This is the skirt I made for the Curlypops "Make it in May Skirt Sew-a-Long" and I'm in by a whisker with a day to spare! The pattern is Butterick B4461, a very basic a-line skirt whic...
Sometimes you've just got to admit that shopping at your local bricks and mortar store beats online fabric shopping hands down. Especially when you want to coordinate fabrics and spend hours tra...
The leaves are falling (as you can see from the photos, I'm not particularly quick to rake them up) and some autumn/ winter sewing is firmly on the agenda. I spotted this cute knit dress pattern...
Want that fabric in another colourway? Photoshop can deliver (well, digitally, at least): After some conventional photo editing I had a little play with the "hue" and "saturation"...
Miss Wink enthusiastically wears most of her big sister's hand-me-downs. I'm grateful for that, especially when it comes to the ones sewn by me - it totally makes the effort worth it when t...
Who says craft and football don't mix? Cee Cee set off to the football with Dad yesterday decked out in a ribbon scrunchie in team colours. This was hastily put together 15 mins prior to departu...
This play mat or "reading mat" has been playing host to gatherings of kiddies, soft toys, dolls and books in a corner of Miss Wink's bedroom for some time. Here it is in its WIP stages...
There was a big surge of activity yesterday when I managed to finish a blouse from the pattern that I mentioned in my last post. I've been fiddling around with this one since last winter and rea...
OK folks. I have a plan and there has been some work but not much to show as yet. With a teacher-free day on Monday and a public holiday on Wednesday (and therefore less child-free time than usual) w...
My photo file for this dress was not quite complete. I had photographed it on a hanger for the pattern cover but hadn't had the chance for my little model to give it a twirl. Our holiday in No...
Have you signed up for KCWC over at elsie marley? Every week is kids clothes week around here but joining a sew-a-long definitely creates an added incentive! Not only will I be ...
We had a wonderful Easter and early school holiday break in Noosa. Wow, what a beautiful part of the world! Highlights were the pristine beaches and rainforest on Fraser Island; getting up close and...
One of the casualties of my self-imposed working bee over the past few months has been my blog reading schedule. Less blog reading equals less discovering of new links to fabulous things in the inte...
Here are some more pictures of the Butterfly Breeze pattern in one of the larger sizes as the dress with ruffle option. The dress pictured in this post had the body of the dress made in cotton and th...
I made this top a little while back (in "summer"!) but haven't had a chance to post it. I was aiming for a basic loose-fitting tunic design with a (modified) bat-wing look. I didn&#...
I haven't given up sewing and blogging although it might seem that way. I've been hard at work churning out drafts and samples for this pattern and here we are at the finishing post. Hoor...
I posted a while ago about the patterns I was using to sew things for myself this summer. Here are some pictures of the Simplicity 2599 top and the ruffle skirt. As you can see,...
Good luck to all those with back-to-schoolers....
Here are the girls enjoying a sunny Saturday afternoon in the garden, skipping and having egg & spoon races. It seems the hot weather has arrived just when the holidays are at a close.... Miss W...
A bit of holiday fun: give the kids some washi tape and a pair of safety scissors and ask them to make a little "quilt" on a piece of card. Mount each one on some matching folded card and y...
A little design that's on the back burner is this cap sleeved top/dress. The pattern needs a bit of tweaking but this one in a lovely dot print by Brandon Mably (partner of Kaffe Fassett) is cu...
I made this bookmark for Cee Cee (who is a big mouse fan) using an adorable iron-on cross-stitch patch made by Katia of Plushka which I've had tucked away for a little while. (As you can see Kat...
A bit of summer holiday fun: chatterboxes. How to make link here.
To say Happy 2012 (with the help of "Photo Booth"). Three, Two, One!: It's hard juggling two squirming girls on your lap in front of the computer, but here you have it with some extra...
Signing out until the New Year. Hope you and yours have a happy festive season. See you soon.
Have been inspired by lots of embroidery hoop art I've seen around and decided to make a little Christmas scene of my own with some felt, vintage trim and little house buttons. The Little Bits Q...
This post pertains to nothing in particular, other than the fact that a Telstra technician has finished digging outside our house and assures us that our dodgy cable internet connection is now OK. ...
A certain little girl has borrowed her big sister's end-of-year ballet concert tutu (a serious tutu of the sticking-up variety) and is wearing it here. She looks like a little angel that's...
My internet connection has been totally unreliable of late, hence the lack of blogging. I've been busy, though, drafting patterns and making clothes for both the girls and (get this!) myself. T...
I discovered a lovely UK blog a while back called The Linen Cat which belongs to a very creative lady called Beth. Beth works magic with fabric, felt, ribbon and beads - her soft toys are amongst th...
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