Birthday Spoils

My 31st Birthday got off to a slow start this year, with a three hour glucose test to check to see if I have this. Which I found out since then, that I do have, which has been a bit of a shock and caused no few tears around this place.

On a brighter note, after feeling like a pin cushion all morning, I went on to have a reasonable day at work, although a little tiring, D and I had a lovely dinner at Esca.

D gave me a JVC hard disk camcorder, something I've been wanting for ages, and will come in handy when the little one arrives.



Other Birthday spoils, from my sister:



Beautiful tulips from my parents-in-law:



A new Cambodian bag, from my Mum:

WIP Quilt and Finished Pillow

I have the quilting bug, and having finished the first baby quilt, I am now working on a second. I bought this fabulous fabric by Anna Maria Horner at Patchwork on Central when we were in Melbourne a few weeks ago.

I love it so much, it is going to be the centrepiece of the nursery. Before emabarking on the quilt a couple of weeks ago, I quilted a pillow, to check out the effect. Finally I sewed it all together into pillow like form, and voila, here it is:



and a detail:



I have started the hand sewing of the quilt, which before I got to that stage, looked like this:



I am hoping it won't take too long to finish, as I have a stack of things I want to make over the next few months!

Baby Quilt

I have finally finished the Star block baby quilt! Hurrah! Apart from some slight hiccups with the binding, I am pretty happy with how it came out.





Now to a few less time consuming projects for awhile...

24 Weeks

Melbourne Goodness

D and I have been away for a few weekends in a row, Sydney, Hobart and the weekend just gone Melbourne. We stayed with some dear friends in Collingwood, and got up to the usual palava. Lot's of delicious food, relaxation and shopping.

Stand out pieces include, this i heart necklace by Victoria Mason:



and some lovely alphabet flash cards and bird stamps from Zetta Florence:





We had a lovely break, the last trip to Melbourne before we are a family of three!