Fascinator Fun

 

Yesterday I spent an hour with my lovely neighbour

who is going to a dinner tonight and she has to wear

a touch of camouflage.

So I set about making this fascinator for her.

She found some great ribbon which was good for a base,

then it was out to the chook pen to see what feathers

could be found from the chooks, guinea fowl and

anything else that had shed feather over the last

few days.

This is what we came up with.

Latest Wedding Invitations

 

This is the last lot of wedding invitations that

I have delivered to the lovely couple who will

be married later in the year.

 

 

Monkey Business

 

I love making these cute monkeys for baby gifts.

I have been a bit behind with the gifts, so I  now

have caught up, and have spares.

 

 

These cute monkeys are Magoo - designed by

the clever girls at Melly & Me.

Rag Quilts

There is something about rag quilts.

They are just so cozy and warm.

 

This quilt I made for a gift using

two charm packs that worked

together.  I had bought fabric

from the ranges, so that one

day I could do something with

the charm packs.  One of these

pieces I used to border and bind

 the quilt.

 

The other piece I used to back the quilt with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Blankets

 

While I'm catching up with my blog

I should add these pics too.

This baby blanket was sent up

to Port Macquarie last year to

welcome Angus Franklin into

our family.

 

 

This blanket was done for an order.

This pic is a close up of the cute

little octopus.  They were so

cute to add into the underwater

design.

 

This is a pic of the completed

blanket.

Max

Here are a couple of the very cute

Max Monkeys that I have made

recently -- one went to Perth and

the other to Ballarat.

 

 

The clever girls at Melly & Me

designed these cute monkeys and

I just love them.

Tanya & John's Wedding Invitations

Tany and John had a lovely theme

for their wedding invitations,

wishing well & place cards.

 

 

They carried the theme through

onto their serviette cuffs.

I also printed menus for

the guests.

More of Teagan & Justin's Invitations

This is the invitation that

Teagan and Justin

decided on.

 

Teagan & Justin's Invitations

I loved making up samples for Teagan & Justin's

wedding that was held in West Wyalong.

 

Teagan is my cousin's daughter, and with

the technology that we have these days

it is so easy to work with people who

live a distance away.

 

Wedding Invitations

It was my pleasure to be able to assist
Bethany & Ricky with their wedding
invitations. 

I sat down with them to discuss
what they might like.............

 From there I went about making up
 some samples for them to choose
 from.............

                    
You will see the theme of
the pretty doily.

And the theme of a sleve on the
invitatons to be able to slip the
RSVP card in with the invite.

          

 It was up to them to sit down and
 go through the samples.

Then get back to me once they
decided what they would like.

This is the invitation that
they decided on.

        




Along with handmade envelopes.           

Wedding Bags, coathangers and horseshoe

So the wedding I have been doing all the sewing for was on Saturday.  It was a beautiful wedding.

This is the horseshoe that I made for the bride.
Horseshoes are always the last minute sewing before a wedding - usually the night before.














These cute little bags were for the bridesmaids.
Their dresses were a beautiful floral and these
bags matched their shoes.  They looked lovely.










                                                       
These pretty coathangers were for
    the bridesmaids to hang their
                   dresses on.
                                                                                              
                                                                                       

Mother of the bride bags...................

My daughter's girlfriend mother could not find a bag to match her shoes, so she gave me her shoes and off I went looking for fabric to match the shoes.


I found this fabric and the gorgeous button and made this bag for her.







 Then I decided to make this
 one too, so she could have a
 choice.


 I wonder which one she will choose?


Wedding Accessories

My daughter is going to be bridesmaid for her girlfriend soon.  I have made these bags for the bride to be.


I made two different styles for her so she could choose which one she wants.

Which one would you choose?

The bag above is out of a great book I purchased from Spotlight.

The bag on the right is designed by
Nicole Mallalieu.

 

I have also made her this coathanger so that

she has a nice coathanger to hang her dress on.

 

Stay tuned, I am also making a bag for the mother of the birde

and the bridesmaids.

