Coco Avant Chanel

Saw this film last night...lovely. -kb

a picture of you taking a picture of me

My little photographer…taking a picture of me taking a picture of him on his Lego Camera (built by daddy) I think a kid proof digital camera may be in our future…-kb

lovely necklace

I am often reading blogs when I come across adorable items that I add to my wish list...very rarely do I actually love something so much I go through the motions to buy online. Usually I am deterred by the shipping costs to Australia. When I saw this necklace by the very talented Jess, I splurged. They arrived in the post this week and I love them (them...yes, I had to get the matching earrings too). -kb

*our computer officially died over the weekend...now the big question do we covert to MAC???

A month of Sundays...

It took a month of Sundays, sitting in front of the TV when the kids were in bed to sew the binding on my Lotta quilt...it was so worth it! I love this quilt. Front is 4 large pieces of Lotta Jansdotter linen I purchased in Tokyo, back is a pale blue pinstriped cotton and the binding is a mocha brown cotton from Lincraft. I did free motion quilting randomly around the outer edge of many (but not all) of the blue and brown bobbles on the Lotta fabric. This created a very cool circled quilting effect on the striped fabric on the back. This is one of the largest quilts I've made, just about Queen size, perfect for full body coverage while lying on the couch. Originally I planned to put this quilt in our guest house to match some pillows I made last year...however I am so in love I might have to keep it in the living room through the winter to properly wear it in!
Pictures are not that great, but due to the size was very hard to figure out how to photograph this one, it has been quilted properly all those waves were just impossilbe to resovle on the floor. Suggestions, how should I be taking these types of photos? -kb

Hong Kong Fabric Agent?

Hi! I've been crazy busy, however have a few completed projects to show off this week...finally! In the mean time I am looking for a good fabric/textile agent in Hong Kong? Can anyone recommend someone? Send me details at klothandbolt@gmail.com? Thanks! -kb

Craft Room

I am so loving the Craft Room. Wednesday night I arrived with two projects both that I had heaps of questions on. The ladies were full of advice and ideas. I learned how to finish my crochet with a scalloped edge and unfortunately had to unravel a very long knitting project. I've found a solution to the knitting and I couldn't be happier with the crochet. I am so impressed with the knowledge and the skills of these ladies, I have a feeling my sewing and knitting are going to improve immensely if I can continue to sponge off this amazing group! Next up I think I am going to get some advice from this lady on how to make hexagons...I just can't stop thinking about them...she was hand stitching them all through Wednesday night...-kb

Scout's Baptism

Scout was baptised on Sunday. Following the service we held a big party at our house. Last week I spent ages sewing her dress. Silk with a lace trim, puffed sleeves, fully lined...reminder a 4 month old has tiny arms, most of the lace and the arm holes were sewing on by hand as was the lining. The silk raveled like crazy to be honest it was a bit of a nightmare, if it weren't for sheer determination I think I would have have thrown it out just after I cut the fabric! All of that being said, I love the dress it came out perfect.

So many friends and family joined us, one of the best parties we've ever had. The house was full of white flowers, we had pink cupcakes and triangle sandwiches...and Scout wore her dress the entire day, after all of that work I wasn't about to take it off! -kb