Happy Birthday Sarah

Sarah turned 1 today and keeping with the crafty tradition, I decided to make her present ... having crawled through some of the second hand stores on Sydney Road on Saturday, I found a copy of "Golden Hands" Encyclopedia of Dressmaking. In the kids section there was this cute Pinny, so Margaret decided to give it a go.



I had some gorgeous microcord in lilac and some lovely floral quilting fabric for the lining.


On the front I did an applique flower design. It originally started off as a whole flower, but then I looked and remembered what Coco Chanel said, and I took off the last thing I added! voila.

Designed to be worn with leggins and a top, I am hoping that Sarah will like her pinny. In addition to the pinny, I made her a little backpack to carry her toys in.

Yes that is hand embroidery! I contemplated doing her name on the machine embroiderer, but I thought that a simple running stitch would look better.

Inside has a pocket and here is a pic of Iggle Piggle and Dimity Duck testing the bag.

I must admit that I kinda like sewing presents. I always create something unique and it also allows me to try techniques and ideas sooner than expected!

Harmony Day Pinny

I had a real "Sound of Music" moment on Thursday night. The place where Tori goes to childcare had "harmony" day on Friday and they requested that we all dress the kids in orange. The only fabric that I had was this Ikea Fabric ....


So I made her a pinny to wear ... rough around the edges, but it met the criteria .... 1) orange, 2) hardwearing, 3) using a pattern that I am developing ...


I lined it in black cotton and the back of the pinny is black cotton with a metal snap closure. Trying to get a picture of her was hard ... she kept on running around. Back and forth from Dadda to Mammy ... she calls me Mammy ...


Tori loves her Dadda .... I love this picture .... the bliss upon my husbands face is priceless!