So Cute!

Teachers Pet Cardi, Simple Tee and Poppy Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

The designs that this lady comes up with amazes me! Maybe one day I will be able to create things without patterns! I can only hope!

Birthday Party Dress

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.

We can paint a rainbow…

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!

 

Step 1…

…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.

I am…

Making : the second cardi for my friends twin girls who could arrive at any time now
Cooking : steak to get my iron levels up a bit!
Drinking : my favourite tea from my lovely new mug
Reading: Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross
Wanting: to order more fabric from Belle & Vintage
Looking: Right now? well between typing I am looking at my blogs on Google Reader
Playing: hide and seek with my girls and pretending I can’t see them when they are sitting in front of me with their eyes closed (so cute!)
Wasting: time (sigh) I seem to be all to good at this.
Sewing: hmmm, not a lot! But I do have some fabric ready to make some Oliver & S Birthday Party Dresses for the girls
Wishing: I had more time (see above)
Enjoying: the sunshine we have had for the last couple of days!
Waiting: for my baby to grow…22 weeks and 4 days until due date
Liking: being able to sit here in my PJ’s and shop!
Wondering: if my yarn will every get here!
Loving: life, my family and the little one growing inside me.
Hoping: it doesn’t rain today…I have had enough of the rain this year!
Marvelling: at my children, what they say, their little hands…
Needing: more sleep…I WILL go to bed earlier tonight!
Smelling: fresh paint on my walls
Wearing: PJs :)
Noticing: …I really need a haircut!
Knowing: that someone bigger and so amazing is watching out for me
Thinking: I really should get out of my PJ’s
Feeling: tired (yawn)
Bookmarking: things to make for the new baby (and a few things to buy too!)
Opening: my parcels that are arriving from the Book Depository
Giggling: at my girls jumping in puddles today!

Idea taken from Meet me at Mikes

Oriental Lily

Made for – Elsa

Pattern – Oriental Lily

Yarn - Utiku

Tomorrow I will take photos of my embarrassingly messy sewing room and show you all. Maybe it will shame me into cleaning it up so I can finally start sewing again!

Yes, I am only 17 weeks! No, I am not having twins!

Does anyone else get questioned about their due date and number of babies you are carrying or get shocked looks? I do! I did for all of mine. I think I carry larger than some women and now with number 3 I officially have no stomach muscles and so it just all hangs out!

 

I am tired, getting sciatic pain, and having dizzy spells…BUT I am carrying my 3rd gorgeous baby so I am great!

 

Here is the bump…17 + 3 weeks