tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191414792024-03-19T14:44:38.232+10:00I too am addicted to scrapart work jacqui jonesjacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-71888778141747857762012-01-10T19:00:00.000+10:002012-01-10T19:00:49.198+10:00a new year a new attemptAbandoned! i think it about sums up my blog!<br />
life has been busy yes but really i just feel slack that i havent shared anything in forever, but really i was at a loss for what to share. Its no secret i stopped scrapbooking, as many i know have. And then we moved, so i faced no garden, shared family housing of which i thank my parents for while we sorted ourselves out and then of course the return to full time work. eek about sums up the second hard of 2011. And then i added to it all by starting my fine arts degree! like i have the time, rolls eyes...lucky i spend part of everyday creating anyway, and so i dont see scrapbooking returning to this fair blog anytime soon, ive lost the passion i once had and its been replaced with ART!! not really a stretch after the uni statement!<br />
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So i thought i would share my journey into this fine art degree, a way for me to watch my own progress, esp this year after i start studio units in painting and sculpture. Ive started and finished two units and did really well, both general art based units. A high distinction and a distinction, i was chuffed after 13 yrs of not studying. this term im slogging my way through my last two general ed units, and critical thinking and popular culture are both kicking me in the tush! I know im working on a credit in one, but the other god only knows! but i will be pleased to see the back of them in a few more weeks. sometime in march its back to arts units in arts departments thank god for that!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_cYJC1lf7KEiUa6mwsKmItvjnL8mOy6qKdMzEYIP9Yf6RVvqSCzTgAzpLsb4qaGYtoqbXl6IHTks' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>this was my final art and creativity work, its a stop motion animation. You dont even want to know how long i spent on the stupid thing, how many times a drew that damn bird, took photos etc, insane!<br />
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I shared some of my art journal after i started it last yr and this we moved and i disappeared, i did keep the journalling up and that journal was eventually filled with lots of uni stuff and whatever else was happening at the time. This week i shouted myself a 2012 journal or two one that i will keep personal and one that will be filled with uni type stuff. i was naughty and sprung for one filled with really nice paper, thankgod for sales right :) I also sprung for the blue bazaar mixed media kit, which seems to be my go to shop for art journaling stuff. Ive been lead and inspired to some great stuff from their site and journaling friday challenges.<br />
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Heres my first 2012 page, and i will share what i get up to with my kit when it starts in feb.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVLeupWoE7t-sQpG5ecbQF85t_QxAy3FlO2zWX48AVAMHistMt-x3gHgFZPOUIzAhtmPA913Bp_EpXKwryB81gs1rKbdVyEheBG7d5uHpFcnJHaXVucPDI2MmDPe-AgghwgU3dw/s1600/IMGP9558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVLeupWoE7t-sQpG5ecbQF85t_QxAy3FlO2zWX48AVAMHistMt-x3gHgFZPOUIzAhtmPA913Bp_EpXKwryB81gs1rKbdVyEheBG7d5uHpFcnJHaXVucPDI2MmDPe-AgghwgU3dw/s320/IMGP9558.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>the person was inspired by the cover of an art journaling mag i got this week, how very post modern of me to rip off someone elses idea, thanks for the inspiration but, take it as the compliment its meant to be. Big changes ahead for the yr of 2012, new school for me, new yr level, more uni, emily at school (eek) its a big unknown!<br />
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We moved as i mentioned, and in december finally decided to be adults again and leave my parents house, rolls eyes. such is life but hey. anyway we bought of the south side of brisbane, a very very large ridiculous house that I LOVE! lol im still sorting out and painting said ridiculous house, but will share pics shortly.<br />
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And to finish off this large post, heres some of the art work ive done in the last few months, some of it in the last few days :) gotta love the holidays even if they are rapidly finishing! cry!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lqu6ewoP5IvUW1IlRM3r8Fbglr5slQXP6POHDNSJ-S35KxMQ0V3wTiIEAAt7I0dgTSJFVTq8FCzU4H-ELB6vYuD2ed2r35DgiJEbXCfL3x0ecsA4GlWPcCGfbypWZFTN2sWhkw/s1600/IMGP9545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lqu6ewoP5IvUW1IlRM3r8Fbglr5slQXP6POHDNSJ-S35KxMQ0V3wTiIEAAt7I0dgTSJFVTq8FCzU4H-ELB6vYuD2ed2r35DgiJEbXCfL3x0ecsA4GlWPcCGfbypWZFTN2sWhkw/s320/IMGP9545.JPG" width="212" /></a></div> I only just finished this today. Its been a few weeks in creation, and months in my head, it will have a buddy on the wall exactly the same..:) Ps thats the green of my feature walls Olive Reserve! and FYI i hate painting rooms!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIwxronTgRqG3R866RXib9XQTCx-1ifAyJwZkbuPzdB1FbZ9WOXlyTVIcq-O408H41LAQoQIkjN0rWxH4JvR-EFfVOAaUcaKRoDKkHx1dx0apIZl3nhsilPDtq4XrTbnSMyrkYQ/s1600/IMGP9547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIwxronTgRqG3R866RXib9XQTCx-1ifAyJwZkbuPzdB1FbZ9WOXlyTVIcq-O408H41LAQoQIkjN0rWxH4JvR-EFfVOAaUcaKRoDKkHx1dx0apIZl3nhsilPDtq4XrTbnSMyrkYQ/s320/IMGP9547.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> I did this just yesterday, no guesses for who it represents and its on lillys wall in her bedroom, now if only they would behave like this! they r a bit sick of each other after the holidays ;) again people inspired by the same artist from my art journaling mag (I get the feeling this will be my go to doodle for people for a while, i dont know y)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">until next time...:)</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-26829093723618076032011-06-30T17:40:00.001+10:002011-06-30T17:46:56.098+10:00HOME again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Im a total fail at blog updating these days, but what can ya do :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may of noticed a few changes. We have moved from VIC back to QLD in the last week or so, for me it was actually an easy decision in the end, family vs no family and having your family and friends around wins hands down each and every time. And so we semi packed up and headed home. House was placed on the market and we said goodbye to country living and hello to a capital city once more. I return to work for third term teaching at Caboolture East until end of year where i have then applied for a transfer into a school closer to the childrens hospital to coincide with Emilys start to school and having to have as many appointments as she can outside of school hours and with traffic and everything else to consider it made more sense for us to live and work closer to royal childrens in bris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The week before we were coming home i had the decision to head back to uni and study a fine arts and visual culture degree. Am i scared, oh yeah, but i cant wait too So with that in mind i started art journalling to remember that which i had learnt previously and to just start creating again so its a habit for august when my course starts up again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">heres what i have so far. Ive seen many journals, and mine is very much a working document, one half i have put aside for experimenting, practise draws, ideas, anything and everything to do with whatever is happening on the pages in this book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWssZex5oSQtPW1Ptmtv-vi8CR9qRlIH4kaUVhjgsghe-MxWJwZCsL3xy_lo4hof-BMZ1YV51pVD6hUxZukuS5oNcDmM2aUT1ZrngryPZ-gEdvxjoGBgyJWxErmC9K6x7rPbv1Q/s1600/IMGP8918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWssZex5oSQtPW1Ptmtv-vi8CR9qRlIH4kaUVhjgsghe-MxWJwZCsL3xy_lo4hof-BMZ1YV51pVD6hUxZukuS5oNcDmM2aUT1ZrngryPZ-gEdvxjoGBgyJWxErmC9K6x7rPbv1Q/s320/IMGP8918.JPG" width="212" /></a></div> so my first page was inspired by my decision to go back to uni..:)<br />