 

Can't wait for the wedding, it should be beautiful.

COT QUILT FOR BABY CARNELL...................

 

This quilt has been made for the

a son and daughter-in-law of one

of my cousins.

 

Michael and Stephanie are eagerly

waiting the arrival of their first child.

 

Stephanie contacted me through my

facebook page (Marion Prime Designs)

and asked me if I could make a quilt

for their baby's cot.

 

 

She told me what colours she would

like, and a bit of an idea on what design

she would like, and this is what I cam up with.

 

Some of the fabrics were bought in Newcastle

where Stephanie and Michael live, and some were

bought at Gumvalley Patchwork in Simpson, and

some came out of my stash.

 

I looks lovely on the white cot with the wall art

in the background.

 

Looking forward to hearing of the arrival of

Baby Carnell.

 

 

I will be making this quilt again in another colourway,

and writing the pattern, so stay tuned for more details.

 

 

CONVICT BONNET ............................

 

Back in June I was hearing a little about a

"Blessing Of The Bonnets" here in Colac,

but at the time life was a bit busy, so I

didn't pay enough attention.

 

When I did have time to listen and discover

what it was all about, I decided I would make

a convict bonnet in memory of my

Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother

MARY WADE.

 

Mary was born on the 5th October 177

 and died on the 17th December 1859

at the age of 82.

 

At the time of her death, she had

300 descendants.

 

Mary was convicted for steeling three items of

clothing at the age of 11, and was sentenced to

death by hanging.  Fortunately, she escaped this

dreadful punishment, and was transported to

Australia on the

'LADY JULIANA"

 

My Convict Bonnet will be going to the

collection of Bonnets in Hobart.

"ROSES FROM THE HEART'

where they are attempting to collect a

bonnet for every female convict that came

to Australia. 

Chilly Mornings..........................

 

We had a couple of very cold mornings this week.

 

 

We didn't get any snow like a lot of other places

not all that far from us. 

 

There was snow in Lorne, Ballarat and even the

outskirts of Geelong and all of these places are

within an hours drive from us.

 

But it was cold enough with frost, let alone snow.

I LOVE WEDDINGS.......................

 

 

 

Especially when I have made the wedding dress...................

 

 

Our beautiful niece Ria was married in Dickinson's Reserve

in Kew at the beginning of April.

 

Ria contacted me at the end of January to ask me if I could

make her wedding dress.  As Ria lives in Melbourne and I

live 2 hours south of Melbourne, we decided to meed in

 Geelong and have a chat and a look for a pattern. 

 Then it was off to the ladies bathroom in

 Market Place to do the measurements.

 

We both went back to our own homes, Ria then going shopping for

 fabric and me going to buy some poly cotton to make up a

 dummy dress.  Four weeks later we met in Geelong again

for the fitting. 

And guess where that was.................back in the Ladies Bathroom in

Market Place.  It has the best mirror ever for a dress fitting.

 

Just a small adjustment to be made, and home I came with the beautiful

Italian Lace that Ria had chosen and a month later, Ria was coming down

this way for another family wedding and she called for me to get the hem

organised.  The next day she came and picked up the dress and took it home.

 

Two weeks later it was a pleasure to see her walk down the garden

 path on her Dad's arm to be given way to marry her

 handsome now husband -- Crispin.

 

This photo is of there own little family, Ria, Crispin and there oh so cute

Olive Elizabeth.

 

 

 

Not much of a sunset again last night,

but apparently it is only 3 degrees outside this morning,

I think that is the coldest morning this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it is shaping up to be a lovely sunny day,

first one for a while.

 

 

BABY'S BLANKETS...........................

 

Over the years I have been making baby blankets for all of Dad's

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

 

 

This one was given to Harrison James,

he was born in November last year.

 

This one was given to Alyssa Grace,

she was born in April this year.

 

This blanket was given to Eamon Jack,

he was born in December last year.

 

 

 

Not much of a sunset last night, but this is how our day started today....