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A new pyjama pattern

10 Aug

I’ve written recently about the Goodnight Sweetheart pyjama pattern; sadly Leah is now too big for this pattern and I don’t have the skills to grade it up for her so I had to find a new pattern.  I did … Read More »

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Boys, clothing, Girls Leave a comment

A whole new outfit and how to use knit scraps

9 Aug

I’m still playing a bit of catch up on things made but not shared.  Back in June Bethan asked if I could make her a skirt, we had a rummage in my stash to see what cuts of fabric we … Read More »

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clothing, Girls, Scraps, Scraptastic Tuesday, sewing with knits 3 Comments

Sewing for a girl or boy

8 Aug

I asked my sister in law what my niece might like for her 5th birthday and the response was pyjamas.  Of course I wasn’t about to go shopping for pyjama’s when I can make them so I went shopping for … Read More »

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2016 Finish-Along, birthdays, clothing, Girls 3 Comments

Years later…

31 Jul

Over four years ago I made an Easy Linen Shirt for Mathias: It was too big on him at the time but he has worn it extremely frequently over the last year. But he’s grown so I thought it about time … Read More »

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Boys, clothing, Upcycled 1 Comment

#mayisformakers week 3

21 May

Since last week I’ve made a few more foxes: And I also bought a pattern for the 3rd week of May is for Makers (click on the pattern info below to take you to the pattern): I whipped up a … Read More »

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#mayisformakers, clothing, Upcycled, Vintage 2 Comments

More knits

22 Apr

After the success of my first knit top I bought 1.5 metres of some light jersey to make another scoop neck top: I was pleased with my attempt at matching the stripes on the side seams: I’m pretty sure that … Read More »

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clothing, fabric, Overlocking, sewing with knits 2 Comments

Sewing with knits (at last)

2 Apr

Once upon a time (Dec 2014) Tobit bought me the Sewing with Knits Craftsy Class; I watched some of the classes and thought a lot.  In September (2015) I bought some knit fabric: I also bought an overlocker, despite the … Read More »

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2016 Finish-Along, clothing 5 Comments

Using stashed fabric

22 Oct

A few years ago (2011) I went to the Festival of Quilts for the first time with Emily (blog post here), I bought these 1/2 metre cuts of fabric: They are flannels from Boden, I’m pretty sure they were being sold by … Read More »

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Boys, clothing, KCWC 2 Comments

Kids Clothes week – Rohan Hoodie

20 Oct

A couple of years ago at a South West Stitchers meet up, Will from Abakhan brought a box of scraps/offcuts etc and I picked up 2 largish pieces of fleece from it.  Initially I thought I could use them for … Read More »

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2015 Finish-Along, Boys, clothing, KCWC, Overlocking 3 Comments

Shorts: a FAL finish

16 Aug

On my 3rd quarter finish along list were pyjama shorts for my boy.  A couple of weeks ago I realised that he didn’t have many pairs of everyday shorts and if summer turns up we might need more.  So I printed … Read More »

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2015 Finish-Along, Boys, clothing 4 Comments

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