tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62109705266510199622024-03-13T08:04:13.326-07:00createPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-755699783507720872014-10-06T04:49:00.003-07:002014-10-06T04:50:13.923-07:00Use the force.... and the sewing machine
My dear son is going through a 'Star Wars' phase.
I happened to stumble on this material on one of my rare trips to Spotlight. (If you go cold turkey and throw out all their promo material you can survive surprisingly well with out Spotlight... who knew.)
This was my favourite material. Not his, but now that I've made them up I can't get them off him. Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-24669833972266141172014-03-03T19:32:00.003-08:002014-03-03T19:32:53.877-08:00It has been a while.......sorry if you have been waiting for new photos and some more creative stuff. It's not that I have stopped being creative, I am frequently creative, just not always in ways that can be photographed and posted here.
A couple of years ago (some days it seems like years and years and some days like only yesterday) I started a Masters Degree in Primary School teaching, by distance education.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-39634584642491601782012-03-05T17:56:00.003-08:002012-03-05T17:57:20.305-08:00Starting the year with some squares
While down at Mum and Dad's for Christmas I decided I'd pick up my white blanket again (by the time I finish I'll have to call it The Decade Blanket) and do a few more squares.
Circle Flower - a pattern I designed after starting another pattern that just didn't work for me.
Pretty Petals
Double Framed Lace
Popcorn flower - another one I made up
Kata Also Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-3406814242272670642012-02-12T21:27:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:27:38.094-08:00Swapping
Sometimes I wonder why I do swaps. I get stressed out and often just flop in a heap or have a panic.
Then I get a beautiful parcel like this and I feel really lucky.
I forgot how much I love matryoshka dolls until I got this box (on the left) the ribbon and the lovely material.
Aren't these crochet doilies beautiful? I think I might find Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-70773991809244624802012-02-12T21:19:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:19:33.090-08:00Christmas PJs
I may have mentioned before that I make lots of pairs of pyjamas that don't ever make and appearance here. My kids love their handmade pjs - why they won't wear other things I make is still beyond me.
Here are a couple of pairs that I made for Christmas.
Master 4 is still going through his Kenny the Koala phase (will it ever end?) and I found this cute ChristmasPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-50435369594590590922012-02-06T13:29:00.000-08:002012-02-06T13:29:03.259-08:00Sticky Gee's
For Christmas 2011 we made lots of biscuits.
I tried out a new recipe from Bakerella - basically it was this recipe before we tinkered with it.
And tinkering we did.
My dear daughter doesn't eat brown chocolate (and neither should I but she doesn't like it and I suspect it would do to her what it does to me) so we put in white chocolate and marshmallows.
Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-54391424643769146442012-02-06T13:16:00.000-08:002012-02-06T13:19:08.327-08:00Vogue 1250
I got hold of Vogue 1250 when Lincraft were having a half price sale on Vogue Patterns. I had read on other blogs where people said it was an easy sew and worked up nicely.
This was my first attempt.
Yes, I really am that white! I finished it in time to wear to the inlaws Christmas celebration. (Although my dear husband did say 'Are you sure you can sit down?'.... Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-62551564426636646392012-02-05T20:39:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:39:49.449-08:00Just more bags
I made this bag for a Christmas parcel.
It's lightly padded
and has an internal pocket that has a tape measure attached to it so it doesn't float away like mine always do.
I made this one from an invented shape hoping it would work well.
It doesn't really. I still use it but it's really too wide and not quite deep enough.
Back to the drawing board.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-85354853055625251772012-02-05T02:06:00.000-08:002012-02-05T02:06:16.005-08:00My craft room
I think I'm going to leave these photos in small format.
My craft room isn't one of those beautiful, straight out of a magazine rooms, it's in a constant state of needing to be tidied up. I don't create neatly!
Sometimes it's in a worse state than others, especially when things just get 'shoved in'.
This is after a bit of work.
I did eventually get it Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-90713251611096297662012-02-05T00:44:00.000-08:002012-02-05T00:46:12.997-08:00Rainbow Cake
I was feeling very creative for my husband's birthday at the end of last year and the kids were only too happy to encourage me.
"We" (and I use the term loosely as I did all the work and they did a lot of looking and licking) made this b-i-g cake...
Which, when cut, had a lovely rainbow inside of it.
Yes it was a bit more work than usual, Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-87929549138447615612012-02-04T16:37:00.000-08:002012-02-04T16:37:09.856-08:00Doll sized skirt
I offered to test the Mini Floreala pattern seeing as DD loves her big Floreala.
Of course the fly in this ointment is that DD and DS don't really have any dolls to test the finished product on. Lots of teddies and soft toys, just not really anything dolly like.
Still, I figured I could find something so I gave it a go.
I did find someone to try it on! She is/was Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-71595624716214813422012-02-04T15:03:00.000-08:002012-02-04T15:03:43.093-08:00A special 90th birthday bag set
My Nana turned 90 in September 2011 and Mum organised that I made her a bag (or two) and she'd make her a knitting needle and crochet hook wrap.
One is a mini sort of box bag with a magnetic closure...
The other is more of a tear drop shaped bag with a button closure.
The material was a lovely raspberry colour and the lining a nice light Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-55289348722241974562012-02-04T14:53:00.000-08:002012-02-04T14:53:55.488-08:00PJs for a Little Guy
I have been making the kids pjs now for quite a while, I just never seem to get around to photographing them.
