A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths. 🍒

Good morning and Buon giorno beautiful people 💗 I am crossing my fingers for a cooler day than we had yesterday😝...a mighty hot 41C!!💥 We are in our summer time after all, so I spent a fair bit of time out in the pool. We may only have a clapped out old above ground pool but it does the job of keeping us cool. lol

The hot weather has not stopped my creative streak though and I've had big heaps fun making some new little animal and girl pillows this week. I am still making some of these but I haven't finished the others so I will keep them for next time. I'm hoping these will be popular at the summer markets and even an on going idea through the winter months. These pillows have been made using cotton fabrics but using the warmer fabrics will be just as nice for the winter.

What does one do with small balls of yarn? We make stripy woolly hats and add a cute flower to it. The flower pattern is actually a new pattern that I have only just found, so I thought I'd give it a try. It is a nice sized flower for making it the focal point on the project. It is roughly 3 inches across.

 One of the things I love to make are little girl's bags. I love that you can use bits of fabrics to make stripes of colour and every bag is unique because there is really no strict order. There is a satisfaction in being able to use everything you have leftover and not just throw the bits out. I am like this with most things, many of this have that same feeling and it is something I remember my Mother always doing too.

A little while back I showed you 2 big bags of filling that someone gave me. The bags were so big that I gave one bag to Heather the feather, I've made 2 European pillows, stuffed some cushions and still have heaps left. I thought I would save some money and make new cushions for the kitchen (cucina) chairs. 

This took a small amount of time to make a template and then make the inserts, then came the hold up of finding some red fabric in my sewing shed. I almost threw all my toys out of my pram and had a sook 😭😭 because I couldn't not find any. I decided to go and do some ironing instead of howling like a spoiled child. I opened up the lid to the ironing basket and you won't believe it....3 metres of red fabric sitting there. lol
So below is a photo of my new red cucina cushions. 😁🍎🍎

How the world is a funny place....with some strange people in it. lol I stopped my crying when I found that fabric. Talking about ironing .....it is that time of morning and I have to start mine before it gets hot today. 
I wish you all a beautiful day and hope you all get to do some lovely things that make you happy.

A beautiful day to everyone! 🌻
Una bellissima giornata per tutti 🌻

Anita🌹

Yesterday I was clever and wanted to change the world,

Today I am wise and I am changing 🌟myself. 🌟

Good morning lovely people! It is better to be late than never, so here I am finally. 😊 I have had an interesting time with my camera being naughty over the weekend...all the photos were too bright for me to use and I've finally discovered why. I had knocked one of the settings off. lol. So now I can share....

This week I had a lucky find on our local Sell and Buy page on Face book and look what I have acquired....

Costing me $10, is this beautiful design piece by Anna Grandler from Australia. I almost passed out when I lifted it, it is so heavy. I had planned to hang it on the wall but I'm terrified it will pull my wall down. 😂😂

I promised to make a good start on making lots of new stock for the summer markets and I am very happy to say that I have stuck to my plan. It is tempting to sit in the pool and swim all day because of the heat we are having, but I have made the effort not to do that. Here are three girls bags made out of cute girl fabrics. I don't do enough sewing so I'm getting stuck into that more and I can tell you...it is hard to put down the crochet hook and knitting needles.

 I haven't put down the crochet hook or knitting needles altogether though because at night I still make things. Do you all like my unicorn bag? I was very happy with the end result. It was quick, easy and pretty. I hope this sells well at the markets and I have started making another one, just so I have a few hanging there to entice people.

Would you like the pattern for this? Click here! 🦄🦄

 These are the latest woolly hats and messy bun hats that have been made from my needles. In some cases I have used 3 yarns together to give a textured effect and it knits up faster. Some of the hats have a crocheted flower on it and some I have left plain as not everyone likes the flower on it.

 This lonely little head band will join the other mixed design headbands. I am not making anymore of them right now because.....I didn't enjoy it. It looks pretty but it's not something that excited me. ⛈

Well my loves, I am off to do some more sewing today. We are expecting a sizzling hot 40C today and if I can stay indoors today...I will be a happy girl. I hope you all enjoy your beautiful day wherever you are in this world.

Ciao, Anita. 😇