curtain university degree completely external for the next three years here i come, eek!!!<br />
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Took the kids to the surrealism exhibit at GoMA on tuesday and the next few pages are about that influence. The gallery is fantastic with its childrens activities and we will be back their frequently!!!!<br />
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so there you go. Today i have been playing with gel mediums and texture paste, will share over the next few weeks.jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-42077973704893243452011-01-28T16:30:00.002+10:002011-01-28T16:41:26.776+10:00a crochet rug.i'd like to tell you this was an easy project, but going around in a circle is so not. its a little lumpy in places, but its flat enough for the floor<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PPAwR0R2OwQfYjgr1k-euwD3wa5U0mYxZMK-H9uBqi0fnGvaFbRO-vA_hb2SI69nglFxNCteBXCP4vkUXQK6w-svhFCWW35YIGVAPNMhebe0t9Z3uXIg3W7XcP9I6Up097UPbQ/s1600/IMGP8526.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PPAwR0R2OwQfYjgr1k-euwD3wa5U0mYxZMK-H9uBqi0fnGvaFbRO-vA_hb2SI69nglFxNCteBXCP4vkUXQK6w-svhFCWW35YIGVAPNMhebe0t9Z3uXIg3W7XcP9I6Up097UPbQ/s320/IMGP8526.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567121093986604706" /></a>here she is with her floor mat in her room! lol, and yes i did sew non slip squares into the back of it. The colours match her wall quilt.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduQpidPrMlyTOsHqtIMLqfxNAKjuoaXi85FMevXMChDr5Qez7Ej-SizlnJxYmB4DFOA2fNyKnpjygRLZq0-UqFasGBey-7dwXJJTrVfvIhSWTn29KFM64c0ocZp-1M-vbWnYOA/s1600/IMGP8523.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSduQpidPrMlyTOsHqtIMLqfxNAKjuoaXi85FMevXMChDr5Qez7Ej-SizlnJxYmB4DFOA2fNyKnpjygRLZq0-UqFasGBey-7dwXJJTrVfvIhSWTn29KFM64c0ocZp-1M-vbWnYOA/s320/IMGP8523.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567121083405469554" /></a>colours are a bit off, her room is far to sunny in the afternoons to get a good true shot of it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5N6lWnnn90lxFkxGiYtlPgPcBtbsGi-PR5iOgAb5saLTW_Kt9VpS9nh79Sk8iWCyxKavfWnBiN3k4A8YSqd4d5rWOo49RFSYrPPhZVwNOTo-pHeHV75VApt36U9Y2-AABHwxR2A/s1600/IMGP8535.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5N6lWnnn90lxFkxGiYtlPgPcBtbsGi-PR5iOgAb5saLTW_Kt9VpS9nh79Sk8iWCyxKavfWnBiN3k4A8YSqd4d5rWOo49RFSYrPPhZVwNOTo-pHeHV75VApt36U9Y2-AABHwxR2A/s320/IMGP8535.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567121080509144994" /></a>i edges it with an edge Mel goodsell sent me towards on attic 24, one of my fav crocheting blogs. A bobble edge or something like that. its a little lumpy but not so that you will catch your feet on the rug itself.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb92pGjlmzDlrIyaCZnpmVE-b83TG9Nd8J39HkNgCGbfbG2Tc9wpJXAM-SAYHL4ZiLs5lnmiUk-pEBxZDu4h1lxWHtueBoRLgPx0Fe4nDYB0cOtMNcrN5HCulAa-EbZNZTIZIXKA/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg"></a><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb92pGjlmzDlrIyaCZnpmVE-b83TG9Nd8J39HkNgCGbfbG2Tc9wpJXAM-SAYHL4ZiLs5lnmiUk-pEBxZDu4h1lxWHtueBoRLgPx0Fe4nDYB0cOtMNcrN5HCulAa-EbZNZTIZIXKA/s320/IMG_0038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567121099499803986" /></div><div>and heres my next project just started. the perfect to make in summer blanket, cause its only little squares..:) this will be single bed sized when finished. in the distant distant future! lol the pattern is also from Attic 24 so check it out (excuse the pic, took it with the sun and my iphone, was far to lazy to get the big camera out heh)</div><div><br /></div><div>www.attic24.typepad.com</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-10529270499888701682011-01-26T18:42:00.000+10:002011-01-26T18:43:47.007+10:00a moment in time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtijG0fnBOtuMtg0Hi7b5IYDOqjiRHjXYMG8oKfAyxb7PQY-NS2ZoXsN1NQd8vIetH4nnuPorONqtlnmtLlofIgoSV8mEcTkJTEwIBDX_kFn9EVkKPVBgucmh8sjy_ahirG6Mtg/s1600/IMGP8515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtijG0fnBOtuMtg0Hi7b5IYDOqjiRHjXYMG8oKfAyxb7PQY-NS2ZoXsN1NQd8vIetH4nnuPorONqtlnmtLlofIgoSV8mEcTkJTEwIBDX_kFn9EVkKPVBgucmh8sjy_ahirG6Mtg/s320/IMGP8515.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566412479835623954" /></a>time spent together, hanging out on australia day...:)jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-49578862751026241702011-01-25T16:06:00.002+10:002011-01-25T16:11:11.739+10:00my garden!<div>my tomatoes to date, how sad is that!!!!</div><div>we have either had way to much rain, or not enough sun or the temps just haven't been right.</div><div>three organic cherries..:( they smell good but. they will go in my pasta tonight.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTXQ6v4Vy1FdOUhLZz7f9ie6o45_CslPg9QasIQuOTU4Mlv2HqtyfvqzA4cJHLJ_Jog_ayu_f-YIHPwUlezN8WUD7nj4g8IVEk54nzKs2PIuW3J7SjVBvl8wtFvs8O-vpnw1-sA/s1600/IMGP8491.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTXQ6v4Vy1FdOUhLZz7f9ie6o45_CslPg9QasIQuOTU4Mlv2HqtyfvqzA4cJHLJ_Jog_ayu_f-YIHPwUlezN8WUD7nj4g8IVEk54nzKs2PIuW3J7SjVBvl8wtFvs8O-vpnw1-sA/s320/IMGP8491.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566001350024540770" /></a>Now i have no idea whats going on with the other type, they should be so much bigger than this, can anyone explain?? i might fertilise. I did it before quite while before all the rain. So i don't know.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLulGfDTQwhe65rV6LfWSRidMWU-wNJAljzUO-gZCJt98vab6u-GNxdJRf0Mte6EuKPrv0qg9ahoBR5cvZfdxFWeg4vxAodRS9ie2F5oqbTq-kzBb6Wf7xRNFOnZ0xZaGUlDNi1A/s1600/IMGP8495.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLulGfDTQwhe65rV6LfWSRidMWU-wNJAljzUO-gZCJt98vab6u-GNxdJRf0Mte6EuKPrv0qg9ahoBR5cvZfdxFWeg4vxAodRS9ie2F5oqbTq-kzBb6Wf7xRNFOnZ0xZaGUlDNi1A/s1600/IMGP8495.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 307px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLulGfDTQwhe65rV6LfWSRidMWU-wNJAljzUO-gZCJt98vab6u-GNxdJRf0Mte6EuKPrv0qg9ahoBR5cvZfdxFWeg4vxAodRS9ie2F5oqbTq-kzBb6Wf7xRNFOnZ0xZaGUlDNi1A/s320/IMGP8495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566001360702009074" /></a>On the plus side of the garden, the potatoes have gone nuts, i hope they harvest well when its time..:)</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-83494569845009326452011-01-23T12:48:00.002+10:002011-01-23T13:01:05.824+10:00just one moment in time<div>ok well more than one moment this week, heh, and with words, i can't post with out them, sorry about that. not much crafting to share this week, but im still working on ems floor mat, its so nearly finished. </div><div><br /></div><div>out side my side door, the door that leads to the area we term our backyard. is a very very old rose. The first year we lived here i think i got a rose, and the next year a few more and so on it goes. This year the bush is going crazy with flowers. its so nice to see it come back to life!</div><div><br /></div><div>I have no idea when this rose was placed there, but keep in mind my house was built in 1876!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCX4my39fO8TqpEX2D8MtuK40EZhAHQ6wn5oDGuEYOoW6BItYjiVDznaFzQA7NYOKsDC0A3Y1gDpHSnF6UrYa5GIw1ivdx-i0hk2GZ2INebuuR2kKN4cLT2hxcuQmdd46fJFb0w/s1600/IMGP8475.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCX4my39fO8TqpEX2D8MtuK40EZhAHQ6wn5oDGuEYOoW6BItYjiVDznaFzQA7NYOKsDC0A3Y1gDpHSnF6UrYa5GIw1ivdx-i0hk2GZ2INebuuR2kKN4cLT2hxcuQmdd46fJFb0w/s320/IMGP8475.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565208591395824306" /></a>its a beautiful rose, that comes with that old fashion rose scent that seems to be missing in new roses.