All this past week I have been participating in Kids Clothes Week – the challenge is to sew for your kids, for at least one hour per day, every day, for a whole week! And, I made it! Today, I made a t-shirt for Mathilda. We are heading towards winter, and she’s grown so much … [Read more…]
Kids Clothes Week Days 4, 5 and 6 I’ve been a bit busy with all sorts of things this week, and sewing time has been mostly late at night. I find that the sewing machines are a bit too noisy after a certain time, especially the overlocker, because my sewing room is right next to … [Read more…]
This is the final week for Project Run & Play Season 11, the theme is “Signature Style”. And I think this little cherub pretty much sums it up for me: This is Veronica, my youngest, she’s 3. Sometimes the youngest don’t get as many new things as their older siblings – she has so many … [Read more…]
This week I am participating in Kids Clothes Week. On Day One, I made a skirt for Veronica – a quick and easy sew that was very gratifying. But for the past 2 nights I have put my efforts into something a little bit more complex – a button-front shirt for Jonathan. The Fabric The … [Read more…]
Today is the first day of February 2016 Kids Clothes Week Challenge. This time I started off with something quick and fun – a twirly skirt for Veronica. Last week I made a twirly skirt for Mathilda, and this one is made to match! The Pattern I used the Stripwork Skirt pattern by Pink Fig … [Read more…]
Every now and then, in between sewing for the kids, I manage to find some time to sew something for myself. Most recently I made myself a new hoodie. The Pattern I used design number 15 from the Autumn/Winter 5/2015 issue of Ottobre Woman. This pattern is for a pullover hoodie with long, cuffed sleeves, … [Read more…]
Its been a little while since I made anything for Mathilda, and I recently got some new fabric, so I thought it was about time to do a super-twirly, ruffled skirt. Mathilda loves long twirly skirts. The Pattern I used a pattern called the Emma skirt, a Pink Fig PDF Pattern by Chelsea Andersen. I … [Read more…]
When Project Run and Play announced the themes for Season 11, I found this week’s theme – Cosplay – a bit of a challenge, so I had to think about it a bit before I knew for certain that I was going to participate in the sew-along. I could easily have made another My Little … [Read more…]
Funky Stripes – that’s the name of this skirt/leggings pattern! My daughters are both quite physcially active, but also quite girly at the same time. They both like to run and climb, but they want to do it whilst still wearing a skirt. My favourite solution to that is to have a skirt with leggings … [Read more…]