Elkhorn surprise

Monique of Elkhorn's gorgeous hand screen printed work top left & bottom right. My sean-the-prawn cushion bottom left.

My sean-the-prawn grevilla cushion .

This week I received the loveliest of emails from Monique of Elkhorn, she had been on a visit to Mooch Inside a beautiful store in our local area in which we both retail our creations. Monique had taken many photos on her visit & collaged them together, posting them on her blog. I'd have to agree with her, yes, our goodies do look great together. I love Elkhorn's earthiness & fresh colours, I can't wait to get my hands on one of her new hand printed tote bags. Thanks Monique for including me in your blog post, you made my day.

cushy old time

I love this map cushion of Australia. I've been hoarding this fabric panel for some time now, it was the centre of the tablecloth from which I cut all the birds for those florally birdy cushions that were such a hit. Almost kept this one for myself, hard to part with but I'm pleased to say it has gone all the way to Italy to spend the rest of it's days.
These next little guys were such a pleasure to make from a vintage tea towel from Lightning Ridge, so grassy green is that background. Got to love a joey in the pouch! Kangas were teamed with an awesome vintage wool plaid in fab orange & brown. Worked a little hand top stitching along the panels in green Japanese sashiko thread just the jazz her up a bit. Over all quite snazzy I believe. Hope you like them too.

Here's a quick little snapshot of my cushions in Mooch Inside at Hardys Bay where they will be retailing. The Kanga cushions along with my remaining wildflower ones are currently for sale on the newly established online store. Quite exciting that their online shop is happening as it has been in the making for such a long time. Hooray!

Seen in Green

Front cover of the Green Magazine in which sean-the-prawn cushions & quilt feature in an article about one of my Husband's home renovations. The house is only a few streets away from where we live & my Hubby designed a beautifully relaxed modern extension at the rear of the quaint coastal old weatherboard cottage. A good friend of our's & an extremely talented photographer Brigid Arnott lovingly styled & photographed the project. The mag has been hanging about in the shops for almost a couple of months & I've only just managed to post about it. Life seems busy, busy,busy of late & blogging has been sidelined for other activities, but that is about to change. So many things I want to share with you lovely lot. Hello.... is anyone still out there?

Large cushion on bed of main bedroom.

Australia cushion & quilt as throw on bed in one of the girl's bedrooms.

Wildflower cushion on cane chair in the other girl's bedroom.

Wildflower & Australian map cushions in living room of the weekender. I love all the doors in various shades of green in the background that open up the living space like gills of a giant fish.

Can you open your home up to let the outside in? I'm forever opening up windows to feel the breeze. I guess some people like dark & cosy, I don't I love loads of sunlight & fresh air.

sunny winter days

Front room of our house/my workroom, you can see some of my fabrics, buttons & trims stacked up in the old buffet cabinet that once belonged to my Grandma Lily.

This is one of three birdy cushions that I have been making recently. Sadly the last of my bird fabric so the end of this popular little range of cushions.

Another birdy cushion.

And another, think this one is my favourite with the waterlilies in the background...great vibrant colours.

Wattle tree at my front door, so bright & cheery.

Sunny winter days have been scarce of late, with rain, rain, rain bucketing down. Talk about cabin fever! Washing piling up & everything feeling damp in the house. Great weather for staying indoors & sewing, curling up under blankets & pawing over my new Japanese "Sweet Dress Book".
Yesterday the sun finally broke through all those rain clouds & today has just been so gloriously sunny. To celebrate the sun, I thought I'd take a snap shot for you of the beautiful wattle tree in my garden, so sunshiny yellow. It blazes away near my front door putting a smiling on my face every time I catch a glimpse of it through the window.

Kanga dress

Oh how I love this little kanga dress, I made it for a gorgeous young lady (five years old to be precise). Her mother who is a good friend of ours called me one night saying that she had a photographer from Dwell (american mag) coming to do a photo shoot of their Sydney home in a couple of days & she would love to have her daughter wearing a sean-the-prawn dress/something quite Aussie looking. Mmm, this sent me into quite a frenzy as I only had a few hours available the next day to scrape a couple of things together to meet the express post in time. I grabbed a dress from Moochinside that I had already made from a teatowel with a bright print of Tasmanian wildflowers, but what if she didn't like it?? I thought she needed another choice so I looked through my aussie stash & found an adorable old kangaroo teatowel from Lightning Ridge. I spliced the tea towel with a yummy chocolate brown linen & chopped out a few extra kangarooy bits to use in the future for some cushions, & bob's your uncle a little cute kanga dress was made just in time for the express post.

Melbourne here we come

Hooray,Hooray, sean-the-prawn is making it's way to Melbourne. After chatting to the super nice Madeleine of DoReMe & maybe twisting her arm just a tiny bit she has agreed to start stocking sean-the-prawn goodies in her beautiful Melbourne shop. I'm over the moon to have a Melbourne stockist as I was down there about a month ago for a long weekend while my husband was involved with the National Architecture Conference. I had such a fab time wandering around Fitzroy & Collingwood & eating in amazing restaurants in the city. So many great little shops & a general love of craftiness all round. Can't wait until I can visit again. Pretty upcycled vintage floral & Aussie cushions waiting to be finished off.

Sweet purpley pink patch worked cot quilt/throw waiting on the ironing board while I choose from my stash of backing fabrics.Quilts & cushions will be bagged & tagged & making their way to DoReMe towards the end of this week. I do hope you Melbourne folk enjoy my work.

I love my neglected garden

I love my garden, my poor neglected unruly garden that is growing wilder by the day. At the present it is giving the most beautiful David Austin roses with the sweetest peachy scent. I have citrus trees laden with oranges, limes, mandarins & lemons almost ready to harvest, yum. It gives me so much pleasure to sit & watch my four fluffy bottomed hens scratch around under these trees looking for tasty wormy treats.
Poor neglected garden, I used to give you so much of my time, tending you obsessively, but now the sewing machine has stolen me away from you once again. I'll be back, I haven't forgotten you, loyal friend. Thanks for the roses.