Ahh...Spring!

In the few lovely sunny days we had in the school holidays, I did manage to get my pushy out and go for a ride - for the first time in ages! Must try and do it more often!

Pop over here to see some brilliant crafty people. I have been wondering what goes on over at the Harvest Workroom, Lygon St Brunswick when I have walked past there. And thanks to a tip off from the Brunswick Brown Owls, now I know! ( and I want to go and do a screen printing course there... like  I need  yet another craft to get into!).  I might try and pop along to the Brown Owls this Wednesday night, usually can't get there because it is the same week as our Coburg craft group, or it is school council meeting night. Anyone else like to come along?

School holidays...

Hiya folks...school holidays have kind of gotten in the way of things lately. Only crafting I have done is knit a quick "sock" cover for my new phone!
HEAPS of crafty events & such coming up this month, so get your diaries out- edited to add a couple more now!

• Peppertree Place in Coburg have their monthly vege swap this Saturday 10-12, and their annual garden fiesta is scheduled for November 10, 10 til 4.
•Saturday 13th Oct is the St Albans (Reynard St. Coburg) church fete, 9:30-2
•and also the Oak Park PS fete 10-4
•and Made 'n' Thornbury market 10-2
• AND  Brunswick Kinder fete Glenlyon Rd 10-4

• Finders Keepers Market is on again at the Old exhibition centre Fri 19th- Saturday  - finders keepers
•Sisters' Market, Norhcote Town hall, Saturday 20th 10-4
• Sat 20th Oct PEGS school Essendon (across the road from Windy Hill!) Craft show & fete
•Sunday 21st Oct- St Joseph's  PS fete 10-4 I think some of these billboards have been read from trams, and I can't find details on the schools' websites either, tut tut!)
•Sunday 21st Oct Errol st Nth Melbourne Spring Fling festival, and the craft market is also on.

• Friday 26 Oct 5-9pm St Fidelis PS fete
• Saturday 27th Brunswick Nth PS school fete
•Sunday 28th Oct Moonee Ponds Central school - Spring fete, 10-4



Margaret Mary's PS fete is also on - another poster I saw from the road but not close enough to see the date! And nothing on their website or anywhere! Unlike the Brunswick kinder - when I googled the fete, came up with a whole page of listings. Good on them for promoting their event so well. HINT HINT people.

PLUS the Craft and Sewing show is on Oct 25-28! Not sure how many of these events I can get to without a tardis, but I will try!

tomorrow night

Same bat time, same bat channel ...see you at the POH for craft group tomorrow night. Absolutely no idea what I will be bringing!

craft events coming up

20 October - craft market at PEGS school Essendon (next to Windy Hill) 10-4pm
21st October - St Joseph's primary school Victoria st Brunswick, school fete

There is also a market night next Wednesday I think, at a kinder in Pascoe Vale, kent rd or Derby st - I have seen the promotional boards but didn't write it down so can't remember the details.  Sorry for being vague!

PS if anyone is trying to send me a text & doesn't hear back from me -  I am not being rude- my phone can send a text but hasn't received any for over a week now. Hence I am reading lots of reviews on which phone to buy next!

YAY! brand new season of Dr Who starts next weekend!

Enjoying  the paralympics, love that my kids are so keen to watch it, cheering on Ahmed Kelly, Kurt Fearnly, & others that they have seen bios on "The road to London" on the ABC.

Grand Designs live is coming to Melbourne! I soooo want to go (the kids do to, but not my H!)

You would never guess what I found...

...in Coburg Coles supermarket yesterday! I don't usually shop in Coles, but ducked in to see what they had in marshmallows (same pink & white as Woolies unfortunately - I was after white only, really don't like the pink ones). ANYWAY at the magazine stand at the register, they had a whole stack of Mollie Makes magazines!  With free 'handmade with love" roll of cloth tape! All for just $12 - about $4 cheaper than at the newsagent. I just can't believe it was in the supermarket - an indie UK craft magazine, how weird is that... I have a hard time finding it in a newagent half the time!  I will bring it along to craft group at the PO cafe tomorrow night! See you there!

Still here...

Still coughing, sneezing, going through boxes of tissues like they were growing on trees or something! I am sick of being sick! I have to get the wheat bags finished for tomorrow night, the owls all have faces now, just need to pin, fill & sew. The lovely Rachel from school & craft group has taken the plain bags ( and several kilos of wheat!) home to make the plain heat bags. I will try & so some sewing this afternoon. But I have a birthday present to finish first, ready for a special 8 year old birthday on Thursday. 

Here is the cat cushion I made for my niece's recent birthday (also 8). I made her brother the dog cushion, and found the cat pattern in an old "Women's Day Handcraft"  book -  1979!!!

Hand sewing help needed

 In my enthusiastic sewing efforts last week, I made some of these and cut out some more, they just need eyes hand sewn on, then I can pour in the barley and sew them up.

The owls have their wings sewn on, and eyes pinned on ready to be hand sewn, then likewise filled & finished.

They would be done now, but of course I woke up coughing & had no voice on Friday. Which turned into the flu. Which means I feel like utter crap. Today is the most coherent my brain has been for days. I am sooo over sleeping/dozing/even sitting on the couch. Haven't slept much because of trying to sleep on the couch at night, and the damn rabbit, I don't  think she does sleep - she eats, drinks, chews, jumps around all night (Monday night she actually broke one of the  ramps in her house, so I suppose she does have an excuse for being extra restless that night). 

Anyway, I was planning on having these all finished to have a mini craft stall at the book fair/art show next Wednesday. If anyone can help with some hand sewing, that would be great.  Let me know. I wouldn't dare touch a needle & thread just yet, I would  likely have  a coughing fit & poke myself in the eye!