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Hey there,
Its been a busy week. The kids and I are a bit sick are all suffering from a cold, so there’s been lots of days at home this week. Which means the kids are having afternoon naps and I’m even getting some sneaky sewing in when they are playing happily in the playroom… it happens occasionally…..
So I have been sewing heaps
I am working on a dressing gown. Previously we lived in an apartment and it never really got very cold. The new house is a cold house, as it has loads of windows, no carpet, and inadequate curtains, so I am finding the mornings quite cold.
This is to be a summer weight robe made from Laura Gunn’s beautiful Poppy print
I still need to hem the sleeves, and bottom, and also to make the belt and belt loops. Its coming along quite nicely though. The pattern I am using is the Bathrobe pattern from Amy Butlers In Stitches book.
Also I am working on a really a new doll. I have never made girly dolls to sell before so designing it is a nice change
I finished version 1 last night and it still needs a little work
And lastly I have a pair of shorts for Hamish cut out and ready to sew. They are Sailboat pants and I am going to make them out of some Navy and White Ticking gifted to me by the lovely Christy.
I’m not sure what buttons to use, I had my heart set on the vintage red buttons, but I need 4 so that’s not going to work, I am not sure about the navy ones either, perhaps I’ll just have to go to a fabric shop and buy some today!
For more creative spaces stop by Kirsty’s
Rachel
What do you think?
Rachel
Hope you all had a lovely Easter! Our little family had a very fun and productive easter. We ate way too much chocolate and had hung out with friends and family. I also got lots of spring (oops I mean Easter cleaning done), and a fair bit of sewing too.
I finished made the boys their first bean bag
I actually made two so the boys wouldn’t argue over them but I ran out of stuffing for the other, so that one won’t be finished for a while. I used this pattern, though I used my own zipper inserting technique.
I also made myself another pair of lounge pants out of a thrifted sheet. I used the hem of the sheet as the hem which made them super quick and easy.
I also made up my schoolhouse tunic which turned out brilliantly . I am actually starting a second and I’ll post pics as soon as I can get a decent one.
Hmm can’t think if there is anything else to report. I was glad that some of my bunnies found good homes this Easter, you can check them out here and here.
How was your long weekend?
Rachel
Well what a week its been. This was my last week of ‘softying’ before a little Easter break, and unfortunately I was on a ‘go slow’, I had a ungraceful fall down an escalator last weekend and cut my right arm open. So I was a little less productive than normal. However I did finish my Lounge pants from the February One Per Month challenge. Only a month or so late.
They were super easy… in fact I barely followed the pattern. I used purchased cord, rather than making at as the pattern suggested, out of sheer laziness. They are made from Heather Ross wildflowers in fuchsia and trimmed in Heather Bailey bijoux tile in lime, which I think is more of a celery colour than lime. They are brighter than I intended and practically glow in the dark, but I love them. I plan to make another pair our of a lovely vintage sheet I found the other day, though I might bring the legs in a little more.
Anyhow does this happen whenever your camera comes out?
The boys always insist on being in the photo, and won’t go back to what they were doing until you take their picture.
Edited to add… I should point out that the hems aren’t crooked, its just a dodgy pic. oops
Rachel
Yes I’m still obsessed with whales. Here are some more drafts, arranged in order of most recent.
I’m pretty happy with the first one, though perhaps he needs something more. What do you think?
Rachel
By the way this is my 99th post. The next one will be a giveaway!
The first of a batch of six varied robots. At the moment all my robots have blue eyes… I’m not sure why, perhaps it reminds me of my blue eyed boys.
My newest batch of owls including Maude in mauve corduroy with My Folklore wings.
I’m madly sewing this week as a selection of my softies are to be displayed at a local cafe at the end of this week.
Hopefully I’ll have more Robots and things to show tomorrow.
Rachel
Ps. it was a stunning day in Sydney today (as evidenced by my pics), I’m hanging out for summer…
Well this last weekend was lovely. Saturday was a long day of sewing, and on Sunday we went to the markets here and ate spinach and fetta Gozleme for lunch.
I have nearly finished the surprise, its at the editing stage now.
I pieced some blocks for my new couch quilt. I am using a honey bun of Wonderland by MoMo. I did take some pictures but the light wasn’t good enough. So I’ll try again tomorrow.
I finished some softies including Henrietta the pink Hippo
Henrietta will go into my online stores tomorrow morning.
I was also busy opening a Made It store on the weekend for Australian customers. It currently has a couple of Owls in it including this one
Anyhow thats enough shameless self promotion for now.
Rachel
In my creative space today…
Sickly children watching the wiggles
A surprise! Can you guess it?
A half sewn hippo (the pink fabric) alongside a vintage pattern given to me by a thoughtful friend.
For more creative spaces visit Kirsty at Kootoyoo.
Rachel
Meet Oliver Owl
(and his identical twin)!
And Henry Hippo
Rachel
Last night was the first meeting of the craft room. Thanks so much Corrie for organising it. It was lovely to meet Kelly, Belinda, Cass, Sophie, Fiona, Amelia, and Fran, and it will be great to meet Bianca and Ingrid next time.
I worked on my hippo and Owl. The hippos are stuffed and awaiting eyes and nostrils and I am still not sure what style to use. The owls are looking great, I have two colourways so far: chocolate with Moda Wonderland Pink floral accent, and turquoise with Amy Butler Cherry honeycomb dots, and I have some lovely orange corduroy that I am looking to match with some sort of unisex geometric print. What do you think of this combo?
I have hit my Flickr limit so stay tuned for owl pics tomorrow….
Rachel
