Tag: sewing

  • PSA for all sewists. Collar first, then facing. If patterns say otherwise, they are telling you to do it the hard way!

  • Much sewing later, we have christmas stockings! Some of these are heading to our overseas family.

  • I’m beginning to get cocky now. Decided to experiment with the shirt pattern so it has an inside yoke. Looks like it’s working so far.

  • It’s almost christmas. Which means I’m about to make christmas stockings in 3 sizes from silly fabric!

  • Last two surprises for my american friend. A silicone bead baby teething necklace, and a crochet deer teether ring. The deer is a pattern by #VineraEyerPatterns on etsy.

  • My American friend is having a baby and since I had some scrap fabrics from previous projects and there was space in the postage box, I made up some cute bibs as a surprise. These are super simple, just sew some scraps together, then layer everything, cut the bib, and sew.

  • Made up 2 baby sleep sacks/swaddles for my american friend. It was a very cute pattern (The Pod Swaddler from While They Sleep Design on Etsy), that I only made 1 modification to to allow for a double blanket without raw seam edges left inside. Māui is demonstrating how to use the swaddle, although he…

  • My American friend is having a baby so it was the perfect excuse to make up the fish booties again. This time I also made a selection of different sized ‘normal’ booties for some baby fashion variety.

  • Finished the dino skelies shirt. I’m rather pleased with how nice this looks whilst still being tailored yet roomy. The buttons are small metal-stamped nautilus shells which seemed to go well with the general theme.

  • Buttons arrived so finished up the cactus shirt. Here is my partner being a cactus 🌵