New fabric haul

Some recent fabric purchases destined for more 'tilda' dresses for my markets/madeit shop as well as a few other designs that I am working on. I am loving the momo wonderland butterflies and the new collection of fabric by Sanae (fabric on right with birds is just one from this collection). The fabric layed out flat I purchased from Fresh Fabrics - I discovered that Amber is really only just up the road from me and I can get my fabrics very quickly from her! The fabric folded on the left side is from Kelani.

WIP Wednesday

This past week I have been busing working on drafting up new ideas for my shop and getting ready for upcoming markets.

And, then spending the evenings knitting away little beanies - sorry my models couldn't manage a smile ; )

I also had a big tidy up of my sewing space which is still just a small card table in one corner of my office, but I managed to organise everything into containers and stack all my books and patterns across the back of the table.

And I sorted out my fabric stash. The biggest container is actually full of nappy making stuff, I really need to use it - I have a huge amount of bamboo, hemp and maiden mills fleece that I need to get stuck into and make some more nappies with or something. The other two tubs contain all my other fabrics.

I think I need to make something other than shop stuff. I am in a bit of a sewing lull I think, maybe another quilt on the horizon soon, or get stuck into some summer sewing for the kids.

Make It Perfect Giveaway

If you would like to win this super gorgeous pattern by Toni from Make It Perfect visit her blog. Or don't - because I want to win please : )

New quilting fabric

Don't you just love it when there is a big fat parcel from the US sitting at the post office for you - you just know its full of beautiful fabric! I bought these at the Fat Quarter Shop's recent pre-cut sale - a fat quarter bundle of 'Riley' by Anna Griffen and a jelly roll of Nouveau. No idea what these will be made into yet, but possibly a quilt for Miss M when you moves into a big bed, maybe a quilt for the spare bed? Not really sure, it was a sale and i just had to buy something! lol

Is it a bird or duck?

So I drew up this little bird over lunch while the kids slept and decided to make up a little softie. I think it needs a little more body and a little less neck, lol. This is the first time I have made a softie and also the first time at doing applique and using the blanket stitch on my machine so all in all I think it turned out not too bad, although Master T thinks its a duck - quack, quack!

A good day

Well today was a good day. I had my first market this morning showing off "tillytom designs" and things went pretty well. It was absolutely freezing cold and my stall was situated in the shade for the whole morning but most of the passers by were lovely and stopped to inspect my goods. I received lots of comments - just a few "what a fun and colourful stall", "do you really handmake all these?", "you must have too much time on your hands" (if only!) and "finally, somebody making REAL handmade goodies!".

My biggest score was an invitation to a big craft fair being held here in 3 weeks time that is being run over a full weekend - so two full days of running a stall. It is by invitation only and all goods must be Australian handmade - absolutely no imported anything so it is going to interesting to see what the other stalls have (there are 21 stalls total). Looks like I am going to be busy busy sewing and crafting over the next few weeks!

Just a couple of pics of my stall today - sorry about the blurry photo, still learning how to use the new phone which has a great camera! (when I learn how to use it, lol)

Oh, and you can check out my madeit store!

Just click on the madeit link over there on the sidebar : )

Round and Round

I finished off the beret i started knitting on Wednesday from the new book I picked up. I found it surprisingly easy to knit in the round and when it came to switching to the 4 double pointed needles it wasn't at all as hard as what I thought it would be. I can't believe how quickly this actually came together, will definitely be making lots more hats from this fantastic book.

It is suppose to be a beret, not a beanie, but it seems my little miss has a fairly large head (nearly off the charts for her age, lol) so I best be making the next size up I think for the next one.