Happy Days

Harry turned 1 on Thursday and we went out for coffee and cake with a friend whose daughter was born on the same day. I had been planning to make a little dress for her for months. On Monday night after nearly completing another gift for a little girl in my Mothers Group I decided the dress was too boring and so Tuesday I started making a new outfit and I'm particularly happy with the outcome.

Once again left the photo taking till the last minute and they are terrible.

I used more Saffron Craig fabric and Aneela Hoey Sherbet Pips.

The pattern was Oliver + S Sailboat Skirt.

Cute kick pleat in the back. It was fairly quick and easy to make.

Size was 12-18 months so hopefully it will fit well for the summer when she's toddling around :)

A Few Things

Been busy sewing the last week.

I now have a sewing table! Woohoo.

First project was a little travel wetbag for Dad to replace his current Qantas one. In case he doesn't realise the inside is lined with waterproof fabric. As I was finishing it off I got an email saying he had just been upgraded to upstairs business class for Dallas-Brisbane flight. I'm guessing he would have been given a nice wetbag then. Oh well. I bet it didn't have penguins on it though.

The top one was my first attempt and it just turned out too small and cause it was quite fiddley to make the finish was pretty average. Harry preferred the second one too.

I received some layers of goodness in the mail:

Have cut into a few pieces.... watch this space :)