Posts Tagged by Bead-licious

I have been slack with the blogs posts of late. I could offer several excuses but I thought I would just share with you what I have been doing.

Most recently I have returned from Craft Alive in Bendigo. A few of the traders I have exhibited with at other events but there were many that were new to me. Carli Hill’s work really impressed me. Her speciality is lamp working. In layman’s terms she makes beads and jewellery from glass. I think I could have come home with half of her display but I behaved myself and came home with a pendant that has a tiny frog and gecko on a pond setting. I love it.

I have also been sewing. Currently I am about to quilt a smallish quilt for the Sydney trade fair. I can’t share it just yet but the kids have been having great fun with the fabric pieces. Merryn can be heard “tooting” as she walks past (okay it has a train theme). I have also sewn a skirt, a top and 2 bags from Nicole Mallalieu’s book, You Sew Girl. Now that I have sewn those I can’t wait to sew more. I really like her style and her patterns are easy to achieve.

A bag for Merryn from Nicole's purse pattern

Bag from a Nicole Mallalieu pattern

I’ve got a stack of fabrics ready to use in Kate Conklin’s Sierra’s Forest pattern. I have sewn a sample that I have shown you before in the robotics quilt. This next one is a girl’s version of this quilt. Hopefully the next few weeks will give me an opportunity to do some more work at the sewing machine. I am sure that you will like it.

And of course there was AQC a month ago now. I can’t believe how the time has flown.

I will make all attempts to post more regularly. Until next time.