Merry Christmas Everyone.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Tis the season......

.... to be sewing! I have been very busy sewing lots of nice things to give at Christmas. Unfortunately I can't post pictures yet in case anyone sees them at it spoils the surprise!

I can post these ones though. First is a toy pouch for my nephew to carry his dolls around in (modelled by my youngest in the picture). Just a simple fleece one. His big sister already has a toy ring sling but I have a request for a toy buckle carrier for her as well - we will see if I get time to make one!



Secondly is an apron and oven mitt set for my mother-in-law. I can safely post about this as they don't own a computer so won't see the pictures. It is the same butterick pattern I used for mine eariler in the year. I really like making now I have figured it out! It looks a bit odd on my dress form but I think that is all the extra padding I added has slipped down a bit recently!

ETA:- The fabric for the apron is called Rose In A Round from the 'Doll Dresses' collection by Holly Holderman of Lakehouse.


I also made a matching oven glove. It a bit on the petite side but that shouldn't be a problem as she has little hands like me. (please excuse the pen marks on the picture I haven't washed them off yet!)


I can't wait until I can post about the rest of the things!

I don't just sew.

I occassionally branch out into other crafts too! I couldn't post about these before as they were made for a gift for my sister. She is teaching herself to knit so I thought I would make a few knitting related goodies to go with her birthday present. So I made a row counter bracelet and some stitch markers.



It has been a difficult couple of weeks recently with family members in hospital so I haven't had much time to get any crafting done. I have started some more of the Christmas presents but I will not be able to post pictures until after Christmas so I don't spoil the surprise!

Simple baby gift

Firstly I must apologise for the rubbish photos! I thought I had taken some already but it turned out I hadn't so I rushed taking them just before I wrapped it up!

It is a gift for one of the mums at my sons school who had a baby boy last week.



It is the Ikea Barnslig fabric backed by a co-ordinating Barnslig flannel sheet.


The two fabrics were basted together, trimmed and then edged with satin bias tape (I think next time I would use red or blue though.)

I hope they like it and aren't bothered about the pink on it (apparently some people think boys can't have anything pink! LOL!)

Rememberance Sunday

A poppy to remember the sacrifices of the members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war.

Gearing up for winter.

There is definitely a chill in the air now here and after a depressing time trying to find my eldest son a "nice" dressing gown (they are either covered in characters, or in camo fabric or skulls which my son hates!) I decided to tackle the problem myself!

It was a fairly straight forward pattern (one I could actually understand!) Butterick B4652. I did the smallest size from the packet which was age 7 (as he will be 7 next year) but as you can see there is plenty of growing room! I left the pockets off as requested by my son.

On the whole I was pleased with it (although I was rushing so it could have been a bit neater) until I was finishing the sleeve. That is when I noticed a fault in the fabric - a line of several holes! I was gutted! This was brand new fabric not a seconds and it has several holes in it! I have checked the rest of the fabric and there are holes in that too. I will be complaining to the shop!

I have a confession........

I bought a new sewing machine 3 weeks ago! I was going to post about it but I haven't completed anything on it yet! I have spent lots of time getting to know it.

Unfortunately I have been battling with this pattern (Simplicity 3893) for some time now. It is not the pattern itself that is difficult but I need to do a full bust adjustment (FBA) on it as most patterns are designed for people who wear a B cup bra (which I am definately not!) As I have never done an adjustment before I have been finding it really tricky so for now I am going to put it to one side and concentrate on other things. Hopefully I will be back on track making things soon!