My kids love home made pjs and at the moment it's the only thing I make that they'll wear!
Anyway, one of my friends from Ravelry mentioned that her nephew was going through chemo so we all decided to send him some handmade things to let him know that we're Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-10293495318592164152012-02-04T14:41:00.000-08:002012-02-04T14:41:06.615-08:00How to keep your teapot warm
There is a tea cosy competition in Morpeth every year.
It's a great competition, free to enter and they send your tea cosy back.
Last year I made several tea cosies, but didn't end up sewing them together to get them up to Morepeth for the competition (or let's face it, just to be put on display for my tea cosy), but we did go up for a visit so you can enjoy some of the tea cosies too.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-1219344016159898652012-02-04T06:24:00.000-08:002012-02-04T06:24:14.325-08:00Another Skirt
I made another skirt for Little Miss. It was a test pattern but has since been released. You can find it here - Floreala, on Ravelry.
It's a very well written pattern.
I made a larger size than needed to give some room for growth.
Miss likes the fact it's longer.
It's made from Bendigo Woollen Mills cotton.
She's happy.
I might Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-38559561686664428772012-01-07T22:00:00.000-08:002012-01-07T22:04:48.155-08:00Kenny the Koala Kake
It was Master 4's birthday in July, but I'm pretty sure I haven't posted the pictures of his birthday cake.
Master 4 is very very keen on koalas. So keen he has a bucket full of koala toys.
He refers to all his koalas as "Kenny". (He has one he decided was a girl and called "Kiki" but the rest are Kenny 1, Kenny 2, Kenny 3, Kenny 4 etc - you get the picture, Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-34656398230752778282011-08-19T22:53:00.000-07:002011-08-19T23:02:18.850-07:00Socks!I got some sock yarn to dye for Bendigo and decided I had better make myself a pair of socks. These really are my first pair of socks and I did them top down, two at a time.
I'd dyed them a nice red/raspberry colour and the yarn was a pleasure to work with.
The make up is - 60%Super Merino/15%Nylon/15%Bamboo/10%Silk. It's super soft and although I had reservations about how the socks would Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-29466123375064308962011-08-19T22:45:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:52:40.364-07:00Getting crafty for schoolSchool put out a call for squares to make blankets for "Wrap with Love".
I'm not a square knitter - in fact I still have three quarters of one sitting here, unfinished, so I decided I'd crochet some.
Then I decided that I needed to make enough for an entire blanket so that the crochet squares went together.
Thankfully Mum gave me a hand making some of the plain blue and green ones you can see.
Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-31855566521431239632011-08-19T22:38:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:45:26.654-07:00Hyperbolic crochet coral reefPart of the hyperbolic crochet coral reef was on display in the shed my stall was in at Bendigo.
It was awesome from a distance and I'm sure my husband would like something this decorating the middle of our dining table (only because he's really into fish keeping at the moment), but I'm not sure I have the time or patience to make it, even though they assure me it's easy.
Some parts look easy, Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-20264201963819735532011-08-19T22:29:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:37:21.108-07:00Sew much sewing, so few picturesI sewed many many bags to take to the Bendigo Sheep Show this year. I think I had almost 40, or something close to that.
Of course I didn't photograph most of them (ok, I didn't photograph any of them) before I left.
I was so over sewing them I was glad to be finished.
Here are some photos of them on the table at Bendigo.
I had a few left on the final day but not too many.
They are a great Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-38346254401660527312011-08-19T22:26:00.000-07:002011-08-19T22:29:51.352-07:00My very own lolly shopAll that white yarn back here became this....
Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-23496729175834359442011-08-19T04:30:00.000-07:002011-08-19T04:52:29.348-07:00More Cow PantsAfter making the first pair of cow pants an idea kept floating round in my head and I couldn't let it go, so I now present to you.......
..... the new improved Cow Pants!
oh yes it is.... cow fur! (fake of course)
Mr Almost Four was impressed.
And the pocket detail? it says Moo Moo Moo Moo all the way round. :o)
Two pockets for the ipods, as per the request.
He was even happy to Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-39874120505333068582011-08-19T04:02:00.000-07:002011-08-19T04:29:07.145-07:00Kandinsky ArtOne weekend I dragged out the water colours and the art paper and we got down to doing some artwork.
I'd seen this blog post and it inspired me.
Once we'd done the circles we looked up Kandisky and Little Miss became inspired to add other things to her artwork.
Little Miss loved it
and she sat there for a couple of hours concentrating and painting
we really enjoyed ourselves.
Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-56668108403827204502011-08-19T00:28:00.000-07:002011-08-19T04:02:05.689-07:00The Butterfly CostumeLittle Miss's school has a themed dinner dance every year. This was our first year (being that she changed schools at the beginning of the year) so we weren't quite too sure what to expect.
The theme was 'Up in the Air'. So many things to choose from. We went through a great big list.
Finally we settled on a butterfly.
The wings were sewn to the back of the top and she could slip her hands Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279205205023682247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210970526651019962.post-89455217274479348482011-08-18T20:35:00.000-07:002011-08-19T00:27:50.057-07:00What I see...A great big pile of work.... all this white yarn waiting to be dyed for The Bendigo Wool Show.
It's cashmere, cashmere/silk, merino/silk, sock yarn, wool/bamboo/silk/nylon sock yarn and a few other things in there....
.... some of you might see a pile of white yumminess - me I see coloured fingers coming. (I do wear gloves, it just seems to get through.)
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