Happy New Year to everyone!
2017 ended a little differently for us this year as we became parents! At the end of October I was put on bedrest & given some medication to keep Rosie cooking for a little while longer. Once I came off the medication, she decided to come 2 weeks early and was born on the 20th November. She is just so precious and we are absolutely loving every moment with her…even the sleepless nights…sort of!
Continue reading ➞ Here’s To 2018
A little update for you all: I’m 36 weeks pregnant now! Almost ready to pop and have been put on modified bedrest to help stop our little baby girl arriving any earlier than she needs to. This means I’ve now got some extra time on my hands, and as much as being in bed & watching TV sounds great, I’m already looking for other things to keep me busy. I’m trying to compile a list of meals to prep and freeze before her arrival and of course, I’ve been thinking about some sewing plans. At the moment they are just plans as I need to try and set myself up on the sewing table so that it’s comfortable for my hips and pelvis…maybe pillows strapped to the bench?? We’ll see!
Pinterest has been a great source for ideas and I’ve been quite surprised at how many free baby sewing patterns I’ve found. I’ve started putting them onto a little Pinterest board but just picked a few out that I’m going to start with. As I know that I’ll be slower with projects than usual, I’ve chosen narrowed it down to ones I think will be useful to me straight away. It seems that there are a lot of baby sewing patterns out there that are extremely cute but somewhat lack usefulness…I’ll be making the cutesy things further down the line!
Continue reading ➞ Baby Sewing Plans
I had a piece of black crepe type fabric that was next on my list to use. I knew that I wanted make a dress for work so I needed it to be comfortable and cool. I took to Facebook and Instagram to vote between the Tilly & The Buttons Bettine, New Look 6413 or Butterick B6205. It was decided that I should make the New Look 6413, and I actually chose view C. View C had the shorter sleeves and longer skirt length.
Continue reading ➞ New Look 6413 – View C
Finally a sewing blog and an overdue one at that! For Christmas, Camilla bought me the Coco & Bettine patterns. I had resisted buying them for myself for so long and I really don’t know why, especially now I’ve made them and LOVE them! This blog post is slightly overdue as I made the first Coco top back in February and my finished my second one in June.
I don’t have a lot of experience with knit fabrics so I was a little apprehensive. The pattern instructions were so easy to work through and the color pictures made an excellent addition.
Continue reading ➞ Two Cocos…better late than never!
Due to life being extremely busy of late, I’m only just getting round to writing about a book I received last year from Blogging for Books. When I made my last selection I can remember how great it was that there was finally a sewing book! Of course, I didn’t hesitate when choosing AT ALL.
Continue reading ➞ Review: Home Sewn by Cassandra Ellis + Giveaway
I’d already got a fabric stash blog on my list to write, but then I watched Hila’s #getoutofmystash vlog and was inspired to do something similar. My fabric stash is not a big one at all; one big box and four smaller ones. Even though it isn’t big, I’m still conscious that I’ve already spent money on it and it’s just been in a cupboard for a while.
My main aim this year is to use up the fabric I have in my stash, including those fabrics that may be tricky to use. I also want to donate any fabrics that I won’t be using to our Art centre, or maybe even a local school if they need them.
Continue reading ➞ My Fabric Stash #getoutofmystash
threads + bobbins 