I seem to be on a roll with the sewing lately.
I made this for the BigMiss over the weekend:
Well, actually just the skirt and leggings as I'd made the tee a week or so ago. (I think the tee makes the outfit look a bit busy - I didn't intend for it to be an 'oufit', she just put it on anyway.)
Pattern details:
Tee - Ottobre 3/2010 'Funky Sisters' design 31
Skirt - Ottobre 1/2011 'Indigo' design 18
Leggings - Ottobre 1/2011 'Cinnamon' design 17
Take one "unisex" (meaning: boy style) t-shirt:
Attack with an un-picker:
Add one "Funky Sisters" Ottobre* t-shirt pattern:
Mix it all together with a sewing machine:
I had to put the tag back in!
And you now have one very happy little girl!
The tee was a birthday present from J for BigMiss (from way back in June!) and it really was unflattering and big. She liked the idea of it, but didn't really like it so it got put in the drawer and forgotten about.
With the rearrangement of the bedrooms (when the carpet was finally in) there was also a rearrangement of the drawers and I found this tee back. J had originally said that I could 'just take it in at the sides', but this tee pattern was a better idea as I'd made it before and knew it looked good on BigMiss.
I'm very happy with the result and BigMiss has worn it every day after school, claiming it's her favourite t-shirt now!
*This is from issue 3/2010, pattern #31
In the build-up to the birthday I was busy crafting away in the night hours on two little items for MiddleMiss' doll.
A cute little skirt to match
the one I made her
(she still wears it!)
Yarn: Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton 8ply in Teal & White
And a cardigan to go with it
Yarn: Bendigo Woollen Mills Cotton 8ply in White & Teal
I only just got them finished in time too - the last sleeve was knitted and finished the night before!
So, MiddleMiss turned 7 on Sunday.
J told her that I hadn't really had time to make a fancy cake so hopefully she wouldn't be disappointed as she was just going to have a plain round cake.
She was impressed with the pink glittery sprinkles and fancy squiggly candles and said she liked it anyway.
Then J cut her a piece and she was even more impressed that it was a Rainbow cake!
It was loads of fun to make and even tasted good too!
Idea from
here. Recipe and instructions from
here. Other creative types over
here.
You might have noticed I missed posting the last 10 or so days in Blogtober.
I really did mean to and even had posts planned in my head, but computer time didn't happen as there were more important things going on.
Like...
A long weekend where J got an extra day off work so we painted doors.
Then the 'real' day off work where we spent a family afternoon at the beach (after putting another coat of paint on the doors).
Even the dog came - she's part of the family too!
It was too cold to swim so we didn't take togs, but they still got very wet anyway (went home in the car in their knickers!)
And don't forget the sand castle building!
And then school holidays were over and it was back to work during the day and homework every afternoon and tidying the house in the evening and planning the MiddleMiss' birthday and a new nephew to knit for and, and...you know how it goes.
So I didn't complete Blogtober, but it's not the end of the world!
Though I did get up to lots of stuff over the last week which I fully intend to catch up on in the next few days.
BigMiss was invited to a surprise birthday party and was asked to make the birthday cake as her present.
After looking through the birthday cake books and not really choosing anything, I suggested making a number cake (the birthday girl was turning 10, which I figured was an easy number-shape to work with).
We made a chocolate cake, which she mixed up by herself - the recipe I always use is a 'put it all in the bowl and turn the mixer on' type which is really easy for kids!
The '1' got lollies put on randomly, but I suggested more of a pattern for the '0'
I let her choose a bag full of lollies from the 'pick-n-mix' at the supermarket to decorate it with and she wanted five different icing colours. She mixed the food colouring into the icing while I iced the cakes (she found it a little tricky to not mix the colours when putting it on).
She had great fun, and the birthday girl was impressed she had made it herself!
If you look close enough at the photos of
LittleMiss' jersey, you might be able to see the picture stitched on the pocket.
It's a unicorn done in duplicate and chain stitch.
The talented Tanja from
Watermellish designed this chart specially for the Red Riding Hood Yarn's Winter Yarn Club that I took part in. It was the first time I'd done a duplicate design like this and I'm really pleased with it (so was LittleMiss).
Make sure you check out her
website for more designs (including
free ones!) and lots of
tutorials to help you out. If you're a knitter and never tried duplicate stitch before - it's a lot easier than you think!
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