a quilt for a baby boy

i've just arrived home from a special friend's baby shower.

she's having a boy, and i had the honour of making him a quilt. his mumma has great taste, and chose the most lovely fabrics for me to work with.

i made it large enough to fit over a single bed for when he's a big boy. in the meantime, it will tuck nicely into the sides of his cot, or be a cosy play quilt for the floor.

once i had finished piecing it all together, i still had quite a bit of fabric left.

so, i decided to try making a raggy cushion cover. i'm not one to follow a pattern. i just work it out as i go.

i was pretty chuffed with how it turned out! and i still had fabric left.....

i love a fabric challenge, and hate waste, so decided to see if i could squeeze out another quilt- a smaller one of course ;)

here's the cute travel/bassinette size quilt i came up with.

it felt so good to make the most of every last scrap!

i've only made pretty girly quilts so far (doilies always included haha), so it was lots of fun doing a cute boy quilt for a change.

you can see some of my other quilts here and here and here

the elephants were quite the theme across the other pressies and cards too!

love it when those unplanned 'theme' happen.

i even used some of the fabric to jazz up the gift wrapping

only about 5 weeks till the little man arrives :) can't wait to meet him!

Kate x

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rocking chair redo

i'm back as promised with some pretty cute rocking chairs if i do say so myself!

a friend picked up the child sized one from a market and gave it to me saying "i just know you can do something with this!"

so, not wanting to disappoint, painted the little baby right up in the softest of greens- 1/4 strength Peaceful Bay to be exact. Kacey's room is painted in it and i so love it. it really is a peaceful colour too! you can see her room here.

Mumma chair got the white treatment. and a shabby up of course.

both chairs are now living in my classroom- i'm team teaching a Grade One class with a friend this year, and we're pretty excited about it!

i have made many a raggy quilt, but never a raggy cushion, and the teacher chair just had to have some colour.

they make a cute pair don't you think?

before pic....

back to work tomorrow ARGG!!
Kate x
linked up at scandi coast home

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another raggy quilt & instagram

good morning lovelies. it's been a long time since i've posted! the craziness of term 3 is behind us, and we are enjoying the holidays muchly! a few weeks ago, i spent a Sunday afternoon whipping up this raggy quilt. it's quite large, but i used larger squares, so it only took about 3-4 hours.

i used some leftover fabric from Kacey's quilt, a blue chenille quilt, a quilt cover, white sheet to back it with and doilies. the centrepiece is from an old IKEA cushion cover. all laid out and happy with my design.

all put together! a pretty birdy doily sits at the top of the quilt.

great to throw over the end of the lounge or pop at the end of a bed.

my next couple of quilts will be for friend's babies due next year! can't wait to find out what they are having and get to work!

seeing i've been so time poor of late, i've been getting into good old instagram. here are a few pics i've added recently.

i'd love you to follow along, and would love to follow you back! i'm not sure how to add a link, but i'm under Lilies for Kate :)

Kate xx

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DIY camera strap cover

hi everyone!
you may have noticed my blog header has had a makeover!
The hubs helped me out. so glad he knows his way around the computer so well!
i've been wanting to give it a fresh look for a while, so glad i finally got to it!

i haven't been around on the blog the past week- too busy having holiday fun!
we are enjoying some magical Winter weather and getting out and about in the sunshine.
We had a day down in beautiful Byron Bay Tuesday and caught up with some fab friends
on the beach yesterday.
and today is a home day! time to do the boring house duties, get some sewing and
painting done, and show you my DIY camera strap i whipped up before the
photography course i did on Sunday afternoon.

I love to sew basic stuff, and not alot of measuring gets done around here!
no following patterns.
it's all guess work i tell you! that's just how i sew :)

i picked out some pretty fabric (this one is currently avail at Spotlight)
Fold in half and leave a little either side and either end of the strap.

fold in and pin.

undo ends, fold in and stitch.

repeat for a nice neat finish.

i tried to make a pocket on one end for my lens, but made it too small!
oh well. it might hold a packet of tic tacs instead lol :)

i wrapped a doily around the other end.
just because i like doilies on everything i sew up if i can help it.

stitched it on first,

then tucked it in the sides while i sewed up the whole strap.

it was a tight fit, and i made it slightly longer than the strap so that it would
bunch up and have a gathered look.
it was fiddly, but quite easy.

i thought i'd show you the little knobs i bought
for my beachy cupboard i showed you last post.

they were reduced at Spotlight- $9.99 for the pair.

Kate x

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