<div><br /></div><div>emily is going a little holiday crazy i think, you know that point where its so time for school and after school activities and swimming lessons to start again?? its so time for that to start again let me tell you!</div><div><br /></div><div>they are sick of the art equipment i bought and have used most of the good stuff as they refer to it, the holiday away is done, christmas is over and the toys while still fun have lost there shine</div><div><br /></div><div>yeah its time for school to start!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUevPHhUQIa7sQ8UtoP5zijLo0Wh1c1K8Uv_nZYcJrnM7XecrI0WNHwvKLpLCNvlzuHAfknMj81U51xEfSaDL-dNTK39dEbRy3JSXIsiVnye4N4tUrUX_YAI-WqQICwreINqdc-g/s1600/IMGP8473.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUevPHhUQIa7sQ8UtoP5zijLo0Wh1c1K8Uv_nZYcJrnM7XecrI0WNHwvKLpLCNvlzuHAfknMj81U51xEfSaDL-dNTK39dEbRy3JSXIsiVnye4N4tUrUX_YAI-WqQICwreINqdc-g/s320/IMGP8473.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565208589535209698" /></a><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGviozHVsmzbBGY-xRNxAF2gh3BtM_V4hwRrsWlwUOlObTUL9LhAoy4B7tVFFxuS8N39jVu2kt_cd8AjMoxOYD7J7etr93kLQa7d_lJuotf-MUPl2OCpyJeWCZKSir28BrmK5fwg/s320/IMGP8471.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565208572010439698" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsbEPy5gZhW5vIpbAVY6GVkajVjjZbdg-Kk4z9xK11wGJTXS1uKeaJ35dfstdEUK-uQtEl_XiFuG0U4DGvzOPBgPUDSbeAf1ODGIBbjK2jfEB3QOQzIdEbkOBWOnZ0ZfTwTJSyQ/s1600/IMGP8472.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsbEPy5gZhW5vIpbAVY6GVkajVjjZbdg-Kk4z9xK11wGJTXS1uKeaJ35dfstdEUK-uQtEl_XiFuG0U4DGvzOPBgPUDSbeAf1ODGIBbjK2jfEB3QOQzIdEbkOBWOnZ0ZfTwTJSyQ/s320/IMGP8472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565208578772491474" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-73392079397402699362011-01-16T14:52:00.002+10:002011-01-16T14:56:08.701+10:0015000 visits<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>wow, thats nice<div>thanks for visiting</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5WdquoVoSWfAVaPUHvEaL3u3stLqdiug8jVvPVBMYNAf228MVMxyl-JSYMyd2KqjMdcnaFX6GAd6CHdHoflft1Ep-K2n4jvGyMg7TV_2w7vY4_xrQs9u0UEe81j6OQqWpjD1hw/s320/IMGP8469.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562642867575330178" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One moment from our week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Making it up as they go..:)</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-14981277727607435462011-01-15T21:30:00.002+10:002011-01-15T21:42:05.360+10:00its amazing what happens with a little time<div><br /></div><div>i haven't posted a scrapbook page in a very long time, and not because i didn't want to share, simply because i had not touched a piece of paper, combined with a photo in a very very long time. I quite literally lost me. i just didn't want too. I missed and still do the social aspect of my craft so very much. Those days were you sit with friends and produce five good pages and you laugh and tell stories together, eat stuff you shouldn't and end up having a damn good time. I miss those trips. I miss those nights. I miss my friends. The laughter and silliness that made life fun. I would so very much love a weekend away like the old days.</div><div><br /></div><div>anyway, by no means my best work. That remains of the cover of an old scrapbook creations issue. But here is my babies in their christmas pic of 2010. Sorry about the photo of the page, i hate flashes and i just wanted to blog, and get my feelings out there. My therapy so to speak.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBskQjlSaypVetGJXl3V-mcOkKXG5CQ38huHhnAI65cdj3h6kHcRTtMGefzKz7N4peRArv4MIktexpUPw_51QAK-zyeCb1vp599sa4DM4RL8TDy5VNQOnXbsSU8KFI9nCGH097g/s1600/IMGP8463.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBskQjlSaypVetGJXl3V-mcOkKXG5CQ38huHhnAI65cdj3h6kHcRTtMGefzKz7N4peRArv4MIktexpUPw_51QAK-zyeCb1vp599sa4DM4RL8TDy5VNQOnXbsSU8KFI9nCGH097g/s320/IMGP8463.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562374012717247170" /></a>It took me quite the while to get this going and i moved things around for hours before the glue came out, and then it sort of just fell together in a way i liked and that was it, done. I still have the bug, thankfully i bought new printer ink today, so im off the locate the photo paper that would be at the bottom of a pile somewhere in my scrapbooking stuff long forgotten in the waste land that was most of 2009 and much of 2010 as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRMQqTY5dIt-VJHQd05qaXlpzYYcheLCccEPhVXe7NtD2KmE80AULa-bXBIUfUJ0WTKTT1eveopWgLDammdz4uB-2jp0FLOSEJwv3SMa99M49JTKHj2tFt8VNT7EGKfVJZ2QqCg/s1600/IMGP8466.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRMQqTY5dIt-VJHQd05qaXlpzYYcheLCccEPhVXe7NtD2KmE80AULa-bXBIUfUJ0WTKTT1eveopWgLDammdz4uB-2jp0FLOSEJwv3SMa99M49JTKHj2tFt8VNT7EGKfVJZ2QqCg/s320/IMGP8466.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562374023613647890" /></a>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-54030849654364803202011-01-13T13:51:00.004+10:002011-01-14T11:58:27.431+10:00Reef HQ Aquarium<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyCPNZ4iFtd9SeDb56bO_TZjdfyJmi7HoDLIFZKPyTMGm-nzb1P9Jk8kgjP3yxP26O7SVttVNnJUbg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>When we visited the Aquarium on Monday, lilly was very taken by the Turtles and the Turtle hospital on site, that we were able to visit. We have spent much of our day today, researching sea turtles, in particular green, which were the type they had whilst we were there. We have written story boards and then we finally sat at the computer together and went through the video footage we had and pieced it together into a movie made by lilly..:) we have burned it to dvd for her to take to school as part of her what i did on the holidays show and tell..:)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">edited to add</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">this email lilly received back from REEF HQ about her movie</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Dear Jones Family,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Thank you for sending this home video through to us. I have sent it around to all our fabulous hard working staff and volunteers who spend their days making Reef HQ a great place to visit. Spreading key messages of importance of keep the Great Barrier Reef great! Our Director and Curator, Aquarists, Interpretative/Education and Marketing Staff very much enjoyed the presentation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Very impressive work it makes all our hard work worthwhile. Particularly when we see a child of seven not only learn so much during her visit but also share the message with others who have not had a chance to see first hand how important our Turtle Hospital Facility is to the further research, protection and conservation of these magnificent animals.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">So glad you enjoyed your visit. We have some very exciting redevelopment happening over the coming months (infact work commenced on Wednesday) with a new get up close to the reef creatures area upstairs and learning and play area for the children and also an extension to our Turtle Hospital. So should you visit Townsville again please come back and see all the new exhibits and spaces.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Regards,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">Sandra</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">lilly is quite chuffed with it..:)</span></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-14375928680917818952011-01-12T19:28:00.002+10:002011-01-12T19:35:48.267+10:00just one moment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4giynzDKPLFgnpKzZePxX-Qtj1fMvEYF1vU5D3tQqndr16L-aGnYGgThLRIGwGFE9Qxucgj1A_2SOMYa0Ze0hd87h6ZUvKnmqkve2ZwQ_5AkRqTbzWqttKh3txSPblmOEt-fgQ/s1600/IMGP8354.