Floral sailboat top

For a little girl I haven't made much for yet. This was my first attempt at the O + S sailboat top. I bought the material, traced the pattern and sewed all bar the buttons in one (daycare) day. So pretty quick for me! Bonus was that I managed to finally fluke getting the over locker tensions right and it actually looks nice now :) Put French seams down side seams just cause I felt like it.

Size 12-18 mths
Japanese cotton lawn from Spotlight. Only ended up using about 60cm.

More to come...

Big shorts, little shorts

Some Sketchbook Shorts made from Harry's daddy's old shorts. These are size 12-18 months for Harry's daddy's cousin's son :)

I am back!

I think I finally have the energy and a bit of time to sew again :)

A nice simple project to get back into it. Harry is starting one day a week at daycare next week. He is going with his little girlfriend who was born on the same day so I have made them both some bags to put their sheets in for nap time.

I'm looking forward to getting organised on Harry's daycare days and hopefully getting a lot of sewing done before his sibling arrives in just over 4 months, cause after that I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to sew again!

Merry Christmas

Here you go Dad, a blog update:

Sewing had been very slow around here and my big to do list of handmade Christmas presents has hardly had a dent made in it. Oh well, learnt my lesson there.

Harry's grandparents gave me some fabric this week that was supposed to become a tablecloth. I think there's 6 metres of it so Harry may get a new pair of shorts every year!

That's all for now, Merry Christmas :)

Secret Santa

Some more O + S Sketchbook Shorts. These are for one of Harry's favourite playgroup girls. I made them a little shorter than the pattern. I have given up on making knit t-shirts for the time being as Target sells perfectly good ones for $4, so I bought one of these in a lime green to complete the outfit.

Quick Change Trousers

For a new little man in London from Anna Maria Horner's "Handmade Beginnings" book.

Happy Plackets

Nothing like a Negroni shirt placket to bring a smile to my face :)