Drafting a new sashiko pattern

I have been hanging out to do another sashiko piece, but was not happy with my 2 attempts to trace/draw a pattern onto blank fabric. Perhaps it was partly my wrong fabric  choice, it was just a bit slippery/stretchy and my lines looked all wonky! 

I have ordered a sashiko stencil kit, and stencil ruler from the US but they are yet to arrive.  EDIT UPDATE-order cancelled as out of stock, so I will  be driving to Craigieburn next week to buy the kit! ( see below) 

I am going to need some more thread too, but am hoping I can do a quick visit to Cutting Cloth in Fairfield this Thursday (is that the 31st? I have totally lost track!).

I also just found out that  I can buy sashiko supplies from Jemima's Creative Quilting in Craigieburn. I figure it would probably be quicker to drive up to CB than to tram/train into the city to go to Kimono House ( although I would love to visit the gorgeous Nicholas Building again!).

So anyway, I had this crazy thought the other night, about a sashiko design to try. If I can't sleep, or as a mental wind down to go to sleep, I think through craft/sewing ideas. Anyone else do that...? It is  often quite out there " what if..." type of ideas, and other times working through something I am stuck on. 

So this time I had a great idea - but then I fell asleep! I woke up knowing I had come up with an idea - but could not recall what it was! Lucky it was the weekend ( and school hols anyway) so I could stay in bed & try to remember what my idea was. 

Eureka! I got up & grabbed my iPad to look for similar ideas- surely someone else had made this? Well, not that I could find. 

So I hunted out some suitable fabric - I knew I had some black linen-y fabric somewhere, and found a suitable stitch pattern in my sashiko design book.

I drew around the largest plate I have, and a small glass bowl.

Used my 2cm sashiko grid ruler I made last week.

Ta dah!

Now I can stitch away while watching CosTube posts -  while my H is watching the cricket on tv!

A shed bed for The Dog

A quick hand sewing job completed today. I found a cot matress at hard rubbish last month & cut it in half to make a dog sized bed. Found some free hessian coffee bags out front of a coffee wholesaler in Coburg North. Roughly sewn up with some crochet cotton from the $2  shop.

Pefect for a dog bed in the shed, he loves to have company and hang out when my H is working in the shed.

Studying my handywork, think it meets with approval!

New look Coburg station

Had a quick wander around the brand new Coburg Station this afternoon. Very impressive.

Photo heavy post (and this is just a few, my phone is forever telling me the memory is full!) Indulging in my fondness for angles and building  design.

Kyneton road trip

Hmmm what is the collective noun for echidnas?

Nursery rhyme mice!

Smoke plant in a pot! had never heard if these amazing plants until a couple of years ago. Now they are everywhere!

medieval/ viking tunics anyone? ( or have I just been watching too many posts from The Welsh Viking lately?  seriously these look more like historical reenactment/ cosplay than regular clothes!)