Lydia and the doll swap

doll clothes

Ok I've been bitten by the doll clothes bug!!

She's a designafriend doll-same height as an American Girl doll, but a little slimmer in the body

Oliver and s tea party dress from the book

and school uniform! The top is a free Liberty Jane pattern-love it, the first time I have managed to do a placket without screaming lol. I based the skirt on the Oliver and S music class skirt- must find CJ's school skirt I made with this pattern and photograph next

The doll (now named Charlie after her cousin) was a first day of school present for our little lady

 

Um ok, not so ladylike!! Farbenmix Imke using a thrifted Hello Kitty shirt and using up scraps of fabric-so scrappy in fact that both sleeves have a section with ribbon trim hiding a seam beacause I didn't have enough left to get a full pattern piece out!

This is my second half of week 1 SG, now to find the stuff already in use that I made earlier in the week
Thanks for looking!

some silhouette bits and skirts

I have been trying to use my Silhouette Cameo more, I have a few more non-fabric projects in progress too, I will photograph those this week

I upcycled a duvet cover to make P.E bags for Claudie and her friends -they all start school in September.

I made sunglasses cases as thank you presents for CJ's preschool teachers with some sparkly denim I had left over, only just enough but I did it! I lined them with flannel

2 Oliver and S reversible hula hoop skirts, madam loves these but I cannot seem to get a decent photo of her wearing them!

 

Thanks for looking!

Yet more dresses

ok not just dresses but I have made another couple of the Funktional threads Rachel

 I love this one! An old John Rocha t-shirt of CJ's upcycled as a birthday present for a little friend's bithday tomorrow

 I have a love/hate relationship with this dress. I like the sleeves, cut from a shirt of mine, and cj loves the design but it got washed with something that bled indigo dye on the pink sections of the skirt so I had to take it apart and replace them. Oh the things I do for this child LOL

I have never sewn a cardigan before, but at £14 each for a knitted one in the shops it was definitely cheaper to buy a pdf pattern and have a go.
Ok so by the time I bought the kam setter and snaps it worked out alot more expensive but long term its a good investment-so I tell my husband!!

I've now made 3 or 4 for cj and my baby niece, they are getting addictive!!

 We had 2 days of sunshine last week so I went all wild and crazy and made shorts (elephants and elegance pdf pattern) Yes it is officially my fault that there was snow in the UK today LOL

and finally I had to recover Claudie's little Ikea chair-my fault I shrank the cover in the dryer. She picked the fabric herself- i am glad there is enough left over for me to make a tote bag too. The original plan was to recover the existing cushion but it was flat and lumpy so I used pillows to make new cushions.
Madam is very pleased with it

Thanks for looking!