Welcome to the world Isla!

Last Wednesday we welcomed into our family another precious little girl!

Isla Zaria was born at 8:05pm on Feb 13th, weighing 6lb 14oz. She is just perfect and we are loving being a family of 4!

I love the postman!

No not in that way! I just have a little addiction to receiving parcels in the mail! I feel like a child waiting for Christmas or her birthday just waiting to see what the postman will bring today! I really need to keep this addiction under control as I could see it getting rather expensive otherwise!

So this is what the postman has brought me in the past few days…..

BOOKS! Yay! Crafty books! And I love them!

I got them from the Book Depository and they all arrived in separate parcels which kind of added to the excitement!

I have so many more things to make now! Less than 4 weeks until my due date now so I will have to see what I can fit in! I do hope this baby understands just how important all my craftyness is and sleeps extra well so his/her mummy can still manage to get her ‘fix’!

One less thing to do!

Well, I now have packed in my hospital bag all the PJ's I should need for my stay after the bub is born. Here are the latest PJ's made by me!

I changed the pattern from last time and they fit ok. It will be easier to see exactly how they fit when there isn't a baby bump in the way! I didn't make the top this time, I bought a cheap singlet top from Big W.

Don't look too hard at the seams where the piping meets! Because it doesn't exactly meet on one side!

Please ignore the creases. I gave them a 'test run' last night and they were very comfy!

The bag!

Yes, this is the bag I made for a Christmas present for my SIL about a month ago! She was here today with her bag and I finally remembered to take a photo!

My little girl

I just had to show this photo I took yesterday. I love it! I have had a 400D for about 6 months now but have rarely ventured off the auto settings and although I have had a few nice shots that way I though it was about time I had a play. Most of what I took yesterday were pretty average, not bad, but not great either. But this one I LOVE!

...and another!

Yes, I know! Are you impressed? Two in one day!

I finished this a few weeks ago and never blogged it so I thought it was time I got around to it. Please excuse the horrible pic of me! I hate taking pics of myself and DH wasn't home to help!

Oh, and for those who are interested I used this pattern.

It's been a long time coming

Yes, I know I have promised pics of completed projects for ages and I have finally got some things to show!

Last night I completed this little top for Miss E. Over all I am very happy with it but there are a few things I'm not happy with!

My Happy list!

I learnt some new things - setting in sleeves (I kind of mucked this up with the PJ's I made but read up on it since then), Rolled hem thing (ok, so I don't know what this is called but I did it and it looks great!), Bias tape on a neckline (a bit fiddly but I got there!)

It fits Miss E well!

My not so Happy list :(

I was supposed to do thread loops for the buttons but just couldn't get them right so I used little bits of shirring elastic, not too sure how long this will last!

The fabric? I love it to look at but I think it looks a bit busy in the top. You can't really see the style that much as the print takes over...maybe I am just too fussy!