New Stockists and Features!

I have 3 stockists of my Oilcloth Lunch sacks now, so if you are in these areas you will have to check them out.

::Futura Lifestyle::

282 Bondi Road

Bondi NSW 2026

::Byron Medicine Wheel::

84 Jonson Street

Byron Bay NSW 2481

or online at:

www.justtoynaround.com.au

Just toy'n Around is so new that they haven't gone live yet, but it won't be long!

And I have been lucky enough to have had been featured on a few websites in the last week.

Kids Fashion Review has a review on my Womb with a View Baby Cocoons and you can also go into the draw to win one!

And over on The Handmade Co-operative one of my rings has been featured on their Sensational Six "You are my Sunshine" post.

Hope to be able to show you some new items I have been working on for a few upcoming markets very soon!

Follow EdanRose on Facebook and enter my Giveaway!

I have made a Fan page on Facebook, and when I reached 100 followers, I said it would be giveaway time. Well I am now at 126, so the giveaway is happening. You still have time to become a follower though and get your entry into the draw. You can win one of my Oilcloth Lunch Sacks and some hair accessories. International entries are welcome, so come on over and become a fan and be in with a chance!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/EdanRose/110261318992596

It has been awhile!

Wow, it is already March, unbelievable.

I lost all of my mojo for a while there, be it crafting, blogging and just life in general. Feeling a bit better now and trying to get back into the swing of things.

Have had the sewing machine humming back to life (other than the usual lunch sacks which have been selling so well!) and I made jackets for the two girls which I will put some pics up for you to see.

I made the jackets from the Uptown Girl Pattern by Make it Perfect, and it was really easy. I am really happy with how they turned out. Stella's I just went for the 2 contrasting colours but India's I obviously decided to do every panel a different pattern and I think it worked well.

Speaking of India she turns 1 next friday, wow that year has just flown by!

Also, I am pregnant again, and due late August, this was a big shock and has taken me a while to get my head around and contributed to the lack of mojo. Getting used to the idea now, and figure we were always going to have 4 so it has just happened earlier than expected which is not necessarily a bad thing as it means I am that much closer to having my baby days over and maybe getting to do some things for myself.

Also if you live in Adelaide and want something to do next Sunday morning, I will be at the Mums and Bubs Market at Goodwood, where I will be selling my Cocoons, Lunch Sacks and hopefully a few other bits and pieces if I can get them made before then.

ok, will try to blog more frequently from now on!

Have a great day.

Indi's Quilt Finished!

Here is India's finished cot quilt - ready to be wrapped and put under the tree. I am so far behind on the things that I wanted to get made for Christmas, don't know if I will get there.... keep getting orders for lunch sacks which has been taking up my time, that and watching Twilight a gasilion times, Oh Edward... need to focus!!! Happy about the lunch sacks though, I have another 7 different Oilcloths that I have just received so hopefully I will make them up in the next day or so and then get them loaded too. Hope to be back with more updates soon, till then x

Featured in an ETSY treasury!

I have been featured! Very exciting, it was one of my cocoons and you can view it here

This is what I am working on....

This is part of India's Christmas presents, It is a quilt for her cot - wonder if it will be finished in time? Considering all the other things I am working on at the moment, I have no clue if it will or not. Don't think she will know, but I will...

Also been working on some new stock for my shops, should be available over the weekend, just getting a few more fabric options made up. (I am going to start selling Baby Quilts as well, once Christmas is over I will concentrate on that)

Time to go to bed and read my book, Night xx

Don't Look Now Workshop

So this past weekend was spent at Hetties Patch with a bunch of lovely ladies attending a workshop hosted by the very friendly and super talented Kellie Wulfsohn of Don't Look Now. I went into the workshop with much trepidation wondering whether I was completely out of my depth in both my own abilities as well as my sewing machines ability! But I am happy to report that I was certainly up to scratch and the old machine made it through as well, (although I now have my eye on a sparkling new Bernina 440 QE, oh please Santa I have been really good!!!), I think Kellie felt like she had stepped back into the dark ages when she sat down at my machine to demonstrate something, and the visibility when doing the free motion wasn't the greatest, so we turned my machine on the side so as to try and get better visibility - very unconventional! The whole process of working on the project was so relaxing and I was amazed at just how much I can get done when I don't have 3 babes wanting my attention as well. I was very happy with the progress on day one, and think I did pretty well. Lorraine had the shop open and available to us the whole weekend which proved to be very tempting, and so convenient to be able to just walk in and grab that perfect print or the exact shade of thread, I think I am obsessed with fabric at the moment and may have to start attending Fabric Buyers Anonymous!!

Kellie had most of her quilts and cushions and wall hangings available to us, and it was so great to see everything up close, she really has done some fantastic work and I can't wait to get started on some of her patterns now that I know I can actually do it! I am going to try and do the Monster Quilt for Oscar, but I will use the blues, greens and browns that I bought awhile ago in it, so it will be my take on her design.

I also can't wait to start on a few other of her projects, and I am looking forward to her releasing the new Christmas wreath design that she unveiled on the weekend.

On my own little project - The first day of Christmas, which was a partridge in a pear tree theme, I got all the applique work done on the first day and then did lots of practicing on the free motion quilting on day two and did a bit of "reverse stitching" when the old machine decided to have a few tension issues! So I completed the quilting yesterday and I am pretty happy with how it has turned out. Now I just have to decide whether I make it into a cushion cover or whether I frame it or something - decisions, decisions!

Made a few little purchases while I was there which will all pretty much go into some of the patterns that I want to make up, and a few others that I want to use on the back of another quilt that I have in my head.

So all in all it was a great weekend, learnt heaps, met some lovely ladies, Got lots of goodies - thank you Lorraine and Leanne for making the bags and badges, enjoyed some lovely food and heavenly cheesecake! (not good for the diet!), got loads of great advice about machines and technique etc, and of course got to meet Kellie! She is very inspiring and if you get the chance you should definitely try and make it to one of her workshops. I think I will definitely be coming again next time she is back in Adelaide.