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Sunny Queensday

What a great day. A perfect Queensday.

The weather was so unbelievably nice! We haven't had a very good spring yet and I want more of this warm, lovely sun, please!

The free market in our town was massive and we all had a really good haul.

Some of the vintage fabrics...

I hit the ribbon jackpot <3

Not pictured are books, a teapot, a tray... etc etc

When we were tired from the free market we went back home where we spent hours in the sun: reading, eating, drinking. Dinner outside in the garden... yes, a perfect day.

Welcoming the girls

The girls have arrived! Yes, we finally have our chickens! We went to pick them up on Friday and they have settled well now in their new place.

And having chickens is so much fun already... thankfully it is exactly what we imagined. The children love them and Simon especially seems to be a natural with them.

They are about 16-18 weeks old now, so still quite young. However, we may find the first egg in the upcoming weeks... so exciting!

We had our first escape on the first night already. We have a naughty chicken on our hands! Her adventure ended well and we all tucked them in for the night.

I keep going outside just to look at them and that's exactly what I'm going to do now :)

Ottobre Ruska raglan blouse

I made a blouse for Amber using an Ottobre pattern (autumn 2008). It wasn't commissioned by her, so I knew I was taking a bit of a risk by just sewing for it her. The lady is developing her own taste and is known to be quite demanding.

The fabric I used came from my stash. I love it and I've been holding onto it for years. The owl application was Amber's choice, I bought that and a few others in a drugstore the other day.

The blouse came together pretty easy and I'm satisfied with how it turned out.

However, little Miss thinks it's too wide... so I will contemplate whether I will think it will be worth making alterations.

PS I only allowed the uncombed hair because we are on school holiday. And even then... a disgrace ;)

Under the weather

Just him and me and lots of cuddles today.

Bright bulbs

And a pretty song:

 

 

Quite possibly the easiest top ever

I drafted, cut and sewed this top together in sewing class yesterday, which means in exactly two hours.

There wasn't even really a pattern, just a few instructions on how to draw the pattern piece and the measurements. The front and back pieces are identical: the lazy me was having a thoroughly enjoyable time!

I hardly ever sew anything for myself and I felt that this easy top might help me to get over my hesitations. And I do believe it worked, because I'm really happy with how it turned out :) At least, I enjoyed wearing it today.

The knitted fabric is quite nice and even nicer since it cost just 1,80 for 2 metres. I like a good bargain!

So, I think I'm just going to make another top like this (different fabric obviously), or make it into a simple dress. My sewing machine is finally seeing some action again!

PS This is my 600th post!

Scenes from today

Sewing a blouse for Amber

Caught this beast, obviously looking for trouble

Ugh (still there)

Good company

We had a nice weekend. A trip to the pet farm and some mild housekeeping. A little pottering about in the garden and quite some chicken research done: hopefully not long now before we have our very own chickens (can't wait)!

Also, lots of cooking, because we had a lovely English guest coming over. Who brought me beautiful Liberty fabrics! So very generous and thoughtful.

Feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a new week!

My nursery

Things are going great in the garden plus the extension of the garden (my house). The seeds both indoors and outdoors are growing happily. I have my very own nursery going on. And I like working there.

Today more seeds arrived and they were planted swiftly. Yes, I'm a bit obsessed, but in a very harmless way :)

It won't be long before we will be able to eat fresh rocket from the garden!

I'm truly enjoying seeing everything grow, it makes spring all the more fun. And it already was so much fun.. can you imagine!

Cheerful

I'm feeling cheerful like these pretty flowers that I got for my birthday.

However, I don't feel as fresh... but hopefully that will be solved with a good night's sleep ;)