Rompers from a sheet!

Remember my vintage sheet collection? Well I finally made something from one of them, rompers from a pattern by sew sweet patterns. Aren't they cute? (Made even cuter by the model!)

The pattern was extremely easy to follow and make - probably took me about an hour of sewing. Highly recommend it. Don't you love the ruffle on the front?

There is still lot of this material left (I had 2 sheets), so get ready to see a bit of it. By the end of my sewing we will look like the von Trapp family (remember when Maria made them play clothes out of a curtain!) from Sound of Music!

KCWC: Day 1

It should really be day 3, but I only started today! I intend to make up for it by carrying on into next week.



Today I made Mia a Janey Peasant Dress from my Sew Sweet Patterns that I bought last week.
I made it using some curtain type fabric I bought at Fabric-a-brac a couple of years ago. I have quite a lot of it, so it has made an appearance in previous clothes I have sewed for her. It was an extremely easy pattern to follow and to sew, and the whole thing took about an hour and a half from start to finish. Highly recommend it as a pattern to attempt if you are new to sewing. It is a bit on the short side and Mia isn't tall, so just remember that if you are sewing for your little lady.



I used some crochet flowers I made to embellish it, I was waiting for an opportunity to use some of them! I followed a really good youtube tutorial to learn how to make these.




And the reason there are no face shots of Mia in this dress? I was battling a major tantrum!

Sew Sweet Patterns

Not much sewing happened yesterday, had to have a catch up nap. Will probably have to have one today too! But here are some things I PLAN to sew!

I have far more girls' patterns than I could possibly use, so of course I had to buy more! I came across Sew Sweet Patterns on etsy and was impressed with both their range of patterns, and the range of sizes (6 months to 6 years) for each pattern. I have wanted to buy some for a while, and finally did yesterday. I received the PDF files by email yesterday and am excited to make them. Here is what I ordered:

Saffron Romper Pattern
I am excited to be making rompers for my girls and also some friends this summer. So cute! They aren't made yet, but they will be. I am imagining yellow polka dots for Mia (Ellie already has a yellow romper so not sure if I will make her one) and gingham and cherries for a friends' twins!

Janey Peasant Dress

Mia is is need of a between seasons dress so I am looking forward to making this, plus on all the blogs I read they are always making peasant dresses and tops so I am thinking this may be a go to pattern.

Sassy Pleated Skirt

Probably won't use this one until next winter but I am thinking matching wool skirts for my girls.



Will let you know how the patterns go.

Junebug dress sew-a-long

My favourite blog craftiness is not optional recently had a sew along, the Junebug dress. I followed along and made Mia one in ladybird material. I think it is pretty cute, but she will have to waiy until summer to wear it!

Gaggle of T-shirts

E is asleep at the moment and M is at kindy, so I can sew! I have been sewing 5 size 3 T-shirts from a pattern in the latest ottobre http://www.ottobredesign.com/. 3 are intended for M, 2 as gifts for some of the little boys in our lives. If you don't like the "rustic" style of home sewing (well maybe yours isn't, but mine is!), you could buy some T-shirts or anything else for that matter and decorate to your hearts content!)

My intention is to decorate each one using different techniques. I haven't used any of them before except the freezer paper stencil one, so could be interesting!!!