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…]
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, 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…]
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 here). I used a pattern called “April in Paris” from Australian Smocking and Embroidery Magazine Issue 80. It is long, twirly, very girly, and she … [Read more…]
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 match. The jacket is made form pieced lace, which I spent ages deciding what colour to use. At first I was in a mindset that … [Read more…]
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 band for the skirt of the dress. To do this I pieced together two rows of lace, this lace is a greyish-green colour and works … [Read more…]
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 satin and it was just the right length, so I started to cut it out, and then it all went so wrong. The fabric was … [Read more…]
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 pattern, is made from a floral fabric that I had in my stash. To me it looked kind of tropical, and made me think of … [Read more…]
When I was just a teenager I used to do a lot of sewing for myself. One of the things that I did quite a few of was shoulder bags. When my friends asked me to make bags for them I started doing that too, and eventually I even made a few to sell. And … [Read more…]
Mathilda was in need of new shorts for summer. She’s outgrown all her old ones, and I don’t want to buy any that I’ve seen in stores, mainly because I don’t want my 5 year old to look like an inappropriately dressed teenager! So, I needed to make some for her. I started with this … [Read more…]
This year my Mum is celebrating a significant birthday. I made a present for her this year. After all, it’s hard to find the right gift sometimes, and one thing she didn’t have was a smocked blouse made by me! I started with a Grace Knott peasant blouse pattern, for the fabric I used a … [Read more…]