Life around Home

I know this is my sewing blog but a little bit of life thrown in I am sure will be fine. After such a scorching year so far weather wise, finally this week we are having rain - 3 days straight so far! Only amounting to half an inch in our rain gauge - but rain is rain! So I thought I would bring a little of our life to the blog and show you what is happening at our place. We are trying to be as self-sufficient as possible. We had a treatment plant put in when we built last year that all the water waste from the house goes into, which is then filtered in big concrete tanks under the ground, and then dispersed around the garden, except the vegie garden. My lovely husband also built me a huge vegie patch and we have been trying very hard to organically grow as much as we can to eat and finally with this cool change, my little vegies are starting to grow!

Pumpkins in the patch

One lonely lemon on the lemon tree hanging out for some friends

A couple of tomatoes finally sprouting a little late in the season

A few zucchinis hoping there will be no more hot weather

Our four-legged family members - Jess the Red Cloud Kelpie & Millie the Staffy

A little patch of grass for the kids to play on. This is taken from the back veranda overlooking our block, and over the back fence into the bush behind us.

Back garden waiting for some more plants to go in, and over the back fence into the bush behind us

Knitting In Progress

I am currently knitting this little cardi for Matilda for winter - hopefully I finish it before then and before she's too big for it, lol. Just have to finish the second sleeve and down the front and its nearly all done. The pattern suggests a blanket stitch in a contrasting colour all around the edges, but I haven't decided on a colour yet, probably a slighter darker shade of green? Then a couple of buttons for the front and it will be finished.

Button Hair Accessories

I have been making some button hair ties and bobby pins to add to my 'gift' stash. I had lots of fun making these and can't wait to make some more! When I have some time I am going to do a tutorial for these as I found a really easy way to get the elastics onto the buttons : )

Link to a Fantastic Blog Giveaway

Check out this great blog giveaway over at HeatherKnitzDesigns. She has some of the most gorgeous designs and accessories!

EB Pin Cushion Swap

This is what I received. My sender didn't include a card but I am going to take a stab in the dark and say a big thankyou to Becca for my gorgeous little chicken pin cushion and some extra little pressies!

My partner to make a pin cushion for was Dani and below is what I made for her. The little extra pin cushion is a thumb pincushion that can be tied onto the big one with the ribbon when not in use so it doesn't go missing : )

Outdoor Canvas Cushions

My mum asked me to make her some cushions for her outdoor chairs so I told her to buy the fabric and I would be up for the challenge! She bought an end of bolt of canvas at the recent Spotlight end of bolt sale and I whipped up these cushions tonight as I am trying to finish off lots of little projects before getting started on Matilda's quilt this week. They have a zip in one end so that they can be machine washed. There is heaps of canvas left over so thinking of some other things to make for mum with it for outdoors - maybe some mesh food throws with the canvas as the trim, table mat, not really sure what else?

Fabric & Pattern for Matilda's Quilt

Fabrics for Matilda's quilt. Binding in the stripes, backing in the white with green pattern and the rest for the quilt top

Quilt patterns

Fabrics and patterns from the FQS to make Matilda's quilt. I am going to use the Hip Baby pattern for the quilt using these fabrics from the Lila Tueller Soiree collection.