my creative space 'hot under the covers'

Greetings all,

Embracing Winter is the trick to enjoying it.  I thought i'd dig up ye olde hot water bottle cover recipe (which consists of laying a hot water bottle onto fabric & cutting around it) & mix it up with different fabrics, organic batting, quilting stitches, bias binding, fabric buttons . . .

 I took half a dozen into Shop Handmade today, they're already featured on FB (thanks Tania).

 I have many more cut out, in screen printed fabrics & boy's themes too.  The quilting takes ages, but it's fun.  I also like the smaller hot water bottles (no idea where to get them but we have some which came with covers from Peter Alexander) so if i find the mini bottles, i'll make some covers!!

 Oh look at this one merchandised with Sheep's Clothing & Soft&Lush at Shop.

 All this heat inducing goodness - just in time - those are snow clouds above school this afternoon.  My darling husband is coming home this weekend, leaving sunny warm Brisbane for a Canberra forecast of -6C on Sunday night.  He's already researched that woollen underlays & doonas are 30% off at David Jones.  Mega investment pieces for the next 15 years of marriage.  He might be a soldier used to roughing it, but when he's home, it's all about comfort.

My oil cloth bunting is in Shop Handmade too, super cute cubby house mini style & a larger version for outdoors.  Happy Creative Space folks, i'm sewing up more hot water bottle covers.  Love Posie

PS i could start every new post with a 'thank you for the comments on the previous one', you're all so awesome out there in blogland, THANK YOU!!  Seems i'm not on the only one who didn't shine on Mother's Day, sigh.  The IKEA giveaway was huge & stay tuned (follow this blog) as next up it's a mega LEGO giveaway!!
EDIT: did anyone else lose all their comments for today's post?? 25+ comments just up & disappeared??

shhh . . . i'm up to something . . .

Greetings all,
Ever felt like you BORN to do something??  A mix of the right personality, timing, skills & execution??  Well i'm up to something, this Friday night, a new part of my business will be hatched. 
I have been wanting to do this for ages . . .

 but waiting for the right opportunity (venue, time, audience).

 I get to show off my vintage style props . . .

 & share some self taught skills.

 I'll be pulling out the Rachel Ashwell fabrics . . .

showing off my collection & decorating style.

 Needless to say i'm BIG KEV EXCITED about this new adventure.  Do you remember Big Kev??  When i was younger, an accurate measure of how excited i was, was on a scale of . . . NOT excited at all . . . to Big Kev excited.  Big Kev was a day time television cleaning product salesman extraordinaire, who got very pumped & excited over goo remover & cleaning pastes.  Sadly Big Kev (beer belly, red face, Hawaiian shirts & all) died of a heart attack.
So ladies & gentlemen, stay tuned for my exciting tales & fingers crossed it's not a one off!! 

Finally, thank you for all the lovely comments on my middle girl's chin wars - this is day 3, her little purple bruised goatee is looking worse for wear.  She's a little less stiff in the jaw but it's amazing how a sore chin can make unpacking the dishwasher an impossible task.  Love Posie