Apple puree and a splash of Vintage

Can you believe my little Laura is 6 months old already! It's not quite time to celebrate her birthday yet but it is the time to start celebrating FOOD! 

Yep!  It's time for solids!!

I find something very therapeutic about pureeing up babies food...and I just love to watch their little face when they explore a new taste or texture... I have always made my baby food with the exception of my first child when I was young, naive and thought baby food came in jars and packets!!!  Different world now, I can tell you.  One thing I have never done before though is to make bubs bibs, I can't help but be inspired by the lovely designs I have seen on so many blogs, and as I  just love to sew now it was quite fitting that the next step for me would be to craft up some lovely vintage love to splash across my daughters chest.  Simple and easy to create, I found that sewing machine, sorted out some favourites from my stash and I took the weekend off to create....

Pattern here

I varied the designs a little bit and used a thick toweling (old towel) for the backing.

Do you think I could be the Happiest baby in the world....

You bet I am ....   :)

Flying high

The Birds  - Another finished project I can now tick off my list. 

I loved these spool design birds when I first saw them and was very surprised at just how easy they were to  cut out and sew up, it actually took me longer to get outside to find a branch and get them hung up.  They've been patiently sitting on my sewing table for a couple of months, and now finally, I have found  a lovely home for them perched way up high in the center of my Living room. 

 They're a real eye catcher !!  
I have seen these mobiles on various blogs over the years, here is another very beautiful one I found just last week.

Just in Time...

I sewed and I sewed and I sewed and I sewed, and I sewed and I sewed and I sewed, and then I dreamt about sewing....Now I'm taking some time off  to spend with my loved ones who haven't seen much of me this past week....

I'll be back after Christmas with an insight into my newly found love of making Dolly's and more show and tell handmade gifts.

Sending warmest wishes to you all. Thank you for your support, friendship and inspiration over the past twelve months, it's been an incredible blogging journey for me.

 Have a safe holiday and 

Very Merry Christmas  

Sew Recycled

Lately, and I mean mostly Late at Night, I have been finding much pleasure getting to know my new Sewing Machine.  Being a new Hobby for me unfortunately I don't have a huge stash of fabrics to play with, but I have been quite surprised with what I have found around the home to re-purpose. 

A huge array of fabrics just sitting in my wardrobe, a few old favourites that have been out grown, outworn or out dated stuffed into the Rag Box and stored away in the hand me downs box,all just waiting to be picked up and put to good use.

An old and 'way too small for me' blouse, 

now a new Library Book Bag....

Did I really ever fit into that?

A favourite t-shirt that ended up with a paint stain on the front. I couldn't remove the paint so I just took off the whole front!

 The back has made a very handy little drawstring bag.

Another favourite dress becomes a toy bag...

A hand me down top a little too stretched for any more wear...

  becomes a handy size purse bag for my wool and  maybe a little crochet needle bag to go with it...

 And old, hardly ever worn t-shirts

 become T-shirt Bags.

My daughter tells me she's not wearing these anymore, so I told her I would put them to good use...

" Mum" she says, "we're not that Poor,. We don't have to turn our old clothes into Bags! How embarrassing!!" 

 NO, we don't my dear, But aren't they cute, and it is so much fun and I think I'm really clever and come on, lets give one to your friends for Christmas....."Oh MUM!!!"

She's slowly getting it, she does love the idea of it, even though she thinks I'm a little bit nuts, I'm sure she'll come round and she'll be packing them full of clothes for the next sleepover.  

For a quick an easy t-shirt/blouse bag

JUST stitch up the bottom. . . and cut off the sleeves. . .