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Jonathan’s Traffic Pants

2015-10-23 by Tenille 3 Comments

Yesterday, I posted some pictures of a t-shirt that I made for Jonathan, as part of Kid’s Clothes Week. I also started on making a pair of pants too, but it got too dark to be able to see the black fabric clearly in artificial light. So, today I started my sewing earlier than usual, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Sewing, Sewing for Boys Tagged: Ottobre, sewingforboys

KCWC Day 3

2015-10-22 by Tenille 2 Comments

Today is Day 3 of the Kids Clothing Week Challenge – the challenge is to spend at least one hour per day, for one week, sewing for the kids. Yesterday I finished a Tinny Dress for Mathilda, today I made a t-shirt for Jonathan. The Fabric I used a really nice tartan printed knit from … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Sewing, Sewing for Boys, Shirt Tagged: Ottobre, Sewing, sewingforboys

KCW Days 1 and 2 – Butterfly Tinny

2015-10-21 by Tenille 3 Comments

The Challenge This is the first time that I signed up to participate in the Kids Clothing Week Challenge (KCWC). The challenge is to spend at least one hour per day, for one week, sewing clothes for your kids. And then to share what you’ve done, with all the other sewists out there doing it … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress, Lace, Sewing Tagged: KCWC, Tinny

A Working Wardrobe – Ottobre 2:2015-9 “Mandarine”

2015-10-17 by Tenille 2 Comments

Last week I shared a blouse that I had made for myself as part of a summer wardrobe. This week I’m going to show you a skirt that I’ve made. A basic black skirt. This skirt is desined to become a favourite I’m sure. Its just one of those things that always works, right? This … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Sewing, Sewing for Me, Skirts Tagged: brother my star, Ottobre, ottobredesign, Selfish sewing, Sewing, sewing for me

A Working Wardrobe for Spring – Ottobre Design 2/2015-10

2015-10-09 by Tenille Leave a Comment

We recently had an unseasonally hot few days here, and it became quite apparent to me that I don’t have enough clothes in my wardrobe to see me through the hotter weather. So, I’ve started to look at adding to what I’ve already got. And I haven’t really got a lot, I’ve been out of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Sewing, Working Wardrobe Tagged: ottobredesign, selfishsewing, sewingforme

Lily Giggle Rosey Rhumba Shirt with Skeggings

2015-10-03 by Tenille 1 Comment

Mathilda has been doing a fair bit of growing this year and will need a lot of new clothes for summer. As she is such an active girl I’m looking at skirts with shirts or leggings attached. I have several patterns to try, the first is this one, the Rosey Rhumba Skirt by Lily Giggle.  … [Read more…]

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Citronille Challenge plus How to Add a Lining

2015-09-22 by Tenille 13 Comments

Hello everyone, today I am so very pleased to be participating in the Citronille Challenge hosted by Sew Mama Sew. For this challenge I made all three of my little ones something really fun. Super hero capes! The Challenge For this challenge I was given a pattern by Citronille. Citronille is a brand of unique … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress-Ups, Machine Embroidery, Sewing, Sewing for Boys Tagged: @fiddleheadartisansupply, @sewmamasew, #citronillechallenge, costume, KAMSnaps, machineembroidery, sewingforboys

The Little Mermaid

2015-09-17 by Tenille Leave a Comment

My daughter, Mathilda, had a costume parade for Book Week at her school recently. I was a bit stuck for costumes to make for her because it needed to be an actual character from a book, and most of the books we read here have dancing hippos or dinosaurs in them. And she didn’t really … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress-Ups, Machine Embroidery, Sewing, Skirts Tagged: 30minutemermaidskirt, bookweek, Sewing, sewnshow, thelittlemermaid

Blogoversary!

