Hide that dryer!

We have a dryer that hardly ever gets used, but is still handy.

Ugly AS though!! Not anymore (Dave just shakes his head now) 

I used some of my hand dyed homespun and an embrodiery file from Emblibary.

Makes the kids smile when they are cleaning their teeth in our combination second bathroom / laundry.

We like to draw ALOT

We LOVE our art supplies, pencils, paint, textas, watercolour - if it is an art item we have it.

As a family we spend a part of each day drawing. Mollie loves sketching real life things, Lucas like drawing structures and transport, I just love drawing.

My lastest drawing is over on the left side there, a Babshuka Doll set.

If we draw down the back, we always have company. 

                                 

Want to get started with drawing with your kids? Here are some suggestions

• Art journals - love them here. You can buy them from art suppliers, newsagent. Such a nice way to record art work.
• Good quality pencils are a must!! Cheap pencils don't have the strength of colour and children really loose interest fast if their artwork isn't lovely and bright on their paper.
• Get out into nature to sketch - parks, beaches, backyards.
• Set aside 10 minutes a day to draw with your  kids. Think positive, and have a go!
• Drawing from photos - magazines, fav books, photo albums. Great way to practice.

I would love to see a world with LESS colouring in books and more art journals!!

hand dyed cotton crochet

Loving this photo atm, BUT it wasn't meant to post lol.
Just playing round with my blog to jazz it up a bit!!

Sunprinting

 What a fun activity to share with a friend.

Here is a great tutorial for Sunprinting

Violet the Garden Fairy Doll

My first Christmas present finished!!

Watch out world, I am getting organised :)

Reconnecting with this space..

What better way then participating in blogtoberfest.

We have been busy creating in this house of late, painting, sewing, drawing, legoing, gardening.

Time for a litle show and tell...

Yawn..starting tomorrow though :)

My 'French' Inspired Quilt

This quilt was very much a joint effort. Thankyou to Jodie for her beautiful fabrics and all the ladies at Crafty Mamas that helped me with quilting tips...

                                     

After finding the fabric, stitching out the embrodieries and raiding my ribbon stash, I designed the quilt. BUT in true Melissa style..my paper design looks nothing like the finished quilt.

  Big projects for me, end up being a journey

I knew I wanted a strip type quilt, so with the fabric in hand, I cut and stitched up the middle panel. Then I was stuck..where to go from there 

                

Knowing I wanted to use these embrodieries, I thought, 'a road might be good' so then came the black border.

From then on, it just came together. Placing embroderies took a couple of days but in the end I am really happy with it.

                 

                               

I loved adding the ribbons.

            

Oh and the back..a combination of homespun and dotty fabric from SL.

                                 

Phew..I really enjoyed this project, but I am enjoying more now that it is finished.

This is off to Cairns Show in a couple weeks time :)