Special hand made Christmas presents

I am one very lucky Auntie. My gorgeous niece and nephew, who live all the way over in England, made these for me, for Christmas - a ladybug needle holder and a ladybug pin cushion. My lovely sister-in-law Justine helped them.

How cute are the backs?

They are getting used all the time, I don't know how I survived before I had them. Thanks Jus! xox

Can anything be better than a bag of maltesers?

Yes!

A mega party bucket of maltesers.

A whole 640g of maltesers.

Yum.

Thanks mum for such a yummy Christmas present.

Rainbow Dress

This is Abbey wearing her new Rainbow Dress that I made for her (before Christmas) with some of the lovely fabric I got from GJ's.

Abbey loves spinning in circles in this dress, the skirt is full enough to have a great twirl to it.

I made it using this pattern. I am not a big fan of the pattern, not sure if I will use it again. I did not realise until I started, that it is supposed to be fully lined, I only lined the bodice. You also add the zipper in last and this is really quite awkward to do.

I am quite chuffed, as she wants to wear it all the time - as soon as it is washed, it is worn again.

Yes, she is wearing gum boots/wellies in the middle of summer. Yes they are on the wrong feet. Again.

Sewing in the New Year

Happy New Year!

I spent my New Year sewing Abbey a new cover for her europe sized pillow. One side flowers, the other butterflies. Lots of pink. Of course.

It matches her room perfectly.

Whoops!

I was so excited to try out this shirred dress that I did not read the instructions properly. So I ended up with two: one for Zoe (3 months old) and one for teddy (3.5 years old) They are so easy to make, I will be making many more I am sure.

Of course, now Abbey wants one out of the same fabric. The same fabric she declared the day before I made these, that she did not like. Three year olds are so fickle!

Get them addicted young!

I recently fell in love. With GJ's Discount Fabric, when I visited it for the first time.

My friend Paige and I spent well over an hour browsing all the different fabrics, it was so hard to choose only a few. To make the visit more exciting for Abbey, I told her she could choose a fabric and I would make her a dress. She chose the pink patterned fabric, and I got the blue one for Zoe.

Look at her in the photo above, cuddling the fabric, she was so excited. She has called it her "rainbow fabric", and I am to make her a "rainbow dress" with it.


Abbey also loves taking photos with my SLR camera, and most of her photos have to have teddy in them - she took this one below, and of course, teddy had to be in it. Too cute, and not bad for a 3 year old.

Ooo, win lovely stuff!

The lovely Missy Krissy is having a give-away of some of her beautiful new creations, I can't decide which one I like the most, today the pendant is my favourite.

I am SO entering as I was one very lucky kitten, and won a lovely pair of her ear-rings back in October. Thanks Kris!