sewing

It’s always hard to find fun and funky stuff for boys.There is plenty of great fabric but the patterns are very basic and daggy.You need to use your imagination alot! I picked up some polar fleece from Spotlight a while ago which I thought was kind of cute. It has a black background with different […]

I joined sew weekly  a few weeks ago and the upcoming challenge was to sew something blue. I just so happen to have a gorgeous blue spot double knit which I have been wanting to sew into a 40’s /50’s style dress. I picked up the fabric from Tessuti who featured my dress on their blog […]

A friends little boy celebrated his first birthday today. Since getting my sewing mojo back and having the kids away for three days at Grandpa and Baba’s I had the perfect opportunity to sew something for him. Luka the Birthday Boy. Happy Birthday! I had the fabric in my stash which was purchased at darn cheap […]

This is the “girls” version of the tee pee I made previously for my boys.   I donated this one to the kindergarten and as you can see they love it.   The kids made a card for me to thank me for it which is really special Ava enjoying the tea party

My friends little girl is turning three next week. What a great excuse to sew a little girls kimono top.I have two little boys so it’s a lot of fun to go fabric shopping for floral and brightly coloured patterns.I found this fabric at Spotlight and made the bias binding out of some spotty patchwork […]