And now we are up to date

There were a few others quilting related events that have happened since our new little boy entered our lives.

I was lucky enough to be able to go to AQC when Lachie was 2 weeks old were we had a lovely time, it was quite a weird experience in that at times neither Esther (who was "wearing" 4mth old Hannah) and myself (who was "wearing" Lachie) could take a step without some one coming over to gush at the babies. I was quite restrained with my spending this year compared to last year I only brought a kit to make Lachie "Little Monsters" quilt and the pattern for the King George III quilt seen here I am using all my stash of material for my DJ quilt to make this one.

I then went to Stitches and Craft Show once again "wearing" Lachie were I was even more restrained with my purchases. All I bought were the patterns to make these little creatures

Ellie the elephant

Raff the Giraffe

Mitch the Monkey

I have since made a trip to spotlight to buy the necessary fleece to make these three little friends for my boys so can now add this as well as my other purchases to the projects pending list.

Speaking of list as you may have seen I have cleaned up my blog and it now shows three lists, Completed projects, Unfinished Objects (these are quilts and other projects that have been started at some stage) and Projects Pending (these are quilts and other projects that I have all the requirements for but have yet to start) as you can see I don't need to make any other purchases for a long while :)

While I have been recuperating from Lachie's birth I have made a start on the first block of the King George III quilt. Here is the completed inner circle for the first block.

The final event that occurred was the inaugural meeting of the Melbourne Modern Quilting Guild, I was unable to take my camera along so you will have to pop over to Esther's blog to see some snaps of the day. It was a lovely day with 29 like minded quilty ladies, and while I did not get a whole lot done, due to attending to Lachie's needs and my post-pregnancy brain moment when I stitched a hexagon flower together incorrectly (she last picture on Esther's post) I am eagerly awaiting next month meeting as well as our first committee meeting next week.

I have been sewing as well.. I promise

Before my 2nd gorgeous little boy entered our lives I did get some sewing done. Here is task list I set myself at the start of the year to do before the birth.
C’s cot quilt – top all done about to be sent off to be be quilted and then needs to be bound
Cuddle Quilt for Bastian - quilt top done, just need to sandwich, quilt and bind, I am using Minky as the backing so am quilting this one myself
Single Bed Quilt for Bastian – Appliqué strips finished just need to cut remaining material strips and piece together and then send off for quilting
Finish Cross Stitch for Nursery – Finished, need to make a trip to frame store to frame and hang it

Cot Quilt for Emily – Quilt top

and pieced back both  finished, sandwich ready for quilting

Bunting for Bastian’s room – Not started
Pram Quilt – Have all the materials for quilt top and back but not started

I also got some pyjama pants made for me to use in Hospital and a these cute little baby booties.

I had originally made these to gift to a different new little boy but one Lachlan arrived they seemed to mysteriously make there way to his room :)

Birthday FQ Swap

This is a very very belated post seeing that my birthday was back in February.

Here is the FQ and other goodies that I received from (L to R) Esther, Dani, Car (x2 I was spoilt) , Nic & Kayscha (there is one missing that I will have to find and update the post at a later stage)

I am planning on using them to make bunting for Bastian new room which has a red, white and blue theme.

I has been a while but for good reason

Remember this post back here in December, well at 8:34 am on 15 April we welcomed our little boy Lachlan Andrew into the world.


Like his brother he was very little at birth only weighing 2.9kg (6pd 8oz) but unlike his brother he likes his mummy milk and does not spit half of it back up on Mummy and has since put on 720g

1 week old

  

2 weeks 2 days old

3 weeks old

my boys

 

5 weeks 3 days

He is still in the very content sleepy baby mode, I am bracing myself for the next couple of weeks which is when Bastian decided to through out the rule book and it was make us start all over again (which coincided with him being giving a dummy something I am praying I don’t do again)
The main difference is that Bastian had feeding issues which resulted in he being a very sleepy baby and was only waking once during the night from birth and was sleeping through (10 – 6) from around 6 weeks. Lachlan on the other hand is regularly feeding every 3-4 hrs during the night and sometimes taking up to 2 hrs for each feed and resettle, which means that mummy is not getting much sleep at all.

Planes & Opters

I can definitely say that my little boy has very definite boy stereotypically tastes, so when I decided to make some winter pyjamas for Bastian, I could not go past this flannelette material that I found at Spotlight. In his words it has plane (or anes) and opters (helicopters) all over it. I think he was impressed with the finished item.

They took me almost a whole day to do, but given that I don't make many clothes and I found myself re-reading each instruction half-a-dozen times I am quite proud of the results. It was also the first time that I used my mums over-locker to finish off the seams.

Weekend Wrap up

Well the long weekend is over and I thought I had better update you all on my list and what I did (and didn't get done)

Here was my list

1. Finish work hours from this week - done and 2 hrs for this week as well, hopefully that means some more sewing time for me this week
2. Sew backing for C's cot quilt together so I can drop it off to be quilted - didn't buy enough material so need to make a second trip to Spotlight
3. Finish nieces messenger bag - Done
4. Finish off blanket stitch on planes for Bastian Big Bed Quilt - Finished one of the two strips, hope to maybe get the rest done today
5. Cut rest of material for Bastian Big Bed Quilt ready for last class Wednesday night - Hoping to do tonight or tomorrow 

The rest of the list will have to wait for next weekend

This is the bag I have made for my niece's 10th birthday

 

It has an adjustable strap, two pockets on the front and one of the back, a magnetic clasp and a zip pocket inside

I am really happy with how it turned out, has given me the confidence to make the nappy bag that I am planning to make now. I used this tutorial but just left of the zip on the actual main bag part. The only thing I would do different next time is use a different interfacing, I don't like how this one has bubbled.

Also I managed to get one of the two appliqué strips finished for B's new bed quilt which is this quilt

There is actual three plans per strip but I found it two hard to take a photo with all three in it. The first and third plane on each strip are the same any way

 

and a close up of the two planes

When is a long weekend not really a long weekend

When you have a husband that works for a university that does not get state public holidays off :(

However that being said I do have 3 less hrs of work to do for next week as a result and Bastian has no swimming class on Monday morning so with that I mind I have decided to set myself a challenge to get a few things out of the way over the next 4 days

1. Finish work hours from this week (at time of posting still have 8 hrs to do oops) - now 5
2. Sew backing for C's cot quilt together so I can drop it off to be quilted
3. Finish nieces messenger bag (birthday is today but will be seeing her next week)
4. Finish off blanket stitch on planes for Bastian Big Bed Quilt
5. Cut rest of material for Bastian Big Bed Quilt ready for last class Wednesday night
6. Trace out pattern for pyjama pants for me
7. Make a start on cot quilt for T's baby
8. Get some catch up sleep/rest (not sure how that fits in with the rest of the list :) )

Do you have a long weekend? If so what are your plans.

I forgot to add I have finished the cross stitch for the nursery I will try and blog a picture of it over the weekend as well, just need to get a nice white wooden frame to hang it