Sunday 9 November 2008

Doll quilt recieved and 3rd birthday gifts

Yesterday morning, before the Christmas pageant Austy and I did our grand opening of the EB Doll Quilt Swap parcel that finally got here unscathed, after a few mishaps with the post and confusion over our address. It was well worth the wait - the photos tell the story!






How cute is this little robot, designed and made by Lily in my favourite colours - pale aqua and rich deep brown? Austy was besotted and so happy that his "baby" now had his own quilt (Benji Bear claimed the one AJ made him last year) that he ran and grabbed him and proceeded to read him stories on his new quilt. Aaaawww...

And today was no less busy. After finishing James' birthday gift at 2am this morning, we woke at 8am to get ready for two birthday parties - Austy's best friend and Emma's gorgeous boy James, and Austy's equally favourite 3 yr old, his cousin Elizabeth both had their big day today. I had decided that I wanted to make James a personalised cushion a few weeks ago, but amidst all the nappy making, curtain making and Masters thesis writing (I submitted my completed draft on Friday which just needs a final tweek after I hear from the faculty advisor), I just didn't get it started until Thursday. All I managed on Thursday night was the embroidery, which was causing me grief as my machine was having a bad day, and catching the bobbin thread in knots in one area so the threads kept breaking. It took 2hrs to do just the embroidery, stop start all the way so it was quite frustrating. Friday was a dedicated curtain making day as I was work and Austy free, so I didn't get to start the actual cushion piecing until Saturday night - and we didn't get Austy to bed until 9pm so it was a late start. I enjoyed the quilting process though - such a nice size to spin through the machine - I love it! Here's the result:



It was cute watching James open it, he just wrapped his arms around it and gave it a cuddle! The frogs go with his bedroom theme, just as Austy's cushion is designed to suit his room theme.


Then it was onto party number 2 where we gifted the birthday girl with this little number, a ruffled skirt I made up as I went along. Unfortunately the rushed photo doesn't show up the fabrics clearly - the top tier is a Michael Miller aqua swirl, then the next is a Michael Miller daisy fabric followed by a Timeless Treasures print in the perfect shade of green to match the daisies that I had left over from a quilt border. The binding and waistband is a Michael Miller chocolate swirl (same as the aqua) and the ties are stitched to elastic, and made from a fabric strip that came wrapped around one of my Z&S Fabrics orders through the year.



Austy tried it on for me during the making process and wouldn't take it off - he loved twirling in it!! Even though at that stage it had no elastic and needed to be held up. I think I might have to make him a skirt for the dress-ups box... although his Dad would be less than amused!!! I was in trouble for taking this photo:




Unfortunately the excitement and sunshine was too much for our boy today as no sooner had we come home and bathed him, he was sick all over the rug... We are hoping it's not gastro, but he actually ate quite healthily today considering he was at two parties, he didn't even eat birthday cake and was much happier eating fairy bread and watermelon over sausages so I don't think it was anything he ate. Hoping a good night's sleep fixes him.

8 comments:

Andrea said...

Oh I hope little Austy is feeling better tomorrow.

Love all of the sewing you have done, and how amazing is that doll quilt. What a lucky little boy to get such a great quilt.

Little Munchkins said...

Hope Austy will get better soon too.

Cute cushion for James there, and very pretty skirt for Elizabeth. It looks like Austy is very happy with the amazing quilt made by Lily.

Emma said...

Thank you Joy, James and I both love it! That skirt is gorgeous, too! I hope Austy is on the mend.

Susan said...

Love all your sewing and that doll's quilt is just perfect for a little boy's baby. Hope Austy is feeling better soon. You make me feel exhausted reading about all the things you do, but the face when seeing someone open a handmade present makes it all worthwhile don't you think? Susan

Peta said...

Beautiful gifts Joy, even though you had so much grief embroidering the cushion is looks well worth the effort. The skirt is just gorgeous too, a beautiful combination of fabrics.

Kylie said...

You did a great job on the cushion - ahh to breaking thread!

Hope that Austy is on the mend and that it wasnt anything too serious! Love the robot quilt - it is lovely and Lily did a great job.

Lily Mulholland said...

So glad Austy liked the robot quilt! The cushions are a great idea too :)

Jessica P said...

I'm liking the cushions.