Therapeutic Bucket Hat

After chasing Harry around the swimming pool this morning I got stuck into finishing off this Oliver + S Reversible Bucket Hat for a little girl turning 1.

The little bit of hand sewing eased the tension built up when wrestling with Harry when dressing him at the pool. Lucky he's cute :)

A little bit of cuteness hiding inside the hat:

 If this nap goes for long enough I might just finish off another bit of cuteness...

Doing Words

Frenching

 Basting

 Quilting

Binding

Waiting...

Comfy Cushions

A birthday present for a sister-in-law.

 They close with a zipper.

I think they suit her. I hope she likes them :)

Something for Harry's Daddy

I finally made something for Harry's Daddy.

He wanted something to keep his coffee money in at work, so this is what Harry gave him for Father's Day.

Not quite sure how he's going to explain that he got a purse for Fathers Day :)

Knits & Packages

I had my first try at sewing with knits.

I used this tutorial and I tried her drafting method.

Yep, the drafting needs a bit of work. But it's my first try with drafting and sewing with knits so at least you'll be able to see my improvements. The ribbing around the neck was made with an old t-shirt of mine.

This bundle of goodness arrived in the mail this week.

So many possibilities....

Red Market Blouse

Here's my second attempt at the Lisette Market Blouse.

The fabric is Lisette fabric that I bought from Jo-Anns while in the US last month.

Alterations & Fitting: I measured up as size 12 but after reading the forum and looking at finished measurements I went for the size 10 and it fits really well. I used a 3/8" seam under the sleeves and added about 1.5" to the length of this second blouse.

That's all for now :)

Photo Update

I made this Oliver + S Family Reunion dress about a month ago. It's still waiting for a home.

Nice hem detail

Harry's second shirt. I made this for a family photo shoot we had recently. It worked out pretty well. And now that I've discovered there is a small but fairly important error in the Sketchbook pattern the next one will be even better.

I intended to wear this Lisette blouse to our photo shoot but didn't in the end. I don't think my husband is really into anything vaguely "vintage". I am in the middle of making a second blouse, hopefully he will like it more??

It was again pleasing to make and such a neat finish. The pattern had a similar technique to the Family Reunion dress for finishing the neckline which makes the inside look lovely.

Another work in progress.

My deadline is approaching for these cushion covers so hopefully Spotlight gets more cushion inserts in stock soon or I'll have to be creative about filling them :)