperate to help mummy with her 'craft' as he says, but i don't let him touch my machine. so he found this hole puncher under my desk and a scrap of fabric and calls that his sewing machine. he pushes the lever up and down on the fabric and then holds it up and says 'mmmmm'. when i ask if he is happy with it, he says 'mmmm yes, very nice'.<br />
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such a cutie!!!!!<br />
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now tonight is FNSI, so i have to go and get everyone organised so i can sit down and sew!!! hope you get some done too<br />
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much love, pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xx<br />
crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-21212777592111769962011-08-18T19:00:00.000+09:302011-08-18T19:00:08.672+09:30some photos of my cutiescan't resist showing these off!<br />
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here are my two, last weekend. little human now nearly 2 and a half years old, and the puglet is now 12 weeks old<br />
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puglet has found her smile<br />
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and this is a series of photos from when we went to a cafe for my mum's birthday. we all got coffees afterwards, and the little human got a babycino and a gingerbread man (his fave)<br />
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look everyone, ive got a gingerbread man!<br />
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isn't he beautiful?!<br />
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hello gingerbread man<br />
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i will love you forever!<br />
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and smother you with kisses<br />
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he got so attached to the gingerbread man that he couldn't eat him. we had to take him home with us, and the little human held onto him in the car the whole way home!<br />
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too cute!<br />
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pugs and kisses<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-79179418972715644302011-08-17T19:15:00.000+09:302011-08-17T19:15:24.438+09:30giveaway at QBSA!well, we have done it - the group has reached over 100 - well done Sue!<br />
she is celebrating with a giveaway, and you have to be a follower to be in it - so join up!<br />
head over <a href="http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/08/growing-growing-lets-reach-100.html">here </a>for the info<br />
pugs and kisses<br />
xx<br />
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p.s. i have to get organised and download my photos so i can do a post with some crafty stuff - hopefully tomorrow (she says!)crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-40069432880082759712011-08-01T16:19:00.000+09:302011-08-01T16:19:20.284+09:30Vignette heavenlook what arrived in the post the other day!<br />
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this is the quartlery publication by my favourite design Leanne Beasley from Leanne's House. Her stuff is SOOOOOO beautiful. <a href="http://maria-lifeontheblock.blogspot.com/">Maria </a>was blogging about one of the great projects, and i had to get the latest issue, and the back issues (of course!)<br />
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and now i am hooked - i have read them over and over and over again, but stopped myself from starting anything until i have cleared some of my backlog of projects!<br />
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hope you have had some inspiration this week too<br />
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much love<br />
crafty<br />
xx<br />
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p.s. it was a lovely day in adelaide today, and so we went to the park to feed the ducks - a very underrated kiddie activity! here is the little human in full flight :)<br />
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apologies for crappy picture - my phone is not so good at taking pictures in unnatural light i have discovered!<br />
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pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-90965584709763206522011-07-23T15:26:00.000+09:302011-07-23T15:26:38.280+09:30Good news - my first PIF project received!just remporting that my first Pay it forward package was recieved by <a href="http://quiltedhugsandothernonsense.blogspot.com/">Sue</a>!!<br />
she has blogged about it <a href="http://quiltedhugsandothernonsense.blogspot.com/2011/07/fnsi-lovely-surprise-package-is.html">here</a><br />
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i made here a Christmas table runner out of blocks that i had received in the <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">swap</a>. i wanted to do this because Sue is the person that runs <a href="http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Quilting block swaps Australia</a>....and it was that group that really got me going with quilting, blogging and chatting with all you lovely ladies! anyhoo, i wanted to show my appreciation, so i am glad that she liked it!<br />
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gotta keep working on my other two PIF projects though!<br />
pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-20531444623251259032011-07-23T13:46:00.001+09:302011-07-23T13:47:15.047+09:30FNSI report! and a puglet smilehi all!<br />
hope you had a good friday night and got some craftyness done<br />
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this is what i did...<br />
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after the puglet settled - quite quickly actually - whew! - i got out my hand stitching to keep working on my butterfly garden quilt - i am quite addicted at the moment!<br />
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my hubby's football team was on the telly - the adelaide crows - so we watched that. but they got THUMPED by 103 points....hubby unimpressed and went to bed early!<br />
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i finished this small block, but it has 4 small squares in the centre then with the long pieces, so took me a while to get it all correct....<br />
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shown here is the block, and my newest 'invention'! i bought an ironing board cover and cut it up so that i had a flat piece to put on my stable table with my travel iron! now i can iron my piecing and attach fusible web etc all from the comfort of my lounge room! no more lugging out the big ironing board each time<br />
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and to finish, the first photo of my puglet smiling! i finally caught one...<br />
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much love, smiles, pugs and kisses<br />
craftycrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-66346766051285621522011-07-22T15:29:00.000+09:302011-07-22T15:29:25.836+09:30FNSI TONIGHT!!!wow - i lost track of time<br />
Friday night sew in is tonight!!!<br />
sign up at <a href="http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/2011/07/friday-night-sew-in-signup-is-finally.html">Handmade by Heidi</a> asap!<br />
