Not too long ago I won a give away on the Two Little Banshees blog. It was the first giveaway I have won and I was SO excited to get my parcel! Will take pictures soon…have been a lazy picture taker lately (and lazy blogger…sorry!).
Anyway, I wanted to tell you all about another give away and in this one you get to choose your prize! Head over to Little Munchkins and enter and while you are there have a little read of her blog, lots to inspire over there!
It seems that every day as I blog surf I am inspired by what all you creative people out there are doing. I just wanted to share some great tutorials I have discovered just this week.
Desert Beauty Shirred Shirt Dress – by MADE
Simply Modern Quilts – by MODA Bake Shop
Gather Up Pillow – by Pink Chalk Studio
Maternity Pants – by Grosgrain
My baby brother (he’s 23 so not really a baby I guess) is getting married next week and so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to get back into my sewing and to make the girls little matching dresses for the wedding. Generally I really don’t like matching outfits but these dresses are so cute I thought it would look gorgeous not tacky(I hope!)
Here is Elsa’s dress (Oliver & S Birthday Party Dress) minus the buttons. I am yet to buy the buttons so it is just sitting on the hanger with a few pins to keep it all in place.
I loved sewing this dress but I did find the pleats challenging. I am a bit of a perfectionist and so I undid the stitching a number of times in the pleats to get them sitting as close to perfect as I could. They are not perfect but I am happy with the result.
The knitting group that I frequent came to my house over the weekend and we hand dyed some yarn. It was the first time for most but everyone come up with lovely results! I can’t wait to see the dried yarn on Thursday night!
…trace pattern. DONE!
Yes I have finally jumped back on the sewing wagon! With my piles of fabric and patterns I was feeling a little guilty when I saw it all sitting there unused but with my brothers wedding coming up in a few weeks I thought it was the perfect time to get the machine back out and sew dresses for the girls to wear to the wedding.
