Best cake ever..and some craft

If you ever are looking for a scrumptious vanilla cake recipe, then this is the one you need to make. The recipe is from Sweetapolita here. Oh man, it was delicious, especially topped with the latte buttercream.

Little Button is getting really good at his mini pushups and has started rolling from his tummy to his back and he even managed the other way once.

I'm still working on this quilt for him. First I had to get a clear presser foot to do the aplique around the felt letter, then I had to get a walking foot for the top stitching as it's all so thick and backed with minky. Now I'm undecided on how to quilt it. The bottom half is Humpty Dumpty so I was thinking of stitching round edged brick shapes through it, but I have no idea about the top half of Little Red Riding Hood. Any ideas?

I'm still working on this christmas apron for myself, but I finally found some fabric for the bias edging.

Yep, the starburst rug is almost done! I've joined them all and luckily each block has squared out nicely so no need to blocking. Now for the worst bit...weaving in all the loose ends. Gah.

I have some gorgeous new books to browse through and inspire me:

• Sunday Morning Quilts by the talented Amanda Jean and Cheryl
• Blogging for Bliss by Tara Frey
• Women's Weekly Masterclass
• Decorating Cookies by the amazing Bridget Edwards of Bake at 350

Are you getting inspired this week? I can't wait to get stuck into making some cookies :)

Another crafty week

Well, little Button's sleeping habits are finally back to normal, which means...craft time! :)

Another tick for the WIP list - loads of pacifier clips. Heh I kind of got on a roll with these. They were so quick to whip through. The tutorial is here.

My niece's school is having a fete soon and are going to be selling donated jars of "things" so I thought I'd make it an opportunity to destash my enormous bead collection and put together little bead kits. Aren't they cute?

On Thursday, I took my gorgeous SIL off to the Craft and Sewing show at Caulfield Racecourse. Oh man, it was heaven. Apparently I had some moments of lust in my eyes, but I think I was very controlled. I made it my goal to just work on building up my fabric stash with lots of basics (spots, stripes, checks...and a few cuuuute prints). And who can say no to giant ric rac?

I bought an awesome quilt kit too. So cute. It's from the Meet the Gang range.

I finally got another thing ticked off my WIP list - bandana bibs. Tutorial here.

And...I'm finally joining all those sunbursts. I gave up blocking them. 'Cos I'm using acrylic yarn, they don't really hold their shape, so I'll give it a shot when they're joined if I need to.

I'm using the joining tutorial from Attic24.

Aren't they amazing! There aren't as many as I thought I'd done, so the rug will be big enough to cover the bottom end of our bed or be a great single sized rug.

Eep!

{Wednesday Wishlist} I'm turning into a grandma

It's so stupidly cold today. It's winter solstice, so at least the days will start getting longer, but brrrrrrrrrr! Here's what caught my eye this week while I was huddled under the heater covered in warm kittens.

Print by eeebee and jack | Cushions from Mireio (sold but there are a lot more gorgeous vintagey pieces) | Felt brooch by Hana Letters | Kimono robe by amourouse

I finally got the sewing machine out too...

 A cute pincushion and a pinwheel cushion - tutorials here and here

What are you up to this week - have you found any awesome sewing ideas lately? Share them here.