Fairies in my Garden

As promised a close up of the Fairy Garden.



And a custom slot that went yesterday - 4 Medium Quick Dry HoneyBoy! AIO's, all flying to a lovely lady, who has been so patient.



I'm slowly getting through the customs - working now on one for a little boy's first birthday that will be ready to post Monday - fingers crossed, though it's a fairly full on weekend at the Cherub's House.

Bushfire Mystery Auction

finally finished and big thank you to the winner, for being so incredibly patient and I hope that she likes her goodies that are coming her way. It was a very generous bid that won this auction and I'm sure all the Bushfire Victims are very grateful for the generosity of all Australians helping them get back on their feet.

The brief was super girly and fairies and jeans, a-line dress and peasant top, and I think we fit the bill here. It took me awhile to get started with these, I looked through my stash, looked online and i just couldn't find the fabric that I wanted. And then a surprise turned up on my doorstep, something that I had forgotten I had ordered and it was perfect for what I wanted. Girly, but fresh and clean and crisp. It was the Woodland Bloom range by Lila Tueller for Moda Fabrics. I used 3 of the co-ordinating prints, along with some dark navy stretch denim and lush bamboo velour to create the set.

And here it is - it's all mix and match, so any part can be mixed with any other - they are short sleeves, but a little skivvy under the a-line dress and it's right for those cool winter days - add in the bamboo velour pants or a pair of baby legs or tights, or even some gorgeous woolies.




A-line dress - lined in a the fresh green spot, and trimmed with a dotty ruffle, hand embroidered with roses, hollyhocks, daisies and a little butterfly and a sparkly little fairy - all lazing about under a minky tree.





Jeans - appliqued and embellished with the fabrics that match the little peasant top, flat felled seams which have been hand stitched over the top of to give depth and detailing. And a cute pocket trimmed in dots, fully lined and with a smidge of rick rack. Peasant top from the Portabello Pixie line - with all 3 prints, soft and delicate and ever so comfortable to wear with the touch of shirring.





Hand dyed bamboo velour pants - in shades to match the apricot/pink in the prints.



There are a couple of little extras that I haven't shown here - got to have some surprises come in the mail, they are just little extras that a little girl needs. I'll add them in when the parcel arrives at it's new home.

I'll take a closeup of the embroidery in the morning, it's just too dark now to get decent piccies.

Under the weather

Well it's raining again here. We've had enough you can stop now please. I think about 18 inches from the last lot. Fortunately we are snug and dry thanks to the work we did after the November storms.

But I'm a little under the weather, so my next stocking will be early June at OzeBaby. There will be a few girly things, but the stocking will be primarily for the boys.

Will preview what's coming here. The stocking will be throughout the day - but autostocked so you can see exactly what time the nappies will be stocked. Oh and some of the items stocked will be for New Customers Only - I've decided that it just takes too long to do a mass New Customer Stocking, so every stocking that I have will have something for the New Customers. They will mostly be done in sets of 2 nappies - either 2 Auriels, 1 HB/1 Auriel, or 2 HBs. In various sizes.

Gossamer Dreams Stocking

Tonight at 8pm Qld time.

I'm still working on a couple of things as usual lol! But how gorgeous is this set. I very very nearly kept it for Katherine.



It's all bamboo fleece and velour and just the lushest most squishiest outfit ever.

I was hoping to have more boy items, but the fabrics that I had here dyed, didn't lend themselves to stuff for boys, but I promise the next stocking will be weighed towards the boyish items. Or I might even make my next stocking for the boys :D

Divine flowers

still working away on a divine order - well I think it is - you saw a little peek the other day - here's another part of it.

The before short - appliqued flowers and bias vine.



Add some hand embroidery and sparkly beads. I'm quite chuffed with my flat felled seams, they have hand embroidery on them too, in a gorgeous pink thread.



Still more to come on this little outfit though - working on a wee fairy at the moment.

Ladybug, Ladybug is coming up for sale at Gossamer Dreams this week.



Working slowly through everything else but not getting very far unfortunately. I'm teaching today - so more the half the day is gone doing that. I'm thinking there might be some very early mornings/late nights this week.

Some lush goodies

These are still being worked on - but they are too divine to not give some photos of to wet your appetite

6 small sized Raphaels - gorgeous bamboo velour and I'm loving the colours.



And a little peek of part of a set coming someone's way soon.



I love the colours in this design, so fresh and girly and it's all coming together so nicely.

Back into it

Whilst our break was lovely, it wasn't nearly long enough, and I had mountains of emails to answer on our return. I think I've answered all of them, but if you haven't heard from me feel free to remind me.

Nappy hunt prizes for the most part have been sent. Just the big prizes to be sent, so keep your eyes peeled. If you could let us know when your prize has been received, that would be super.

Here's the finished Cherub's Kiss nappy hunt prize - which went to the lovely lady that found all the icons first. It's a 300wt DWR pale pink Malden Mills Fleece outer, pale pink microfleece inner AI2. It features a cotton panel from the Tillbrook fairy line and it has bullion roses, and flowers embroidered on the back. It comes with 2 snap in boosters and an extra layer of windpro in the wetzone.





The other nappies pictures are winging their way to The Cloth Nappy Shop in the morning, to be added to those available for sale tomorrow.



Those available here are
Quick Dry HoneyBoy! Size medium. Size 1 Auriel Berry with rose print, Size 2 Choc HoneyComb Auriel, Size 2 Blue Lagoon Auriel and a Size 2 Teal Cowboy with velour inner.

Other than that I'm working my way through my custom/swap list as fast as I can, more photos tomorrow of work that I have finished.

My next stocking will be through Gossamer Dreams on the 15th May - our theme is Hand Dyed - pop along to the blog for sneak peeks, but I'm guessing I'll have some hand dyed raphs packs, HoneyBoy! Nights and a few other goodies.

I won't be opening the CK site for stockings, until I can work out the overselling issue, but will be stocking through OZeBaby until the new site is up and running.

I'm also looking for some brand new babies in about 6 weeks time, must have previously used cloth and in particular my nappies. Edited to add, this is for just born bubs, or for teeny bubs no older than 6 weeks. Must be reliable and discreet. If you are in South East Queensland and can visit me that would be great, but outside of Brissy is okay too. I'm looking for a variation in sizes/sexes as well. Please email me direct at lesleyfletcher at cherubskiss dot com with newborn in the subject line.