My creative space

My creative space today has been my bed!
Due to having a cold then a secondary infection, cough, fever - you name it - I've got it!

So I have done a lot of reading and some knitting, finishing off a hat I started last year.

Knitting the band round the edge nearly drove me mad! I couldnt pick up the correct number of stiches and had to undo it many times.
Anyway it is now finished apart from sewing the ends in. Yay!

In the afternoon the little deck off our bedroom is a nice sunny spot and has a nice view, but I coundt photograph it because of looking into the sun.
I also look down on the part of the garden where the bower bird's bower is, but it is well hidden.
There was however lots of bowery activity down there.

Here he is - he doesnt look much but he is a lovely glossy bluey-black colour, perhaps about the size of a chicken?

Th cat likes it out on the deck too - anywhere the sun is - that's where she'll be.

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More sewing this week.
More of the batik fabric squares from my friend H.
This time I have made them into little fold-over clutch purses.

They are kind of small, but kinda cute.
What would you use these little sweeties for?
They measure 12.5cm across and 8cm from top to bottom when folded.

I might even post how I made them as a tute - what do you think?

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Something a bit different and a bit of a story.  

 

I am a member of a craft co-operative that is in Leura, NSW. It is called The Nook.
We are a shop that is open every day except Christmas day, and it is a great venue to sell handmade goodies.
Every October the village of Leura has a gardens festival and a 2 day festival market right in the main street of Leura. Most of the shops in the street use the occassion to publicise their business, but The Nook, being upstairs on the first floor and not having a shop frontage always was disadvanteged. Sure we had  little stall outside your front door, but how to get people up there.
So a couple of years ago we came up with the idea to give our customers a goody bag, with things handmade by our members, when they spent $20 in the shop.
It worked a treat and our sales for the weekend rocketed.
So the other day a few of us got together and had a working bee to make some goobybagness!
My friend H has more fabric than I have beads I think!
These are some squares she cut out once for cushions that never really sold, so here we are making them into coasters - to give away in October.

Nothing like being organised in advance!

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Something I've been wanting to make for a while.

I've had the little glass bottles for years, at one time I covered them with beadweaving for perfume bottles.

But now I added - watch parts, scrolls I made from hubby's primary school disctionary and some crystals -



Steampunk treasure bottles!

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My daughter would tell you that I dont need another bag!

But needs and wants are different - right?

pink saddle bag by RoseAnne Russell

How about a touch of whimsy?

we all fly together by creativethursday

Or something beautiful to adorn your wrist -

tropical rainbow cuff by barefootweaver