I Woke Up & It Was August!

good morning!

this is just how it seems this morning...

the year here started with a flood,

dashed through to autumn,

the winter is flying by

&

here we are in august...

it's nearly spring!

they say time flies when you're having fun..

and i really think the older you get the faster time goes..

or seems to anyway..hehe!

i made these in july..

on saturday -

but i think they celebrate august

and are a little foretaste of spring.

blue skies and golden days ahead...

miss b left me the little yellow stool

when she went to canada...

and she's still there

so the yellow stool is still here!

the fabric is more of the 'england swings' range

i think i love every fabric in this selection...

they are 'happy colours'

&

don't mind getting mixed up together!

in august i'm looking forward to

bunches of daffodils

crisp mornings and blue sky days

meeting mr s's future in-laws

&

pleasures that are at this moment unknown...

oh..

and celebrating my first year of blogging at the end of the month..

and

there will be a giveaway...

&

if you've noticed

i've nearly 200 followers

so there will be a giveaway to celebrate that when if we get there as well..

and i have a special idea for that!

what are you especially looking forward to in august?

{apart from it being the last month of winter!}

naturally Carol xox

p.s..yes these are available in my madeit shop!..thank you for asking.

Aqua Leaves!

good morning..

i'm still into making rectangular cushions

so just thought i'd give you a look at this one..

it is the first of a few on the same theme.

it is like leaves in a swimming pool!

i love this fabric!

i just get lost in the blue

and the rounded shape of the leaves...

they almost look like fish!

the buttons look like sea glass...

i couldn't resist a selvedge detail either..

.

discreetly sewn in with the seam on the back!

i'm off to do a wee bit of grocery shopping..

no matter how much i buy there always seems to be something more to get.

so i'll sneak in a cappucino when i'm out...

then this afternoon i do my teeny tiny paid job

and hopefully can get some sewing time in.

have a blue sky day

&

a swim if it's warm enough...soak in all those lovely aquas,

hoping there aren't too many leaves in your swimming pool!

naturally Carol xox

I've Made It!!

good evening..

haha..two posts in one day!

i just had to let you all know

that i've

'madeit'...

thank you for all your encouragement

when i posted 'my new venture'

and then just got too busy to do the deed

and actually open a store

{and there was a little bit of 'cold feet' involved too..i confess!}

tonight

i bit the bullet

&

http://www.madeit.com.au/

has this

&

cushion covers for sale..at last!

now..all i need

is one of those cute little buttons

to put up on the right hand side here...

but

i don't know how to get one.

help!

if you know where to get one

and how to put it here..please.

thanks for your patience with me...

naturally Carol xox

p.s..and no i'm not going to go all salesy on you...it's just an outlet for the stuff i make so that i can keep making the things i really want to and perhaps pay for a bit of fabric to keep making them!