Banksia Bower

INSPRATION
I have finally found the images from the camera of a few sewing projects that I have drawn inspiration from the blogs, articles etc I have seen over the past few months. There will be more to come soon.

These two Santa sacks I made for my two children 'Sweetpea' and 'Rocketman' just before Christmas. I made a trip to Lillyfield to the Prints Charming girls and bought some fab fabrics, should have bought more as I didn't consider lining the sacks for contrast at the time, although the local store had something I could manage with. They are 55 x 100 cm and edged with a wide binding at the top (Rocketmans is green, but you can't see it - the photo was taken late on Christmas eve hence the quality), I made my first squares and appliquéd them on. I don't like the commercial Christmas. Why is Santa's coat red? It was a marketing ploy that worked too well be a soft drink company many years ago. Living in Australia where it is summer for Christmas I find the traditional Northern hemisphere experience very inappropriate, especially in 35 degree heat, so I opted for a summery blast of colour, light and fun.