Excuse me, there's a bug in my cup.

I came across this little gem during a farewell brunch at Betty's. I was there to bid goodbye to Special K, who needed a cuppa or three to recover from the shenanigans of the night before. Her chamomile tea was served up with the expected teacup and saucer set. Now I've never been one to coo over china or any kind of porcelain-like material, but I thought this was adorable.


Ladybug love.

Oilcloth bags

I'm currently loving oilcloth bags - especially lunch bags!

Check out the examples from Martha Stewart's website below - she also provides a basic tutorial on how to put one of these together.

I love love LOVE them!

For a bag with a twist, the good folk at Design*Sponge came up with a woodgrain version, also with instructions provided.

As usual, more to add to my never ending To-Do list!

I can't even knit

But I totally have to buy this book!!

Cuteness overload!!

Adore Fedor(a)

I am totally in love with this Fedora from Nicole Mallalieu Design. I saw examples of the actual hat made up using several different fabrics on Saturday at the Stitches and Craft Show (I know - overdue blog post!) and figured I had to have it, but got put off by the 'Advanced' label on the pattern. It's now top of the list of things to make once my sewing skills improve a bit!

Source: Nicole Mallalieu Design

I heart IKEA

I'd been meaning to check out some of the IKEA fabric offerings for awhile now and finally got the opportunity for a quick 5 minute nose-around the textiles section while buying some clothing racks. I have to say I was very impressed - they have some gorgeous prints that aren't really shown off that well in the catalogues. My current favourite is the Annamoa range by Lotta Kühlhorn (click on the pic below for a more detailed view of the gorgeous designs and colours)

desktop wallpaper of this graphic available from ikea here
I'm also loving the Cecilia range although I have to say that photos don't do the designs justice.
I was going to pick one of the designs to make up a fabric tote bag but just couldn't decide between the gorgeous options and didn't want to waste my hard earned pennies so I ended up hold offing for now and instead decided to take advantage of some clearance prices available - I ended up with 2 metres of some sturdy cotton at 50% off.

Not quite as attractive as the designs above *sigh* but I might as well give the bag pattern a test run before spending and potentially ruining the good stuff.

I must say you sure can do a lot of stuff with IKEA fabrics.

Cath Kidston - not just about the fabric

How cute is this iPhone case from Cath Kidston?


Currently out of stock but hoping it comes back in - Frannie has kindly offered to get me one if available from the other side of the globe (hai Frannie!)

Fingers crossed coz it's super cute and I think it'll actually match the material for the bag that came with her book 'Sew!' which I don't seem to have blogged about for some reason *oops*

Greedy

Is it bad that I want Stylish Dress Book 3 when I have both 1 and 2 as well as a few other Japanese pattern books plus a million other patterns I haven't touched?

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