Handmaiden

Saturday Shopping List

Well Melbourne is very cold at the moment and I can think of no better time than now to wear a hat to keep me warn and my hair from blowing everywhere. So I have found these.great headpieces to wear.

I am loving felted goods at the moment and this is a wonderful blue denim felt from theknittinfool

A great headband from Corpseknit in this seasons purple

 

Orange is one of my favourite colours and this knitted beanie would keep the winter chills out from 99Lollipop  

For more Saturday shopping Lists visit FancyPicnic

Sharon 

My Creative Space

This week I have been settling back into Melbourne. Lots going on in my world at the moment and not much time for crafting. I did, however, carve out some time and space to make these earrings. Having a man around the house means even less space and time than usual for crafting. Finding new jobs, looking at houses, lunching and general down time has been great but I can't focus on any sewing at the moment. So I should be happy I have made these.

 

I have had to close my paypal account down and restart it again. It's not transferrable between countries but the good thing is I have made some gorgeous puchases from crafty chicks with my balance. But my new account is up and running so I have been working on my Crafty Business Ebook now available in my shop

For some other wonderful creative spaces visit Kirsty.

Sharon

Accessorising

I made this necklace before I left Singapore to go with my new classic shirt. A combo of czech faceted glass beads, large and mid sized silver Swarovski crystal pearls and Swarovski purple faceted glass beads with a sterling silver clasp.

 

 

Sharon

Bits and Bobs

You may remember that I was given this wonderful felt Christmas card. Well I refashioned it into a needlebook by adding some green felt and sashiko stitching. Now it can hold sewing, quilting and sashiko needles

  

Sharon

Green Felt

A while ago I posted about this new eco friendly felt. Well when I arrived home my little bundle from Green Depot was waiting for me.

 

When I bought it I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I have been yearning to make some booties with it and now I have the opportunity as I am going to be a great aunt.

I came across this wonderful pattern for Heather Bailey's Booties Pattern and she has a Flickr pool for more inspiration

If anyone has any other favourite patterns do let me know 

Sharon

EyeSpy

Thanks to Ellieboo for this weeks theme....something I love (or hate) about my suburb. 

Well it's all love from me. I love walking The Tan

 

The ability to walk to the "G"

 

Watching the City at night

and I love to watch the ferris wheel at Birrarung Marr lit up at night

 

and use all the facilties of the Arts Precinct

There are so many fabulous things to see and do in my neighbourhood

Why not have a look at The Melbourne Open House 2009 programme on July 19th and enjoy my neighbourhood too.

Thanks to Cindy for hosting 

Enjoy your Sunday

Sharon

Winter in Melbourne

What are you upto this weekend? If you are looking for some great crafty courses the CAE have just published their July-Sept Course programme available in The Age tomorrow.....I will be scouring it to see what's on offer

I am planning to go to the Salvador Dali exhibition on at the NGV next week and last night went to see Coco Avant Chanel. I have always enjoyed Audrey Tatou's movies and this was no exception.

"Fashion Passes Style Remains" Coco Chanel

Enjoy your weekend

Sharon

My Creative Space

Ok so not much crafting going on in my space today. The move back to Melbourne has sapped my energy and time for crafting. Instead I find myself trying to arrange my limited stash into even more limited space........it looks like a bigger house is in order!

 

I bought these great storage tubs at Officeworks and have divided them into my fabric stash (yes only 1), papercrafting and patterns and haberdashery (does anyone use that word these days?). I have a blue one hiding that houses my bead stash............now you know what was in some of my 80 kilos of luggage!

For some other wonderful creative spaces visit Kirsty.

Sharon

Classic Shirt Pattern

 First of all thanks for all your well wishes and warm welcome back to Melbourne. It is very welcoming to know that there is this craft community out there that has embraced my tooing and froing from Singapore this past year. I am enjoying the cooler weather although I have been wearing a tshirt in the kitchen when the winter sun streams in. It had been so hot in Singapore these last 2 months its good not to have to sleep with the aircon on.

I was able to complete my To Do List except for my chenilling class before I left Singapore but thats ok, I think I did pretty good in the time available with everything going on in my life around our move. 

So here is my final project -  New Look shirt pattern 6598  and I have made it in silk that I bought from Kis It Better  at $5 metre ( part of Darn Cheap Fabrics) . A classic fitted shirt with stand up collar. I altered the pattern pieces to take into account my short waist measurements. Long sleeves for winter and I used fusible webbing to hem the sleeves and body. I thought it might cause a stiffness to the hem but it didn't. I love these colours they are so on trend for winter and go well with all my silver jewellery.

  

I love the collar and the neckline, it is very flattering. I used a light weight interfacing on both collar pieces.

To finish I used self cover buttons and you can see my buttonholes here

 

Will be wearing it in Melbourne this week  today. I am meeting my mother for lunch and am keen to show it off. Have a wonderful day I certainly am.

Sharon

Don't Know When I'll Be Back Again

Yes the time has come, after 8 years in Singapore we're coming home to Melbourne.

 

So I thought I would leave you with a Singapore mosaic

 

See you in Melbourne

Sharon