Sherbet pips and cupcakes

Haven't done as much sewing as I would like in the last couple of days but there have been a few distractions.  Yesterday morning I had to make a few dozen cup cakes for my friend's gorgeous daughter's 16th birthday.  This isn't the sort of thing that I can do for my boys so I really enjoy being able to do it for my friends' girls.  I start by ordering some sugar decorations from The Raspberry Butterfly website.  They are fantastic.  Their products arrive a couple of days later and they are always packed so well.

Don't they look great!

 I did some cakes with flowers and bugs and some with just one bug or flower.  I also did some with strawberry chocolate curls and others with white and milk chocolate curls.  Easy peasy!

 I did manage to get some sewing done yesterday but I had to do some cutting first and also spent time planning what I am going to do with the next two round robin blocks that have been passed on to me.  The next step with those is to find the right fabrics!

This is a sneak peek at yesterday and today's sewing.  Only a sneak peak as it is not all ironed and ready to show yet.  I still have to cut the borders for the sides and top and bottom and then decide on a backing.  I think I might buy some Sherbet Pips for the backing - maybe one of the swing prints as they are my favourite.

Today I had a lazy morning - finished reading "Breathe" by Tim Winton (piece of trivia - Tim Winton's brother and I were 15 year olds together and he used to do my hair when he was a hairdressing apprentice!  He was one of my best friends at the time!  Small world!)  and then had to head out to the store to buy a few things for lunch.  Guitar Hero had a friend over for a jam session and I needed a few 15 year old boy food supplies.  While they played away at one end of the house, thankfully I was able to sew at the other end of the house.  Here is just a sneak peak - can't show you any more as some of  these are my swap blocks for Celia.  We do a small swap every month as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and I won;t show you the whole lot until she has received them.  No prizes for guessing that the colour of the month is yellow!

Next I have to decide what I am actually going to sew for this month's RSC - I have a few ideas but you will have to wait and see.  Tonight I sat and watched a movie and worked on this - it isn't very exciting but I have another couple of rows to add to it and one more to crochet and then I think it will be big enough.  I found that it bothered my hands to do the crochet and the sewing on it tonight so I will try and do a bit regularly so that I don't overdo it.  I want to get it finished so it is one more thing off my to do list.

That is it for now. Hopefully I will have more to show you in a couple of days.  Till then,
happy stitching!