Autumn clothes

This was suposed to be the Otto Muffin tunic-turned out a little too long-but it makes a nice dress too! It was my very first attempt with my serger-it didnt turn out too bad

My second serger attempt-a recycled t-shirt. This was a 25p t-shirt from a car boot sale, but it was too small. I loved the tortoise logo on the front so using the Farbenmix Imke pattern I made it a bit wider and put long sleeves on it-I'm really pleased with this !

Couldn't resist this shot of CJ playing ar guitar! Otto 4/10 #2

I wanted it to be more of a top than a dress but forgot that when I cut it out- I've chopped about 4 inches off the bottom now so she can crawl in it. Sorry for the blurry shots-DH took the camera to an airshow so I had to take them on my phone

The fabric is Robert Kauffman Apples-they are CJ's favourite food

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bits and pieces

I'm trying hard not to make CJ any more summer clothes-she has enough! So before I start on autumn/wimter I made a couple of non clothing bits for a change
This is one of the nappy bags from One Yard wonders- the change pad is part of the bag and folds up at the back. My favourite fabric ever- but I only had 1/2 yard so had to use off white linen as well, I think it would have looked too busy all in the pattern anyway

Ok so I lied but I made these a few weeks back- Djorte again, in Riley Blake fabric-I love these so bright and sunny

A messenger bag for my niece's birthday-again from One Yard wonders

and one of the 4 sleeping bags I ended up making, 2 for cj and 2 for my nephew-the applique is a giraffe from some Ikea fabric.

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so so lucky!

I am such a lucky girl-look what I received fro my newbie swap on sewing mamas!! I can't beleive how well Lorraine picked for me-although I have to say I've loved everything all the other mamas have been showing from their goodie boxes too-what a talented bunch of ladies

Before I start-apologies for the poor photography-when I get tired I shake, but I so wanted to show what I got!!
First up a gorgeous bag and pincushion from Rachel Flores-its a whopper of a pincushion-perfect for me, and the bag matches both my green handbags perfectly

Next a stunning blue apron from SewinLove -its something I have never got around to making for myself-this is going to get worn alot -its beautiful


Sorry tired uncooperative model shot again-but isn't the apron so so cute? From Jenn Carney-I'm so pleased I got this, I fell in love with it when Jenn sns'd it and it fits madam perfectly

next up-a so so pretty stripework dress form Kellybelly 77- CJ has alot of t-shirts that will go perfectly under this (our summers aren't very good lately) so its going to get alot of wear

now I'm really embarrassed by my photo here-the dress is a gorgeous salmon pink colour, the fabric is a waffle texture? and has a beautiful celestial print on it-I am so so in love with this dress-and it will fit perfectly come autumn. Its an Olivia (now I know why you all rave so much about this design!) from mdaisy

and finally a gorgeous ring sling from mysticwill. I was going to give this to my sis for my new nephew but i got to thinking-I really love it and am going to check with Heather if CJ is too big for it and how to do the sling up properly. I really struggle to carry her short distances form the car now and this would make it alot safer

I feel very blessed to have taken part-I really enjoyed this swap-thanks for looking at all my lovely gifts!

Sewing mamas challenge

I love this pattern! Its Keyka Lou's camera wristlet-I made 3, the blue one for me, a pink for my sister's birthday and the orange/pink for a friend. I can see me making alot more of these, it was really fun to make. The only dissapointment was when I tried to use a magnetic clasp instead of velcro-the magnets I got were way too strong and would have ripped the fabric with too much use. Anyone know of a way to weaken a magnet lol?

These are Otto Raspberry trousers, I made them in linen with owls print cotton to match a little peasant blouse I'd already made. I deliberately left off the flap on one pocket so CJ could hid things in there. This was the first test of buttonholes on my new machine-so easy I'm going to be buttonholing everything from now on!

In unwilling model pose with a sunhat from the new Otto- I added a button to the top where the seams meet to neaten it off a bit, and a little orange gingham bow to the back. Trouble is she loves it too much-madam pulls it off her head and hugs it everytime I put it on her!

and finally-these aren't fr the stash challenge, but just some PJ bottoms using the scrapbag I bought from the fabric worm-I was really pleased with the fabrics in it-oh the hat main fabric came from the scrapbag too.

I was given the vintage (about 26 years old) blouses from a friend and thought they'd make good PJ tops

I have to start my sister's wedding invitations this week so I don't think I'll have a chance to sew anymore till they are done, but I loved taking part in the challeneg, it gave me the push I needed to practise my topstitching, tackle buttonholes-oh and french seams on a pair of leggings! (long story!)

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First Farbenix

I love the new Farbenmix book-there is so much in there I want to make and I've been really impressed with how well the patterns work so far

This is my first Imke-I chickened out and put a hood on it rather than trying to bind the neck!

I made the jogging bottoms out of an old pair of mine

This is my favourite outfit ever-and hers!! Claudie is a huge mickey mouse fan so I found this fabric on ebay. The t-shirt is a RTW with mickeys logo appliqued on and the trousers are Djorte_I love them and have another couple of pairs planned alreadyThanks for stopping by!

a netbook cosy, swap clothes and a shoe tidy

Now Claudie is crawling I thought the netbook could do with protecting from little fingers-and Sew Hip magazine happened to have this pattern I had to use some old polyester batting and I hated working with it-but I'm happy enough with the finished article.

These tops are for the kids swap on the sewing mamas forum-all have little bird/owl finger puppets in their pockets

and Cj modelling one of hers, I made her a brown linen owl one too

but as usual she doesn't want to sit around being photographed!

This needs a larger clothes hanger in the top but you get the general idea- again fro the last Sew Hip magazine, April was my favourite issue yet, 2 projects down and still a couple more to make from that one.
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Mama swap

First up-just a pair of joggers for CJ made from an old pair of mine-please excuse the reluctant model pose! I've made 3 jewellery rolls with bracelets for the mama swap on sewing mamas-I hope they like them

I've got 3 tops on the go at the moment, 2 for the kids swap and 1 for CJ-then I have one more thing to make for the kids swap, not sure if I want to make another top or go for something different yet

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