The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

I've been looking at the beautiful Grosgrain blog for a while now... but for some reason this is the first time I've entered to win one of her glorious creations!

I just love this top, it is super cute, and just my kind of thing. Head on over and check it out - and also check out the adorable clothes he makes for her little girl. My little girl would be lucky to have a mummy as clever as she is.



The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!


Has been too hot for sewing of my own lately - hoping to finish off some projects soon though.

Naughty, naughty blogger

OK... so the festive season well and truly got the better of me. I can only apologise for the long absence from my blog - though I don't really believe that anyone is reading this too often, so it doesn't matter soooo much. I was so busy with study (which is now finished - hooray!), work (yes, the kind you get paid for), and getting ready for Christmas that my little ole blog missed out. So I am sorry, little blog, and I will try to do much, much better this year. Now that my TAFE course is finished I plan on devoting loads more time to my crafty pursuits... just look at what I have achieved so far this year...


This is a variation on a little number I've done before - the lazy days dress. Harper picked the fabric on an outing to Spotlight. She was desperately insistent that she have it... who was I to refuse? She absolutely adores it, which makes me feel a little smug inside. She calls it her Rainbow Skirt, which sounds like every girly girl's dream!



These are two more strappy sundresses I made, this blue one was a gift for a little girl we know. The white one uses some really lovely crinkly cotton, with little peach and mint flowers and leaves on it. The fabric is so divine, the photo doesn't do it justice. I am thinking it could be OK for Harper to wear to my brother's wedding in February.


Some shorts for Arch. These are great, I'm loving the fabric's together, and they are great on him. Especially the white ones with navy sailboats.. they're very "see you at the club for lunch". I'd say they make him look very dapper indeed.


And here is the piece de resistance... the Christmas Dress!!!! I made this for Miss H to wear on Christmas Day - and she looked the bomb. The satin ribbon hides a bid mistake at the back, but I'm pretty sure no-one noticed.

Off to watch Gossip Girl now (yes, I'm one of those crazy's!!). I promise to be back soon.

Twirly, Whirly Sundress

I made this strappy sundress for Miss H this week, the pattern came from here. I used some Anna Maria Horner fabric, which I absolutely adore. Miss H though, on first inspection of the dress said "but Mummy, I want a pink one". She was soon won over by the twirliness of the dress, and I have barely been able to get it off her since!

I'm also working on a couple of pairs of shorts for the boy, and hope to get them finished off asap... so stay tuned!

A long time coming

I started this quilt for Archie when I was pregnant with him... it's been a long time in the making, well actually a long time on the shelf waiting to be made. Archie was born in April, so I was pregnant over a very, very hot summer... in a little hotbox with lots of big windows, crappy aluminium Venetians and no air-conditioning... it was horrendous, and so not much sewing got done. Then my machine packed it in and it was all over. Until recently!

I finally finished the top, and my wonderful Mum quilted it for me, and bound it (which she never does, so I'm very grateful), and she even put a little tag on the back for me to make it extra special. But it is extra special anyway, a quilt for my boy, made with love by his Gran and Mummy... sigh.

Tassie

We're just back from a roadtrip holiday in Tasmania. It was beautiful and exhausting, lovely and frustrating, serene and noisy... depending on how the car was traveling (well, the small passengers in the car anyway!)
Regardless of the difficulties of a roadtrip with a three and one year old, it was wonderful to be together as a family. It was great to watch the kids fall in wallaby poo on the farm, chase the chickens and lambs, and sleep in the car, and it was lovely to drink wine and eat cheese with my lover in front of a log fire when our children had flaked out in bed. We're very lucky to all have one another, I'm so in-love with them.

Lazy days and bubbles floating....

After a fortnight of sore back, cold weather, and general lack of motivation, I've finally made something. First up was the Lazy Days Skirt, a free tutorial I found here, following a tip off from the talented Pink Lizzy.

It was a real cinch to make, didn't take very long at all. I used one third of a vintage tablecloth I bought on e-bay donkeys ago, and some grosgrain ribbon I had lying around (I love it when that happens!). I lurvvvvve the red and yellow combo, and it was so cheap I wont mind when Miss Harper runs around in our muddy back yard in it! All up, a huge success.



On a roll, I gave the Oliver & S Bubble Dress ago. I've had it cut out for about a month now. It was much easier than I thought, finished in under two hours, a big slap on the back for my speedy sewing (although, I'd better come clean, it doesn't have buttons yet!) I tried it on Harps, and it fits, just. So, possibly will hand this one onto someone smaller and make the bigger size for her for Summer. The fabric is El Cheapo poplin from Spotlight, but very sweet. Harper might get lucky with the next one and be indulged with some of my Anna Maria Horner fabric! It makes me nervous just thinking about cutting it though, it's so purtey...

Loving the Postie!

Look what arrived for me yesterday... my first international fabric haul! It's fairly impressive, if I do say so myself. Mum and I placed an order together, hers aren't in the pics though - they're all mine baby! It's all Anna Maria Horner, a mix of her Garden Party and Drawing Room ranges, and I'm totally in love with it all. Now for the tough part, turning it into something that does it justice. Perhaps I will just let it sit around for a while so I can look at it and sigh happily.....

I'm actually thinking of a dress for myself with the red & cream one, or maybe a quilt... I can't decide...

Not much other sewing going on. I have been working on a quilt for Archie, hopefully it will be done before he moves into a bed! Not much to go now, just the edges, quilting and binding... hmmmm. Am totally booked out this weekend, so no sewing time, damn these social commitments. I really must to learn to be more surly so as to avoid invitations. Hope to be back next week with some sort of creating, maybe macaroni necklaces at least??