.: we've been sewing ... just not blogging much :.

Happy school holidays to you!  We are coming to an end of our wonderful school hols - the kids go back to school the day after Easter Monday.  We've had a very relaxing, pottering-around kind of holiday, which is exactly what we needed after a crazy-busy first term.  

It's ages since I've shared some pics of sewing - so here's what I've been making over the past few weeks.  If you follow me on instagram (I'm @hellofromcat and Vee is @hellofromvee - you can click through to our pics using the button in the right-hand sidebar) - you'll have seen all these pics before ... just so you know ... :-)

First up - a trio of Easter Bunnies, sewn from a sweet pattern by Rosalie Quinlan.  I love faffing about choosing fabrics to fussy-cut for the ears and tummies.   

Next is a birthday pressie for our friend Tracy - a pair of personalised undies, from Penny's awesome undies pattern - Penny's #sewtakeahikeundies tag on instagram is so fun to look through!  I sewed the undies into a project-sized lined drawstring bag, using In Color Order Jeni's excellent pattern. 

And now, a couple of pressies using our Bela Hoo screen-printed panels - first up, a pretty massive tote-bag for an owl-loving girl:

And last for today - a Bela Hoo cushion - I haven't made a 'boy' cushion for such a long time!

I took the cushion-pics with the cushion sitting on my ironing-board, which is oh-so-well located under this fun print, a constant reminder of my domestic Queen-dom ... if you look hard, you can even see me in the reflection in the print, but I'm not wearing my crown:

I've got even MORE sewing to share, but figure that's enough to catch you up on for one day!  I'm aiming to be back over the weekend with more pics.  Here's to a great Easter weekend, whatever it is you are doing.  We are off to church tomorrow for Good Friday, and again on Easter Sunday (we're missing tonight's Maundy Thursday service though ...).  My husband is on keyboard-and-singing duties for both services.  On Sunday we're having a family lunch, as it's also my sister's birthday.  Take care xoxo cat

.: hippity hoppity :.

Easter's on its way.

Bring on the bunnies.

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How cute are they?!  They're from a very cute, quick and easy little pattern by Rosalie Quinlan, which I bought online from Ballarat Patchwork.  

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The little navy-mix one is already flying south to my nephew in Bondi.

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Over the Easter weekend, I will sew up more, using a completely random mix of colours.  And next time, I'll sew the tummy on BEFORE I stuff the bunny.  I kept pulling stuffing through with every tummy-stitch.  

Easter also means The Bonnet Parade at school.  Hello Riot, local newsagent and hot-glue-gun.

{{no captions are needed for these awesome bonnet creations}}

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I hope you've been noticing the hot-glue-strands in the photos.  They're an intentional highlight.

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More sewing coming up.  I still haven't finished my fabric ironing-and-folding marathon.  But I really had to walk away from it for a few days.  Too much ironing, not enough sewing.  

Here's to a happy Easter week for everyone.  xoxo cat