Other peoples kids

Yesterday I was in the library and was reading little Miss Z a book. Another child came up to us and said hello and then wanted to read our book. She tried to take it out of my hands and I ended up having a book tussle with a four year old. Not my finest hour. I have been thinking about it and wondering if I should have given her the book, or should have held onto it or even if her Mum (who was right next to us) should have done a bit more. I ended up feeling like a big Mum type bully.

In other news my first craft project has gone quite well. I have made three gift bags and am really happy with them. I didn't have a pattern or anything but just started sewing. My first one I sewed the top together, which makes it very difficult to get any gifts inside, but the next two are beautiful. I am now going to make some big ones for xmas for the family and my next project is some cushions to brighten up the lounge room.

Crafty me

I can't believe that after so many years of being staunchly anti-craft I have become slightly obssessed with the idea of sewing.

Just the idea of sewing at the moment as I don't have a sewing machine but enough that I am obssessively looking at patterns, going into my local material shops and bidding like crazy on ebay to get a sewing machine. I have also booked into a basic sewing class, which takes me through exciting things like threading a bobbin etc. The first and only sewing project I have ever made was an apron in Year 8. It was a very nice apron and I didn't make a terrible job of it but I was never a Home Economics type kid at school.

Do you think it is a symptom of me being a SAHM at the moment? My first inspiration was making little Miss Z some outfits - like how hard can it be. Baby clothes are ridiculously expensive. I was in a local top end clothes store and they were selling baby skirts for $75. There was barely any material in it. People are just having a laugh.

Seriously, how hard can this be?













$90! For a one year old.