Firstly we have a couple of little outfits I made for the girls at the end of last year. The pink dress was cut out a LOOONG time ago and only just finished, but G's little dress and the top she is modelling (which is actually E's) were from the Ottobre Magazine - I am totally in love with this magazine for inspiration!
Next is a little Pencil Roll I made for Miss G - I made E one for her birthday last year and there were far too many fights over the pencil roll, so now they have one each!
Now, some gifts! These are amongst my favourite things... actually, no I can't say that - everything here is pretty much a favourite! This bag is an eco bag inspired by both our regular plastic supermarket bags and my Enviro Sax bag. The recipient, J, is a great conservationist and tells me she thoroughly loves it and her Mum wants some too!
And for J's little man, almost 3 year old E, a T Shirt. I had wanted to make the shirt from scratch as well, but couldn't find a nice quality fabric in the colour I wanted. So I compromised and bought the shirt and just appliqued it myself. Master E loves his "Froggy" shirt I am told! There were also some reusable tea bags for J's Husband (and E's Daddy), S, but I forgot to take a picture of them :(
And finally, Miss G's weighted vests. G has a sensory processing disorder and her Occupational Therapist has her wearing 1kg of weights all day every day. It's certainly helping, but rather than having her wear the too-big, plain navy vest that I bought from the OT, I have been making her some custom designed vests! These have pockets on the inside so the weights can be easily moved, and as they snap up at the back, she cannot take it off. It was recommended that G wear her vest under her regular clothing, but it is just far too hot up here to be wearing too many layers, so I have made these to be worn as outer wear. This is just one of the selection!
(Forgive the Fairy Skirt - some days we are a Fairy Princess, other days we are a Mermaid and other days we are Dora the Explorer!)
But of all the vests I've made, this one is my favourite - a dress-vest! So the same as the vest, but I attached a little skirt to it. This is by far G's favourite too. I love the fabric which was just from Spotlight believe it or not. I do have a couple more dress-vests started, so I really need to get some sewing mojo back and finish them.
So there's some of my sewing! I have quite a few projects on the go and a WIP list as long as my arm, so over the next few months I am hoping to get that list under control. The only problem with that though is that I am making gifts for Birthdays and other events throughout the year so they will be added to my To Do list!
Now, my challenge... Last weekend whilst the girls were visiting their Dad, I emptied 2 of my 3 large plastic storage tubs of fabric, sorted it all out and neatly re-filled the tubs. I have SO MUCH fabric its not funny. Some stuff I will probably never use, some I had forgotten about and some I have a definite plan for...
So, my challenge is not to purchase any NEW fabric until I have at least 1 box completely empty! Now I'm saying NEW because if I happen upon some nice stuff at an Op Shop that I think will be an asset to my collection I want to be able to purchase it :D
