Opening Day Eve

Tomorrow is opening day for the bag swap challenge, I am sooooo excited. The bag from my swap person arrived today and it FEELS awesome LOL. I *think* there might be a big button on the front of it....

I was also very lucky and surprised to receive another parcel at the same time as my swap bag today. I recently enjoyed doing some fabric shopping for a new cyber friend who lives in a small town with extremely few fabric shops (one!) I loved doing it and you can check out the haul I got for Emma here.

What is inside these post bags???

A Killer Skirt

We joke in sewing class that sewing is an extreme sport. Last night proved that either A) sewing is indeed just that or B) I am just plain stupid!

The bulb blew on my machine. It was late. I didn't think. I started hacking away with a screwdriver forgetting I was still plugged in and switched on. Next thing there is a spark and a bang and the electricity goes out. I sat there a bit stunned and then realised that if it weren't for the clipsal safety switch, I might have been sizzled! It turns out that I didn't even need a screwdriver to get the bulb out *sigh*

So this really is one killer skirt and was made using this tute and I added a ribbon hem, really just an adult version of the Lazy Days Skirt.



and please excuse the mess in the background, I have kids!



Oh and I think that from options A and B.....B is correct LOL

A Hat

A hat has been on the to do list for a while now. I love the Lazy Day Hats by Make it Perfect but thought it best to try a free sun hat tute before buying a pattern. My hat is a cross between using this and this. It's quite a floppy hat so I trimmed mine a lot because I was using fabric to suit a boy. The floppiness would work for a girl though and apparently I'm making one for M tonight LOL.

I found it fairly quick and easy and that is enough to justify going forth and purchasing said pattern ;-)

Here is the finished product. I made it reversible and love the look of the denim side. I'm hoping it will fit my nephew, yes, I should've taken his head measurement before starting, oops!

Denim side


Plane side


and here is M selecting her hat fabric!

Little Munchkins Giveaway

There were several reasons I started sewing a few months ago. I somehow stumbled onto sewing blogs and loved looking at all of the creations people were making and the gorgeous fabrics being used. I still remember the first time I came across a post on a parenting forum from the writer of the Little Munchkins blog. Novy was asking for opinions on a jacket she had made, it was this jacket here. My eyes almost fell out of my head, what a beautiful jacket! From then on I began following Novy's blog, she is so talented and now it seems I can add generous to the list. Novy is giving away 2 Oliver + S patterns, with the winner being able to choose either the boy or girl pattern. Oliver + S are the brains behind the ever so simple Lazy Day Skirts. I've also recently stumbled across this pattern and would love to make the playsuit version of the teaparty sundress. So checkout Novy's blog and leave a comment for your chance to win one of these gorgeous patterns, even better, tell your cyber buddies about it on your blog and double your chances of winning by getting 2 entries. Good luck!