A little bit of sewing...

I recently made these special gifts for my sister's birthday.  It was sooo good to get back to sewing.  I just loved these so much I didn't want to give them up!

First up a Union Jack Pillow.

With a button up backing - love that almost as much as the front!

And secondly a tea cosy!

OK so for some very strange reason this keeps flipping upside down when I put it into Blogger! Anyone help?

Here is the back.

Belated card

I made this very belated card for my Brother in law.  I totally card lifted it from Karen Baker! Thanks Karen it was just what I needed!

Have a lovely day!

Wonder Woman!

Just a quick one to let you know I am alive and well!! We survived the move back to the UK and have enjoyed the unusually hot September/October.  Although today it seems to have sprung back into autumn!

I haven't been crafting at all due to the fact that I am living in a building site! However yesterday hubby went back to work so after spending yesterday cleaning up, this morning I set about unpacking my one box of crafting materials that came back airfreight.  It looks a sorry sight in the room that will one day be my craft room, but at the moment is a store room with all the wallpaper removed but not yet replastered, holes in the ceiling where the spot lights will go, wires hanging out of the ceiling and wall, cavities chased out of the walls for wires.  Not pretty at all.  But in the midst of all this I made a card this morning for a friend. 

Now there is a story behind this card! My lovely friend Lisa and her hubby Jon came over for dinner one evening.  My daughter had left some of her dress ups laying around, as kids do! And Lisa spent most of the evening rotating between wearing the Super Girl headdress and the Wonder Woman headdress!  Oh and by the way just so you know she is tee-total so not a drop of alcohol was involved!!

I used this weeks Clean and Simple sketch, but turned it upside down.

I'm now off to research tiles and glass!

SALE

[Edited to add:

Sorry these are no longer available.]

Just to let you all know I'm having a bit of a sell off of all my pre-made onesies and t-shirts that I used as examples at Markets and for photos for Made It.  Most have names on, some don't.  They are all priced at AU$15 plus postage.  This is a good deal, about half price on most.  You can check them out here.  Have sold alot of them locally already but these ones still have homes to find!

There are also a few not listed on Made it as follows:

I have a boy's white t-shirt with a green dinosaur and the HARRY on in a Size 3.

And a girl's grey t-shirt with a bright pink dinosaur and the name CHLOE in a Size 3 also.

Will send a photo as required.

Nomadic No More?

It seems that the Crafty Nomad is going home, possibly for good! It's true we are leaving Western Australia next month and are homeward bound to the UK.  This blog may be a little empty and lonely for a while whilst I tackle the move.  It might also start to include a few home renovation items too in the future!

As for now I just have one little card to share for a friend who just had a beautiful baby girl this week.

I made a onesie with the baby's name on it plus a butterfly using the spotty fabric for the letters and the flowers fabric for the butterfly.  So I wanted to make a card using the same fabrics.  I added a bit of crochet trim (thanks Bianca) and some thickers to spell out 'baby'.  And completed the look with a bit of stitching and embossing. I'm entering this to the Ribbon Carousel Challenge for their 'A Stitch in Time' challenge.

I love how this turned out looking so clean and simple.  I forgot to photo the onesie!

Well I guess I'll see you when I see you! When things gets back to 'normal' whatever that is!