Little rosette headband

I purchased some beautiful apricot and aqua lace and pom poms recently and I haven't yet done anything with them....so two days ago I made this headband and now both girls want one the same....

 Of course there is a policy at our place of "No Jumping on the Lounge Chair".....evidently this time it wasn't adhered to!!!

Apron for a Dora fan

We went to a birthday party recently for a sweet little 3 yr old who just adores Dora...so I made this apron and little dilly bag for her.

The little lamb print was a cushion panel, that is sewn into the band, so it goes over the top of the stripe.  I used vintage lace to dress up the ruffle.

I have found that when making aprons, the sash can never be long enough, I make them so they wrap around to the front now and kids can tie it themselves.  It looks cute too.

I made some rosettes and sewed them onto the bag strap

Aprons for school fundraiser

Recently we had a school fundraiser, so I thought I would make some little aprons...these two are matching colours but slightly different.  It would be cute for them to be worn by little sisters...

Cute Knickers...

In a cleaning frenzy this morning and swapping things around, I came across this cute pair of baby girl stockings.  They are too small and well, starting to lose elasticity, so I had to do something with these or move them on to the bin.

But look what I created instead....


How toot!!!!!!



                                               

So all I did was chop them off...they are woollen but won't fray and the bottom of the legs here I just rolled up

And the bottoms are cute little sockies.....

What is it about baby pink that is so darn gorgeous on little girls......

Schweeeeetttt!!!!

Nursery Mobile - Pink, Green and Red

When my third little sweetie was born, I wanted to make her a special mobile and at the time I love pink, green and red together and had coordinating fabrics floating around so I make this mobile.

It took a few weeks, once I had hand sewn the pieces together and worked out how many etc....I kept them at different distances apart so yon can see each strawberry, heart, birdie or owl. 

I didn't  have an embroidery hoop so I bent an old coathanger, then sewed two pieces of lace together, right on the edge, threaded some deep red velvet ribbon through and threaded this onto the coathanger.  Then handsewed it together.

Here is the finished product...

I made three birds, three owls, three hearts and three strawberries.  Each one has an alternate colour on the opposite side to keep it interesting when it turns around.

For added texture, I added a feather boa when my sweetie was littlier and she loved running her cheek against it....