Valentines Swap Questions

Valentines Swap Questions

1. Kids…. Ages….Measurements….
James, 19 months, Size 1-2. Still fits Size 1, will grow into size 2

2. Fav. colours?
Green, Chocolate, Red, Pink, Cream

3. What is garish about valentines?
Definitely teddy bears.

4. What do you LOVE about valentines?
Not really into Valentines, so anything I 'love' would be on the simple side of things - nothing too 'frou-frou'

5. What fabric, haberdashery item, sewing essential melts your heart?
Cotton fabrics, anything really. Just not shiny polyester. I have a dislike for it at the moment.

Alex's Humpty Dumpty

I just wanted to show you all a little something that Alex (my husband) made for James for Christmas.
It is a Humpty Dumpty doll. He did such a great job with it! I am very proud. He made it without a pattern and just studied the character to work it all out. It was something he had been thinking about for a while, but he only made it up in the two days before Christmas. Well Done Alex!!!

James has New Pants!

Well, I took a bit of time to make James this pair of pants from the Ottobre pattern range, but I am quite happy with the outcome. Alex did not like the look of thm when I was sewing them, but agreed that they looked great when they were on him, worn with a plain navy t-shirt. He looked great.
Sorry the picture isn't great, you can't see any of the detail. But you get the idea....

Secret Santa Pressie!!

In the week before Christmas I received in the mail a present from my Secret Santa Essential Baby Sewing Group swap.
It was a very thoughtful gift from Helen of "boy" prints, anda book for James (which he LOVES by the way). I didn't manage to get a photo of the book...it got snatched off me to put with his other books. But I did get a photo of the fabrics.
Thank You Helen!!!

Singlet Dress

I have borrowed an idea from Kylie and made a singlet dress. To be honest, I don't know who it is for yet. I want it to be for Claudia (and friend of James) but she is a little girl and I don't know if she will fit the size one singlet that I used. We will see how it goes.

Christmas Tree Outfit

Ok, I am finally getting around to posting pictures of the Christmas Tree outfits that I made for James' Daycare Christmas Party.


James agreed to model one for me too.... well if he could talk he could have said no, but he didn't so it was his bad luck.

My Final Hat for the Year

Just posting a picture of my last hat for the year. This was a straw hat.


And I thought I would just show a picture of the display at the Fashion Parade last night. The photo is a bit hard to look at though. There is just too much in the picture.
The fashion parade was good - but not as good as 2 years ago (am I allowed to say that??). There were only a couple of ranges that I thought were fantastic. The others were just good. I was expecting more....

That is all for now, signing off.

My First Attempt at Ottobre

I have recently subscribed to the infamous Ottobre pattern books from Finland, and have been admiring all the lovely patterns that I would love to attempt to make.
I am pleased to say that I have completed my first dress from the books. It is a lovely little sundress for Lucy in Perth. This is a combined Christmas and Christening present (since the dress I made her as a Christening present was NEVER going to fit - what was I thinking??).

So, I hope Lucy (and her Mum, Libby) like it, and I hope it fits this time.

I would make this pattern again......now I just need a girl who will be 6 months old in the Summer months.......

My Blonde Haired Asian Son.....

I just wanted to post a couple of pictures of my beautiful son, James. Over the last 6 months he has grown some hair...the family photo of us was taken in May. So we are quite happy with the fact that he is finally growing some hair. But we just can't help having a laugh about the colour of it. Especially when Alex is carrying him through the shopping centre, and I turn back to get a look at them. He really doesn't look like either of us at the moment, but that is OK. We still love him like he is our own...haha.

Some Presents - yes, I do sew....

I have finally had a chance to sew again! Woo hoo. Just a couple of things.

A t-shirt for Jack. I asked Alex to choose the teams for this t-shirt, and they all have meaning. During the Rugby World Cup Jack's Dad (Greg) stayed with us, and Alex and Greg went to a few games one of which Ireland played in. And of course The 3 of us watched the Final between Australia and England at the Cargo Bar....those were the days. Now we both have boys, and Jack is turning 1 in a couple of weeks.


And an outfit for Amelia. I made my first tiered skirt using fabric from Reprodepot, and a matching top. I hope she likes it - it is a Christmas present.