have fun<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-59153508142262173802011-07-19T16:31:00.000+09:302011-07-19T16:31:03.643+09:30handstitching project back on trackhello!<br />
i have been working hard on my machine piecing projects out in my sewing space in the back shed when i have time - but i have been wanting to get something on the go for the evening times. puglet is now going down at the same time as the little human in the evenings and then waking for feeds later - so i have a bit of down time<br />
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i rediscovered my love for this project in the last few days and really want to keep it moving. i looked back through the blog and found my last <a href="http://craftypug.blogspot.com/2010/07/butterfly-garden-quilt-lets-get-moving.html">post</a> about it over a year ago! crikey.<br />
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here are some pictures of what i have achieved in the last few days. my aim is to piece the entire quilt by hand. it is a good project for this because it is made of small blocks joined into larger ones, joined into the quilt<br />
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i just love the colours and the scrappy look of it. this is what the finished thing should look like!<br />
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ive finished the top 2 large squares only! gotta keep stitching :)<br />
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here is a sneak peek of something i made for a PIF person :) in the mail in the next couple of days - number 1 finished!<br />
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on the kids front, everything is going really well. puglet is starting to settle into a kind of pattern, so things a bit more predictable during the day now. she is a really placid baby, which is great for the energy of the little human!<br />
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much love pugs and kisses<br />
craftycrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-28929020454043517152011-07-12T17:46:00.002+09:302011-07-12T17:53:15.025+09:30positive feedback from the harshest critic!hi all!<br />
good news! mum loved her pin cushion! <br />
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as i mentioned <a href="http://craftypug.blogspot.com/2011/07/bits-and-pieces.html">the other day</a>, she can be a harsh critic of crafting pursuits! but she was impressed that i had met her need of not stabbing herself with pins in the leg by putting some card in the bottom :)<br />
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i also got to work on my blocks for this months <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Christmas Block swap</a>. my partner Robyn requested christmas trees in either applique or patchwork. i wasnt sure the look she was going for, so i made two. here are sneak peeks....<br />
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this is some more work on my pay it forward project....can't give away too much :)<br />
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here is my next big project i need to get a move on with - this is my mother-in-laws 60th birthday quilt. it has pictures from all the grandkids on it. here are the first bits of it<br />
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her birthday isn't until novemeber, but i know that that time will fly! will show you more as it grows :)<br />
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crafty<br />
xx<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-67740443679836729872011-07-10T17:54:00.001+09:302011-07-12T17:51:36.647+09:30bits and pieceshi!<br />
ive enjoyed a quick fly around some of my fave blogs just now - and people have been doing some really lovely things! i love the soft colours that people seem to be using at the moment - just beautiful!<br />
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well, here are the things that i have been working on....<br />
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this is a (dodgy) sneak peek photo of my Christmas in July Mug Rug Swap that we ran through the <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Christmas Block Swap</a>.<br />
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the back...<br />
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the front....<br />
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just have to get some little pressies to put in and then send it off to my partner.<br />
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next is my finished cat in the hat quilt top! im really happy with it - the colours are great, and i like the way the four patches make a pattern diagonally. i am about to start work on the back - my dad has written out the story of cat in the hat on fabric for me (he has neat handwriting!) and i am going to cut it up and piece it into the back.<br />
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and my final creation is a pin cushion for my mum. she is a bit 'anti-craft' in that she thinks it is all a bit much (why would you cut up fabric just to sew it together again?.....and how many quilts does a person need anyway?). i gave her a pin cushion that i had made, but didn't have a use for and she said that she didn't want it because pins always go through pin cushions and prick her leg when she mends in front of the telly (her extent of craft work!).<br />
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so this one has a piece of cardboard sewn into the bottom piece of fabric, and then is stuffed with polyfill. i am going to see her on tuesday and will give it to her then - so i will let you know her thoughts :)<br />
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and to finish with - a piccie of the little human enjoying a day at the zoo - its always great when the get to interact with the animals!<br />
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much love and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
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xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-86087771843572104842011-07-04T16:15:00.000+09:302011-07-04T16:15:57.758+09:30I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny....but we can have lots of good fun that is funny!!!<br />
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yep, that's right, ive ben hard at work on the little human's Cat in the Hat quilt!<br />
The piecing is done, just have to add the borders....<br />
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also been working on my Pay It Forward projects (the deadline for which is coming up fast! eeep!) but i can't give away too much, because it is a surprise!<br />
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Been using the jelly roll I bought - Lovely from the moda line......and it is indeed lovely! i think i will make a few more of the gifts with it!<br />
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pugs and kisses!<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-68159908540085594252011-07-02T13:49:00.001+09:302011-07-02T13:49:00.336+09:30lucky lucky me!hi!<br />
while i was in hospital with the puglet, it was my 32nd birthday! my in laws know my love of craft and said that they would take me and let me loose in a craft shop! yay!<br />
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so i chose <a href="http://www.hettiespatch.typepad.com/">Hetties Patch</a> because i hadn't been there before - and it was fantastic!!!! SO.....MUCH....FABRIC! so hard to choose.<br />