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4giynzDKPLFgnpKzZePxX-Qtj1fMvEYF1vU5D3tQqndr16L-aGnYGgThLRIGwGFE9Qxucgj1A_2SOMYa0Ze0hd87h6ZUvKnmqkve2ZwQ_5AkRqTbzWqttKh3txSPblmOEt-fgQ/s320/IMGP8354.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561229318504185042" /></a>i plan to post a photo every friday of 2011. just a snippet of my week. Our week. With no words, except for this week..:)<div><br /></div><div>This is what our week looked like, we spent it in Townsville with my mum and her husband and my grandmother. i will come back and do a post with more pics of our holiday, i just feel a little strange doing it right now. its not the time for a cheerful post about holiday fun with so many suffering.</div><div><br /></div><div>my heart is in Brisbane, as many of you know thats were im from. In fact the town in which the school i taught in is underwater. Many of my friends in the area are cut off, and feeling the full effects of this disaster. My own parents reside in the area also. Though are overseas so we know they are safe and sound. Im hoping for all your sakes that the water resides quickly with minimal damage.</div><div><br /></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-70556136223952834702011-01-05T15:52:00.002+10:002011-01-05T16:09:51.213+10:00a bean bag<div style="text-align: center;">Emilys room renovations continue. A bean bag.</div><div style="text-align: center;">http://myhomespunthreads.blogspot.com/2009/02/bean-bag-chair-tutorial.html</div><div style="text-align: center;">heres the pattern i used, it was very easy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The cover comes off for washing and i made my inner out of calico. She does say an 100 l bag of beans, I nearly got two bags, i wish i did, i will be adding probably another half bag of beans to the bag when I make lillys</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added the handle in extra so that it was easy to move around. It is going to be part of a reading corner in Emilys room, with a few pillows thrown in. ATM she is carrying it everywhere with her!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours we picked matched her wall quilt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And if you look carefully you will even find a bird just under the handle..:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsH9PBENEX3RhuyxRwxeQ68czmi12kAdhtEdQH4kggEdPUawRLQQU3P6s7zahQ9enaVAqwWYf58xcfeht355IcVz90nXH791kTR4GFpxBP979pznyYiHFvdQoyq27Dneh4olisQ/s320/IMGP8286.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558576379282503938" /></div><div>KIcking back in her bag watching TV.</div><div>It was no cheaper to make a bag, actually it probably cost me more, but the balls are completely sewn in! Little fingers can not make holes and spread them around the house. I think it took me longer to clean up the balls that missed the bag opening than making the whole thing, every time i moved something i found more of the little buggers.</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5liSTL_0w2Okmky0vLVE4rTsJDtJma49RL34KohZU195dDAiKHg0ZIGnxPrQx6dI6nvq81AcD8Fa9-vVKx5CFDDGlJr2dxzo2QCVoX9pUl-CGOlRRxnm4fLgPPJLhArHwSorrw/s320/IMGP8280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558576374524380114" /><br /><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfxbx1QiqAwUEQZG8SLOFoPSx0H3syS4IS1NXuKMNK51mGdEZZcotAdFyL1qDrZZ77YUolB6paLMXwu4uochi88xt3aQRACj2DIckQ1SKM5KfPBWLHDufb6U9RdzCkjuTT9RLow/s320/IMGP8287.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558576389214702402" /><div style="text-align: center;">currently on my crocheting hook, i work slowly at it each and every night. The mat for Emilys reading corner. Im sure you can see the colour theme emerging! Lets just say crocheting in a circle, little bit of an art form all by itself, once you just past the first little bit, there is no pattern, its kind of hope for the best and lay it flat every round to check! I will probably end it with three bands of each colour, trying to decide on finishing with scallops or not. They would be red, but I can't make up my mind currently. I shall probably let the owner decide!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-37409313130677654792011-01-03T19:06:00.002+10:002011-01-04T14:58:36.578+10:00Wendy the bird<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT66etEsE-4KW-SntpCjidIaMRak-dmVnZBxjqLF_KIpwGfEZeLGk8mmUxQVdTp0mHEpfvu9_VOXQL1PcaHBo1MeG44CX7q6TU9zkP1_GAAEoeSMvatu9_zkGioJH96KuuamgNXQ/s1600/IMGP8265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT66etEsE-4KW-SntpCjidIaMRak-dmVnZBxjqLF_KIpwGfEZeLGk8mmUxQVdTp0mHEpfvu9_VOXQL1PcaHBo1MeG44CX7q6TU9zkP1_GAAEoeSMvatu9_zkGioJH96KuuamgNXQ/s320/IMGP8265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557884270402125330" /></a>Well the quilt is hung in emilys room and against purple walls it looks so much brighter too. She loves it. Its on a curtain rod with rings and clip, pegs on the end. I didn't want to sew loops into the back of it, with the scallop edges already i just could't do it. It covers so much of her wall, its a fantastic way to brighten a room.<div><br /></div><div>I have to thank Janelle for her pattern and her pattern writing skills, its all super easy to follow and that in the end gives a product your happy with too. Emily has picked Janelles candy quilt for her bed as well, and im kind of pleased about that. I will get to that one shortly.<br /><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNjgLHD70O5RWI1VyNmX4ivBlw1ZmUF38PYxD_eMClRN_y0s-KI-tWY-R-dzq3ZY8IE193_jfpaaeS__cfMg7bcj2ndxlSNsj_z9q1l98aGq5YmQJmvXbFzZ3hPINi8lj6_oU3g/s1600/IMGP8268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNjgLHD70O5RWI1VyNmX4ivBlw1ZmUF38PYxD_eMClRN_y0s-KI-tWY-R-dzq3ZY8IE193_jfpaaeS__cfMg7bcj2ndxlSNsj_z9q1l98aGq5YmQJmvXbFzZ3hPINi8lj6_oU3g/s320/IMGP8268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557884265793501890" /></a>This is a wendy bird, the pattern to this softie is a free downloadable one from lollychops.com</div><div>Wendy is easy and quick. I strung the three of them together and then hung them off emilys 10 foot high ceiling. Its safe to say im never getting them down again! lol also should of taken pics before i put them up there. im not tall enough.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP9dNMxRMjPGDVuW2aC6yXxTlTG6b6XMJlq60D_YAxhORwMMicv8O3IIvC-3zHKJv4ohi6t6QoUQ9vIDcFykCWSRHADbt3vOditm-hxqcbE-DMkOBG04pevW5_WimEfi_Ycmqsg/s1600/IMGP8254.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP9dNMxRMjPGDVuW2aC6yXxTlTG6b6XMJlq60D_YAxhORwMMicv8O3IIvC-3zHKJv4ohi6t6QoUQ9vIDcFykCWSRHADbt3vOditm-hxqcbE-DMkOBG04pevW5_WimEfi_Ycmqsg/s320/IMGP8254.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557884261478275042" /></a>i have another wendy to share soon, this one will be on a bird swing. Emilys room is starting to take shape, obviously her bed quilt is yet to come, but i have a rug on my crocheting hook for the floor and some art for the other wall as well as some bunting to pop up somewhere. Some nice pink boxes for her toys as well. A few other bird type softies as well.</div></div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-39597362217809063902011-01-02T09:51:00.004+10:002011-01-02T10:15:54.365+10:00Little Blue Birds<div style="text-align: left;">I started this quilt in 2008! I even shared that very centre panel. And then i spent from then and until now, SLOWLY working on the hand stitched panels. They took me forever. and we had a few mishaps along the way, including my lovely children helping out by cutting up a piece of red spotted material for the corner stars. Needless to say the spots on two corners are different! And at one point my dear husband helped me tidy up the lounge room and placed a half complete hand stitched flowers panel in parts unknown? How do you lose a piece of material that long? I have no idea, but we did and I have never seen it again. Completely gone. I wasn't a happy camper when i had to stitch it again. It sparked this particular project being put away for quite some time.