I'm a bit out of sorts. The other person who lives here would tell you that I've got my cranky pants on. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I've still a bit sick from the tonsillitis and flu that I've had for the last two weeks. Kind of like the burnt bits on the BBQ that you can never scrape off - that's me and my sore throat. Or perhaps it's because I've just spent three wonderful days in warm, albeit wet, Brisbane celebrating Dad's 70th birthday with the rest of our crazy extended family.
And now here I am in cold, wet, foggy Canberra and I am really, really missing Queensland.
Anyway, onto happier things. I finished my hot water bottle cozy late last week and it is totally the bomb, as the young 'uns say. Fer shiz.
I used the orange bias binding, and orange buttons, all vintage. I'm distressed that my vintage button collection isn't as big as it used to be. That happens when you use your collection, I suppose. I'd better get collecting again.
Maybe I'll do a tutorial for the cozy - how to make this was in my head so long it would be a shame not to jot it down in writing.
At least the rain is keeping the fog away today. The hot water bottle cover looks great.
ReplyDeleteYay for orange - hope that cheers you up!
ReplyDeleteWow- that photo of Brisbane is great! No wonder you miss it :-( I so hope your flu-ey thing goes away soon- they're so nasty when they stick around like that. And yep, that cover is da bomb feh shizzle!
ReplyDeleteNice to know Brisbane is warm(er) as I'm there tomorrow and Friday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the email re craft in Canberra. Will pass the details and the invite to attend Brown Owl meeting in Canberra on to Mum. She'll be thrilled.
Cherry
Love the Hot Water Bottle Cozy, glad you went with orange! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOK, so orange looks really good. I love that fabric, it's super.
ReplyDeletePS EVERYONE seems to be grumpy and out of sorts at the moment, lots of confessions of that nature in the land of blogs. I am too. Seasonal, hopefully?
Fer Shizzle Awright!
ReplyDeleteNow that is absolutely gorgeous... I'm drooling over that vintage print.
I hope your sore throat is banished very very soon!
That hottie cover should help clear away your cranky-pantedness - its gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have buttons. We could come to some arrangement...
ReplyDelete:-)
Hi Michelle, I love this! You have won my Clothkits giveaway, please contact me to arrange your prize, yay!
ReplyDeleteAs a devotee of the hottie, this Cranky Pants has a beam on her dial at the merest notion of a cozy tutorial!
ReplyDeletevery cute!
ReplyDeleteI hope you start to feel better-- hopefully that water bottle will give you some comfort.
ReplyDeleteI would love it if you did a tutorial! I need to make a hot water bottle cozy...if I didn't need to figure it all out myself, you would save a bit of my sanity. And it's been in short supply lately.
ReplyDeleteyah! you went the orange - looks great! Bias tape - oh, I so need someone to hold my hand with that whole process
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