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Hubby's painting and my lace. Peek of a gorgeous green vase my Grandma lay-byed in the 50's.

 A few of my favourite things: Damian Meehan Little Man in a Box, Mum's Weight Lifter doll, Boxes by Katherine Hepburn lookalike (sorry, I've forgotten your name), vintage millinary flowers from the family inheritance (i.e. from Mum via Grandma via her Mum Nanna), Op-Shop grave ornament ceramic flower, embossing stamps from Paris and old old doiley's from goodness knows where.

Deborah Klein Linocut Print. Bought with a gift from Jean Goldberg, given for that purpose.

I Just Never Get To The Camera

 But I keep busy... Claire's Birthday Pants Man. Finished at last! I was pretty happy with it and so was she! xoxoxox My little girl all grown up...

Trousers in Ceylon stitch.

I'm So Excited!

There is an article in the latest Quilter's Newsletter, about my quilt! It's very exciting as, I (alone in the whole Pacific!) discovered this magazine in the late 70's before the quilting craze made it all available here (in Oz). Pretty sure I was the first in my neck of the woods at least!
That's what comes of growing up with 'McCall's Needlework & Craft Magazine', you see all of this great stuff. The ads were as good as the articles, with all of that modern American bling you could buy.
So when I came to putting my crazy patches together with the fans, and saw it to be way too busy, I dug out the old QNM's and saw one with a border that I employed to seperate the two sections. In fact the whole of this quilt is familiar, even though I came at mine (in the beginning) as a Grandmother's Fans quilt and added the crazy centre. It's an appealing medium, the crazy.
Thank You, wonderful anonymous embroiderer extroirdinaire of 1884!
The article on the link is great too, and all of the pictures. My copy is old and tattered and extremely well loved.

AND:

So, Kim at l'uccello's is putting my new classes up on her blog on Wednesday or Thursday (16th-17th May), so if you're interested in being terribly pampered while taking some classes, have a look at her blog or pop into the shop. luccello's a pure hit of visual and tactile delight and I'm really pleased as punch to be teaching there. It's great fun.
I'll post more too. There will be a few options...

Details of Claire's Ceylon Stitch Pants Man, a secret birthday pressie.

Onward & Upward With The Finishing Off Thing

I am adding this text to Claire's drawing. It needed something other, and this will work well.

My eldest daughter wrote this note for her grandparents, maybe aged 8-10? I realised the other day, that I would NEVER EVER have presumed my grandparents, or parents, or anyone else for that matter, to be wrong and then magnanimously forgiven them and not held it against them like this! I would have forgiven them of course, being tender hearted, but it would not have occured to me to see any wrongness! Such a self-aware little girl!

Paperdolls by Kate Rice

This is the most gorgeous jumper I've ever seen. And anything I didn't know, I do now thanks to Youtube. Any tutorial at all is there. Good O! I tried to reinvent the design to use my girls, but seriously, Kate's version is so clean and right, I won't change a thing. Excepting the colours. While I think of it, go have a look at the other versions everyone has done (at Ravelry).

Ruby's Long Story: "The Time Went Farster Than Enythinck".

Ruby wrote this in maybe grade 4? I stitched it in 2004 or so but haven't shown you yet. My first intention was to make a quilt type thing, built of all these kiddie's things... but now I'm not so sure. It spends some of its time hanging on the wall as is.

To Mum

The Time Went Farster Than Enythinck xox I love you

OnCe a Pone A Time

There Was a little Gile +

a little Boy

They Wock (woke)

up Relly orlee in the (up relly early in the)

Mornine and They looked

at There Teddys

and Went to the clock

and then they Sterd (stared)

at the clock and sterd

and sterd

and after One Minet (minute)

It Sead an ouruer hand (it said an hour hand)

Went up (pointed up)

One minet is only 60

seconds.

They took The Bachrise (batteries)

Out and Had a look

They Were or Rhite (they were alright)

But it Was rong looking

So They Went to there

Mother and told Her

she Went and Had a look

as Well.

she Seaid Its

only Cos Its oly in the (only because it's early in the)

Morning

Good Nhit and (good night and)

Go to bed pleas Its to orly (go to bed please it's too early)

Its only 1:00 in

The Morning

oK Mum They Sead

and they went to Bed

and Then the little gile (girl)

had a Bad greem (dream)

she sterted Crying

Her Mum Came and

gave Her a Hug

Come

and Sleep With Me. OKay

Mum

The Little Boy Dident

Like It When she Was gone

so He Started Crying to (too)

his Mum Came With

Sissy (his mum came with his sister)

I Dont Lick It When She (I don't like it when she)

is not Here Its Scary Can I

Come and sleep With you two

OKay Come on then Hurry

up okay okay okay I will

okay

Good Seaid Mum

Mum Dont Be Mean pleas

oKay

They all Went to Sleep

and

all of Them gumpt up (jumped up)

in a big friht (fright)

It Was gest Next Door (it was just next door)

good Im glad

Then a Rober Came into the Hourse (a robber came into the house)

We got a gun each and

chrid to cll him (tried to kill him)

They Cilld

the rober after 6 owers

and

the Boy Had His Birthday and

the

Girl Had Her Birthday Cose (because)

They Were twins. they torned (turned)

10 yers old.

