Vintage Lace Doilies

I've been hunting around at the Op Shops (thrift stores) for old lace doilies to make up my new series of doily cushions. Here's the first one hot off the machine. All the materials used to make this cushion are recycled - doily, fabric, even the zipper.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This morning when I was having breakfast with my husband I suddenly realized that today is Thanksgiving - it's not like I didn't know it was coming but it feels like it snuck up on me! It's my first Thanksgiving in Australia and we're going to fore go the traditional roast turkey and mashed potatoes and we're going to have friends over for a non-traditional feast. On the menu is: bbq roasted turkey sandwiches on Ciabatta, with rocket lettuce, cream cheese, and cranberry sauce. On the side is potato salad and for dessert orange and polenta cookies, lemon sorbet, and (I'm going to attempt to make) pumpkin cupcakes. Costco just opened here in Australia and we went down to check it out last week but I was sad when they didn't have pumpkin pie mix and cranberries! They did however accommodate for all the Americans living here and they had huge frozen turkeys (that's rare here).

I made some little fabric pumpkins to adorn the festive table. I got the how-to here. You can see other pumpkin ideas here and here.

Doodles

I haven't drawn for a long time. Sure, I draw up little ideas and patterns all the time, but I haven't sat down and drawn anything that I wanted to display for a while... so I'm a bit rusty. But alas I've doodled some little creations and I'm colouring them in with my free graphic design program and I'm trying to figure out what to do with them next. I'm thinking greeting cards, badges, and possibly prints. The following illustration is a draft :o)

original illustration by Sonja Barrett - Revision Design

Knit Wit clutch/purse - Magnus in turquoise and green

Here's the newest addition to my etsy shop and from the Knit Wit collection. This cheeky little purse is made from 100% wool yarn which I knitted and then washed to get a felted wool. It is lined with remnant upholstery fabric and appliqued with a leather Magnus horse. This little ditty is perfect for that warm fall or winter outfit and goes with anything and goes anywhere.

More Knit Wit items from the collection will be added soon.