Quilts

Some Newbies from me, these quilts have bamboo batting, new & old fabrics. Some of the fabrics are re-purposed so the might be from a dress or a table cloth, some are vintage from my stash. The pink one is just the quilt top, can't decide on the backing.
X Kerri

Dessert Apple Tarte Tatin

Check this out. Tonight I decided to make an Apple Tarte Tatin for dessert.
It really wasn't that hard just a bit fiddly. I used a Donna Hay recipe.
They never fail.
X Kerri

Voila a Scarf (how to)

This scarf took me all of 20 min to make last night.

So simple to do, even if you are a beginner.
1st get a piece of fabric you like that is long enough to wrap around your neck with a bit of a drape and is about 40cm wide, this piece was an off cut (.70cents from Spotlight).

 Fold it in half length ways with right sides facing out you are going to leave a raw edge. Then sew with a zig zag stitch to close the seam. You can leave it like this but I added some trim.

Add some lace trim to the ends.

Then some pom pom trim a long the length of the scarf stitch this down with a straight stitch and Voila a very cool new scraf.

 X Kerri www.vintagesewandso.etsy.com

Burgers for Dinner

On the weekend I decieded I wanted Burgers for dinner. They kids wanted takeaway.
I think my burgers are better and we had a few spare kids so takeaway was out of the question.

One yummy grown up Burger on a Light Rye Sour Dough Roll.
X Kerri

Today I will

Today I will start to get organized to list some things on Ebay.
I used to Ebay quite a lot that was before I found Etsy & Madeit.
There are many things to list things that are to good to just chuck out
or antique things that I have no room for. My house is the size of a
postage stamp and there are to many people living in this tiny space
for me to keep hording stuff.
So here goes. The light is a PMG workers light, I'm so tempted to keep it but no I will be strong.

X Kerri

The tale of A Little High Waist Skirt

Once upon a time a little girl wanted a floral high waist skirt form one of those yukky chain store.
Luckily she had a very clever mum who never threw anything out.
That clever mum was able to hunt through her patterns from when she was a girl (1986 see pattern below) & her fabric stash to find just the right ditsy floral print for the perfect skirt.
So they sat together and created a most magnificent skirt that cost nothing but time & love.
Now that little girls wears that skirt when ever she can.( And when that little girl is being a right pain her mum can sit and smile remembering the time they made a skirt).
X Kerri
Vintagesewandso
PS: she's not so little she's a teenager.

Birds

I'm a little bit obsessed with bird at the moment & it's showing in my work.

 

X Kerri