Two Tiny Kitties

Here are the next 2 kitties that I sewed up yesterday before my niece turned up for her sleepover. She chose the one in the little pink dress, although secretly Isabelle wanted to swap her one for the pink one. The green one has been adopted by Isabelle to keep her other kitty company, but I can see myself making some more of these delightful little kitties. I am going to try and make some in other colors now, so we shall how they turn out. I am off to do some grocery shopping before taking Isabelle and my niece to a birthday party. After that it is off to mum and dad's for dinner, and then to pick up some more catalogues to deliver on Sunday, and make my sandwiches to take with me tomorrow for the Quit In. I shall report back over the weekend to show you any goodies I end up buying. Bye for now.

Little Kitty

Pattern: Little Kitty by Melly & Me.
Meet Tink as she has been named by Isabelle. I have 2 more to make for one of Isabelle's little friends, and my niece who is staying with us on Thursday night for a sleepover. I am sure she will love it too as Isabelle has been sleeping with her kitty. I think this one turned out okay and it is always a good thing when your daughter gets upset because she cant find it to go to bed with, although I could do without the tears!
I am still knitting away on the little pink jacket too, and have finished both fronts over the weekend. I now only have the bands, sleeves and the hood (those hoods always take such a long time) to complete now. Hopefully on the weekend I can complete it as now I CAN GO TO THE QUILT IN on Saturday. I attend every year with about 150 other crafty people, who sit and sew or knit for the day. They also have a guest speaker who will talk to us for an hour and show us all her work too. Paul explained that a few of the wives were not going on the tram lunch, so I didnt have to go either if I didnt want to. They are going to a Sports Bar afterwards to watch the footy, and I do like watching the footy, but can really use my time for other things I really enjoy. So it is a win/win situation as Paul can have a night out with the boys and I can catch up with some people I have not seen for quite a few months. I might even take those socks to knit on Saturday and try to complete the first one, otherwise I am afraid it will never get done. Thank you too for your wonderful comments too, I loved them all and really do appreciate every one of them. Happy crafting!

Cupcakes!

No not the baked variety, but the sewing variety. This pattern is from the book Cupcake & Patchwork Cookery Collection by Julie Mackenzie. It has lots of beautiful things in it to make, and lots of lovely recipes for cupcakes too which I will try and make during the week.
I started this apron on Friday evening, drawing the pieces up to be cut out on Saturday. I ended up cutting the pieces out yesterday, and put the cupcakes on the bottom to be embroidered around, and then stitched it all together after dinner tonight. Isabelle now wants a pocket, as all girls like to put things in pockets. I think I will make one in the rose fabric and attach it to the centre. I had a lot of fun making this apron, and they even have one in adult size too, although mine would not be pink. By the way, the angel in the photo is a present my sister bought for me when she ran in

her run last week at Appollo Bay. I really like angels, and this one sits in my front hallway now hanging from the shelf. I think she is quite nice and cute, and I am so happy my sister thought of me. She did really well in her run reducing her time by 3 minutes so she is getting a lot faster now.
I have also been doing some knitting too, as the baby blanket nearly has 3 patterns done, the green cardigan only has a half front, 2 sleeves and the collar to complete it, and a few other things have been started and knitted on too. They will have to wait though as I am on antibiotics at the moment, yes sick again. I took a trip to the doctors on Saturday after I didnt feel well, and the right gland in my neck was very swollen, and my bottom lip was full of cold sores too. I must have looked a sight at the birthday party Isabelle attended at the bowling alley for her school friend. She had a wonderful time and at the end was picking up speed with her bowling ball too. I think in future we will have to go and have a game as I have not bowled for quite a few years, but it would be fun with the kids to do every now and then. Well I am off to lie on the couch and try and knit some more, although this scratchy swollen throat doesnt make me want to really do anything for too long. I hope to be a lot better by the end of the week, fingers crossed.