Weekend art and a peek at a sewing project

Whale Shark, 'Sculpture by the sea', Cottesloe 2012

My weekend began on Friday with a delightful trip to Cottesloe beach with my parents for the annual 'Sculpture by the sea' exhibition.

'Sculpture by the sea', Cottesloe 2012 

Crows made by some kind of knitting, 'Sculpture by the sea', Cottesloe 2012

Men being squashed by a giant rolling pin, 'Sculpture by the sea', Cottesloe 2012

 It was very enjoyable wandering through the sculptures marvelling at some and trying to understand others. Afterwards we had a lovely lunch at a beachside cafe. Ahh, Perth at it's best.

After this relaxing start, the weekend got much busier. We are having new carpet this week so we were lugging furniture out of the bedrooms and madly touching up paint before the new carpet goes in. My bathroom is now so full of stuff it looks like an episode of 'Hoarders'! Actually, that's a bit like my sewing room all the time - oops.

Still, we managed to fit in a couple of local fairs where the boys got to skateboard...

...and, more importantly, I snatched some moments to work on my latest sewing project.

This is quite a change from what I usually make (it has a zip for a start!). It has many little steps and is fitted and lined. Yes, just a bit different from my usual knit fabric casuals - but exciting and a little bit sexy!

I hope to have it finished soon and to take some photos this week. Can't wait to show you :)