Sewing away

I'm madly working on my Vignette quilt in the evenings after work. I can see the finish line with these blocks and can't wait to finally have them complete. There certainly in a lot of embroidery in this quilt! I still love working on it though I'm looking forward to a little break after these blocks and some time to work on something else.

Week in the Life 2012: Monday 23rd April

On a whim this weekend, I decided to participate in Ali Edwards, Week in the Life for 2012. It seemed like a good idea, so I jumped right in, taking photos all day today.
I can't believe my attitude to this project! Normally I fuss and fiddle and never get anything done, however this evening I jumped straight onto Photoshop, edited, printed, journal-ed, cut, glued and finished Monday's layout. It is so far from perfect and I could list off the things that are wrong with it and be here all evening. But you know what? It's done, and that's much more than many of my projects are at the moment. I am going to live with the imperfection and just embrace the fact that I have finished something.
One day down, 6 to go! So far, I am loving this project and it is stretching me as a photographer. I am even making use of my self timer, although I can see that I have so much more to learn!

Here is my approach:
1. I chose 16 photos from the day (all these taken with the DSLR).
2. Cropped square in photoshop. I took inspiration from instagram for this.
3. Printed at home on my Canon Pixma.
4. Corner rounded (not really happy with the look as I didn't leave enough border)
5. American Crafts Thickers and date stamp on left hand page.
6. Journal in word an  printed using Kingthings Typewriter font. Pretty much a run down of the photos on the left hand page and the time to go with each photo.
7. Trimmed, corner rounded on one edge and mounted to cardstock. I then used some washi tape and a brad for a little bit of colour.
Done!

Grass Heads

My Littles made these funny grass heads for their unit on "Change". I love that each head has its very own personality, some even have moustaches and beards.  I have my fingers crossed that they actually grow now!

Bake Day: Jam Drops

 The recipe was super easy and I would definitely make them again. I replaced the raspberry jam with strawberry, using a yummy market-bought strawberry and vanilla jam. The almond meal made them quite moist for a biscuit and gave them a nutty flavor which was very nice.
I used a recipe from The Australian Women's Weekly; The Country Table. I look forward to making some more things from this book.

Lovely to enjoy outside with a cup of tea and a good book!

Treat Yourself

I did!

I picked up some rolls of washi tape and this cute notepad (for making more lists nonetheless) at Typo when I was out at this afternoon. I'm very happy with my little 'treat'.

Unfortunately I think today was our last lovely autumn day. Next week is looking very wintry. Zoe and I enjoyed a short walk this morning and it was fun to kick around and crackle in the leaves as we went.
Happy Saturday!

Wearing today

Trying out some patterned tights with my denim skirt and yellow striped top today.

Australasian Quilt Convention

I was lucky enough to attend the AQC on Friday this week. Unfortunately I didn't take my camera. I felt like wrangling a pair of crutches was enough let alone a camera too. There were lots of lovely quilts there and my favourites were a series of quilts by Katrina Hadjimichael inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel. You can see the quilts on her blog here.
I did make some fun purchases too. I bought some new scissors and a thimble as well as a kit for a little wool candle mat by Bareroots. I also signed up for a block of the month, The 1860 Marriage Quilt from Carolyn's Quilting Room. It is a reproduction of a quilt in the Cheltenham Museum, made by Jane Pizar.

I can't wait to start cutting out and piecing my first block, but I have decided that I want to make sure that Vignette blocks 2 and 3 are complete before I start anything else.
Right, I am off to work on the stitchery border of Vignette now before I have to start getting ready for work again tomorrow!