Happy Birthday to............me!

I was nicely woken for the second time this morning to a phone call from my Dad and Step Mum. With the combination of that and the dream I was having about a friend that died a few years back, i couldn't go back to sleep. In my dream my friend was just about to tell me why he didn't actually die, when I was woken the first time by my gorgeous Husband, who wished me a Happy Birthday before he went to work. 

Have you ever woken from a dream and went straight back to sleep hoping you can continue the dream where you left off?

I tried, but it didn't work :-(

So it looks like it's going to one of those days! Eythan is a wonderful sleeper! However he woke up only a few minutes after the phone call and was crying! This is SO rare! 

So a much earlier start today and not even time to lay in bed and wake up. Oh well.

I was a lucky girl last night, I got one of presents early! My hubby listened to me and bought me the bookcase I showed him. It's only purpose is to house and display my fabrics! 

Yum! 

This is my sewing area by the way, but as you all know i don't do much sewing there. I usually sit on the lounge. Can you blame me!? Have a look at the seat and then the bottom of my sewing desk/old dresser! I think I be asking for a sewing desk for Christmas from Santa lol!

You can also see in the picture bits of the It's a Hoot quilt lying over the awesome sewing box my husband made me for Mother's Day. Also on the sewing machine cover in the middle of the desk, is a place mat I'm in the middle of. I will have to show you more of these a bit later.

I had to tell you about the last lot of fabric I got in the mail. I ordered a heap of Heather Bailey and Amy Butler (at last! My first lot of Amy Butler fabric, I have only been wanting some for ages!) scraps! i purchased them from imaginefabric. I was so rapped with them and that is what I'm using in my place mats. Here is a little pic of them.

You might (probably not) be wondering why I haven't posted for awhile (ages)? Well there is no good reason. I've been working on presents, my It's a Hoot quilt and anything else non- business related. I'm just not feeling inspired Mother Dragon Creations wise. Although I do have ideas galore! It seems like I'm always making something for someone else (manly presents) and I'm hoping once I've made a few things for us, I can get back to work.

My eldest son finally wished me a happy birthday at about 10am. He is 5, so it's ok. He remembered his Aunty, Uncle and the twins are coming to stay today and he had commented on the early "present" I got last night, but he hadn't twigged that today is my birthday! He was watching TV and someone said it was Wednesday, and I couldn't wait any longer. I asked him what else was today? So he said the day his Uncle, Aunty, the twins and there dog where coming to stay! Yes I say, but what is special about today? Um......It's winter! he says. i give up, so I told him it's my birthday. He runs off and does something and comes back a bit later. "So do you have something you want to say to me? "Oh yes Mummy, Happy Birthday!".

Finally!!! He woke up today talking pretty much non stop, but couldn't remember the one thing he needed to say. Oh well, better luck next year son!

i better go set up the portable cots in the spare room, so i better go for now. I will try not to leave you for long this time. 

Leacena

A good week

Hello all! I hope you are all well and have a good week since I last posted. I know I have! It really helps being able to write down all the good things, so I know I did have a good week.
A bit has happened since then. Firstly, I have my first order for a Baby Dragon! My lovely brand new friend Sam has ordered one as a special gift for her third baby. Lucky Baby! My own sons don't even have one yet, but I do and they keep playing with it! Lol!
I just meet Sam the other week, online though connect2mums, she has a online business called Beautiful Fairy. They make personalised memory albums, greeting cards, wall art and more! Beautiful Fairy is a great name for their business, because the work they do looks like what a Beautiful Fairy would do! They can take a photo of your beautiful bundle of joy and make it into a work of art! Here is an example of one of their pages.

Isn't it beautiful! It's so bright, soft and sweet. I know like me, you'd love to be able to open a beautiful bound book and see your little one in a gorgeous page like this one! Go check out there site, it is well worth a visit.

I was pretty excited to receive my fabric labels in the mail yesterday. I love them! It's awesome being able to see my logo on fabric! I can't wait to sew one in a Baby Dragon!

I purchased them from Sasha at Tags & Labels Etsy Shop. She also makes stickers, business cards and other such things. Sasha is a busy little bee as this is only one of three shops she runs!

Saturday I got to escape! I left the boys with my Hubby and went shopping with my Mother Dragon, Red Granny Dragon. She wore me out! Damn that woman can shop! The shops closed before we were finished. 

Here is a pic of something my Mother Dragon bought me.

An M with a Dragon on it. How appropriate. I love having an alias!  

So my fabric delivery hasn't arrived yet, but I'm expecting it sometime this week. So I'll probable post some pics when it arrives. I don't know if I'll be taking photos of it in the washing machine this time.

There was also a very precious delivery on the Thursday of last week. My friends Toni and Gareth had a little boy and called him Alex. He is a long awaited addition to their family, and I'm just over joyed for them! It seemed like her pregnancy went on forever, but that is just because I was just so excited and couldn't wait for the birth. I'm enjoying looking at photos of him online, and hope I can meet him one day soon. Congratulations Toni and Gareth, you did a great job, he is gorgeous! 

Well I think that will about do it today. I'm sure I'll be posting again soon.

Take care

Mother Dragon

What a wonderful day

What a exciting day! Firstly my wonderful Sister In-law helped me by putting the word out about my Facebook Page. Now I have 35 likers and because I have over 25 I now have my own username. So if anyone wants to have a look and maybe like my page :-) you can go to http://www.facebook.com/motherdragoncreations

Secondly.
The fabric I ordered is here!!!! It feels like Christmas! I've have taken heaps of photos of them already, even while they were in the washing machine! (embarrassed look) Can you tell I'm excited?!

So finally I have something to show you! Here's a little teaser.

So I tried Zig Zag stitch on the cut edges to stop it from fraying. As you can see below, it worked rather well.

A cold hand wash in the front loader with a NP fabric detergent (which i always use) and a extra rinse.

I put them in the dryer, because it softens them up without having to use fabric softer (I think the less fragrances and cleaners the better).

Then I ironed.

Which has never been a family favorite! Growing up at home, if my Mum got the iron out, we got the camera, because it was a really rare site, The Domesticated Mother! Lol! Same was done with the sewing machine. If something ever needed repairing it went in the Fifth Domination, also known as the linen cabinet, and was never heard of again!
Funny enough the same goes with me! Lol! My husband irons he's own clothes, i buy clothes i don't have to iron (definitely a trait i got from my Mum). It bewilders me, people that iron everything including underwear!?
I hate repairing things, which means when I sew something from scratch, I aim to make it last!

However! I liked ironing this fabric!
Note to self: Buy an ironing board already! It will make life easier! A new iron wouldn't hurt either.

I don't know about anybody else, and your probably going to ask me, why I do any of this, but I don't really like cutting out the pieces! It would be nice to leave the beautiful fabric all folded up in a lovely colourful pile, but I enjoy the sewing (especially by hand!) and the completion too much! It's just so time consuming (I want to sew and I want to sew now!) and a little worrying, because most of the time I'm trying one of my own designs and I'm still new to this sewing thing, and I don't want to waste beautiful fabric!

However I have tried out my design on some old pillow material and if it can look good with that, it should look wonderful in this!

So you should hear from me again very soon! In the mean time I'll should be kept very busy.

Take care
Mother Dragon