A Little of Everything

I love the title of this book, AND the sub-title ...In true Anna Maria style, the book is filled with some great projects in fab fabric. The first cab off the rank for me was this "I'll Have One of Everything Bag".

I made it in a mixture of Japanese prints and some lovely silks ...

The handles are really interesting - they are 6 strips of fabric plaited together- giving a wonderful texture ...

I found the instructions fairly easy to follow ...

The end result is an interesting shape and a great way to showcase smallish pieces of fabric - lots of possibilities with this one .....

Bright Lights, Big City Part II

Continued from Part I

We returned to the city, dropped off the boottee , a headed out on the goodship Charlotte to Balmain for some more markets.

We went to Rozelle Markets and then walked along the foreshore to find the Dawn Fraser Memorial Pool - then we walked up hill and dale to find a wharf to get the ferry back - eventually we found the cute little Birchgrove wharf. At this stage my feet told me go back to the hotel ....

Tine to get dressed for dinner. I am wearing New Look 6429. We had a lovely dinner at The Waterfront restaurant.

And that's a Dress Bag that I also made.


We live 2 hours from Sydney, and while I travel there maybe 6 or so times a year for workshops and seminars, it's a great place to go for the sheer variety of other stuff to do - I highly recommend it.

Our last walk around the rocks and this little fellow reminded me that I'm pretty tired and it's time to go home to sleep ......