Amy Butler Frenchy Bag in Amy Butler fabric!!!

I have finally finished my Amy Butler Frenchy Bag in Amy Butler fabric and I love it!! I used interfacing this time (didn't with the first attempt) and it makes SUCH a huge difference! It's a proper bag :) Woo Hoo!!!

"Emily" - First attempt at a rag doll

This is my first attempt at a soft doll. I found the pattern online and roughly copied it. I just wanted to do the legs, arms and body to see how I would go. A properly finished one will have hair and a face! I'm actually pretty happy with the result. And have called her Emily!

The pants in action

Here they are on my model! I LOVE these pants and am so happy with the way they turned out.

Good thing the clothes basket distracted him so I could get a pic :)


He looks pretty happy with the pants on, huh! Here he is driving around on his little bike.

Army / crocodile pants

I made yet another pair of pants for J today. They are just so easy and so quick that I'm addicted! I'm trying to get them a bit better each time. An overlocker would REALLY help to make the inside sems a lot neater. Oh well, until then I will just keep on going.

This fabric is really cute :) It's army print, but they are little crocodiles. Found it on the children's fabric table at Spotlight the other day and thought they'd look cute as little pants :)

Blue pjs

Third attempt at little pants and they fit perfectly! Woot! They look great. The legs are the perfect width and the waist fits really well.

He has now worn them for 2 days in a row (including the daytime) as I'm loving watching him run around in pants I made! (And of course underneath the pants he is wearing nappies I made him :) )

Brown spotty pants

My second attempt at pants for my son. Oh I love them! They are so funky. But, they are too small :cry: The legs were fine, but I took them in all the way round and made the waist too small. Such a shame. I have more of this fabric so might give it another go if there is enough.

Wide leg children's pants

I found a free pattern for very simple children's pants online and thought I'd give it a go. It was so easy! The first pair I made are posted here. The legs are a bit wide, but they look pretty groovy and hippyish on my little boy! Next ones will be thinner leg, but these are still pretty cool :)

Headband

A lovely girl from a forum I visit sent me a headband that she made and it is so nice! Thought I could give it a go too. This is my first attempt. Happy with it, but it can definitely be improved. I made it as a gift and the person I gave it to has worn it and says she likes it. Woot!

The fabric is really gorgeous too. The person I made it for loves her pink so I selected this fabric from the pink fabrics at the local fabric store.

Cotton outside

Oh my! Oh MY! I LOVE this nappy. I saw on a forum that another girl was using cotton on the outside of her nappy. So I bought this gorgeous fabric (Michael Miller) and made this gorgeous nappy. It is soooo lovely.
BUT, the nappy doesn't really work too well :( It wicked!! Nooooo. It has PUL on the inside so dunno what was going on. Such a shame as it is beautiful *sigh*

Red doggy nappy

Made this AIO honeyboy nappy with dog flannelette and red microfleece. Very happy with the outcome!

Army nappy

Bought this fantastic blue army minky online and love it! Just used plain blue flannelette on the inside (and the inside really is a bit messy for my liking) but I do like the end product. Very cute on too

It's been aaaaagggggeeees

Gosh, I haven't been in here in yonks! I had a dry patch where I didn't do much sewing, but lately I have been biten by the bug and have been sewing up a storm :)

Ohhhh, a new layout!

So, I was googling and thought I'd see if I could find a different look for my blog as it was boring me....
Found some ol' site and was going through pages and pages of templates that really didn't do it for me. Then I came across this little birdie one and thought "yeah, that's it!" I'm loving the brown, the vintage style print on the brown background and think the little birdie is kinda cute too :)
There you do, new blog look for Sarah! (I will admit it took a while to figure out how to actually put the template on my blog, but that's all in the past now!! hahaha!)

Got the Softies Book!!!

So my library finally got the Softies book in and it's in my hot little hand!
I think the librarian found my excitement strange, but then she had a look at the book and I think she was secretly excited too!

There are so many cute little softies in there and I'm going to try one out very very soon.

Watch this space....

My cross stitch

Thought I should add some pics of my cross stitch. It's a birth announcement that I started sewing when I was still pregnant with Jack... who is now 15 months old! It's soooo close to being done, that I'm getting excited and have been trying to sew some most evenings after dinner.






There's still a bit more to do on the bear part - the angel's hair and some outlines, but it's so close...... Then under the moon I'm going to add Jack's name and birthdate. The moon needs a face and then it'll be ready to frame and pop on the wall in Jack's room. Yay!

Finished Amy Butler Frenchy bag

I just realised I didn't add the final pics of my Amy Butler Frenchy bag when I finished it months ago. I have still only made the one, even though I have fabric to make another!






Inside... yes, that's right, I DID use lining!

Army pants!!!

Oh!!! How could I forget to add this! I made myself a pair of pants. I used army print fabric from Spotlight and made 3/4 pants. They need some improving, but I'm happy with my first attempt.

I haven't got a pic. Will have to take one the next time I wear them.

I wear them around the house and have worn them to Coles, but they aren't really worthy of going out to a "proper" public place yet :)

Yeah, that's right, I made furnishings!

The "naked" door.......

The door with my curtain on it!!!! I LOVE this fabric and went to 3 Spotlight stores trying to find it!! I saw it one day and didn't buy it and then was kicking myself. Thank goodness we managed to eventually find it.

Here's a long shot of the loungeroom showing the (fabulous) curtain and the matching cushion cover on the lounge. The cushion cover definitely needs some work, but it was my first one and I'm pretty happy with it :)

Piggies and Trains

I made 2 AIO nappies using a Honeyboy pattern. They ended up pretty good!! I need to improve on the tabs at the front, but I'm still happy with them.

The pink one is plain pink micro fleece and the inside is pigs flannel. I made it for my niece Norah, who went about christening it the first time she wore it!! haha.

The blue one is navy spotty minky on the outside and train flannel on the inside. It's a great fit on my little model :)

I've got some more fabric to make more nappies, including some cool blue army print fleece for the outside of a nappy. How cool Jack will look in that!

Wow, it actually looks GOOD!!!

I'm impressed! I started my Amy Butler Frenchy shoulder bag and it is looking GREAT! I bought the pattern online from America and it came as a pack with some fabric as well. I also bought some other fabric from the same site (http://fatquartershop.com/) as it was on sale. I used the cheaper fabric first to see how I would go and then I'm going to use the good fabric.

Totally inspired!

I googled the pattern number that I'm waiting on (Simplicity 4589) and there were heaps of pics of finished tops on various flicker accounts. They all look so great and I can't wait to do mine!

I have ordered the pattern from a UK site and it has been shipped. Couldn't be bothered waiting longer for Spotlight to order it in.

Combat!

I went to Spotlight on New Year's Eve and guess what??? I got one of my patterns! It's the one with the pants as well as the tops and little jacket. So, thought to myself that I would give making some pants a go.....

I bought myself some funky combat / army cotton print and was ready to go! Since I'm quite a novice sewer (quite? I AM a novice!!!) I asked my mum to come around and help out. As we cut out the pattern pieces I could feel my excitement growing!!!!! We then cut out the material and started to SEW.....

We managed to get the legs all done and still have to do the elastic waist and the hem.

The were pretty simple, so I can see myself making pyjamas, house pants and going out pants.

Will post pics later once they are finished.