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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
