Love this vintage...

Gorgeous vintage fabric turned into a beautiful 1950's inspired tea dress from soho mode on etsy.  Great design, great colour. 

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Liberty mug rugs

Christmas project No 1 complete!  Yes Sirree, this is a record for me I think.  Yesterday I came home from work early to pick up my sick youngster from preschool, and while she slept I finished these little gifts for friends.

I used this tutorial, with some minor modifications (primarily adding some interfacing to the liberty first), and am very happy with the result.  A great way to use up some tiny pieces of special fabrics - you know those scraps you just can't bear to part with?  Mega quick.  Mega easy.  This one's a winner in my book.

An early start

I can't believe it.  I'm starting Christmas sewing in November - something quite unheard of for me. Perhaps it's got something to do with that mild feeling of panic that not everything will be done before B2 arrives in January, who knows.  What I do know is that I have the urge to make just a few things - easy things well before they are due.  Today I pulled out the largely unused Liberty sample pack I had stashed and started cutting - it was so so satisfying gazing at and dividing up those beautiful yet small jewels of fabric.  

Otherwise this weekend has been much better than the last, with two grown ups to one three year old it's nearly a fair game.  Hope your weekend is just as nice. 

Weekend solo

It hasn't been the smoothest of weekends this time, with my other half away interstate, and a late teething and sick 3 year old sapping what's left of the 30 week energy levels as she fights me at every turn. Despite all this we did have a lovely morning, with a friend visiting and home made pancakes on the menu. It was a little breather in a rather exhausting weekend and yum too.

Now to back it all up with a trip to the airport and the working week starting tomorrow, preschool and life as normal. Only 5 more weeks of work left....not counting at all!

65 years

My Grandma and Grandpa.  Married 19th October, 1946 and still going strong.

Congratulations to you both, we love you!!

Toddler Apron

A thrifted pillow cover, an easy tutorial and a fantastic little apron for my three year old.

It's got a great little elastic neck and velcro attached waistband that allows her to put it on and off independently.  Great idea Meg.

I did have to adjust the length of the neck piece slightly, as it was a little long but that was no problem in the end.  I used this tutorial, but there's also another version of the same thing here with some cute embellishments.

And of course, it had to be pink - yes she chose the fabric.

More stash busting

Another basic little garment done and dusted yesterday - I wasn't up for any kind of pattern tracing or drafting or even tutorial reading, so I pretty much just winged it on this one.  Inspired by this lovely dress, I just had a crack, started cutting and it turned out OK.  Of course a few alterations were needed, but Miss 3 is loving it, and pranced around in it when she should have been getting ready for bed last night, so I guess that means it has a bright future for the summer.

I'm so glad it's not a total screw up, as it's made with some precious vintage floral seersucker from Mum's place and some pink cotton I had in the stash (I think it was my Nanna's).  So this dress is special in more ways than one.