I finally got some material for my first real sewing project. I am going to be making the dress (blue one in pic on pattern). I only got cheaper material as I just want too see how it turns out. If everything goes good then I will get much prettier material for Skye, she is such as "Dress" girl. Well just thought I would share the material I picked out, I was there for ages and couldn't make up my mind. Then Willow started to get cranky so just made a quick choose. LOL.

Still no new computer, Chris will be fixing it up on the weekend, so just making do with this slower one we have atm. Chris has all the photo's of the girls off onto a memory thing so I am happy about that if the computer just decided to stop working all together. Losing all those would be really bad as I don't have those pics anywhere else.

Fabric For a Dress For Skye.

Internet Drama's

I haven't posted for the last few days as we are in the middle of transfering everything to another tower for the computer. The one we have on atm is starting to lock up, nearly all the memory is used up. We have been having a few troubles getting the new tower connected to the internet so had to put the old tower back on for today just in case we get some orders for our business.

Skye is at daycare today and half the day has already gone. As soon as I know it will be time to pick her up. I planned to go to spotlight today for some material but will see how I go. I also gotta to prepare a cottage pie for dinner this arvo.

Not much else is happening, been busy cleaning, I cleaned all the windows yesterday and they look all sparkling clean today. :) There was so many finger prints on the back door it wasn't funny. LOL.

Better get going, got a lot of stuff to do. Until next time until we get this internet connection sorted out which will hopefully not be long.

Pics of the Girls

Here are a few pics of the girls when we went to the fete a week ago. They are getting big so fast. No much happening today, the house looked like bomb hit it this morning, much better now since I gave it a clean, I have been busy putting new products on our website. We are getting a few more customers now which is great. :)

I got the patterns I won off Ebay last week, here is a pic of them.

I still haven't decided what I am going to make first for Skye. I really haven't had a good look at the pattern yet.

Girls need lunch so better go, the sun is finally shining outside today, it has rained again this week, hopefully next week we can have a week of no rain. Getting a bit sick of it now.

Rainy Day Again

Well its raining here again, thankfully got all the washing down before hand. We went to the cinema yesterday and saw Kung Fu Panda. Skye loved it, Willow was good too, she even had a 45min sleep in there. :) She has a cold atm so I am pretty sure she was just feeling crappy yesterday anyway. Skye is good, she is at daycare today. We got her school interview coming up very soon. OMG this yr is going so fast.

We got a few more orders for our business, Chris showed me how to put products on the website so I try and do half an hour a day of putting new things on to help Chris out.

Not much else is happening. I am still waiting for a pattern that I won on Ebay, I hope it arrives today, then mite pop down to spotlight tomorrow to get some material.

Better go and get some work down. I will post some pics of the girls soon, just recharging the camera battery now.

Gasto :(

I started to feel a bit yuck on Monday arvo, then around 6pm it hit me, gastro. I haven't been that sick since I was a kid. No one else has had it so I don't know where I got it from. Thankfully today I feel nearly normal again. :)

Willow has been really running me down atm, she keeps throwing these major tantrums. She just wants her own way all the time, typical toddler I know. Everything Skye plays with she wants and when I say she can't have, onto the ground she throws herself. Gotta love this age don't you.

Here are a few pics of the Long-stitch I have started.

I finally started it.

What long-stitch looks like when finished.

Here are a couple of other pics.

"Cuddles" our pet budgie, he is getting so cheeky, the girls love him.


Willow keeping warm after her bath.

Hetic Weekend.

Just a quick post today as we have been to a party today (Boy from playgroup) and had SIL 2 kids to look after too. So its been a pretty busy weekend. I know I said I wasn't going to bid on any other sewing patterns in Ebay but I just couldn't help myself. I have bidded on a summer dress pattern for Skye and also a book with some girls clothes to sew which includes patterns. I have seen quite a few free patterns on the net but I just don't know how to transfer the pattern onto a larger sheet of paper that would be the right size. So leaving that alone for the time being and just sticking to patterns ready to go. LOL.

I did start my new longstitch for my mum on the weekend. Its pretty detailed too so its going to take me awhile I think. Much harder then the mouse one I did. So it should look very impressive when finished. :) Chris is going to build a frame for me next weekend for the other one I have finished. I also have 2 cross-stitches I am going to do for Chris's Dad and very good elderly couple I have know for years for Christmas presents. So certainly got enough to do to keep me busy.

Ok better get going, Got my mum coming over tomorrow to visit the girls, going to make some yummy pumpkin scones for afternoon tea tomorrow. I have a pumpkin that needs using up and we aren't too fond of pumpkin soup so scones it is!!!!! :)

Lamb

Silly me forgot to take a pic of the lamb I finished before I sent it off. Anyway here is a pic of the lamb just before I sewed the ears on. Excuse the pins and the mess behind the pic. ;)




I haven't decided what I will sew next but think about it in the next few days. I have another Longstitch ready to do, haven't had time to start it.

Our online business is starting to pick-up so much now, this could really work for us and enable us to buy a house. :Yayyyyyy: Trying to stay positive, Chris just got a pay-rise so hoping this is the beginning of a huge break from us. We have had a pretty bad last couple of yrs with money, just basically not having much. Just have to hope, its getting to a point where you have to look after yourself now, losing hope when it comes to goverment lately. Look at those poor pensioners. Things are going so much down-hill lately in Australia, I was just thinking the other night how things have changed so much since the 80's. I worry for my girls too what the future holds for them and us of course when we get old. As Chris said there won't be any pension then, so we gotta start thinking about making sure we have money then to get us by. Anyway enough about that. LOL.

Washing to hang out.

Longstitch Finished. :)

Well here it is, finally finished at long last. Just gotta get Chris to make a frame now for it then its going in Skye's room.




I am quite proud of myself as its the first one I have done. Already got the other Longstitch I have for my mums xmas pressie all ready to go. :) Now to start on my Softie today.