Hannah’s Hoodie – Part Two: Easy Set-in Sleeves and Finishing
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 Continue Reading
Hannah’s Hoodie – Part One: Cutting out an Ottobre pattern and making the Placket Step-by-Step
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 Continue Reading
Another little hoodie!
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 Continue Reading
Lacey Leggings
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 Continue Reading
All Ruffled
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 Continue Reading
A perfect lining
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 Continue Reading
And something for me!
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). Continue Reading
Apple Pants
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 Continue Reading
And now for something completely different!
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 Continue Reading
The Colossal Squid
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 Continue Reading
More Ottobre Sewing
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 Continue Reading
A Day at the Park
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. Continue Reading
Ciel Phantomhive
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 Continue Reading
A little something for me…
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 Continue Reading
A Pretty Princess
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 Continue Reading
A Double Prize Surprise
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. Continue Reading
Beware of Crocodiles!
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 Continue Reading
Book Marks
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 Continue Reading
Little Lady in Grey
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 Continue Reading
Pony Tales
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 Continue Reading
All laced up
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 Continue Reading
The little details
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 Continue Reading
A work in progress
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 Continue Reading
More Short Stories – Part Two
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 Continue Reading
More short stories – Part One
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 Continue Reading