13 days to go!

The lead up to Christmas is always so busy! November is pretty busy for us too but nothing compares to December!

I am only making a few handmade gifts this year which really takes the pressure off! One is a teachers gift and the others….well they will have to remain a secret until after Christmas I am afraid!

Teachers Gift – Honey Cowl 

I do have a few custom orders to complete before Christmas though. Waiting on a couple of supplies though so I hope they hurry up as one order needs to get to New Zealand!

So are you making any of your gifts this year?

Kitchen Aid for Christmas anyone?

So have you seen that Retro Mummy is giving away a Kitchen Aid mixer? Well she is and if entries get over 2000 then she will make it TWO! Wow what a generous giveaway. So simple to enter too. Just head on over to her blog and fill in the form!

Happy Birthday Elsa!

I am a little late with this post. Her birthday was on Sunday, but you know how birthdays are…super busy!

Elsa is 6! How did that time go so quickly! I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with her, our 1st wedding anniversary! My husband didn’t believe me that I was pregnant and made me do 3 tests to make sure with the last being one of those digital ones that either say ‘pregnant’ or ‘not pregnant’. When it came up as ‘pregnant’ he finally believed me!

What a blessing she is! She is so kind and clever. She is a great big sister and love looking after her sisters(most of the time anyway!)

Elsa had a chef party on Saturday and had 17 little friends over. It was a very very busy party but she had heaps of fun and I think the other children did too.

On Sunday morning she woke up to a sewing machine! It is an Elna Mini. She loves it and spent ALL day on Monday on it. I let her stay home from school as she was exhausted from the weekend and to be honest so was I!

Becoming an Auntie

No one ever told me just how special it is to be an auntie! I have my 3 beautiful girls but when I heard that little Lucette had arrived I loved her immediately and was so so excited! Her little chin and mouth reminded me a little of my girls, especially Eve and this was special too. Seeing my youngest brother as a dad was amazing! I know that they will be wonderful parents to this special little girl and I can’t wait to meet her!

As soon as I knew she had arrived I had to start planning some projects just for her and since they  live in Perth and it is coming into summer I knew I couldn’t knit cardigans and beanies so to the sewing machine I went!

First I found this super cute Kombi fabric! I only had a fat quarter and it has been in my stash for ages as I wanted to make something lovely out of it but there just wasn't enough for much! I ended up deciding on some little bloomers and an appliquéd singlet to match. I used the decorative diaper cover pattern from Tie Die Diva and while it was easy to follow I did find the leg elastic casing a little fiddly and they are not perfect. I am sure not many would notice though!

Next up was something to match the Eden's Adam I had knit when I first found out that it was a little girl who was to join our family. White ruffled bottom bloomers seemed just perfect! These were also a Tie Dye Diva pattern and once again the leg elastic casing was very fiddly.

I have decided to try this Bettsy Kingston ruffled baby pants pattern to see if it is a little easier as I think they would be very popular in my Wee Threads store if I could master them! Once I sew up a pair I will report back and compare the two patterns.

Here she is! Little Red Riding Hood!

Ok so I don’t actually have photos of little red riding hood but I do have photos of my littlest all dressed up in her little red clothes!

This is what I made for the Red Riding Hood Yarns Birthday showcase. The album was opened for sale last night and the skirt set is already gone. The dress is still available but if it doesn’t sell then I will be making a few more skirt sets with the left over fabric as I have had a couple of requests for more of these.

I love this dress. It is so gorgeous and special and my little Eve is in love with it too. It helps that her favourite colour is blue!

  

This skirt set is divine! I wanted another item for the showcase and this was the result of a last minute session at the sewing machine. The red bloom t-shirt just went perfectly with it and I could resist making the little birdie yoyo clip!

A little red...

I am very excited to be taking part in the Red Riding Hood Yarns birthday showcase!

I have ordered some gorgeous fabric and have started on my first item today...did I mention that Hannah will be starting to put the items up on Saturday night? Yes I am leaving it to the last minute!

The fabric is cut and I have sewn the bodice of this dress. I hope to be able to get the appliqué on the apron done tonight as well and hopefully I will have happy little girls tomorrow so I can finish putting it all together.

I would like to get a skirt and t-shirt set done too and was thinking that some hair bows and clips might be nice to complete the set....if I can get it done!

Better get back to it...I might have a cuppa first though!

 

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Skirts

Posting from my iPad for the first time! Woo hoo! I do love my new toy! Just as a little test I thought I would share with you some skirts I have made this week with some echino fabric I have been holding onto.

Well I finally managed to work out how to get photos in the post! Lets see if I can post it now!

 

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