Blogtoberfest 2010 - Day 1

Here goes post number one for Blogtoberfest.

I was too new last year to even begin to think about joining in - but I was intrigued and stumbled on a lot of blogs to read, something that may have taken a whole lot longer, if not for the Blogtoberfest Blog Bonanza of 2009.

What better way to start than to show some of the goodies that have arrived in the mailbox just recently:

A little bit of the rainbow from Chalky's World , with some delicious fabric and lovely Christmas cutouts.

 This is Toby who arrived from Clare's Craftroom, and he brought a chocolate profiterole recipe with him - he has his feet crossed that I will make them for him!






This is from my newest, favourite-est place in nearly all the world...The Book Depository...one of you bloggers is responsible for showing me this site - if I could remember who I would come and shake your hand  -  although my credit card has yet to recover!
(I do have another to show you, but it really deserves a post all of it's own)

This will be a mad month - Will I ever get to the end of my reader and do justice to all the great reads that will be around?

Will I continue to think daily blogging is achievable?

Will I run out of coherent, sensible things to say?

Will I still think it's fun by the end...in 31 days time?

Only one way to find out...

thanks for taking a peek over the fence...

2010 Sewing Challenge

I am taking part in the 2010 sewing challenge by My Favourite.
Here is my Babushka and she comes from Handmade Vol: 25 No: 10

Here are some of the things I learned while making this toy:

• Stuffed toys split if you overlap fabrics and then blanket stitch the seams when you don't really know what your machine settings should be.  On my Brother sewing machine, I should have had a longer stitch going onto the fabric and shorter gap between those stitches (I don't know what to call each bit of the 'blanket stitch' but if you look at the body of the doll you will see what I mean). I ended up doing a dodgy hand blanket stitch over the top to secure the splitting fabric pieces - on second thoughts - don't look too closely. Mmm....I think I know how to fix...
• ...Discretely placed ribbon should hide a multitude of sins.
• I learnt to crochet a 'rose' - something I wouldn't have attempted without this challenge.

I will have to think about the 'lined' theme. My heart says a lined skirt, but my head says 'you're out of your mind, lady'.
I have some great fabrics that I've been saving for a bags, so that's what might turn up in April.


Thanks for taking a peek over the fence...