Cairns retreat & girly chimp

Just a very quick post. I'm in a mad hurry to pack for a retreat I'm going to.... in Cairns! Yes!! My first interstate retreat. I'm going to have a weekend of fun with the girls from Scrap Therapy. I'm stressing out on what to pack. If you think packing to go for a local retreat is tough, try packing for a retreat where you have to fly to get there.

Anyways, a minor zoological technical error I made in my last post - Magoo is not a monkey. It is a chimpanzee. I kind of just noticed... that he doesn't have a tail. :D So there we go.... Magoo the chimpanzee. On that note, we were invited to a Christening last Sunday. And I made a girl version of Magoo, for the baby girl who was christened. I don't have a name for her. I gathered, the baby girl will name her when she's ready. :)




This time round, I did a few things differently. But boy did I struggle with the skirt. As there was no pattern, and I'm not exactly Paton or Burda material, so I had to do it by trial and error. You wouldn't believe how many times this skirt has gone through facelifts in its shortest lifetime. I would have stitched, unstitched, cut, stitched, unstiched again, cut some more, stitched again,.... you get the drift. I spent more time on the skirt than sewing the whole chimp. Anyways... it turned out really gorgeous and I love her. I wanted to add more feminine touches, so I added a Prima flower on her head, and gave her some "mascara lashes" too.

OK... time to go back to packing. I'm still stressed. But I'll have a great weekend. Looking forward to some sunshine and tropical rain. :) :) See you when I'm back!

mich

Moving. Monkey. More fabrics.

We have a date! When we are getting our keys that is. 29th May 2009. So we are moving in 30th May 2009.

Yippee!!!

I think I have to start organising things into Garage Sale pile and Moving pile. Believe it or not, I've never moved a family before. I've moved from place to place before, but it's all just me - moved out of house, moved into my first marital home, split and moved out, moved from one flat to another, and another, moved my whole life to Australia .... but I've never MOVED with an entire family. This is like ... massive! I don't even know where to begin to pack?! Apparently there is a kind of service - The White Glove Mover, where you most likely pay through your nose for, and a team of professional removalists will come and pack everything for you, move them to your new place, AND UNPACK everything and put everything where they belong. You literally just walk out of your old house, have a day out, and walk straight into your new house and enjoy. I don't think I have enough arms and legs in my next 10 life times to pay for that!

I have recently got into sewing. I've owned a sewing machine since 6 Mother's Days ago. I've only used it for scrapbooking stitching and hemming. For a few months now, Ruey has been doing lots of 'research' on sewing projects. She decided she wants to get a sewing machine and sew her own cushions and a long list of other projects. I caught on to that fever pretty quickly too. We decided to do this little project together, to build our confidence... actually more like my confidence really. So we bought this Melly & Me's Magoo pattern. Magoo is a soft stuffed monkey. We bought our fabrics during the recent Stitches and Craft show, and a whole lot of other tools of the trade. A month later, and after spending 2 bombs, we finally got together the other day and did our Magoos. We didn't quite finish the project on the day cos as newbies, we spent a bit of time deciphering instructions. I finished up the project late that night... and here he is... in his spotty glory and drawstring shorts.





So there you go, my first big sewing project. hehehe.... We've been invited to a christening this weekend... I think I might make another one for the little baby girl. :)

I did some fabric shopping .... this is Spotlight stash...


... this is Kelani stash....


I have plans for more monkeys and a skirt for DD.

Kids are back to school today. Phew... I'm back to normal. I could go to the gym and do grocery shopping by myself. But I think I'll start organising our garage sale like I said I would. hehehe...

That's all for now. Have a good week! Ciao!