Not a Flower Wasted...

Just a short word today...

tried a cream field of flowers.

i think it worked a treat.

check out the other side...

I cut up an old sheet from vinnies, in pale blue..

(it covered 3 cushions for $1.50)

my field of flowers cushion has 3 buttons on one side

so that i can wash its woolly wonder.

i cleaned up the window seat in my bedroom

just for this photographic occasion.

i think i will keep it this way.... forever if poss.

Tomorrow i have other goodies..

til then...see ya.

love Naturally Carol  xox

Aprons and Afghans

I could hardly sleep a wink

as i couldn't believe i had taken this big step

after thinking about it for weeks

and secretly admiring all the others out there

who were expertly managing their blogs...

not knowing whether i could too

i thought that i should acknowledge

the creators of the apron pattern...

these are all Simplicity 4282 view F.

this is another view of the one

i have sewn for Miss B for christmas

(a pat on the back for being so darn organised

...amazing)

i got lost in all that wonderfully pink, pinkness

and loved sewing it, dreaming of eiffel towers

and so much frenchness and prettiness...

but my first attempt at this episode of creativity

was not aprons but afghans

thanks to Michelle at Loving the Vintage

and her granny square tutorial...

i thought i would learn  how to crochet a square

then another and another,

i cannot, it seems, do things by ones.

so i had to use up all the ball of wool

and then get others and use them too...

before i knew it i was crocheting a whole blanket.

it is winging its way from oz to nz as we speak

on a secret engagement to become my wonderful dad's

80th birthday present  in november.

i know it is only nearly september..

i haven't gone crazy but

where i live the moths would have a little nibble

if i didn't send it soon.

my mum and sister in the land of the long white cloud

will ooh and ah over this field of flowers

and then wrap it up with lovely paper

and deliver it safely with love in november for me.

Tomorrow i will show you what i did

with all those leftover flowers...

i just couldn't waste them.

so til tomorrow then Good night

with love from Naturally Carol  xox

Well...here goes...I'm jumping in....apron tales and all...

this is my very first post

i have a lot to learn

i want to tell you a little about me

my life and the stuff that i make

i have recently discovered blogs

afghans, crocheting, rugs and cushions

then i thought

i can sew as well

my sewing maching was living away from home

it was virtually adopted by my daughter

i sent out an sos and it found its way home

equipped with a few lengths of fabric

i thought i'd make an apron

well my machine and i have got to know each other better

though i cannot say i am a master

i have now made not only one apron but many

in fact i don't know when i will cease to make them

i started with a sunny yellow one

enjoying that i have made one yellow and blue

(reminding me of an aussie summer day)

then i made one out of an old touristy tea towel

with a map of england on it 

lined with red polka dots and bordered with lady beetles.

Another one appeared

more red polka dots, green squares and ripe cherries

and finally pale pink polka dots,

eiffel towers and matching ric rac braid.

one more for the road...i'll just squeeze in a pic of the cherries

it's a bit hard to see but it says

'recipe for friendship' a moda fabric

well that's all for now...

i'll see you tomorrow.

with love Naturally Carol xox

ps...linking up with 'life in a pink fibro house' rewind..8th jan..2011...this is my most memorable in 2010 'cos i t  was the first...i never knew what was to come!!! and how i would love it ...i was so scared!!