Crayon Rolls

To help keep the crayons together on our upcoming 12hour flight I made a crayon roll.

This one is Em's - Izzy was lucky enough to receive an art portfolio wallet made by a clever friend of ours so she will be using that.

When I was measuring the crayons I made a wee whoopsy and forgot to add a seam allowance to my calculations (the joys of sewing something at 11.30pm at night) but the ric rac helps hide that and they still work the same )

Fabric Flowers....

Wasting time tonight I used some scrap fabric to make some Minnie Mouse inspired Fabric Daisies.

They will be an embellishment on a couple of dresses for the girls to wear to breakfast with Minnie Mouse while at disneyland (pics of dresses to come later).

I'm going to turn them into brooches with a couple of pins so they can be removed for washing and giving me a couple of options on where to place them on the dress.

I plan on making more out of all my favourite fabrics so I can display them.

Pirate Peasant Tops

For the girls Pirate Princess Costumes we are making for halloween I wanted a top for them to wear under the corset style top (for a bit of modesty). So I used some fabric that was gifted to me that reminded me of a pirate shirt. It is all kinda scrunched and ruffley (so no need for ironing).

I used Carla's  Portrait Peasant E-pattern available from You Can Make This ... I love e-patterns because there is no need for tracing the pattern just print the size you want and cut. Carla's are some of the best I've come across. They are packed full of instructions so perfect for a beginner sewer and the sizes go from 6m up to size 8years and even has an option for dolly too (which I've been commanded to sew up for Maia and Addison).

I used the Elongated Top version with the ruffle neck and ruffled cap sleeves (there are many variations of peasant top/dress in the pattern..... more bang for your buck).

 

 

Dora the explorer......

My first venture into a farbenmix/studio tantrum pattern. The instructions made no sense.....it almost needs to come with a health warning. But I found a Laguna Skirt sew-a-long online and it really helped. I think it's one of those patterns that you need to be sewing for it to make sense.

So here is my first Laguna Skirt, Double Layered. I love the look of the skirt, so girly and fun. I added a cotton/lycra stretchy waistband instead of an elastic one as it is nice feeling on wee ones tummies.

It is quite hungry on fabric for a double layered one like I made so could end up being an expensive project. A single layer one will use about a yard for the size I made (98-104) for my almost 3year old (though she's just a wee thing)  so a double would use almot 2 yards. It is a bit short so my next one I'll probably move up a size because I like skirts to fall below the knee.

Not a very good "modelled" shot. My model is being a bit of a diva at the moment. But it shows you the layering.

And for her big sister, A dora spiral skirt. 9 Gores on this one. This is currently my favourite skirt pattern. I think it's even easier than a tiered skirt. See my other post for the dolly ones I made too :)

Doll Size Redondo/Spiral Skirts

I've been making spiral skirts for my girls. I love the look of them. I was put off for so long because they looked too difficult but in fact they are super easy. I used the this pattern and wasn't sure what to do with the circles that the pattern leaves behind. They are too small for anything useful but too large for me to feel I could throw them away....I  hate waste...especially of the fabric variety....So I drew up a pattern using the inside circle to make my "grandbabies" some matching skirts. And best of all the circle left over from the dolls skirt is the perfect size for fabric covered buttons to make matching hairties, even less waste.


I'm hoping to have the pattern available for free as soon as I figure out how to get it on here.

This is Maia...the skirt still needs hemming (rolled hem) but I'm doing a whole batch at once because I hate changing my settings on my overlocker constantly.

 

Blogtober...

At the moment there are some wonderful competitions taking place as part of Blogtober. Unfortunately I fly out in a few days so can't take part....but if you are after a chance to win some wonderful freebies then please look at these blogs

Crazy Crafter is giving away a beautiful handmade interchangeable needle holder, sewing pouch and stitchmarker holder


Shortly's Stitches is giving away a beautiful handmade Project holder full of goodies.

Please go check out these lovely ladies blogs :)

Tiedyeing Mania

We are going to a Halloween Party dressed as Hippies so it gave me a chance to test out my tiedyeing skills. I must say that it's very addictive and I now have plans to hunt out all our stained whites so I can give them a new lease on life :)

 

 

 

Missing in action....

I've been working on some clothes for an upcoming holiday.

if you want to see them they are being blogged seperately over at Two Kiwi Princesses.

I'll hopefully be back to posting again here when we are home from our trip :)

Here is a teaser of what I've been up to this past week.

Corset top (hopefully I'll post a tutorial for this when i get back...it's super easy and looks fantastic with the pettiskirts)

Claire Dress from Portabello Pixie