A gift for May

Little May was born on Monday 4th December!

In true Kylie style I wanted to make her something special and I went a little over board!
I hope that her Mum and Dad like them.

To keep with the Australian theme I used Australian Prints to make up the ball!
And the little outfits are made using some of the fat quarter that I had in my pile that I have had for years (yeah - I finally used it!)
When we had Amelia, friends gave us an outfit in each size from 0000 to 0. So I have done the same. So she has something special from us to wear in each of the baby sizes. The white romper has a ruffle on the bottom - oh so sweet.
I cant wait to see pic of her in them - but I will have to be patient, cause she is only a wee one.

Congratulations guys - We can't wait to meet your little Gum Nut

Yeah My First Market!

I attended my first market over the weekend - it ran over two days and I am so glad that it was in the air-con as it was so hot outside.

I sold most of my stuff - which was great. The skirtinglet (the singlet dresses) were a hit and so was the reindeer food (Who should have known) Many thanks goes to my sales girls - you know how you are! If it wasn't for them I would have come home with heaps - apparently Reindeer food is guaranteed to bring Santa this year - even if you haven't been good.

I am going to get in the swing of things next year and plan to do an Easter Market (just have to find the markets in country Victoria)

A Baby Shower Gift for Wendy

Well, One of our dear friends is almost due to have a little one and a shower was held on the weekend to celebrate!

Wendy and Occa decided that they wanted to decorate the room in an Australian Theme! Well has anyone ever tried to find baby things in this theme? I searched and searched and then decided to make something myself.

The finished product is an Australian Animal Mobile. Little stuffed animals made out of felt and hand blanket stitched together. I was rather proud of the finished project and hope that Wendy's baby gets many hours of joy out of it.

A Spotty Little Dress

I am so excited! I actually did some sewing yesterday that was for Amelia. I have been focusing all of my thoughts into doing crafty things for the Christmas Markets and think that I have descided that I am not cut out for mass production - I just get too bored too quickly.

So this little dress is made from the McCalls 1983 pattern that I picked up from the op shop a few weeks ago.
It turned out! Considering that it didn't come with instructions.

Next time I will make it a little longer and I think it will sit better when she is up and walking and not constintly pulling the front of it down when she crawls.
I also made a little pair of matching pants to wear under it (have got a real dislike to seeing nappies on babies) and the cute little head srunchie(is that what I would call it?)

I just love Amelia in it, she looks good in lots of colours - think it is due to her hair colour and her olive complection.

Christmas Singlet Dress

A Christmas version of the bonds singlet dress.
Very cute.
Getting Amelia to look at the camera at the moment is a challenge - I am sure that she knows when I get the camera out that I want to take a picture! Hummm

I also made a matching hair clip - it is just a yoyo with a button in the middle!

WIP - Sorry house work - you are not invited to this party!

Well - I have descided that Friday's are going to be Work In Progress Day's. Starting Today.
This means that I have to pull out something that I have started (so yes one of those many UFO's) and complete it or at least do something on it. And as you could imagine I have got so many things that I have STARTED and then just put aside that it really isn't funny. In all seriousness I could possibly not walk into a craft/fabric shop for a whole year and still have something in my house to work on - Humm now that is a bit naughty isn't it. Lucky for Tim we are moving to the middle of no where next year and Spotlight is over an hour away in all directions. Oh but then ther is 'Attic Crafts' in Bendigo and I love 'Attic Crafts'

So this is what I did today. I finished off some Singlet Dresses, Completed 20 Santa Hand Puppets, Stuck eyes on 30 Peg Reindeer and pulled out the knitting that I started the other night.

Well that was a successful day! Wonder what I can achieve next Friday - stay tuned!

Bonds Singlet Dress!

I made Amelia her very own Bonds Singlet Dress. I actually made them for all of her little friends who have recently turned One! But, in true Darwin fashion I was only able to get a few singlets and therefore Amelia had to wait.

I can't wait until she is walking! Dresses look so much more cuter on little girls who are walking and I have so many things that I want to make her - but at the moment, they just end up with dirty knee areas.