Nothing better than a sequin cape!

Around two weeks ago I had a request from a certain boy that he was in need of a sparkle and purple velvet cape. Oh and it had to have a lightning bolt on. Needless to say I had to make one for his sister too.

Three night ago he gave me permission to " work though the night until I finish the capes"

Well I had to do it!

The fabric is from Jo Anne's . I do still want to change the piece around the neck to a bigger piece of fabric  that rests on the shoulder and fastens with a press stud. The elastic and button does pull around the neck.

So here are the capes.!

New summer hat

I have been so busy sewing for the house and the kids and the family but I finally got around to making a new hat. 

Yes the colors are strange but works really well together.

Who says you cant wear a hat with a purple polka dot brim?

Available on ETSY.

I know there is sunny weather out there.

Boys pants

I recently stumbled over Ottobre designs and loved their kids clothing. 

They have an option to print out free designs for embroidery and to sew onto clothing for boys and girls. 

I have had these printed out for a while now and finally got some time on Friday to make up a nice pair of pants in green and white stripe seersucker fabric.

I just used a pair that fits at the moment and traced the size and then just adjusted the length.

 I then used the owl design from their website and although they say you don't have to sew over the design i did secure it with a decorative stitch. I know how may times i am going to wash these.

I love the result and will use this technique again.

Sweet orange hat.

I just finished this great hat for my little one last night. I could not wait for her to wake up and try in on. (see the first image of her eating breakfast with the hat on!)

I used my basic hat pattern and just measured her head to get it right. 

It took a few tries as it was not so easy to figure out where to take away and when it was too much. 

Fabric choice was hard but I love the fabric we chose(yes Mike was roped in).

The under brim fabric is blue and off-white and I just cut a strip of fabric and sewed it onto the hat in a shape of a flower.

The brim also has decoration around it that just gives it a finished look.

One thing I did notice during the day was that it moves around but the hat still looks good no matter how it sits on her head!

Pins for spring

I just finished these pins. I have to say that they are getting very fancy. Or is that full of detail?
Bead tassels, vintage buttons, feathers and sequins.

I have a feeling some of them will be better in your hair...maybe I need a new line of hair goodies. Big flowers on a headband perhaps?

Fabric bags

After many attempts to try printing on paper I finally did it! I found myself one day painting with the kids and came up with this funny robot face. Another week passed and and one night there was a moment and I finally printed it out. It was really simple. Paint,scan,print,rinse and iron.

I used store bought and ready to print fabric but you can also use freezer paper and back your own fabric.

 Now I want to do MORE!

I sent this bag Colorado way to a lovely friend I have know for the last four years. He has a love for organizing so I also included this (really easy to make) pencil/marker holder.

This idea is from The Creative Family. I will for sure make more of these!

After making the robot bag I had to make another and send it along for his brother.

Fabric bag for the boy.

I had a bit of time and finally made Asher a nice bag to carry his blanket in to preschool.

I found this fabric at Jo-Ann's maybe 2 years ago . The plan was to make a valance for his bedroom. Well that never happend!

So I use it to make him a bag. I do love the fabric. So retro and sweet.

Sorry the photos are not the best but here goes!

Spring summer hats

Spring

How perfect! 

A nice "warm" sunshine day to make my first delivery of the season. Turtle has got my new spring hats! I just spent a nice hour with the lovely Ariel and it was a lot of fun to go though the collection and get some feedback.

This season I made a slightly bigger sunhat. For real sunny days, that we will have soon...I hope.

I used great Michael Miller and Tina Given's fabric. I bought these from sewlovefabrics on Etsy.

I really enjoyed working with these bold, vibrant colours.

The smaller brim hats feature fabric by Tina Given, Amy Butler and Heather Bailey. Again strong fun fabrics. This style is so easy to wear. I did also use some vintage fabric can you spot the one?

I really did love making all the silk chiffon scarfs. The fabric so fits my style of one of a kind. I can think of so many combinations....now I just need more time.

If you are in the area go and look at the scarfs try on some hats and welcome the warmer weather!

Spring preview

I thought today I will share the new silk chiffon scarfs I have been working on for spring and summer. 

I am having a lot of fun playing with the new vintage plastic links I got from Blue Bird Supply

 They seem to turn the scarfs into a mixture between jewelry and scarf.

Tell me what you think!

Spring

Working on spring, hard to believe. We have had nice weather. Last week I ordered some great new prints for hats from  sewlovefabrics. The lovely fresh bundle of fabric came with a sampler to tempt me into buying more but Ady got hold of it and started putting them together. I loved watching her line the pieces up and turn them and after a while find another use for them. Never thought of cutting squares of fabric for her.

In the studio:

After giving the studio a really good cleanup ,dust and a rethinking of space and stuff I am now busy working on a new pattern for the fabric hats and at the moment are having a lot of fun with my new line of silk chiffon scarfs. Will post photos as soon as I can.

Last show of the season

Hard to believe it is December 6. Today will be the last show of the year for me and I am looking forward to a great day! It will be cold and I hope busy.

The fair is at the First Church in JP and starts at 11am. There will be more that one venue so a lot of opportunity to do holiday shopping.