I've been needing a new bible, and keeping an eye out in my local op shops for one. I found one last week for the bargain price of one dollar!!! The only problem was, its last owner had gotten a bit excited with the coloured pens and the stickers on it, so I needed to tidy it up a bit.

I had some fabric that I had bought to try make a bag, and practice quilting stuff on, so I decided to use that.

I'm really pleased with the way it turned out! I'm happy I used the colour green. I think its appropriate, as it symbolises our new life in Christ, and growing as a Christian.
I still need to tidy up the back and front page where the book attaches to the cover. You can see how at the moment its held on by sellotape. I'm going to find some glue that attaches to fabric and use that, and also get some dark green paper and stick that over the back and front pages.

Some ideas for my quilt. I want to make a simple one, as I've never made one before.


















American Hopscotch-Rita Fishel




























This one is called "Baby at Home" by Erica's craft and sewing centre. I think its sweet, and I'd like to use it, even though there are no babies at home :P

And a quilt that looks far too complicated for me to make, but something to aspire to as it is so beautiful. I especially love the colour scheme, as I'd love to make something in purple.





















Tree of Life-Bible Blocks


I have a longer post coming soon, I promise! I've been so busy this past week, in fact, its almost two weeks that I've been home, that I haven't had the time to make a post and upload some photos.

Recently, Kyle's mum very generously lent me her sewing machine, as I don't have one, and the cheapest ones cost over $300 and aren't very good. It is a little old, as it was her sewing machine when she was my age. But we oiled it up, and it still works fine, except for its little habit of catching on fire...I went over to her house, and as she was showing me how to use it there was this noise then a big cloud of acrid smoke came out. The boys came and took it outside and did things with the machinery and pronounced it fixed. It worked fine after that at her house, but I took it home and I haven't used it since. I had a look at it this morning, as I wanted to do some more work on this dress that I'm trying to make, but the belt kept slipping and it won't sew :( . I don't feel very confident about fixing it, as things always seem to go wrong whenever I'm home alone (fires, minor explosions, accidental squashing of the ferrets) and fixing it would require taking it apart, fiddling with the machine's insides, and then putting it back together. And I'm not very good at any of that.


I have the ferrets inside at the moment, and they are being very cute. However, I can't hear them, and this makes me worry.