My Last Week Was 'SEW'full!!

I have had an itch for quiet a while now that I haven't been able to scratch....a sewing itch!! But I wasn't going to scratch it until I had tidied and sorted through my craft area of the house...and with that done the week before last, I unleashed the machine and actually went 'SEW' crazy!loL!!

Here is what I created last week....with more to come this week!

The First dress in 8yrs!! (I shared a post on this one last week!)

The 'Princess' tutu!! So fun and soooo easy!!

A bit of Christmas Grinch-y-ness with a bunting
and matching bib (another first!!)....made my own template and all! ;)

My obsession with babushka's continued (hasn't ever stopped really!lol!)
when I found this Christmas material....now a bunting hanging near our front door!

Little Christmas rattle sofies...presents for some of the younger kids we buy for
and also for the Wishing Tree :)

 "SEW" they were my sewing adventures last week, with more on the cards this week...but I did find some time yesterday to put together two new Christmas Prints!! :) I have a soft spot for this one and would love to share it with you!!! So read on ;)

I will be giving one lucky person one of these prints in the 4x6 size, just to share the Christmas cheer!! All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post telling me what your favourite thing about Christmas is and I'll draw a random winner on Thrusday night at 8pm (VIC time)!!

*please note only open to Australian residents. Giveaway ends 8pm (VIC time) Thrusday evening, no entries after that will be taken. Winner will be drawn at random using Random.org

I look forward to reading your comments!!


Stay Prettie

Jodie-Lee xx

**COMPETITION NOW CLOSED**

Thanks to all who took the time to comment, I loved reading them all, and I love the sense of how important family time is to everyone during the festive season!

I used Random.org to get the winner.....and he winner is....

Sarah!!! 
Congrats Sarah, I will be in contact with you soon to get your postal details. Thanks again to all those who entered and also read the blog :)

xxx
 

Pushing My Creative Boundries

A few months ago I decided that rather than buying a special dress for my little girl to wear on Christmas day, I would make one instead. I had a few styles in mind, but after her nanna made her a dress I decided that I liked the same pattern and would give it a go.

The only thing was, that although I have sewn buntings and blankets and a few other different things over the years, I haven't actually read a pattern or made a piece of clothing since I finished Yr 12...a good 8yrs ago!! My MIL assured me that it was a fairly easy dress to make and I shouldn't have too many problems.

The book the pattern is from is called Happy Handmade Vol 2 by Ruriko Yamada and was purchased at Spotlight. Its a beautiful book and the clothing in it looks just as beautiful!

The only thing I didn't like about the book, was how confused it made me! lol! I found the instuctions were hard to follow as it had me going from one page over to the next then back to the first page again, and the actual instructions were all over little pictures that at times I found hard to follow too. But luckily I knew someone who had made the dress before and was able to help me understand the pattern ;)

Once I understood what was going on, it didn't take too long to put it all together and have a finished product that I was very happy with!!

I wasn't the only one who was happy with it though...as soon Kirby saw the dress she put her hands to her cheeks and exclaimed 'I so love it mum, its just beautiful!' She couldn't wait to get into it and was very happy to be my little model ;)

Now the next step is cutting up and putting together the dress for the main event that is taking place in only 40 days...yep there are only 40days until the big man in the red suit visits!

Keep an eye out for some Christmas themed blog posts about some of the other things I'm making and doing this festive season and you may even find some ideas that you can use too!!

Stay Prettie,

Jodie-lee ox