First off, I needed an excuse to have play with my new sewing machine. I'd been meaning on practicing my dressmaking skills and making Sofia a dress pretty much since I knew I was expecting a little girl... but for whatever reason I'd never got around to. I found a pattern I purchased a while ago, some fabric from my stash and got cutting and sewing.
I used Butterick B4172 pattern in size 2 (with adjustments for Sofia's weight and height), and the fabric is a cotton from Tilda Quilt Collection by Aimee Dove White. I'm pretty happy with the result, although next time I make this dress I'll finish off the seams a bit better. I recently hemmed some pants and played around with different overseam stitches on my machine given I don't have an overlocker.
I then got started on a small project I've been wanting to do for a while... the 'Zippered Case' from The Simple Life book by Anni Downs. It took a few sessions of stitching the main design and cutting the little squares out. I was struggling with my big cutting ruler for such tiny squares so headed to my local sewing store with a voucher my step-sons gave me for Christmas and invested in a smaller one!
And before I knew it, it was done! Hemming pants, fixing Alex's bunny, making a bunting for a party we had (to celebrate both my and Al's birthdays), and some other odd jobs has kept me sewing but nothing else really worthy of sharing.
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| The kids watching me make a card for my mum's birthday |
Until next time x