2015-09-16 by Tenille Leave a Comment

Wow! I can’t believe that its been a whole year since I started my little blog! Just for fun, and because I’m getting a little better at doing this whole thing, here is just some of the things that I made this past year! Its been such fun, and I’m looking forward to another year … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress, Handsewing, Lace, Machine Embroidery, Monster High, Sewing, Sewing for Boys, Shirt, Skirts, Smocking Tagged: blogoversary

Little Princess

2015-08-24 by Tenille 12 Comments

I made Veronica a dress. A princess-y dress. I don’t sew as much for Veronica as I do for the other two, Mathilda and Jonathan, for two reasons, firstly, she has all Mathilda’s hand-me-downs. Mathilda had a lot of clothes, I went a little bit made there (its hard not to, when they’re so cute), … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress, Handsewing, Sewing, Smocking Tagged: as&e, Dress, handsewing, projectrunandplay, sallystanley, smockeddress, Smocking

Master Five

2015-08-17 by Tenille 1 Comment

In my last post I shared Mathilda’s birthday outfit, this post is about Jonathan. Jonathan has his birthday just one week after Mathilda, they are exactly 53 weeks apart. Jonathan has just turned 5. He’s recently become a little bit more particular about what he wears, although he still does love it when I make … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Machine Embroidery, Sewing, Sewing for Boys, Shirt Tagged: backhoe, KAMSnaps, machineembroidery, ottobredesign, Sewing, sewingforboys, shirt

Miss Six

2015-08-10 by Tenille 1 Comment

I have been absent from the blog for the last few weeks. Sorry about that, but I have a very good reason, and here she is: Mathilda is now 6! I made this outfit for her to wear to her birthday party. The party was a combined birthday party with Jonathan, because he turns 5 … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Lace, Machine Embroidery, Monster High, Sewing, Skirts Tagged: brother my star, costume, lace, lumina, machine embroidery, Monster High, Sewing, singer futura, skirt

Hannah’s Dress

2015-07-07 by Tenille Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I made a hooded dress for Hannah, the daughter of a friend. Following on from that success, my friend had bought some fabric for me to make something out of. We chose the pattern number 14, from Ottobre Design 4/2013. It is called Princess Castle and is featured on the front … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Dress, Sewing Tagged: brother my star, Dress, lumina, needles, Ottobre, Sewing, singer futura

My Little Pony Beanie – A Tutorial

2015-06-16 by Tenille Leave a Comment

Today I made a beanie for Mathilda. It was a special request, sort of. Actually, it was a variation on a request, and it also fulfilled a requirement that I had already committed to. Mathilda has a dance performance tomorrow night, she is supposed to wear, amongst other things, a black beanie. She doesn’t already … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: costume, my little pony, Ottobre, Sewing

Hannah’s Hoodie – Part Two: Easy Set-in Sleeves and Finishing

2015-06-09 by Tenille 2 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: Dress, Hoodie, Ottobre, Sewing, Snaps

Hannah’s Hoodie – Part One: Cutting out an Ottobre pattern and making the Placket Step-by-Step

2015-06-04 by Tenille 5 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: Dress, Hoodie, Ottobre, Sewing

Another little hoodie!

2015-05-28 by Tenille 3 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: buttons, Dress, Hoodie, Ottobre, Sewing

Lacey Leggings

2015-05-26 by Tenille Leave a Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: Dress, lace, ruffle fabric, Sewing

All Ruffled

2015-05-23 by Tenille Leave a Comment

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…]

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A perfect lining

2015-05-20 by Tenille Leave a Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: Ottobre, Sewing, Sewing for boys

And something for me!

2015-05-17 by Tenille Leave a Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: buttons, Dress, Ottobre, Selfish sewing, Sewing, sewing for me, Shabby Rose

Apple Pants

2015-05-14 by Tenille Leave a Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: buttons, Ottobre, Sewing, Sewing for boys

And now for something completely different!

2015-05-11 by Tenille 3 Comments

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: buttons, costume, Kingdom Hearts, Sewing for boys, Sora

The Colossal Squid

2015-05-06 by Tenille 1 Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: buttons, Octonauts, Ottobre, Sewing, Sewing for boys

More Ottobre Sewing

2015-04-18 by Tenille 1 Comment

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…]

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Posted in: Sewing Tagged: Ottobre, ruffle fabric, Sewing, skirt
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