Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My Creative Space

I had my mother-in-law visiting over the weekend so there was no time for sewing. It was time to pull out the stitching instead. 



This is a new design I am working on. I have big plans for this one!

Happy crafting to you. For more creative spaces pop on over to Kootoyoo!

Lisa
xxx
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

My Creative Space

I am a bit late with this post, oh what a week. I have a messy house, my mother in law arriving for a weekend visit this evening, a have a big project deadline a work (today!!) and I have to get Ella to swimming lessons by 5pm. It has been a mad house this week. Anyway enough of that, here is where I am at with my creative space.




All I have to show this week is my unpicker. Yes, that is right! I have had a BIG FAIL!

Lesson learnt: do not drink alcohol and drive your sewing machine!!!!!

In my own defence, I only had 2 drinks, but as I am not much of a drinker this was enough to make me tipsy. I should have stopped sewing  but noooooooo, not me. I was determined to finish sewing my binding and finishing off my quilt.

In the light of day and with a clear head, there was some ordinary sewing observed. Strangely, at the time it appeared perfect to me!!!!

Anyway, this has got me looking at unpickers......gee I didn't realise there were so many cute ones out there. Were do you find these pretty unpickers??



Hope you have had more success in your creative endeavours than me!

For more creative spaces pop on over to Kootoyoo's place.

Lisa
xxx

Friday, February 11, 2011

I'm redecorating

You will notice that over the coming weeks there will be some changes to my blog. All good I hope!


I have decided to redecorate and branch out.


I will keep you posted.


Lis
xxx

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

My Creative Space

Well I had high hopes of having a finished quilt to show off but that didn't happen. A bout of tonsillitis put dent in my plans over the weekend! 


Well, it is almost done, only the binding to go.


Here it is. I am just so happy with the colour combination and the backing. Oh, and don't you love my little model/helper?!










So hopefully it will be all done over the weekend.

For more creative spaces or to play along, just pop over here.

Hope you have a lovely day.

Lisa
xxx




52 Projects

Last year I started a new job. Just after I started my job, we bought a house, then moved into the house. So needless to say, there was not much creativity and crafting happening in my neck of the woods.


Over Christmas when I was on holidays I got to thinking of ways to get back into my creative groove. I came up with the idea of 52 projects. 52 projects in a year. So this means I need to do something that helps me with my creativity each week. Some of my completed projects have not been exciting (business accounting etc) but it needed to be done and aids with my creative pursuits. So this was counted as a project (maybe that is stretching it but it works for me!).


So far this year I have:

  1. Fixed up my business accounts
  2. Organised my sewing room
  3. Create a stack of 4 cushions
  4. Work out my design process
  5. Started organising my garage so I can work on restoring furniture (yes this does count!)
  6. Buttons
  7. Baby strip quilt (almost done!)
I think I am pretty much on track but I don't know if I will be able to achieve this, but it really has got my creative juices flowing!

I know this post seems a little late. I wasn't going to blog about it at all, but then I thought that I should to put my commitment out there.


Looking forward to a happy and creative 2011!

Lisa
xxx