Day: 15 March 2011

craft, sewing, softies

they pop up everywhere

You’ve possibly seen these three little maids over at Jodie’s.  Snap!  I’ve made some too!  Let me introduce you.  As named by my children, Little Pink (claimed by Stella):

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Little Blue (claimed by Clare):

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and last but by no means least, Little Green (who must be mine).

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Jodie has written another great pattern and my little maids even look a lot like hers!

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Too cute to resist! Thanks Jodie for letting me use my red pen on your pattern (I was actually a teacher in a former life and still have a fondness for that pen) and be part of the process. If you’d like your own copy of this sweet little pattern you can harangue your local quilt or craft store to get one in for you, check out these stockists or else you can find it online here.

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Isn’t there a whole lot of Gilbert and Sullivan running around in your head now too?

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I know that everyone is thinking of and praying for Japan at the moment.  Australians wishing to donate to the Red Cross appeal can do so here.

miscellaneous

and the rain came down…

On the Labour Day weekend last year we experienced a freak storm/mini-tornado.  So I was a little perturbed when on Sunday afternoon, at about the same time as last year, the blue skies vanished and the clouds rolled in.

20 minutes and 31mm of rain later, we had this:

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The local streets are designed so that they fill up with water, rather than the houses. The water drains away an hour or so after it stops raining. And what can be more fun!

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Without the damaging winds of the year before, the rain was all about “splashing in the puddle”, as Stella put it.

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So much fun to be a kid in the rain!

And a  quick reminder – Northern Craft Bonanza starts again tomorrow (Wednesday) night – details are over here.  I’d love to see lots of you there!