Pillow gets a makeover

Little fishes favourite pillow (called rock for some reason) needed a bit of sprucing up. The Dorothy cover was looking a bit old and grotty so we decided to give it a makeover. We found some cute fabric and set about making a new cover that would bring a bit of zing to rock.

Instead of adding a zip around the edge like Dorothy had we simply overlapped the back pieces cause that was much easier and I had no zip anyway so it all worked out quite well!

She was quite taken with the new cover and rock is back on the bed where it/he/she belongs.

I Actually Won Something!

I entered a funkyfabrix giveaway the other week as the fabric was cute and you can't win if you are not in it!

And..... I actually won!

It is the cutest range (I think it's aimed at boys but my girls like boy stuff and play with trains and dinosaurs and love thomas) and the animals in them are super cute.

So I was very excited to get an email telling me I'd won. I haven't been in a lot of blog giveaways, mainly because I usually don't discover them til they are finished!

Now to think of something great to make!

I've been playing around with transfers and t-shirts lately and have been going through the kids books for some cute pictures to put on them. Bambi is a favourite though the story is pretty terrible and the little golden books have proven to be good sources of cuteness.

A big shroom and some new fabric!

I had to put this pic in of Stacey with her big mushroom. We have been growing mushies in the pantry (deliberately!) and she was so excited when this whopper came up she demanded a photo be taken. It is suprisingly easy to grow your own mushrooms and they are much fresher than the ones at the supermarket.

On a more craft related note, we got a lovely parcel in the mail this morning that had some fabric in it mum and I ordered off Etsy.

I got these lovely Michael Miller prints which are fat 1/4's and mum got some funky xmas prints and a fat 1/4 set of Erin McMorris prints. I have an idea of what I'd like to make with mine and I am itching to get started but have some other things I have to get finished first.

We have picked the first snow peas off our plant and they were quite delicious!

Some fabric finds

The 2 little fishes, myself and Nanny fish went for a bit of a drive today out to a town called Marian where a little craft show was on. It was part of the River rock to Mountain top community festival that happens along the towns up the range. it was only little but there was some great craft work on display and some interesting stalls. I managed to come home with a little bundle of material and oldest little fish scored herself a stubbie cooler with Thomas the Tank on it and a set of ice block holders to match (all made of wetsuit material to keep things cool or warm I guess depending on what it is!)

My very favourite is the very cute looking print with the old looking toys on it. It is very retro and lovely. And you can never have enough small dots. And we had to get the digger material as we are reading a book called The little Yellow Digger at bedtime and it was absolutely essential that we purchased this.

I have finished the birdy project and am pretty pleased with the outcome. There was a little bit of fiddling and removing of wire and playing with the good old hot glue gun but the end result is pleasing and looks pretty good hanging up.