WEDNESDAY WEIGH IN

Down 1Kg (2.2 pounds) yippeeeeee!

Started watching what I was eating and said NO very firmly to anything I know is going to undo all the hard work!

Gave in a little on my birthday - but nothing too fattening! even had a diet Coke with lunch instead of a wine!

I'll be back again soon with some sewing related items..

like - a finished dolly for Chloe

and of course the famous Ballerina Bag - I finally went out and purchased the Tulle required for the Tutu around the bag! Pink, of course!

See you soon,

Happy Sewing!

LOOKOUT TEDDY - I'VE GOT YOU CORNERED!!

One teddy flimsy! Thanks for all the great comments! Yes, I had thought about running the stripes the other way, and then I could have mitred the corners! In the end, I had the exact width for the top and bottom borders, but had to join the sides. So hence the cornerstones! This method got me out of having the stripes meet each other in the corners!

I've had a few enquiries about the Teddy quilt pattern. At first I thought I hadn't given credit to the designer but thankfully, way back here I did! Anyway, the pattern I have is from the magazine PATCHWORK & STITCHING, VOL 10 # 12. The pattern designer is one of my favourites.....TONI ALEXANDER Toni also designed the cute dolly's I have been making. Thank you Toni - I just love your designs!!!!

You might be wondering where the Dolly is!? Well, she's sitting very patiently beside my Lounge chair, waiting for the rest of her filling! Almost done. Little Chloe is having her birthday party on Saturday (the day I'm going out to a Quilt Show with my best friend) so I won't be travelling up to Toowoomba for the party (it's at an indoor kids playzone thingy). I will send her present as I know she loves to get parcels in the mail - who doesn't?! I still have to make her Ballerina bag - will get that done soon :-) - sorry, did you say "when does she sleep????" Actually, I'm off to bed very soon, as I have to be up extremely early tomorrow to get our son to tennis training - such fun!

I'll be back with pics of a plump dolly and perhaps a ballerina bag!

Happy Sewing!

WWI - It's Wednesday Weigh In time again - I went to the gym today and worked really hard!!!!! Still no sign of any movement on those scales! (maybe they don't work!!?)

I'm adding more exercise to my plan and also trying very hard to watch what I eat! MH and I have a wedding to attend on Saturday week and I would really like to fit into something I have in the wardrobe - went shopping yesterday and all I can say is "who do they think wears this stuff - and good grief, what size are they?????" I'm telling you, Size 14 is NOT what it used to be!!

BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!

POLAR FLEECE SCARVES & KNEE RUGS

I've just finished cutting lots of scarves and knee rugs from Polar Fleece - no sewing required, just cut and fringe!

My craft group is donating these to a Soup Kitchen to give to the homeless and I am also cutting up a few to take to my Mum's Nursing Home "Ekka Day" which is on next Wednesday..... Brisbane is famous for its yearly Ekka (Exhibition) ... as the Nursing Home residents are unable to attend the real Ekka, they have their own in the dining room!! I'm taking my Apron display again, as they really enjoyed looking at that last time and I will have a few items on a sale table for them (I try to keep everything around the $2 mark).

Another finish for July.........

Another Peter Rabbit quilt for our little B.B. - this is the flannel one I was making last week - I have washed and dried it - I'm happy with how it has turned out although the quality of the flannel pink backing fabric is not nearly as good as the quality of the Peter Rabbit flannels and it did "go fuzzy" a bit! Once again, I have used the wide binding technique I am so fond of!

It's a cool, rainy day here - guess where I'll be for the afternoon?

WWI - as both MH and I have been down with this horrible cold, we have not been to the gym so I did not get to weigh myself last week or this week..... so no change in my weight that I can report, except to say that the jeans are still fitting!

Happy Sewing!

WEDNESDAY WEIGH IN

I sent out my email yesterday.... no weight loss but some inches lost from waist, hips, thighs and tummy..... so I'm happy with that! Oh okay, it was 2" off each measurement! I thought I saw a waistline in there!!

Thanks to a certain teenager who lives in our home (hmmm, who could that be?) we are on a slow speed with our internet! I cannot believe he did it, but our son used almost all of our allowance in one day!!! So, if I'm a little quiet on the posting front, it's because everything takes soooooo loooooong to load!

I finished the binding on the Brights Baby Quilt #2..... and there is a lesson with this one too! I'll tell you about it later! It involves NEVER CHANGING how you do something if there is nothing wrong with the way you do it!!!!!

Happy Sewing!

JUST PRETEND IT'S WEDNESDAY!!

I'm joining Stephanie in Wednesday Night Weigh In.... except I'm 2 days late (sorry Steph) .... oh well... here goes:-

MY GOAL = x - 10Kgs (around 23 pounds)

One of my weight loss ideas is to sew more and eat less!!!!