Finally the sewing bug has bitten me again!  I've been quite busy sewing over the last week or so and once again, I can't understand why I haven't made anything for so long.  Well, I do know why, life is just so busy these days and being stressed over running our business, financial pressure, 3 young kids... The silly thing is that when I sew, I kind of ''escape'' from all the pressures of life and go in to a happy world of colours, fabric and whilst sewing think of other things I ''just have to make'' which makes me feel really happy from the inside.  Best of all, I sew whilst the rest of the family is around me, it's a hobby that I can do at any time of the day and the family is well used to the noise of the sewing machine, the huge amount of threads & scraps everywhere.  So, here is what I've been up to this week!

Sugar & Spice bag in Babushka fabrics - using ChrisW Designs pattern

My first ever ''purse frame'' purse!  This was really fun to make, but I need to make a few more to prefect this! 

Babushka Shoulder Bag & Purse

Babushka Doll

a little Hobby Horse for Tyler

This is my first attempt at making a Hobby Horse.  I used Melly & Me's Giddy Up pattern.  This one was a gift for Tyler who turned 1 in June! Fabrics used for this project was mainly from Timeless Treasures ''Shipyard'' collection. 

 

Babushka Love

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I'm having too much fun making these, so I will just keep going with them for a while! Yesterday I the made one with Red Hair in the same design as the first one (because I had left over fabric) and then I decided to make the Blonde one in mainly Denyse Schmidt fabrics!

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Babushka Doll

I've been wanting to make this Babushka doll for a while and tonight I started my first one. I have another 4 to go. I made this one using fabric from Tone Finnanger's TILDA collection. 

I found that the pattern (by Ooshka) was difficult to read as it was written in centimeters and not inches - most patchwork mats, rules etc are in inches - and also a lot of unnecessary pre-cutting of fabric, rather than just sew 4 strips together in correct width/length. The end result was the same, but I think the pattern should be re-written for the AU/USA market personally.