In my last post I introduced Hannah’s Hoodie. I showed you step-by-step how I cut out the fabric and constructed the hood and placket. Today I’m going to show you the easy way to do set-in sleeves. Background I learnt to sew using my Mum’s old sewing patterns from the 1960s. They were mostly “Style” … [Read more…]
Last week I made a hoodie for Mathilda. She wore it when we went out to the zoo with friends, and it was such a hit! So, I have made another one for my friend’s daughter, Hannah. I had a few problems with the placket on the first one, but this time it worked perfectly, … [Read more…]
Mathilda, it seems, has outgrown most of what she wore last winter. There are only a few things left. But, since she started school this year, she doesn’t seem to need as many clothes overall, because she wears her school uniform during the day. So, I’ve kind of been putting off making her much in … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, Following on from my previous post about the ruffle fabric dress, here are the leggings that she was wearing with it: They are also made from fabric that I got from rufflefabric.com, but this is their lace fabric. It is fabulously soft to touch, and very pretty, but I do think it looks … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, Today I’m going to share a dress that was super quick and easy to make. About 18 months ago I bought a box of assorted ruffle fabric (from rufflefabric.com), at the time I only needed a small amount, but I bought a whole box to economise on the postage costs (from the US … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, Today I am going to share with you some winter pants that I made for Jonathan and the method that I used for lining them, because its a little different. But first, here are the pants: I used an Ottobre pattern 4/2014-18. There are hip pockets that are trimmed with piping – strangely, … [Read more…]
I’d like to sew more for myself. There are many reasons why I don’t do it more often. (Three of them are really cute and aged 2, 4 and 5). But recently I did sew a couple of things for me. Firstly, there’s this dress/tunic. I used an Ottobre pattern – 5/2013-1. It can be … [Read more…]
This little man is wearing this hoodie I made for him recently (read about that here), but now with a new pair of pants! He really loved the pants that I made for him here and had been nagging me to make him another pair, but with specifically requested “apple” buttons that he spied in … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, You may remember that a little while ago I made a costume for a friend (see the post here), well that was only the first one. I was also asked to make a second costume for another anime character. This one is quite a bit different from anything I’ve made before. This is … [Read more…]
A week or so ago, I entered a competition to win tickets to see the Octonauts live. This is currently Jonathan’s favourite tv show. To enter I needed to know which was his favourite character. Now, most kids would probably have said one of the main characters (Captain Barnacles, Kwazii or Peso – I have … [Read more…]
I made this outfit I made for Mathilda using patterns from Ottobre 4/2012. When I went to cut out the patterns I saw that I had already traced them, three years ago when I got the magazine, and never made them! So I’m glad that I finally got around to it. Although I did need … [Read more…]
Hey everyone, I’ve been quite busy making a few different things. Today I’m going to share an outfit that I have made for my Jonathan. I’ll start with this t-shirt. I used pattern 32 from Ottobre Design 6/2014. I measured Jonathan at 105cm tall, so I made it in the size 110 and it fits … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, Sorry its been quiet, but I’ve been a bit busy making something a little bit different. This outfit is for the nephew of a friend, a costume for the character Ciel Phantomhive from the Black Butler manga series. I used mostly Ottobre patterns to make this, with a few things drafted myself. I … [Read more…]
I took some time out from a special project (more to come of that later), to make a little something for myself. I used pattern 2, view B from Ottobre Woman 2/2013. I had just enough of this fabric to make it. I bought this fabric as a remnant piece, it is so soft. Instead … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, I bought this t-shirt for Veronica when it was on sale (it was a really great price). I felt that it needed to have a special skirt to go with it. So I set myself to make a Sofia style skirt. The purple satin fabric was left over from a Rapunzel dress that … [Read more…]
I recently made a special dress for Mathilda (read about it here). I entered the dress in the handcrafts section of the Bellerine Agricultural Show that was on this weekend. And it won first prize in the Child’s Garment section! And it also won a Best Exhibit prize! I feel so encouraged – … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, This week I’m going to share with you a new outfit that I made for Jonathan. The patterns for this outfit are from the most recent edition of Ottobre Magazine (1/2015 – 9 & 10). As soon as I saw this, I knew that I had to make it for my Jonathan, and … [Read more…]
Here is another quick catch-up from my Christmas sewing. I made a heap of these bookmarks to give out instead of cards this year. They are simply two pieces of fabric stitched together with some interfacing in between for structure and a small piece of folded ribbon inserted at the top. The front has a … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, I finally finished this dress for Mathilda, I have been working on it over the last few weeks (you read about it here, here, and about the jacket here). I used a pattern called “April in Paris” from Australian Smocking and Embroidery Magazine Issue 80. It is long, twirly, very girly, and she … [Read more…]
Hello everyone, I’m doing a little catch-up on a couple of things that I have made for Christmas, but haven’t blogged about yet. This bundle was for my oldest daughter and some of her friends. They all, independently, discovered a love for ponies during last year. So for Christmas I made them all pony dresses … [Read more…]
I have been making a special dress for my daughter Mathilda, which you can read about here and here. The pattern for this dress has an adorable bolero jacket to match. The jacket is made form pieced lace, which I spent ages deciding what colour to use. At first I was in a mindset that … [Read more…]
Following on from my last post, which you can read here, I have been working on a special occasion outfit for Mathilda. I’m almost there! Firstly, I made a fancy band for the skirt of the dress. To do this I pieced together two rows of lace, this lace is a greyish-green colour and works … [Read more…]
I just wanted to share a little of what I’ve started this week. I had a pattern and fabric picked out, the fabric was from stash, a pretty peachy pink satin and it was just the right length, so I started to cut it out, and then it all went so wrong. The fabric was … [Read more…]
This post follows on from this one. Here is another pair of shorts for Mathilda. The last one in this series. This pair of shorts, also made with the same pattern, is made from a floral fabric that I had in my stash. To me it looked kind of tropical, and made me think of … [Read more…]
Remember that I made Mathilda some shorts here and here? Of course, I did make even more! I made them using the same pattern again – Ottobre Design 3/2012-26. This pattern is fitting her so well, its got enough style features but its still easy to sew and put together. For this pair I used … [Read more…]