Not much sewing or softie-making these last few days - we’ve been running around like crazy preparing for a number of house inspections of our home during the week, including being told at 9pm last night that there was going to be an inspection at 9am this morning!

So on my desk tonight is a completed custom softie that needs to be taken apart and re-worked, and some vintage fabric generously sent to me from my cousin who lives overseas just because :-).

Oh, and there’s also a copy of some very important and much awaited paperwork . . . . . . we finally sold our house! YIPEE!!! {Happy dance, happy dance}. Thankfully staying up very late night last night to make sure the house was as perfect as possible for the 9am inspection this morning was all worth it. We signed the papers this evening and boy oh boy, does it feel good! We listed the house for sale way back in early January, just before the housing market went into a slump, so it’s been slow going with trickling interest from potential buyers.

But now we can really, seriously, search for a new home, which is something I am very excited about. It’s the new beginning that we are in desperate need of - the next phase in the life of this little family. We are definite on the suburb and agree on all the things the house will need to have as a minimum (including a craft room for me!) - now to do the hard yards and start inspecting homes. Fun, fun, fun!!!

So given this (and all the packing, cleaning and moving that will inevitably follow) plus the craziness of life in general, I’ve had to cut down on some commitments including downsizing the number of custom-made Peg Bears down to 5 (from 10) and at the moment there are only 2 left - so if you are still interested, go here.

I’m going on a little blog break and hope to be back here early next week. I need to re-work the softie on my desk - this doll was a good challenge for me to work on as it involved making a softie based on a design given to me by the customer. Getting the right curves and proportions has been tricky. I still need to incorporate changes requested by the customer, which will require for it to be pulled apart (and perhaps made again from scratch) but I am hoping to get it right by the weekend. Also on my to-do list are a heap of Peg Bears (which I never grow tired of making!) and of course, visiting a few prospective homes on Saturday :-)

Wishing you a wonderful rest-of-the-week!