Waiting for patterns

I have in my hot little hand some lovely fabrics to make tops and I'm itching to make something! I ordered 2 patterns from Spotlight over 6 weeks ago and they STILL don't have them in!!
Sick of waiting, I phoned a different Spotlight and found they have one of the patterns there! I'm off to that store tomorrow to pick it up.
I have found the other pattern online. True, it's in the UK, but what the hell, I want that pattern.

I did some searching on flicker and found some great tops others had made with these patterns, so now I'm even MORE motivated to try them out.

Kinda a bag

I used my funky red lips fabric to try a bag... I found a free, simple tote bag on the 'net and attempted my first bag. I did find it ok to do, but have hit a stump in the road... My sewing machine can't sew the last parts of my bag because the fabric is too thick!!! I added interfacing and probably didn't need to as it made it really thick.

So, will attempt it again without the interfacing.

Solar system!

Loving this cute little nappy I made. It's green with planets and aliens and is super cute!

First thing's first

My first attempt at sewing was a nappy.....

When I was pregnant with my 10 month old son, I decided I wanted to use cloth nappies. My main motivations were to save money, and to have softer fabrics against his skin.

Once he turned a few months old, I was ready to start him in cloth. I started with fitted terry towelling nappies and then discovered modern cloth nappies. Oh My!!! I love these nappies!! My favourites are AIOs (all in ones). I purchased a few second hand ones and then I had my mother buy me some new ones for my 30th birthday (gee, how priorities change once kids come along!).

The only problem was the upfront expense. I thought that I could make them for myself for a fraction of the cost. I'm a member on a few forums and one of them was having a nappy making day near by. I jumped at the chance. Remembering I was / am a CRAP sewer, I didn't really know what to expect.

Imagine my surprise when I watched and learned and realised, "hey, I CAN do this!" I made one that day and have since made 4 more. Each time they are getting better. My son wears a combination of bought ones and home made ones and they all do a damn good job!

Spotlight SALE!!!

20% off storewide...... yeeeha!!!!!! I went to a different Spotlight and purchased some lovely fabrics.
The top 3 are quilting fabrics, but I intend to make them into bags. The one on the right is hard to see, but it is red lips. I thought it was pretty funky and a great fabric to practise on.
The bottom 2 are to be used for tops. I'm not sure what the fabric is, but it's like silky boxer shorts. Maybe similar to satin?? It will flow nicely over my post-baby tummy!

Starting my blog!

Welly well well! I'm here, I'm queer, let's have some beer!! hahahaha... ok, so I'm not queer and I don't drink beer, but I'm here.

I am a newbie sewer. I don't include the crappy sewing in high school. I wasn't paying attention and I definitely didn't have the patience to really learn anything. A crappy jumper and a pair of boxer shorts later, I didn't really know any more about a sewing machine.

Fast forward to 2007. I'm now 30, mature (*cough, cough*) and ready to create and make things. My mother in law had an old sewing machine she was no longer using, so it's been passed down the generation to me. I'm very excited to have it!

I'm ready to create stuff and want to keep track of it all here on my blog. Hopefully it gets better and better as I go along!!! That's the plan anyway......