Growing up too fast!

We have reached the stage where oldest girl (10) doesn't want to wear pink and frilly dresses any more!  Left to herself she would wear black all the time, but we have agreed that black and bright colours are great, just "no more pink and pastels, please Mum!"

So, since I had two yards of this lovely Jennifer Paganelli Carrie fabric in bright orange, I made her a BOO! Twirly Skirt, a matching belt for her insulin pump, and I appliqued a star in the orange fabric onto an old black t-shirt.  It must be OK, since I've been told she wants to wear it to the next school non-uniform day.  The highest accolade for a home-made outfit! 

The even better news is that I still have enough to make her a couple more skirts or a dress.

Just a few of the pretties I've been making recently.

Pink Flower Fairy Dress

I made this dress for little girl (5) today.  The main part is a lovely Michael Miller Flower Fairies print.  Her big sister (10) has made herself a skirt with the pink fabric tonight.  When it's finished I'll take a photo to show you, because it's lovely.

Ruffles, ruffles and more ruffles

Finally! Some sewing time.

 Today I managed to get some time to sew while the children were at school.  I made two pump belts for the elder children (which I have blogged about here) and because I didn't want little girl to feel left out, I made her favourite doll a new dress from scraps left over from this dress.

Another Catch-Up Post!

Once again, I've neglected the blog, although I've made plenty of things since last time I posted.  I'll try to show a few of them here, although I'm sure I'll forget a lot.

One quilt square for my sister's quilt.

Bunting for my eldest daughter's birthday.

New cushions for the sofa.

Another quilt block for my sister, who likes elephants.

A party dress for a little friend, with hidden access for an insulin pump belt.

A matching pump belt.

The dress had little cupcake snaps all down the back.

and a matching handbag.

 A frilly apron for a very special friend.

Summer Creations

We did quite a lot of creating during the summer holidays...

With two children with type 1 diabetes in the house, we get through a LOT of blood testing strips.  Ours come in little plastic pots, and we end up with at least 10 empty pots per month.  We decided to try decorating a few to use as containers for beads.  We hot-glued ribbon all round the sides, and made a ribbon bow with a button on the top to glue to the lid.


I made little girl a dress.

We made our first attempt at making those squiggly ribbon bows known as "korker" bows.  Little girl loved hers!

I managed to do another couple of squares for my Craftsy BOM quilt.  This is the Dresden plate block.

This is the modern Dresden plate block.  Next time I think I will do the stitching by hand, as I'm not very happy with this.