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZ02-BjQrQ3erOD1dqJItD188GY1FVvyoJNKlJSsmOdEANDKg5BtBn-gxwLBp7OeDpP82j5gubDtyX-n_OTbv36LYUmxs_bGqHZm5z6LTtQrcbcUiD72gBAnAiYgqe5J6S5zbKw/s1600/IMGP8230.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZ02-BjQrQ3erOD1dqJItD188GY1FVvyoJNKlJSsmOdEANDKg5BtBn-gxwLBp7OeDpP82j5gubDtyX-n_OTbv36LYUmxs_bGqHZm5z6LTtQrcbcUiD72gBAnAiYgqe5J6S5zbKw/s320/IMGP8230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557369955754096786" /></a>This year my kids started swimming lessons, and lilly little athletics, and i spent hours bored to tears after the first few weeks, im bad i know, but you can only watch so many long jumps before you go insane, so i started taking my sewing with me, and because of those hours i finally finished all the hand stitching. After that it took no time at all to get this complete and good to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmxmRXyI4sjWOtbEcUvlXB1wIHbqCzhcXtr7ljroyWtkuN3jx6f07jAKSSH_0366Xh4o4-7feOrrruaFZldvcn2d0znhRRCJGHSSFWLAyj_vfFS-Ifkr4EZdt_LLJX57aDyRT2w/s1600/IMGP8235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmxmRXyI4sjWOtbEcUvlXB1wIHbqCzhcXtr7ljroyWtkuN3jx6f07jAKSSH_0366Xh4o4-7feOrrruaFZldvcn2d0znhRRCJGHSSFWLAyj_vfFS-Ifkr4EZdt_LLJX57aDyRT2w/s320/IMGP8235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557369948835895714" /></a>I used bamboo batting, its so lovely to work with. i was so worried about quilting this and seriously through about sending it out to be done, but didn't and while its not perfect only a quilter would noticed, and well we are pretty rough and ready around here so it fits right in. And im kind of glad that i did the whole thing.<div><br /></div><div>Heres some of the details.</div><div>I think there is pretty much an even spread of hand and machine stitching to this quilt. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL6dPL4rBrk759xTIuaE5poRbt-z0w-S7DeZFrrwPKpaA_T5LASYb3jamkalMJrlYc88_dfgbvY3Z35KX613PMPRvWmsWA_0oeTBVJ7dUtDodDFz3jh1rz8KXmIirASfjuOEBKQ/s1600/IMGP8244.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL6dPL4rBrk759xTIuaE5poRbt-z0w-S7DeZFrrwPKpaA_T5LASYb3jamkalMJrlYc88_dfgbvY3Z35KX613PMPRvWmsWA_0oeTBVJ7dUtDodDFz3jh1rz8KXmIirASfjuOEBKQ/s320/IMGP8244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557371609921827010" /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAOLJRnxJrVnqGGyEu6hCWzhmbdqp48gxofxAwu1_N63TNDFaF3hv13Kwd2nZaNr5p84nrssUFYpmJplXlPVr9CD8J6CrcAL4MliC-UkZtFjeJFc04JLvw_x6A7xWuhjT1CJ-eA/s320/IMGP8246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557371613843901730" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSRlEc6RbwWatk_rw_sBHuTsZZSmqC6dTl0u4RREXOVTyTDUwI2UwviLmq2tSLmvB_re9uW_epIjTlbvyEPlcgEGOzGn6d9NT-QVo3RUQ7x5Elq_JpKPemDqAaQm5ezMH61vawA/s320/IMGP8243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557371603383940690" /><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_nQziSMpU6f26WOGhy95pQhBR04znKBod38ZewS1Tk6XO4GvCjK5w56b9b1xCfjoYMs7DC5jShjPSIlFfsCF-39MxlNwiI-V7KwKzMTeWduIJamVQUEQiijrCV7o_bsDW7_NZQ/s320/IMGP8241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557371601102712690" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_nQziSMpU6f26WOGhy95pQhBR04znKBod38ZewS1Tk6XO4GvCjK5w56b9b1xCfjoYMs7DC5jShjPSIlFfsCF-39MxlNwiI-V7KwKzMTeWduIJamVQUEQiijrCV7o_bsDW7_NZQ/s1600/IMGP8241.JPG"></a></div><div>Anyway there you have it. This was a Janelle Wind block of the month quilt, that clearly I didn't do in the seven months or so that I was receive packets of material and patterns.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is for Emilys room. Its leading the way in a room renovation for her all themed around this quilt. I will share the other bits as I get them up. Some im still in the middle of getting organised. And her bed quilt I haven't even started. But its coming...:)</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-53956573717727767882010-12-27T12:26:00.002+10:002011-01-04T14:59:16.612+10:00Christmas 2010<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwOUGBf-PsZ3lxnoLteFgn--zjxX5oadcApK4VllpRd7ZKfCzgK14zax0aTzkttug6UFlUkxo422p4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>From us to you, Merry Christmas</div><div>sorry about the dodgy video work, we're getting better at it, i promise!</div><div><br /></div><div>Owl Pillow, is called snuggly owl and I found him on oneprettything.com, and on Make it, Love it, its a downloadable pattern and instruction set, I found him pretty easy to make, he is pretty big and takes a fair bit of stuffing. Emily loves him, she quite likes birds, her room its getting a make over based on the little blue birds quilt im making her, that i have been making her for a long time, its so almost finished its not funny! I can't wait to see all the little things i have altogether. Matts for the floor, bunting for the shelves, art work based on her quilt and a few table runners and things, very cute. Right now thinking about adding curtains as well. Don't know yet. But the nursery feel her room has had is on the way out, welcome the girl room..:) Sigh, no more babies here..:(</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope everyone had a wonderful christmas, and has an even better new year.</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-91773219849238171342010-12-23T11:21:00.002+10:002010-12-23T11:34:19.119+10:00A gingerbread house!<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXjWv29CGXP9U9FxOf4QS98rKdM-5TGT5RIBwBsvV318brys-H2Tvac1hJrJaB9Kip_c-R4aPYzeG8kZzYMl6nYZfNwWVTlyfiP-3Oh6oKmA8QyPqPnkMrU5thnTRYTBIq0WbMQ/s320/IMGP8145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553682724298746802" />well it started out like this. i got excited then. lol. i had expected it to fall apart before this point. but it didn't. ARGH on the windows, i read the instructions last night, and wasn't really thinking about what they said, and i really should of listened to the voice in my brain that didn't understand the instruction because when it was cooked i couldn't get the windows out, of course! now i knew that, but followed the stupid box anyway! i won't next year. i bought a box with all the cutters, which wasn't expensive at all, and took the guess work out of it all. but i did find heaps of templates on the net, the kids enjoyed using the cutters though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6ZLXqAbK4z1vRY_AK_m4wOQcxP53YU8LsxKIWqWtoEwDjQ6i6lcz-GMhGn1QYn0EJKgJsZXWms3CTVCSa-0H4Dgmx86ocYKMito19e4tK8MHMjTaXsXppLSN8OBn9KGJvpPkZg/s1600/IMGP8153.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6ZLXqAbK4z1vRY_AK_m4wOQcxP53YU8LsxKIWqWtoEwDjQ6i6lcz-GMhGn1QYn0EJKgJsZXWms3CTVCSa-0H4Dgmx86ocYKMito19e4tK8MHMjTaXsXppLSN8OBn9KGJvpPkZg/s1600/IMGP8153.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6ZLXqAbK4z1vRY_AK_m4wOQcxP53YU8LsxKIWqWtoEwDjQ6i6lcz-GMhGn1QYn0EJKgJsZXWms3CTVCSa-0H4Dgmx86ocYKMito19e4tK8MHMjTaXsXppLSN8OBn9KGJvpPkZg/s320/IMGP8153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553682749455208562" /></a>And the complete details. there was a tense moment when i took away the roof supports, but the icing so far is holding..:) The recipe in the box of cutters for the gingerbread is very nice to eat and work with, it was all pretty hard so i had no issues with collapse.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCYofQLqk4gE2MyqtkWwkxE9VZ1bCVo-8Fffwci9RwlPSbiciFiMY2Lldm4FGRDc1UPP7OMWh-bKDh32IpUMoGucys7UqSpiXiXUwUBm-nym7myIhIq5TbYhKYFASYYGmQlGs-w/s1600/IMGP8152.