Post Script to Small Offerings...

Now that the second top and bib set has arrived at its destination I can reveal that it was for the lovely Natalie - one of my EB sewing buddies and her beautiful new daughter Cheriese.

Despite being a home-birthing mum of three including newborn Cheriese, Natalie has somehow found time to take some pics of Cheriese wearing her new outfit.

Check them out here, as well as the gorgeous quilt Cass made for her. But be warned, if you are contemplating whether/when to have more children be prepared for a major dose of cluckiness!

Small offerings

A few lovely ladies I know have recently given birth to little girls, having previously only had boys in their families.

I wanted to make a small and very simple gift for them to welcome these new arrivals, so I got a couple of little Bonds long sleeved tops and added an applique, then made up a matching bib.



A few of the EB girls - Ingrid and Corrie have been making bibs and they were so sweet I thought I'd give it a go.

These bibs are not as practical as those made by Ingrid with the wipe-clean finish, they are just two pieces of cotton (pink with white dots on the back) with some ric rack on the front. I was going for more of a 'going out' bib for dribble rather than a feeding bib kind of look!

I used a very simple pattern I found ages ago on the Nested blog and the fabric shown here is Japanese, a piece given to me by Corrie when we met up. (Similar fabric is available in her Retro Mummy shop.)

Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the other set - it was white with a heart applique in coloured heart fabric and matching bib, with of course the pink dotty fabric on the back.

Things that make me smile...

Small people who think a washing basket is for 'row, row, rowing' the boat.


Gifts made by Grandma that are an instant hit.


Mum made each of the girls a little patchwork blanket using stretch scraps left over from making PJ's for her seven grandkids. The blankets were immediately wrapped around 'baby' and tucked under their arms ready for an adventure.

She also modified one large footy scarf to make two very sweet small ones. What can I say, I'm brainwashing them early to be Bulldogs fans, the same as Dad did to me!

It also goes without saying that I love fabric - perhaps even more when it's on sale!


Amitie is a lovely place to hang out and breathe in all the fabric loveliness, even if you can only take a small portion of it home with you.

Hope something in your week has made you smile.

One for the boys

I hear many mum's of boys say there is a lack of good 'boy' clothing around and so decided to make some pants for my little Godson, Oliver.

His mum is a very kind friend and neighbour and I wanted to do something for her as she's helped me out with the girls on a number of occasions.

While not strictly for her, I knew she would appreciate some pants because she is always after something original for her little man.


I used the same Burda pattern 9717 - that I use for all the girls pants and PJ's and the patches are an idea I've seen a few places, including recently on Xiola's blog.

The guitar fabric is good old Michael Miller I got from the lovely girls at The Humming Mini shop.

The cord looks lighter than it is in the first pic - it's a lovely deep chocolate brown wide wale cord from Spotlight.

It was nice to do some boy sewing for a change, and to sew something quite small again.

Working through the list...

I've gradually been making my way through the pile of over locked pants on my sewing table and so far have these ones to show...

Pink and purple hearts on chocolate and purple cord pants, fabric from Spotlight.

These turned out great and the girls love wearing them.

I love them because cord is so durable and being a dark colour they don't easily show the dirt that always appears on them five minutes after I get the girls dressed!

Some Michael Miller cowgirl PJ's.

This is the fabric I got way back last October from Remnant Warehouse in Sydney when I went on a shopping spree, I mean trip, with my darling nieces.

The tops are cheapies from where my husband works and they each have a simple applique on the front, one of singing girls the other of a girl riding a horse.

Ideal for this cold spell of weather we've been having at the moment.

Camo butterflies

I'm not usually a fan of camouflage fabric but when I saw this one with butterflies and it was on the discount table a while back at Spotlight I couldn't resist - Miss L loves butterflies.

So that's five pair of pants and three tops down, plenty more to go!

I'm getting there - slowly!