Sweet Treats

For the cooking enthusiasts...what kid doesn't like cooking??? Thought I'd made some little aprons for the kidlets so that I didn't have so much washing to do after we bake a cake! This was my first test-run. I think Madison will love it. Now to make a dinosaur one for Lucas!

Things that move

Here is the quick play quilt I did up for the boys. I made this awhile ago, and it is already nearly no longer needed as the twins aren't staying on it for much. Darcy rolls all over the place, and Archer caterpillar crawls around.

Stockings

Having made some Santa sacks a couple of years ago for Lucas and Madison, I decided that it was time for new ones. Especially with the twins celebrating their first christmas this year. I've had the fabric sitting aside for months, but haven't had the chance to do them yet. So this is what I came up with..

You may be wondering why there appears to be so many (when we've "only" got 4 kids)?!?! Well, I've had a chat to Santa, and he's agreed that we'll give him a sack for each of the kids, and the kids will have the other ones (in matching colours) on their beds on Christmas Eve. That way Santa will just be able to drop the already filled sacks off and pick up the empty sack, saving him heaps of time!

A start on christmas clothes

With christmas fast approaching, I thought I would try my hand at making a quick little dress for Madison out of some leftover chrissie fabric. This dress was so quick and easy to make, and it was my first time using elastic and a bias binder maker. I was thrilled with the fact that I could actually make something clothing related!





















This of course got me looking at all the other christmas fabric I had accumulated. Shorts for the twins jumped out at me when I found this reindeer material. They are soooo cute on them. If only there was enough material to make Lucas a pair as well. Oh well, I just had to order some more material to make him a pair of shorts as well...it will hopefully be here this week!

Bird Play

I fell in love with this feature fabric from Clothworks titled "Bird Talk". My LQS had done a baby quilt using it, and it looked gorgeous. So I just had to do one myself! This play quilt is for a dear friend who was expecting their second daughter, and has since been born. Welcome to the world Alannah Kate.

Oonagh's Quilt

I saw this pattern awhile ago and have wanted to make a quilt with it. Luckily for me, I thought these fabrics went well with it. Very easy to do, and it didn't even take me that long to make. Now I just have to make her brother a quilt too (the fabric is on its way)!

New baby New quilt

I thought this puppy dog panel was completely fitting for friends of ours who are having their first baby soon. I enjoyed doing, and loved the effect of quilting this panel in a criss-cross (diamond) pattern. Will be doing this more instead of the usual in-the-ditch quilting.

Dolly Quilt

Dora is just such a hit with 2 year-old's that I couldn't resist quickly doing this quilt to add to a present. My quilts are taking on a common theme of late....something simple amd easy so that it gets done in the limited time I have!

More fishies

After the twins were born, I had to hurry up and make another little pram quilt.....I was sure I was having a boy and girl, I only made one of each colour! So here was the quickest quilt in the world, done when we got home from the hospital.

Double the joy

So it has been awhile since I was in here, with good reason though. Our beautiful twin boys were born early April, and have been keeping us on our toes since their arrival. The first few weeks were absolute bliss and joy....then the colic started. Whinging all day, crying for hours to pass a tiny bit of wind, and the screaming matches until 1 in the morning were a typical day. Then the days turned to weeks. So after about 5 weeks of it, I took them to the chiropractor. Be it the chiropractic services itself, good timing or luck, but they turned a corner. No more screaming, but still unsettled more often than not. But nowhere near as bad as it was. Yay!!! I can actually get all 4 kids (and hubby!) to bed before 10pm most nights. And not hear from them until some time after 4am usually, although wake-ups between 7 and 8am are more often than not normal. How lucky I am!!!

That's Darcy on the left, Archer on the right.

And one for daddy

My poor hubby was feeling a little left out, so I had to make him a quilt too (he's actually the one that uses them the most!). Hopefully this will stop squabbles between him and the kids now!!

Pram liners

Wondering through Spotlight a month or so back, I stumbled across this curtain fabric that I thought would look great as pram liners. I'm lucky enough in that it is Mr Men AND Little Miss, so I only had to make two. They'll make the pram a little more snug.

One down, three to go!

So I've managed to make one pram quilt, in a nice "under the sea" theme. Just got to make another blue one, and then get cracking on two pink ones. That'll cover us for whatever combination we end up with.....when these twins ever decide to vacate their current place of residency, that is!

Oliver

Oliver is the "pet" monkey at daycare and got to spend the week with us because Lucas was so good. We had to make some green jelly to celebrate Oliver staying with us, which of course, Lucas had to help him eat!! Tomorrow will be a sad day I think when we have to take him back. Lucas has loved having him around.

Soiree

Having now finished work and on maternity leave, it has 'forced' me to get some quilting done at long last (what else is one to do when restricted to resting). So I just had to get this one done quickly to give to a dear friend who just astounds me at how generous she is.