Friday, May 4, 2012

Ruffle Quilt

I have been drawn to beautiful ruffle quilts lately, and after spying some in a local design store,  thought I would like to have a go at making one myself.

As usual, the price to purchase such gorgeousness here in Australia, is way to much. Making one would cost half the price.

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My dilemma.... I'm not sure how to approach this one.
 I have made a number of quilts before and was thinking it was a similar approach to the raggy quilt.
But after further inspection I'm not so sure.
The look I'm after is similar to the first image.... can anyone help? Do you sew  ruffles over the top or is the process similar it to a raggy quilt?

Nice to see a few new followers...welcome....

Wishing you a fabulous weekend
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Maps and globes

Today I am loving everything about this room.....

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how cool are these lights......great for a boys room or study.......

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when I was at school...these little beauties were everywhere....how times have changed !

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Light on

Welcome lovely peeps. I hope you have had a wonderful week so far.

Recently my thoughts have turned to lighting....

When we built Kyandra some eleven years ago, we had to choose (as you do) a number of light fittings. At the time, they seemed to go with the period style of the house and the look we were trying to achieve.......but now, they are somewhat dated and some most definitely need replacing. Not as easy as it may seem as a change would require the services of an electrician..which of course means spending some dollars....

I am reasonably happy with most of the lighting, but we have some ugly, three armed monsters in the living room...they have green arms and frosted green shades.....yuk!!!!!!

For the past year one of the ugly gorgeous glass shades has been broken due to a party trick by a friend of youngest girl.....hmmmm

Anyhoo....making a lighting choice for the room is proving difficult......

loving these....

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but think our ceiling is too low....

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and I really like the rustic look of this little beauty.....

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these are a little different and not too low....

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divine......

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adore everything about this sweet room...from the lights, to lamps, to furniture to wall colour....

love, love, love..........

it is just so hard to find anything suitable....any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

McCarthy Designs giveaway


A couple of years ago, when I first began blogging, a lovely lady named Nellie from McCarthy Designs become one of my very first followers.

As all of you know, when you first start blogging, those first followers are very special indeed.

Well now the gorgeous Nellie has opened up her own online store  selling the most exquisite items.

 




As you can see, Nellie has an amazing array of goods for sale.

To celebrate, Nellie is offering a $100 gift voucher giveaway.....

so pop on over to Nellies gorgeous blog to enter ....

Happy weekend

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