Maddilens Cushion

Maddilen finished her stitchery and turned it into a cushion for her Nan as planned. She decided she couldn't be bothered re-doing the dress on the angel in a brighter pink, so left it as it was. It turned out lovely anyway.

Panic set in this afternoon as we realised we were out of Hobby Fill to stuff the cushion, and had to call on daddy to pop into Spotlight for us while on his "boys day out". Impressed as he was to go to the dreaded Spotlight, he did it for his Maddi Moo.

I took this photo on my phone and Maddilen added some effects to make it look special.


Here is a close up of the cushion. Maddilen did all the sewing herself, she even did her first bit of handsewing, (other than the embroidery) when the hole for the cushion stuffing had to be sewn closed. I dont know if she was too impressed with that part?

The cushion was hand delivered to her Nan as soon as the photos were taken, as she was so excited to finally have it finished. Nan & Pop thought it was fantastic & were amazed that Maddi had made it by herself (guidance & pinning from mum of course)

Tooth Fairy Pillow

Today is the second day of school holidays, and I am going crazy already! How messy are holiday kids?? I am taking my two girls to Spotlight today to get some fabric to make some funky shorts and skirts for them. I am going to teach them how to make them, and hopefully that will keep them busy for a couple of days this holidays! They are so excited, my nine year old Cherub (Maddi) will do anything to get on the sewing machine pedal, and the thirteen year old, Grace, likes to pretend she isn't interested. I think she is assessing if sewing is cool for 13 year olds!

Marthas six year old Claudia, has just lost her first tooth after it was loose for what seemed like forever! As soon as it was a little loose, Martha put her thinking cap on, and designed this tooth fairy pillow to sit on her bed. It is so cute. The little bag the tooth fairy is holding, has a draw string and holds the tooth and hopefully the cash that is left as a replacement! Talking about tooth fairy cash, gone are the days kiddies are happy with 50cents, all coins now need to be gold! (So my nine year old says, "You can't buy anything with 50cents mum!!)

Ok, well I am off to Spotlight! Have a great day everyone!