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCYofQLqk4gE2MyqtkWwkxE9VZ1bCVo-8Fffwci9RwlPSbiciFiMY2Lldm4FGRDc1UPP7OMWh-bKDh32IpUMoGucys7UqSpiXiXUwUBm-nym7myIhIq5TbYhKYFASYYGmQlGs-w/s320/IMGP8152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553682745660586738" /></a>The chimney, its three chimney cut outs stuck together with icing. Works a treat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWYv4TJgj6znEhlmttBSKYu9wWj_qsWjojiu2uIk4ezmCfJirpaL-RuCDnCOeDULT5RIwHFQLTEA9jLb44R-7BluZbzaZz97R7Z2XT6_ME93VeJGolP1n_EhHYlmGDnhDy8PWhw/s1600/IMGP8151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWYv4TJgj6znEhlmttBSKYu9wWj_qsWjojiu2uIk4ezmCfJirpaL-RuCDnCOeDULT5RIwHFQLTEA9jLb44R-7BluZbzaZz97R7Z2XT6_ME93VeJGolP1n_EhHYlmGDnhDy8PWhw/s320/IMGP8151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553682737487772898" /></a>THe roof, sliced allsorts, hanging royal icing loops, easier than it sounds, i swear but effective too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz4ZOvfCbf_gl7q8AgBc0_xx3hClE4xVmXpGRsjbha0xfzI4A3ceFYKeKRl99ibKA9kcPrnF7q1hHDlaqSBaVC8jtkBhhT-bc5EQ1t_iowYCKcAmDmwzJlsraWVgHkhw4aFA4fQ/s1600/IMGP8147.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz4ZOvfCbf_gl7q8AgBc0_xx3hClE4xVmXpGRsjbha0xfzI4A3ceFYKeKRl99ibKA9kcPrnF7q1hHDlaqSBaVC8jtkBhhT-bc5EQ1t_iowYCKcAmDmwzJlsraWVgHkhw4aFA4fQ/s320/IMGP8147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553682729422182194" /></a>And our complete 2010 gingerbread house. I LOVE IT. let hope its still standing saturday for the centre of the table.</div><div><br /></div><div>right now i feel like one big piece of royal icing, its everywhere, im covered in it! Going for a shower</div><div><br /></div><div>jacqui<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-18857718680631064312010-12-22T17:32:00.006+10:002010-12-22T17:53:13.972+10:00its been a kitchen sort of day<div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYKZByvUBHlSHHUSIxdxLwHtE7_H1WUCh4w8lpPyJ4oJXFbM1_JJEgzczDMTh0sbvqVWSyAs9X01BMsGqjYroO1r1cUAGn2xQ6BOiKE66iRi-_LJEkLP5tk21i-xlgU2GmdWdGg/s320/IMGP8128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553407931041896882" />The best thing to do with fresh bread?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OalLOqAwcOisLU7TFGEFb_KDAheZDIhBbP0zVeTlpJzt5snUkluZS4ZM2Z039pMWV03BOCOW0PF_pKdswZon-QCXJOVXOZwMm7sXFWUeqPA036kZPGUtc_TZZ8xlsGHqluMHag/s1600/IMGP8129.JPG"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OalLOqAwcOisLU7TFGEFb_KDAheZDIhBbP0zVeTlpJzt5snUkluZS4ZM2Z039pMWV03BOCOW0PF_pKdswZon-QCXJOVXOZwMm7sXFWUeqPA036kZPGUtc_TZZ8xlsGHqluMHag/s1600/IMGP8129.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OalLOqAwcOisLU7TFGEFb_KDAheZDIhBbP0zVeTlpJzt5snUkluZS4ZM2Z039pMWV03BOCOW0PF_pKdswZon-QCXJOVXOZwMm7sXFWUeqPA036kZPGUtc_TZZ8xlsGHqluMHag/s320/IMGP8129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553407938242165474" /></a>Cut it for lunch while its still hot! YUM</div><div><br /></div><div>still bread making here, though we have changed a little. Does anyone watch River Cottage? British show, on lifestyle channel. I got quite the few tips from the Bread making ep.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9oiWQ1Huv0tsjwaSTAHmK5hHgxVzhlZTj6KZbg4dwM2V5Fb2iqKPnSWBSEmhDzkeEuy5DYk4gpBYycCiTQUBH7vqHuteP4Q-Lpy2nPbGCDWZkdSDj7Y7sQNLZLmDYOjneMdKMQ/s1600/IMGP8139.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9oiWQ1Huv0tsjwaSTAHmK5hHgxVzhlZTj6KZbg4dwM2V5Fb2iqKPnSWBSEmhDzkeEuy5DYk4gpBYycCiTQUBH7vqHuteP4Q-Lpy2nPbGCDWZkdSDj7Y7sQNLZLmDYOjneMdKMQ/s320/IMGP8139.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553407928696455970" /></a>Attic 24</div><div>how i love thee...:) hehe</div><div>i have been sent to this blog a few times</div><div>heres my bag, and the link to the pattern</div><div>http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-bag.html </div><div><br /></div><div>Its very easy and quick, this is lillys. She wants to learn to crochet, so i bought her some wool and a hook for christmas and this is her bag to put it all in. God help me when I have to teach her christmas day, cause you know she will want to get into it right away!</div><div><br /></div><div>any tips for teaching a seven year old appreciated, she can finger knit like a pro, its this years tinsel on our tree.</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-56633483161396774012010-12-20T12:57:00.003+10:002011-01-04T14:59:16.612+10:00christmas present glore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd6cPgMpNlH_dQ_0Exp9i_Xfa9GXPmRwfJPQ2pcSN_7c1Ixm4o6C41Vi8IC3hiYs_mleWPSoRnhX95FGBQ9XRN2WfwJHov_edyDIvhiyTUMfqR_iFEW5pwzT6oj_JDf02LxWyxw/s1600/IMGP8122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd6cPgMpNlH_dQ_0Exp9i_Xfa9GXPmRwfJPQ2pcSN_7c1Ixm4o6C41Vi8IC3hiYs_mleWPSoRnhX95FGBQ9XRN2WfwJHov_edyDIvhiyTUMfqR_iFEW5pwzT6oj_JDf02LxWyxw/s320/IMGP8122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552594116189744994" /></a>More sewing from Janelle winds book. It really is fantastic. I love this bag, it is so very cute. I made one for lillys friend earlier in the year and the girls totally fell in love with it, so here is emilys for christmas. Hers has a magnetic clasp. It will be good for the plane when we go and visit my mum after christmas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWU6O0jXggWTFPe2-34aVM4SvMqxxF7VyhbMGIlIta8iMDlufDPscemRh8QVvFkKTis7o_s4XgEjihAzJJGwRdej-nyW6BbN1MrFq6yEwsPDtLFY6QjkeAXtYt2182LU3KsBoNg/s1600/IMGP8120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWU6O0jXggWTFPe2-34aVM4SvMqxxF7VyhbMGIlIta8iMDlufDPscemRh8QVvFkKTis7o_s4XgEjihAzJJGwRdej-nyW6BbN1MrFq6yEwsPDtLFY6QjkeAXtYt2182LU3KsBoNg/s320/IMGP8120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552594107961070562" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2Pee82UGlzMAGC4UxVZiKWwbK5SWMVtVlLyRm_LJnLTW_uA3w38tuHwTyAdBBeKMPXT1noUS2dN6RrpypwpLSYyw8HgDZZQceH0DXgz0EU_ffsfzyfab-VetYy72rzal733-aw/s320/IMGP8115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552594099143552738" /></div><div>I found this quilt on moda bake shop. (Picture frame or frame it or something of that nature, i would share the link but its stuck on my out of commission lap top) It was very easy, though i found the squares didn't quite match up, but within the overall effect you can't really pick it out. As said, it was easy and quite quick. Its also rather large! it should of had another round of large squares, but it was getting out of control for me. But i can so see it bigger and on a bed. Anyone this ones intention is for a picnic blanket. the owner of this quilt would of no need for warmth from it..:)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij6THtLfX-a2qzIeMeJN4QNPgFg2DlkL6K6aEGtIIeYIoEEruC4fSjPQI-VY6Xg7ky82sFN2mwxSbAaJoitvHchyphenhyphenpi2bjeu6ohFJyBitTr4B22x1SW2AO1XJ5ayAtwNxP49Jwww/s320/IMGP8117.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552594107030943794" /><div style="text-align: center;">details, im still learning about free motion quilting. But i have discovered the lumpier the better for me..:) A wise lady also told me that it can't be wrong if i like it. Im going with that theory!...:)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eU_z3Q3X_ogOpIpHln_H5EqvMj2bfju6yRwBU_rk1C8zZ9q4qUbCBDNTW_er8jSfevfXELKQp8ryZEkB0lQQLJxhBw0zN3vehaIzwOJ8BOpCOjvOVEdUtz21HXWy8mePHAuUuQ/s1600/IMGP8102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eU_z3Q3X_ogOpIpHln_H5EqvMj2bfju6yRwBU_rk1C8zZ9q4qUbCBDNTW_er8jSfevfXELKQp8ryZEkB0lQQLJxhBw0zN3vehaIzwOJ8BOpCOjvOVEdUtz21HXWy8mePHAuUuQ/s320/IMGP8102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552594096095396978" /></a>The shopping tote from Janelle wind again, gotta use these pattern books up as much as possible..:) it goes with the picnic quilt.<div><br /></div><div>five sleeps till the man in red....eeeek, we are so not organised, the only thing stashed in my cupboard is an xbox and kinect kit, dear me</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-48357657404391322622010-12-19T12:36:00.002+10:002011-01-04T14:59:16.613+10:00updating the pillows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0In_5UePUOYAkgIjSkstAzHJ1Zj1GiG_YinUXwdKSecEo2mcTdlk5EH2J_kEzjiIv3viVZ4WdhIkSevob8p-ldpFCQXJiDujbAPNPLBQfBl1pXuSL_33piSzbk8X5nDGaLnfm-A/s1600/IMGP8089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0In_5UePUOYAkgIjSkstAzHJ1Zj1GiG_YinUXwdKSecEo2mcTdlk5EH2J_kEzjiIv3viVZ4WdhIkSevob8p-ldpFCQXJiDujbAPNPLBQfBl1pXuSL_33piSzbk8X5nDGaLnfm-A/s320/IMGP8089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552217354120972306" /></a>i shared the link to this quilt ages ago, heres my quilt. i first found this blog of janelle winds blog and let me just tell you cluck cluck sew is a fantastic blog full of tutorials to create things, all sorts of things. its all easy to follow. i loved the scrappy ness of this quilt. we use this mainly at little athletics on a friday night. its our picnic blanket. it gets quite the few comments too, i've led many to the tutorial. i knocked it all up over a few days. i did add an additional boarder to mine.