Business card holder

What a strange summer we're having. It's hot, it's wet, and it's almost over.... 
I borrowed Kate Golda's "Hand-Stitched Felt" from the Bendigo library and sat watching the Top Gear "3 wise men" (screamer!) 2010 Christmas special stitching this sweet little business card holder using the teensiest pieces of felt scraps.  The aim is that it will hold the copious number of coffee loyalty cards that are currently crowding out my purse. :-)  There's a slightly larger version in the book too which is used for carrying photos. Might be a good Mothers' Day idea for our kids to make for their Grannies? I think I'll include that on the Term 1 Sew Much Talent program.

My son Max (9) attended the Art Gallery today for a kids' workshop where they viewed the current exhibition Your Move and then created their own board game.  Max loved it and came home with a Karate-based gamed that we are looking forward to playing over our coco pops tomorrow.   I hope you're enjoying your holidays too.  Kristen x

T is for Tom

There are 6 boys in my sons/nephews generation in our family. Our youngest nephew, Tom turns 1 on January 24th. Here he is (with panda) on his Christmas present - a quilt featuring T-blocks alternating with fussy-cut panels of the gorgeous Michael Miller fabric "I think I can".

Sew Much Talent workshop

This bunch of kids has SEW MUCH TALENT!

Thank you to the boys and girls who took part in Sew Much Talent on Thursday 23rd December. You were a pleasure to have and you taught me so much!

I am very proud of the beautiful Christmas decorations you made, I hope you feel very proud too. Sewing beads can be very tricky and the final results were really gorgeous.

In the afternoon, it was a pleasure to watch the patchwork group choosing your fabrics and arranging your them into a pleasing layout (that's my favourite part too). We did need more time didn't we? I hope you will come back in January to finish the cushions or quilts off and I think you were right, we need to use sewing machines.

I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and hope to see you for the next workshop on the 13th of January.