Sew Darn Tired

I have been distracted by Christmas sewing instead of finishing the stripy dress in the last post but more on that later. I have just worked out I can put my SD card straight into my MacBook Pro so lots of photos!! In September school holidays my beautiful boy and I went to Toowoomba just at the end of the Carnival of Flowers. Toowoomba is a two hour drive from Brisbane and it is a lovely city on the top of a mountain. It was just a couple of days but really fun. Alexander's breakfast Alexander eating my breakfast! Some of the beautiful flowers (nice smoker in the background!). Sewing room mess in process of being sorted! (random photo drop!) This is the Motorcycle Museum on the way to Toowoomba. For motorcycle enthusiasts - there are A LOT of fantastic, rare, special and weird bikes here all privately owned!   Now to the dress I started about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Pattern reminder. So I stalled as the fabric is quite thin I decided to buy some S...

I am not talking about fabric (or even horse racing) but the last stretch before I finish this (first) semester at uni (and the last term before school holidays for summer!) I have only had one week holiday (school holidays was two weeks) but it was relaxing and fun.  I had my sister's boys over for a sleepover on the first Monday.  I bought them all a white t-shirt and had fabric crayons and they drew their own design on them.  I washed the shirts and two of them wore them the next day when my Mum and I took them to the Planetarium for a look see and a show.  Before the show at lunch time we had a small picnic and a play at the Botanical Gardens next door.  Then a play and explore after inspecting Neil Armstrong's space suit and other stuff there. Boys love this stuff! T-shirt designing Two finished shirts  Three boys and a planetarium Then one sister and nephew joined us for a Bribie Island beach mini break.  A friend has a house two min...