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyitRGR24Ko_0BQEP8h5b6I0FZI9dDAREdD59e37WyS6VhS2SjzCU6LTbqHDbjoSEy7ojzwvhLJgLkBBO-npo-8LWqc3a8MZTxk6fvh7ZHc8j2g1MUHf71wzjwOxBTgpFV3Lsr3Q/s1600/IMGP8097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyitRGR24Ko_0BQEP8h5b6I0FZI9dDAREdD59e37WyS6VhS2SjzCU6LTbqHDbjoSEy7ojzwvhLJgLkBBO-npo-8LWqc3a8MZTxk6fvh7ZHc8j2g1MUHf71wzjwOxBTgpFV3Lsr3Q/s320/IMGP8097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552217346878285202" /></a>http://www.cluckclucksew.com/2008/09/petal-pillow-tutorial.html<div>heres the pillow tutorial. i've been looking in a few stores at pillows, ours were in desperate need of replacing. I saw very very similar pillows to this one in designer stores starting at thirty dollars. just between you and me this didn't cost me that at all, and it was quick and very easy to sew and has given me all sorts of ideas for the other pillows. The felt is by the metre and it was very nice to work with, softer than the craft variety. Lincraft i found by the metre felt, but i bet its in spot light as well, somewhere. I used a demin for the base of the pillow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kCG43sCUGzPCVHyTjZ5USUcdJs39eXov8RPVSoBm-2rgixDQELC6aNp6IovDRN7UBw2HCqC2kcpJIJ1izXLQtWx0sJh8jB4b8bFzKQJLsKLZcBlksV_5jePe_PiUF9tfJMP01g/s1600/IMGP8090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kCG43sCUGzPCVHyTjZ5USUcdJs39eXov8RPVSoBm-2rgixDQELC6aNp6IovDRN7UBw2HCqC2kcpJIJ1izXLQtWx0sJh8jB4b8bFzKQJLsKLZcBlksV_5jePe_PiUF9tfJMP01g/s320/IMGP8090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552217343630710450" /></a>My girls are totally in love with it, so i can see a few more of these in my future, i would probably make a slightly smaller base next time, esp for the girls beds.</div><div><br /></div><div>Currently working on an xmas present quilt, i finished the quilting part yesterday, just the binding to go, will share shortly..:)</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-81735134099997188232010-12-15T15:19:00.002+10:002011-01-04T14:59:16.614+10:00sewing sewing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhzKZb6H7CZz44qiIOxHUE0vghnsVSAmPJP7uaB9KUMK5_MuuFivAjtOeYxFQvUhgKgGXYgTFqq9BPSaSNoctZakmn1qJSsKMc7YXIJRv_9XUF3SgxMExw_7z57uA4BMzYCQG0Q/s1600/IMGP8086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhzKZb6H7CZz44qiIOxHUE0vghnsVSAmPJP7uaB9KUMK5_MuuFivAjtOeYxFQvUhgKgGXYgTFqq9BPSaSNoctZakmn1qJSsKMc7YXIJRv_9XUF3SgxMExw_7z57uA4BMzYCQG0Q/s320/IMGP8086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550774790859969026" /></a>so its been a week of sewing, of finishing things off and in some cases starting things. Much of my sewing came from Janelle winds book. Its fantastic, everything is funky and easy to follow and a pleasure to sew. The iphone pouch is for Jen Emilys hand therapist, emily and jen play with her iphone while Jen does her stretches. A part of therapy emily hates, so we found this to be a fitting present..:)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOszUmQkmUDWQsUGi8IhJEfImSebk9wsRH5_gwTFoYfehH-nNY2UE7kgb_ImLScpvB6nSYA5qz21y67sHzmRY43SjQh2rCF4GnqVLNhTrhZ9aTCL7ugwvgUozPbBHe-Y3CZKaNZg/s320/IMGP8082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550774785396206002" /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSidatC_sDmAnePWQjDto1F3VZ7EgzFQ4MIJcpbaycMBL1VzEgXKDiDphZO486ENKQtOe8NG3KT5F6H1l6znQPMA2aKFor32MdYCv19jRVIlbqjVmAN5xExagqgKCYs3p2Vc_iQ/s320/IMGP8083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550774777337643138" /><div>Lilly has two teachers this year, and this is what they got. I also followed a pattern from Janelles book, however there should be eight stars and I went for four as a middle of the table runner. I love these stars. I want one for my house too..:)</div><div><br /></div><div>in the middle of a bag and quilt and some other bits, will share later</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-87294861499160274062010-12-13T19:31:00.003+10:002010-12-13T19:45:44.446+10:00Merry Christmas to me..:)<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oZjdFUMLLcJRDGrW2e2Ga-uHWGOpR7cBmvs0k1GD1xLikrT7IwdEKKMx7z-y5ITq3pKM5otyeuRAx3hV4hrVD8zfGmkEXCP-dopkAUnDLj7cVan-6fczC-ozsoEGpZZYwlUZjA/s320/IMGP8079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550097674349560066" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is my new baby..:)<div>I LOVE IT!</div><div>also got the ipad pictured..:)</div><div>its a happy little apple family...hehe</div><div><br /></div><div>we always do something for the house at christmas</div><div>last year i got a fly screen for my front door so we could have it open, we get an excellent breeze right through the house when its open.</div><div>this year i got a toilet, yes you read that right, i nice white one.</div><div>i mean really who has an apricot toilet? I did heh.</div><div>and well because that present sucked nuts and we had been basically sharing a laptop for months after the kids fought over dans and broke it we splashed out and bought the mac. its</div><div>fantastic. so fast. I LOVE IT, did i mention that..:)</div><div><br /></div><div>And just to prove im still kind of scrapbooking heres some art I made for our hallway.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nWBCJ3svTIrZhZ52N9jPdff9i0-knJjTazrN1chYfZpn5-2P7tD-PeeaNl7SvoQq_H1AuAro8ExW_yZxFucyVDsNCYHIlhIjx_8pBhC33ZoI_1AV1Uionq8xPBACb8XisEJWNA/s320/IMG_0138.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550099919176087138" /></div><div>Lilly took one look at it and went thats our family tree. YEs yes it is...;)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEN4lfNGh19PaKW9ktv9FK7gNWiAitxfHNtzW1XL-cv57M-LY711vR2P2nKqAV85szfaB1CeTT6-ojsAfWwJ1h7ktByrE8mdNz_4WAf30y3zDHbDbBsZgafg9PJkv8hdKOt12Jg/s320/IMG_0134.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550099905457695202" />I made this for Lillys room. Its above her fireplace., its an apple tree.</div><div>and the bunting, well once i saw Mel Goodsells I just had to have some, its pretty cool and very easy</div><div>i just googled How to Crochet a three sided motif.</div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-66321937581775462732010-12-09T19:42:00.002+10:002010-12-09T20:05:50.176+10:00The snowmenwell here they are a little snowman army for emilys preschool christmas party tomorrow<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548616446648711090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBcQxDdKabnbKeiSzUp0NIZo180rWV_zPyeaOw2qLuW4S8D_hjPml3ljUOTrGtpZWEdKeJsUlkuylUziTnqJGhn3F4xYu8xDODpxq9OQMwFxhXJ3iEe9Ga4GGbrlpykeiWAMDrkQ/s320/IMGP8036.jpg" border="0" />they were very easy. Much easier than you would think.<br />I rolled two balls of white icing and stuck them together using water. The scarf was rolled icing that i coloured with wilton christmas red, i used the very expensive tool of a butter knife...good for everything hehe. and wrapped it around the snowman neck, i used water to stick it together again.