Tie Dye Diva Fairy Tale Dress

 I think Amy is my happiest customer...here she is receiving her new Fairy tale dress

 (pattern is by Tie Dye Diva)

And I think she looks gorgeous in it.

Apparently Amy loved twirling in her dress.

But let's be honest - who doesn't love twirling in a dress.

This was Amy 11 months ago receiving her Silver Heart Creations Doll

 I have been sick for over a week, so not much sewing has been happening. And once again I am way behind.  It is so hard to find time to sew, work to support yourself and have a social life.  And lets not even mention cleaning the house and tiding the yard.

 Anyway I did paint this TV remote holder I bought from a second hand store for $5 and now it holds my scissors and it swivels as well

I have made a new outfit and sent it to a friend.  Her little girl is going to model it for me.  Yay!

So I will show it to you soon.  But here is the fabric I made it out of.  It is gorgeous!  It is called Smitten

And of course a matching headband

Finally - my headbands have arrived so I can finish all those waiting on my dining room table.

It has been 22 days so I was just thinking today they were lost.

I bought this book this week

The Vintage Tea Party

Boy, is it interesting.

Food Bunting

Yummy deserts

Delicious drinks

 And my all time favorite - Grave yard Salad.

It also has Hair Do's, Makeup 

Clothes.

Lots and lots of things

Well I have to go and sew now!!

Till Next Time

Hobo bag and other things

I have been making a Hobo bag for my Mummy and Me giveaway.  

 I have been tweaking the pattern as I go - I made it so it is not perfect.

It all started because my daughter wanted a leopard print bag made.
 I have already drawn up another pattern as this one is not quite what she wanted 
but I think it is lovely so I am still going to use it as my giveaway. 

This is one side of the little girls Hobo bag.  Elegant for going out with Mummy.

And the reverse side is fun with Barbie on it

Here is the Mummy one as well as the little one.

Mummy bag reverse side has a fun pink flower.

Mummy necklace

 And little necklace

I will be posting info about this give away soon

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Meanwhile, as I am the queen of doing a thousand things at once instead of concentrating on one thing 

I have been searching for patterns to make myself a dress. 

I have bought 3 patterns, but also bought this awesome book. 

 Two of the patterns I bought are Serendipity as well.

And I love the vintage little girl dresses in the other book

I have these headbands on the go as well at the moment and

 do little bits and pieces on them every now and them.

 This one was to go with an order for a dress, for a one year old girls birthday

 Little Ruffle dress.  I love these - they always look cute.

That is all for now, I have not been well this week so not much sewing going on at the moment.

Till next time!

Little Dresses

Before I left for Melbourne I cleaned the sewing room (constantly have to do this as I make such a mess being creative, lol)  So far I have managed to sew 2.  

I am finding it very hard to get back into the swing of things at the moment.  But I'm sure it will get there. 

This one is a size 4

And this one is a size 3

 Angus ( the youngest dog is still super clingy and waking me about 8 times a night, so I am very tired so can't do my usual - stay up till 12am sewing.   Spinner is 17 and even he won't leave my side.  I think they think I am going to go again.  Angus cried when I went out to put the garbage in the bin.

So my size labels arrived while I was away.  So I bought this book box for $4

 Put some plastic inside and now it holds all the labels.  I thought it was prettier than another plastic container

And I love how they look with my new Silver Heart Creation labels

Oh and all my headbands sold (thank you Kylie!!)  So I will be making more soon.

Till next time!

Melbourne Trip

I haven't posted as I have been in Melbourne for 18 days.  The first 9 days was for work.

We had to work the gift fair.  We stayed at Docklands and this shot is from our apartment on the 22nd floor.

 The Gift Fair is huge and it is a lot of work to set up.  Here is some of the team at work

A look at an area finished, you get the idea.

After that it was off to see my new Grand daughter Madeleine, my son Chris and my daughter in law Kylie

This is all of us 

 3 Generations

 Beautiful Maddie and Mummy

 Chris and Kylie are amazing new parents, they are very calm, well informed and relaxed.  And they handled every situation like they had been parents for ever.  So proud of both of them!

  

 Chris is a primary school teacher, so when he comes home he bonds with little Maddie and gives her a bath

Then he cooks an awesome stir fry for dinner.  Chris had just got a new cook book on stir fry's and it could not have arrive at a better time as I was treated to great meals every night.  

So I got to catch up with friends while I stayed there, which was lovely.  And when I was at home I was lucky enough to be able to sew.  Kylie borrowed a sewing machine off her Aunty Susan.  It was a basic Brother and boy did it sew well.  I have always used Janome sewing machines and was pleasantly surprised by this machine.

So I set myself up in the dinning room 

And was able to catch a few movies also

I made Kylie these two adult size ruffle pants

And I did this ABC wall hanging for Maddie's room.

It was my first attempt at quilting so I very happy with how it turned out.

And here is little Miss laying on it next to the letter M.  M is for Madeleine! 

Oh and I made her a matching headband with the left over fabric

Had to show you how cute Maddie is in her little hat

 And here she is just looking gorgeous!  She has become so much more alert in just 3weeks.  I see her again in 4 weeks so it will be a big surprise to see what she is up to by then.

Matty picked me up from the airport and I got to have a quick visit with him and Danique and my other grandchild (lol) Sig the bird, who was busy eating almonds from his own stash

Poor Angus is super clingy now I am home.  He thinks I am going to go again.  This is him looking sad because I am telling him to stay so I can take a photo and he wants to be beside me.

Spinner is 17 years old and thinks he is 7.  He is bouncing around and very happy I am home.   He and Angus love to play fight.

Till next time!