Whew, what a busy week! Between busy days at work, making the super secret project and creating part of my dad’s birthday pressie in the evenings, going out to dinner on Wednesday night with friends, and spending the weekend with the family at mum and dad’s to celebrate my dad’s 60th and aunt’s 69th (both tomorrow) I’ve not had a chance to catch up with everything I wanted to! I apologise now if I normally read your blog, but haven’t commented in the last few days, I was trying to play catch up tonight but Windows updater and Kaspersky’s huge update managed to thwart me again – argh!
Anywho, if you recall last week I got my first parcel from Julie, and that its partner had gone walkabout on a scenic route. Well, I got to pick parcel #2 up on Thursday morning. It was as beautifully wrapped as the last one, I just didn’t stop to take a photo this time, sorry ;o)
First up is an orphan piece of Pear Tree, plus 3 1/2 yard cuts of Rendezvous, and a couple of charm squares Julie generously threw in as well:
And the last piece of the magic parcel, a fat quarter bundle of the entire Moda’s Half Moon Modern bundle (although the big yellow dots seem to be hiding behind the chevrons!) This has been billed as a great stash builder line, and I can imagine a lot of uses for it, but all of it’s been folded neatly and put away for now…
My other parcel on Thursday was my prize from Pink Chalk Fabrics (well, the gift certificate I won with a weensy bit of a contribution from me ;o) ) The AMH voiles and Kokka Trefl prints were on sale, and since I had about $5 change on the gift certificate I added 2 of Melody Miller’s new line… There’s 1/2 yard of each, and I can see each pair of fabrics with very different uses! They are also folded neatly away at the moment though…
When I wasn’t out working, collecting parcels, stuffing my face, partying or finishing off projects I’m not allowed to share with you, I whipped up a cover for the new toy
Pretty much all the covers I’ve seen have been ones where the Kindle slides into a sleeve, but I wanted one that opened up and could hold other things. I will admit now (oh the shame!) that my cover is *whisper* bought. Yep, I got it before I got into sewing, and you know, much as I love to sew, I don’t quite need to recreate something that functions perfectly well ;o) Anywho, mine opens up with a hinge at the top, but the pockets in it aren’t really designed for anything more than a card to slide into, so I decided to go with an idea I had pinned last week and have it open like a regular book, but I had to completely redesign from scratch to get a pocket in there, and to get it the right size (since the new ones are smaller than the originals), and get some substantial elastic like the bits in my cover… Well, I kept that it opened like a book and the velcro closing from the pinned one and that was about it lol
It’s now being charged and is ready and waiting for its first compendium of books :oD
Hope everyone’s been having a great week/weekend, and I hope to have caught up tomorrow!
woohoo – that kindle corner is fabulous! as are all the goodies! blogging is seriously terrible, i see all this fabulousness and I'm so tempted.. I'm trying to behave though.. trying..
btw, follower friday (one of the many blog posts you need to catch up on), hint hint, any interest, nudge nudge let me know 🙂
love the kindle cover – very sophisticated – and now i'm going to have to get the half moon modern range – it's fantastic!
Oooh love your stash… My parcels were from exact same places… mine cost me almost £40 to collect from post office… Did you know its now apparently anything over £15 that customs charge for? Blue air here…
You have some great stash builders there. I too bought some Half Moon Modern fabrics and some of the Kokka prints. Don't ever worry about not commenting on a blog all the time We all know you love us and we love you too!
Wow, some lovely fabrics. I particularly envy you the fabric with Spring blossoms – gorgeous. The Kindle and cover are such thoughtful presents. I bought 'him indoors' a Sony ebook two or three years ago for Christmas. He uses it EVERY day and he tells me, it's the best present he has ever received. I liked his so much, I got one too. The ability to enlarge the text is great – eyes not as good as they were!
I was wondering where were you hiding 🙂 I hope this week won't be so crazy and you'll have the time for all the little things you love doing – including reading blogs (there's a hint ;))
More yummy fabric Katy. I was in to Kindle covers too before Christmas, their popularity is growing year on year.
Fabric, fabric and more fabric! You are going to sit there and wallow in it happily until you decide what to do with it all. While reading a Kindle in a super cover!
I love the Kindle cover, a great idea.
Hugs
Kay
I have a bought kindle cover because despite being excited about making a cover should I ever get a kindle, I actually wanted a sturdy book opening one and wasn't sure I could make what I wanted. I may of course make some sort of cover for that cover…
What a stash!!! I think my favorite fabrics are the typewriter and the dogwood.
What a great carry case for your Dad's gift. Very clever.
Hugs
HI everyone, as the Dad in question I can say that the Kindle cover is excellent as is the Kindle within. I got quite a lot of money for my birthday and I think I'm going to splash out on an iPad for my photography, so maybe…..please!!
Alan
Ooh, that looks very much like the Kindle cover I made myself (actually, I've made three – I like changing them out). Nice job!
Ooh, you did a fantastic job coming up with your own Kindle cover! I love alllll the fabric you bought. The Kindle cover fabric is super pretty, too — yay for dads who rock floral prints! 😀