Saturday, 26 January 2013

Boy and Girl

Lately I have been sewing for a new mummy, who gave birth to two adorable boy and girl twins. I visited her to the hospital and was able to see only the boy, due to the girl had to be put in the incubator.
I am sure she will be fine very soon and her parents can take her home with her brother, who, I am sure, he is missing her after sharing that tight room for 9 months.
I have already showed, in my last two posts, what I have been making for these adorable twins, so this is the final result.




 
 



Grey is the colour II

Look at the nice baby bibs I made to match with the hooded towel I showed you in my last post.
I used to use the same pattern for all my baby bibs, which comes from the book "Bend-the-Rules". This time I have not used that one, but The Spit Bib pattern I got from "Sew Much Ado" for free!




 
 
Now that I mention certain sewing books, I am just loving this one I got for Christmas.
 


 
 

Sunday, 13 January 2013

Grey is the colour

I think I have an obsession with grey colour: the walls at home, the linen and if you look at my wardrobe I have all kind of clothing in that colour: sweaters, dresses, a coat, a pair of boots, socks, etc.
And talking about future mommies a have around me I made this hooded towel for a baby who is coming very soon. Neither pink nor blue, I think pale grey is the colour that suit babies most without regard the sex. Many people associate grey with sadness but for me is calm and serenity.
Since it was the first time I made a hooded towel, this tutorial was a great help! The lovely baby gift baskets Lidia makes are also a great source of inspiration, aren't they?




Saturday, 29 December 2012

Recycling


I got this ugly handbag in Primark years ago. I think I have used no more than 10 times and was about to put it in the bin not a long time ago. I kept it though with the purpose of recycling the pieces.


To make this fold-over clutch I have used the zip and some of the vynil-fabric.



To be honest, I have no idea where or when I bought this fabric. I do not really like it, I find it a bit sad and seems I also recycled it from old curtains. Anyway, it was perfect to match with the brown recycled pieces and to train to make my first fold over clutch.



I think I am going to recycle more pieces and make a strap for it, but it will be later.

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Birthday girl

My niece turned 5 yesterday and she is becoming an adorable little girl. She lives no less than 600 km away and cannot see her as much as I wished, so I sent her a little present by post with this birthday card I made with scraps.



Friday, 7 December 2012

Curvy Clutch In Use

I am posting this picture to show how well my favourite curvy clutch and my outfit matched at a lovely wedding my boy and I witnessed last July. Well, the black strap round my shoulder was not in my outfit actually, but this is the only pic I have to show carrying my handmade curvy clutch in use! You can see it better in this post.


Thanks to Yummy Lavender's auntie for the pic!

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Baby Boy Bibs

I must admit I am awful at IT: trying to labeling my posts properly I deleted a nice post I published around a year ago by mistake. It was titled "Olivia", you might remember I posted a few items I made for a lovely newborn girl. I also deleted all the pics I made... Anyway, to compensate that lost I am showing you some baby boy bids I made.
I used 100% percale cotton fabrics. You might remember this other bib I made with the same set of fabrics. This time I backed them in toweling.










Do not they look nice all together?