They Had to

clen the blud thate Was on (clean the blood that was on)

the floor the End

Look Who's Waiting For Us!

How happy are we!

Max

I thought I'd posted this picture ages ago, but if I did it's outdone my patience in looking for it again. Max is either Myrtle, Abigail or Bronwyn Bunny if they'd turned out... well, if they'd split completely as twins. As in, without becoming any kind of twin. I don't like to say 'if they turned out right'. Who am I to judge?

Pattern is Myrtle without the extra legs, or Bronny & Abby with only one head. Available at my Etsy shop.

The Rabbit Cushion

I still love my rabbit fur cushion. Every day I look at it and love its lusciousness.

Death's Head Bunny With Cross Carrots

I bought beads instead of buttons for the corners, to attach it to the ground (before the pledge, although it fits into the clause for exemption). I want to frame it. Trouble is, I ignored my concerns regarding the limitation of background colours while I was making it. With ivory silk, charcoal grey/black and orange, it's difficult to find something to compliment them all.

It's not pressed here. Slack, I know.

Have a look at the Lace category to see the beginning to end photo's. Approx 4 inches square.

This Is What I've Been Doing Lately

Just put in an application for exhibition space at Craft Victoria. Wouldn't be until late next year even if I do get a possie. Give me time to complete the list. Here's the first dress though. I've been holding out on you... you know... 'Do I show the work for the show or do I keep it under wraps?' But it's just my gals looking here. It's not the general public, just specific friendly, nice types.

I was making this while I looked after Mum and after.

I'm making a life sized wedding dress, so if anyone's divorced and wants to donate their wedding cards (not for irony's sake, but you'll want to keep them otherwise)... let me know and I'll gladly pay for postage and your effort. A woman at work gave me these birth cards from her daughters and son. This is all from one of them, one of the daughters, with children's book illustrations featured on each panel and bits of the story to make stripes. Inside is the poems from the cards and bits from the books. Size 5 for dicephalys twins.

One down, three more to go!

P.S. Don't tell huh? I should be keeping a little mystery...
Update HERE.

What I Need Is..........

.......old cards. Anyone got some they don't want? They can be Chrissy cards, baby cards, wedding cards or anything... don't have to be this funky even though...

I'll swap. I'll pay postage. I'll buy if they're op-shopped or something. Top Secret idea but... you know I'll share later on, I can't help myself... but not yet.

???

Queenie & Rose

For Carolyn's new shop in Olinda (opening on Thursday), which I will report more about when I know more. It's a groovy, crafty, kiddies shop. I love making these dolls! I'd forgotten!

I 'Borrowed' This Off Daughter Number 1

It's too me to give back just yet. If I could find a knitting pattern to emulate it, I would. The Fair-Isle angle is easy...

Can you still buy that knitters graph paper? How easy would that make it!

More Sketches

And remember these pretty girls.

Well, I think they're pretty, but I can see what I mean.

The Original Rabbit's Cubby

I'll photograph the rest of Ruby's story soon. My favourite stitch, Ceylon Stitch. It's like Vandyke Stitch.

The belt is what I have come to call Fluffy Stitch.

Ruby used to write and write and write. Stories about lovliness and blood and sick and babies. I would scribble an interpretation on another bit of paper and send letters to her grandparents.

Claire's Man

I made the legs longer. Poetic Licence you see.

Ceylon Stitch pants man.

Written By Robert (Age 4 1/2) On Behalf Of His Sister Claire (Age 2)

Although, it's remarkably, exactly what Rob would say if he had nothing to say...

"Mum..."

"Hmmm..."

"It's a nice day..."

"Hmmm..."

"Mum..."

"Yes luvvy?"

"There's a BIG Truck!"

"Hmmm."

"It's a nice day Mum."

"Hmmm..."

Newspaper Article

Published here for the first time. Ruby again.

Happy Story About Something Or Other

Picture by Ruby Melia.

Applique and embroidery by me.