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but choose i did - this is a Sherbet Pips Jelly Roll - been dreaming of what to make Puglet with this while up at night feeding her<br />
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and this awesome Dr Seuss Cat in the Hat fabric pack to make a quilt for the little human - he loves Cat in the Hat (and then something went BUMP! how that BUMP made us JUMP!)<br />
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can't wait to make it!<br />
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speaking of the kids, here is a recent photo of the little human at the very cool adventure playground out Noarlunga way - this is him on the 'jungle drums' - man he loves to make noise! such a good day<br />
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and this is my little puglet - she is much more awake and alert now - 5 weeks old already! what a cutie (if i do say so myself!)<br />
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much love, pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-6183825909043219702011-07-01T17:46:00.000+09:302011-07-01T17:46:40.727+09:30Toy Society drop two and threeHi!<br />
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DROP TWO<br />
a while a go i was lucky enough to win a make your own stupid sock creatures box kit from Homespun.<br />
very cool, because not something i would have bought myself - but a good thing to try!<br />
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so anyhoo, this is the finished product! I named him Stripy<br />
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he is a bit too fragile for my kids or for their mates, so thought Stripy would be a good <a href="http://thetoysociety.blogspot.com/">Toy Society</a> drop. This is him packaged up and ready to go<br />
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and as per my Toy Society project mentioned earlier, I am only dropping around our local council area of Playford. Here is Stripy ready to be found and loved!<br />
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DROP THREE<br />
ages and ages ago, i started making Hilda the Hippo of Melly and Me. yesterday, i finally finished her! here she is in all her glory!<br />
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and again, i thought she would make a good Toy Society drop - something a bit different. I couldn't find a clear bag big enough to fit her - so this is her ready to go!<br />
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and because it was a bit rainy out here yesterday, i had to find somewhere undercover for her, seeing as she was unprotected! so this is her out the front of the local swimming pool.<br />
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hopefully, they both find good homes and someone to love them!<br />
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hope you have had a fun crafty few days too<br />
many pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-90383212988383252832011-06-27T19:38:00.000+09:302011-06-27T19:38:38.020+09:30And the winner is....Melody of <a href="http://thehouseonthesideofthehill.blogspot.com/">The House on the Side of the Hill</a> - thanks to random.org - chose number 31<br />
CONGRATULATIONS!<br />
Heading your way will be the Australian Quilter's Companion 'Quilts from Precut Fabrics'<br />
Hope you enjoy and thank you to everyone for joining in<br />
pugs and kisses<br />
xxcrafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-61721571122449949652011-06-23T11:16:00.001+09:302011-06-23T11:17:09.179+09:30Christmas in July Mug Rug Swap!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wMcnxz4zQwQ/TgKbDoe6Q5I/AAAAAAAAAsA/3ei7AOtFFsk/s1600/Christmas-fabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wMcnxz4zQwQ/TgKbDoe6Q5I/AAAAAAAAAsA/3ei7AOtFFsk/s200/Christmas-fabric.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Hi all!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just letting you know that over at the <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/">Christmas Quilting Block Swaps Australia</a> blog (of which i get the fun of being swap mummy) there is a new one-off side swap happening - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">the Christmas in July Mug Rug Swap! </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It is open to <b>all </b>- not just members of the usual swap - so if you would like to get in on the action head to this <a href="http://christmasquiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/06/christmas-in-july-mug-rug-swap.html">post</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You have to let me know that you want to join by the 4th of July, and you have til the 31st of July to post your mug rug</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So head on over and join in the fun!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Christmassy kisses</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Crafty</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">xx</div>crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371318905712756671.post-87022843089017641462011-06-21T17:17:00.000+09:302011-06-21T17:17:45.001+09:30GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL(S)!!hi!<br />
i decided at around 2am this morning whilst feeding the gorgeous puglet that i need to get some craft time into my days.<br />
they are just flying by in a blur of activities, feeding, settling, driving, trampolining....:)<br />
so....<br />
i have set myself a goal of doing a bit of sewing every day....even if it is just 5 minutes. and also set myself the goal of blogging once a week.<br />
I think otherwise it will all get away from me and it will be the end of the year before i know it!<br />
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so! my craft achievements from this week<br />
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i was lucky enough to win a Homespun competition and got a 'how to make a stupid sock creature' kit! so this is where i am up to with the little fella - he will go out as a Toy Society drop once he is finished<br />
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and this is the two buck block BOM from <a href="http://www.kornacraft.com.au/">Kornacraft </a>for this year - i chose the pink theme with the idea to make it into a quilt for puglet once i have finished them - i love the fabric!!<br />
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and i was lucky enough to go out to <a href="http://www.quiltaholics.com.au/">Quiltaholics </a>yesterday and bought a jelly roll and some blue Christmas fabric (which is hard to come by!)<br />
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and for good measure, a cute shot of the little human loving his puglet sister<br />
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much love and happy crafting!<br />
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pugs and kisses<br />
crafty<br />
xx<br />
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p.s. don't forget to enter the <a href="http://craftypug.blogspot.com/2011/05/giveaway.html">competition </a>if you haven't yet - closes monday 27th of june!!!crafty pughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10550995919821852115noreply@blogger.com2