Curvy 6 and Material Obsession 2

A few weeks ago I got a copy of Curvy 6. It features a whole lot of my favourite artists including Lisa Falzon, Melissa Haslam and Flossy P, so how could I resist?

I also had a book voucher from Mother's day, so I treated myself to this title written by the ladies at the local quilt fabric store Material Obsession. The book is Material Obsession 2 by Sarah Fielke and Kathy Doughty. I recommend it if just for the beautiful photos, the bright quilts are stunning.

Dried Fruit

I've been making dried fruit snacks for Ethan. The dried banana, pineapple, watermelon, apple, pear and kiwifruit (green and golden varieties) have been the most successful so far. Citrus takes a really, really long time to dehydrate and I don't think it's worth the effort. I think I will only dehydrate strawberries if they are a bit bland tasting. I use fresh orange juice on the pear, apple and banana to preserve the colour. I like it with lemon juice, but toddlers prefer the orange juice because it isn't so tangy!

Something I've been working on

I just need to sand and varnish them. I've made about 50 of these so far. I'm finding it slightly addictive. I especially enjoy matching the papers, they're like mini patchworks! I'm having trouble finding papers I like that are more "boy-centric".

Thai meal

Tuesdays in our house mean family meal night as my Mum and sister come over. We all end up cooking together. It is usually vegetarian Tuesday but tonight we had seafood as well. I really love cooking Thai food so much. We made marinated prawns, fish cakes, corn fritters and cucumber riata.

Fabric love

Image by Umbrella Prints

I'm one of those people that gets very excited by fabric and textures! Hell, I worked in interior decorating for the last 8 years. Including doing displays for a bedlinen and homewares store. I got really bored and astonished by all the mass production, so I really love that people are creating their own designs. Apart from buying some IKEA furniture and homewares, Steve and I generally try to buy locally made products if we can. So I recently bought some yummy fabric from Umbrella Prints to make some cushions to dress up our new home. Now I just need to set up the sewing machine somewhere and get to work! I would also love to get some fabric from some of my other favourite Australian fabric designers Lara Cameron (Ink and Spindle) and Danielle Smeets (Of paper and thread).

Image by Umbrella Prints