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…]