Is it too much?

I decided in addition to the shirred dress and the frilly bloomers, my smallest gift recipient needs a hat as well. In the same fabric. I hope it's not overkill. The pattern I used was from Nicole Mallalieu's book, You Sew, Girl!. It is very similar to the kids hat pattern, but covers the smaller head of a baby under 12 months.

Cute Mary-Janes

Look at the cute Mary-Jane baby shoes I made using this pattern from My Sweet Little Patterns. I see lots of babies getting gorgeous gifts in my near future.



I made the 3-6 months one, and they were snug enough to stay on Amélie's feet for the entire library visit this morning.

Clifford - The Big Red Dog

Right after Amélie was born, my mother-in-law sent me some fabric, including a fabric panel for Clifford the Big Red Dog.



There were lots of cues to make this book, but I kept putting it off. When we went to library yesterday, they read a Clifford book and that is when I finally decided it was now or never. I think I was over-thinking the whole thing, because once I sat down and got into it, it took me about an hour to do. I probably would have been quicker if I wasn't entertaining Liam at the same time. It even has some batting inside to make it nice and puffy.



Liam was suitably impressed and enjoyed "reading" the story to Amélie.

Paper Dolls, Lady Bugs & Unicorns

I've been wanting to make this outfit for Amélie for a while now, and finally managed to get the fabric and the time to do it.



I've made this once before as a gift for a friend, and when I heard that the pattern was being discontinued, I went and got myself the one in the larger sizes - before I even had a girl to sew them for. Let's hope I can still convince her to dress like this when she is pre-school aged!



The pattern is the "Puppet Show" Tunic & Shorts by Oliver + S. The patterns come with a cute paper doll that you can cut out and dress up in the same paper outfit as the pattern. I wonder if I will let Amélie play with these one day, or if I will still want to keep them for myself!



The fabric is Heather Ross' "Far, Far Away" Unicorns for Kokka, and I used some Kiyohara Clover & Ladybug for the shorts and the bodice and sleeve cuffs. Both fabrics are double gauze, which is lovely and soft and light. I was looking at the unicorn fabric, and noticed the Kiyohara on the same page at Kelani. The colours are a pretty close match.



I also thought of a way to make use of the cutest selvedge I have ever seen...

Finally Sewing Again!

It's been a bit crazy around here, and until the weekend just gone, I hadn't done any sewing since Amelie was born - except for repairing a pocket on one of Maxx's work-shirts.



So I replaced the broken zip on the kids' flip out sofa - since I couldn't get a 115cm zip, I used two 60cm ones and had them meet in the middle. It was a bit tricky. On the first go my zips didn't line up properly, so I had to unpick and sew them again.



Once I finished that, I replaced the cover on the change mat. What do you think of my blue spotty change mat?

Unfinished Business

This is what I was working on today, since I need some green thread for this project, I thought I would practice my quilting by working towards finishing the cushion covers I was making in Kellie's class. Now I need some Gutermann 111 as well...

I was chatting with Karen a little later, and she mentioned that she was putting some UFOs (Unfinished Objects) on her blog.

I mentioned that I have a few myself, and this is just a small sample of them...



Some embroideries that I was doing even before I got my embroidery machine, to make a quilt out of for the cradle. Now that I have a baby on the way again, I have reason to complete this. I was wanting more quilting experience under my belt before beginning this. I feel reasonably confident that I can put it all together now.



This is a grow suit, it never got finished because the snap up the top didn't attach properly and I had trouble getting it off. Now that I have a snap press, it really shouldn't be too difficult to sort out. Does anyone have any tips for removing dodgy snaps though?



Some bibs that I was making, using this free pattern from Nicole Mallalieu. I think I just never got around to it? It will be a while before I really need these, because they are really toddler size, but it would be nice if I just finished them.

I have noticed when looking at UFOs, that both my sewing room and my head explode. There is stuff everywhere, and my brain is bursting with ideas for a whole host of new ideas of things to make, surely some of which will be my future UFOs. Does this happen to anyone else?