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUhoMfEFdagoVIYQkfwoGEizYMSgYpP07affwVPhX_rAcQAWXTjY4OScE-YHqQIjTgPrRVm6BZYRI7ued3-NAV6byZ1z5prZDVURngjbT1uZTNdPxAh9lx44XuV0-J7rx5gx9vw/s1600/IMGP8042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548616447725703394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUhoMfEFdagoVIYQkfwoGEizYMSgYpP07affwVPhX_rAcQAWXTjY4OScE-YHqQIjTgPrRVm6BZYRI7ued3-NAV6byZ1z5prZDVURngjbT1uZTNdPxAh9lx44XuV0-J7rx5gx9vw/s320/IMGP8042.jpg" border="0" /></a> the hats i used a small circle cutter and stuck to it a cylinder shape, and a hat was born. The icing was colour with wilton black. The nose is just a little icing shaped as a carrot. kind of..:)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548616451016511650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21FroCP4VvZnIuM-BvKNxzA0GFRw1mKQSUoA2kONoP-TVKrACt8o3owDQweVfYsseG_GdjgxTVUl_K8ouFmxYVMM5yQWojC0wYROCyOjxsHy6WV3CKkX_w3Ql535tcRR4qStpdg/s320/IMGP8043.jpg" border="0" /><br />I gave them a little glitter, its an eatable powder and the eyes and mouth were made using a pen for writing on cakes.</div><div> </div><div>I used orchard icing, bought from any supermarket. If I was actually making something like this for someone esle i would of used an icing modelling paste....but quite frankly kids couldn't give a rats about it.</div><div> </div><div>i buy alot of my cake supplies from</div><div> </div><div>the raspberry butterfly <a href="http://www.theraspberrybutterfly.com.au/store/pc/Simply-Sugarcraft-c2.htm">http://www.theraspberrybutterfly.com.au/store/pc/Simply-Sugarcraft-c2.htm</a></div><div>postage is ok, and the store is very fast, turnaround was just a few days. all the cutters, colours, glitter dusts, paints, you name it and its in this store....lots of great ideas as well.</div><div> </div><div>I also use my local kitchen shop in Ballarat, LeKitchen. </div><div> </div><div>i have a more detailed look at how I craft with sugar for cakes coming, just had to get all this out of the way....the end of the year is coming at frightening speed huh<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-12394337801817019952010-11-27T13:21:00.002+10:002010-11-27T13:35:07.194+10:00fete cupcakes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vT9xqSGzmJaTcgY_t4KhMfeMcz1oW7ewoxG70NE9zvqCOfv9T51nK0MuYCQ53zugodiXdR1DNrp29X_2GIMmipp_LAT9-V8hfZoOSQvIRT-4sapJ1RIL5xdUFHuiJtiEScIyxw/s1600/IMGP8004small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544064797081400002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vT9xqSGzmJaTcgY_t4KhMfeMcz1oW7ewoxG70NE9zvqCOfv9T51nK0MuYCQ53zugodiXdR1DNrp29X_2GIMmipp_LAT9-V8hfZoOSQvIRT-4sapJ1RIL5xdUFHuiJtiEScIyxw/s320/IMGP8004small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWSxu2FNt1Dk7tWBWmQnqW7KovUtmJE6qa2lRe3veega_iDZv8hnpAQny87FJfJqvX2QyCDjwE0i-WoRD4qozfCf0WcJBbIGLwhZ8ziJqmucvPZO_u3VeDa1Zly-9JE8NrxDH1A/s1600/IMGP8003small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544064799126457378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWSxu2FNt1Dk7tWBWmQnqW7KovUtmJE6qa2lRe3veega_iDZv8hnpAQny87FJfJqvX2QyCDjwE0i-WoRD4qozfCf0WcJBbIGLwhZ8ziJqmucvPZO_u3VeDa1Zly-9JE8NrxDH1A/s320/IMGP8003small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />my creation for Lillys School fete tomorrow.</div><div>i discovered glitter dust for cake decoration, i love it the stuff, its pretty cool.</div><div>ive been using the cupcake recipes from joyofbaking.com its a fantastic site. i want a reason to make the red velvet ones, they look so cute.</div><div>all the flowers and butterflies are just fondant with royal icing. its easy as. they have been through all sorts of conditions this week to. it was hot when i made them, sweating type hot, not fun, in fact YUK, and now its freezing and been raining for a few days, which made everything extra fragile!</div><div> </div><div>i managed to get a cupcake carrier half price last week. it will get quite the work out between now and christmas.</div><div> </div><div>next cupcakes will have snowmen on them for emilys preschool christmas party. wish me luck<br /></div><div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-13950088268891747662010-11-12T19:40:00.002+10:002010-11-12T19:52:27.755+10:00mc happy dayit goes without saying that tomorrow is an important day for us.<br /><br />most of us go our whole lives with no need for a facility such as ronald mcdonald house, but words rarly describe whats its like to actually need it, more than once.<br /><br />its the simple things, from access to a kitchen, to a washing machine...the normal life stuff you still have to be able to achieve while your little one is in hospital. A safe affordable place to stay for extended periods of time. A place to retreat to on days outside the walls of the hospital, where even your sick children are welcomed. A location either within hosptial grounds or very close to for those times when your needed asap.<br /><br />its so much more than a house. its understanding. where all going through similar experiences at the same time. <br /><br />give what you can, buy a big mac, it really does make a difference.jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-15391498846094945372010-11-08T14:31:00.002+10:002010-11-08T14:38:56.872+10:00its a barbies lifewhat to do what to do, three nude barbies, one unhappy four year old.<br /><br />collect one scrapbag of material for her to look at, and maybe 20 cents worth of elastic, 30 minutes of my time at the machine and we have barbie fashion happening.<br /><br />seeing something that excites her as much as my minimal effort with the clothes was pretty priceless i have to say.<br /><br /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537032377737853090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8KQgMAMcBwS2hbrVXUHxqzh48AcWadaJG4H_cE0vuw0vcL4qYRcAvk3ABonYZ1pAA661SoYSvr4uiDYbVkP_9qLgphRkpvPZcthlleZdOfMEKpjVT5jUYc23CbRU2QCcoaZcOQ/s320/IMGP7999.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537032375744828274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjW2HW8r3CC1ll9NRgJXOfTRlVOpxGUkTpErX_wQaVtMOhX0YUiZshj6gaOQVLTX9iOug8dyPa5La6DSLx0Mo6BvxamAfw1JZRUWfWw_OjOX7XHxe_dIpnTCafO2Vb39d9xwLRA/s320/IMGP7998.JPG" border="0" />this poor barbie, is Attitude Barbie. Nice tats...hehe...she had to have trashy clothes to match...seeing as we can't get the pen off.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOMdYmDXjecilMVsq5ukXAkLaqr2QVv3oMOJnHdCRJgkXOmfSDkqLPlqDlLl-bAV7BQ2_7-fJOeRUpi8hKTaBezFq62sM6BnTIt5xjP5aW5NlzN5bNKD2IzsRaKucAL-XkYappQ/s1600/IMGP7997.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537032369037542098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOMdYmDXjecilMVsq5ukXAkLaqr2QVv3oMOJnHdCRJgkXOmfSDkqLPlqDlLl-bAV7BQ2_7-fJOeRUpi8hKTaBezFq62sM6BnTIt5xjP5aW5NlzN5bNKD2IzsRaKucAL-XkYappQ/s320/IMGP7997.JPG" border="0" /></a> Do your kids barbie hair look like this too? i wish they would find something bettter to make barbie hair out of<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19141479.post-12742969153248464532010-11-02T14:12:00.003+10:002010-11-02T14:35:20.234+10:00pleated strip skirt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCytOqr7897fKAxeiMBAFRRpLamsSG1BEVyM-PZBkjUaty6zYkvsaJ06CLDc7lR92yVbahlRCADkGl-zeeWLodjxmvpAVFi7mBzkjBwR9u6x1hJe1yDCdS0qUdX_p90zUeWxSww/s1600/IMGP7994altered.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534801214502959410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCytOqr7897fKAxeiMBAFRRpLamsSG1BEVyM-PZBkjUaty6zYkvsaJ06CLDc7lR92yVbahlRCADkGl-zeeWLodjxmvpAVFi7mBzkjBwR9u6x1hJe1yDCdS0qUdX_p90zUeWxSww/s320/IMGP7994altered.jpg" border="0" /></a> i found this on moda bake shop, its very sweet.<br /><a href="http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/08/strip-pieced-pleated-skirt.html">http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/08/strip-pieced-pleated-skirt.html</a><br /><br />its a pattern for a jelly roll, but strips of fabric do the trick. most of this material was made up of letf over bits and pieces and a fat quarter here and there. i had two 14 strip panels with six pleats in each, made for lilly who is seven and not a small seven.<br /><br />it was easy stitching. and a great way to use up left over strips of material. its one i will make again.<br /><br />i love moda bake shop, lots of patterns for all sorts of things. its a great blog.jacqui joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932031775990803797noreply@blogger.com2