Blogtoberfest Day 5 {WIN A PETTISKIRT!}

Would you like to win a pettiskirt? One of your very own? Ok unless you are under 7 then it probably won’t fit you but you may know a little person who would love to run around in one of these gorgeous skirts!

The winner will get to pick out of the following skirts…

They all differ in sizes with the aqua and yellow being the smallest (1-2 years) the cream and brown the middle size(3-4 years) and the red and blue/lavender being the largest (5+ years). My daughter is almost 4 and wears size 4 clothing and fits all 3 sizes for different looks. The waistband is adjustable so go for a larger size if in doubt.

How do you enter?

Well you can have up to 5 entries

1. Leave a comment

2. Become a follower (you will find this to your right…) and leave a comment to let me know

3. Subscribe to my blog in bloglines, google reader or similar…and leave a comment to let me know

4. Share this post (ie link to it) on Facebook or Twitter… and let me know in a comment

5. Share about this giveaway on your blog…and let me know in a comment

So for everything you do make sure you leave a comment so I know you have done it.

I will leave entries open for 7 days.

Good luck!

Blogtoberfest Day 4 {Circle Skirt}

Do you have a favourite blog to read, one that you get all excited about when the page starts to load? MADE is that for me! I love the clothes she makes for her daughter and she shares many of these as tutorials or patterns. Don’t you love a generous blogger! I know it must take a while to get them together. My latest favourite is this circle skirt. Not sure that it would suit my shape but I know it would look ultra cute on my girls! So today as soon as i found the tutorial I drafted a pattern for each of my older girls. Unfortunately I don’t have any fabric I am happy with for this pattern so, alas I have to go shopping! Meanwhile my patterns will be waiting for the perfect fabric to arrive (loving the exchange rate at the moment!). Oh and you can dye some elastic to match for the waistband! How cool is that!

New look

We with a little fiddling I have managed to create a new look for my blog! To be honest this post is simply to test if my new signature works!

Blogtoberfest Day 3 {Carefree clothes for girls}

A month and a half ago it was my birthday. My husband asked for a list of possible gifts to buy me so I obliged and emailed him a huge list…the next day I received almost every thing on that list (yes I was very spoiled!). A few of those items were some gorgeous books I had been wanting for a while.

I love that I can buy a Japanese craft book….in English! i can understand the instructions(unlike the other ones I have).

I love this top…might not make it in such a light colour…my girls would have this stained in minutes! A lot of the projects in this book are in cream and white which I just wouldn’t go near for my girls. I think they could  just as easily be made in gorgeous colours too though.

I want this skirt for myself! I think it would look gorgeous with a print on the top layer and matching solid for the underlayers peeking out! Maybe one for one of my girls first and then one for me!

 

This gorgeous little scarf is made with all the scraps from the other projects in the book which I think is a great idea!

I think this little jacket with the scarf attached is such a great idea! No way of the kids loosing the scarf now!

So lots of inspiration…sadly nothing has been happening with my sewing machine for a couple of months now. It must be time to dust it off in honour of Blogtober!

Blogtoberfest Day 2 {Random Saturday}

Today is one of those random days…lots of little things to do. We have the TSO(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) Ball tonight! It isn’t often that I get to dress up and going out without the kids is a true luxury! Here are a few snapshots from my random Saturday…

 Kisses!

Whoops! This was not meant to go in the washing machine…it is a little felted now!

My dress for tonight!

Blogtoberfest Day 1 {What to make with a T-shirt}

Old t-shirts or new ones on clearance can be a great cheap source of quality knit fabrics. Here are a few ideas to get the creativity flowing!

Women's Yoga Pants

Reverse Appliqué Skirt(and other items) – Alabama Stitch book

Women's corsage shirt

T-shirt hat

Girls ruffle front shirt

Baby tights

Warhol Dress

The Summer Vacation Dress and Shortie

The 90 Minute Shirt

Toddler Yoga Pants

kids undies

Oh and a little secret…I buy my t-shirts from Rivers Online Clearance Shop. I know they are not used and some people like to do projects like this to be able to reuse something they or someone else was going to throw away but the quality of the Rivers fabric is great and they are cheap and i can get multiple shirts in the same colour for larger projects! Buy men's 3XL or the largest women's size you can find for lots of fabric to work with. If you keep an eye out you can even get them on sale…I got mine for $4 each a couple of weeks ago! Bargain!

Blogtoberfest!

It is that time of year again! Lots of posts are being planned here and a few giveaways too.

If you are new to Blogtoberfest then pop over here and read all about it. Basicly it is a post every day in October. I think last year I did well for the first half of the month and not so well in the second half! Oh well I will see if I can do better this time!

Pop over to Tinniegirl to join in the fun.