in the eye of the storm...

when you think of the word cyclone what comes to mind?? for me it is the build up first, then the touch down of destruction. the eye of the storm comes next when there is eerie calm, followed by the furious ending where it wreaks more havoc until it fades off to build yet again some other time. that just about sums up an ordinary day for our youngest daughter - claudia!! so you can imagine that anything crafty has to take place during the ' eye' of the storm or after it fades where it is actually recharging ready for its next ' touchdown'.

so during the 'eye of the storm', while i was stitching another bird ~Millicent~ (which i will post about on my other blog i cant sew) mia asked if she could stitch as well. now i am not the most patient of people, but i believe my new years resolution was to have more patience, so i decided to draw a basic shape on some felt and let her stitch away. i was really quite impressed with her efforts and determination to make something out of it. what started as a basic house shape turned into a little bag in which she can house her little 'treasures'.

i love the motion in this picture.

she made a few mistakes that i had to unpick, but all in all she understood what to do quite quickly.

i used my version of a blanket stitch to turn it into a sort of pouch.

home sweet home *^_^*

here are the 'treasures' that reside inside.

pretty clever don't you think?!?! i love my girls, each is so unique but i can also see traits of mister moo and myself in each of them. i wish i didnt have to go back to work, i could do this sort of thing all day long for the rest of my life and never get bored. i dont get it when people say they would be bored if they didnt work, i have so much to keep me going and i have just finished 6 weeks holidays!!!

oh before i go HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY

mmwwaaaahhhh *^_^* rosey