Mr Fix-It

Our baby has arrived!  Which of course means there has been no time at all to do sewing!  Although I was very productive before the birth and pieced together the Mr Fix-It quilt.  This meant that I could leave it with Mum to go to the quilter's.  It came back last week and it took over a week to find time to attach the binding!  I finally finished it last night and was able to give it to my FIL who was absolutely thrilled!  He was very excited to be taking it home to snuggle under - especially as its been cold lately!  That's about all the sewing I've managed.  I had to venture to the craft shop today to look at fabric as both the older boys need new hats.  It might take another 6 months to finish them! 

Happy Sewing
Kristy

More toy bags

These toy bags are for the nieces/nephew/our baby that wouldn't have been around when I did the first lot!  It is a terrible photo and shows off the lovely ironing board and curtains but I am running out of time!  At least the sewing room is now clean and tidy, with a bed all ready for Mum to come and visit.  I figured I wouldn't really have much time to clean when the baby comes home so it needed to be done today (I'm sure this is the nesting talking)!  I also finished cutting out Mr Fix-IT and baby's quilt and will take them with me to keep me occupied while waiting for bubs to make his entrance.  I am also taking my hand sewing hexagon project.  Will try to keep updating as I go, but I expect the next couple of months to be pretty busy.  Hopefully there will still be time for sewing!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

And even more hats!!

Yep!  I have made more hats!  They are so easy now - especially when you only make 2 at one time!  A hat for our new baby, and a hat for a friend's baby due in September.  The nesting must be setting in, or I am procrastinating about cleaning other parts of the house!  I have also joined an online group not to buy any fabric for the entire month of April and to use material in my stash to make things.  I have so many things on my UFO list, that I can be fairly confident that I won't need to set foot in a fabric shop!  I have cut out baby's quilt and would like to get started on it this weekend but I also need to cut the Mr Fix-It quilt.  So many things to make, so little time!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

Slippers!

So I have a few things to show off!  Master 5 was invited to a birthday party and I thought that another 'Peek-a-Boo' toy sack and some Lego would be a great present. The other toy sack is one of the ones I finished a few weeks ago.  The Mum asked if I had made it and then asked if I sell them!!  Still thinking about it.  Might wait until after the baby comes along and we see how busy we get!

 

 Next is another MIP pattern.  Out of the book, the 'Chill Out Slippers' have been on the list and I finally got the motivation to make them.  My purple pair will be great for in hospital and the boys just love theirs - Master 5 even slept with them on the first night!

Last picture is another project I've been thinking about for a while.  I wanted to make my own nappy covers.  I didn't really want to get into the whole MCN (Modern Cloth Nappy) thing as I know this is our last baby and I have heaps of terry flats that I can use.  Thinking about how I would actually make them took the longest and I finally finished them off this morning.  At this stage I have only made the 2 in size 000 as I want to make sure they work out okay before making more.  I have some really bright yellow and red flame PUL (plastic backed fabric stuff) to make more so we will see how it goes.

We are all over the horrid gastro bug but now Master 5 and I have tonsillitis!  So taking advantage of the fairly quiet boys I am going to hopefully spend some more time in the sewing room cutting out some more projects!

Happy Sewing!

Kristy 

Number Book

Hooray!  The last of the projects from 2010 are finished!  I started this number book last year sometime and have finally managed to get it finished.  It's a Kids Quilts pattern - another of my current favourite pattern designers.  It has 10 pages in total so there was quite a bit of hand sewing involved.  I really like how it turned out.  I was going to finish before my friend's girls birthday last year but it will now be a big sister present for later in the year. 

Another project down, next I think I will tackle some hats and slippers (I cut out templates for these this afternoon)!

Happy Sewing!

Kristy

'Peek-a-Boo' Toy Sacks

After finishing the 'niece' birthday presents last week, I was all motivated to finish the 'nephew' presents.  These were really easy.  It's another Make It Perfect pattern that Toni had posted on her website.  Best part - it was FREE!  The Peek-a-Boo Tutorial was really easy to follow with lots of good photos.

So, another job done, but still soooo many more to go.  I will have to get stuck into more of them this week as time is going to be a bit scarce soon!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

More Cupcake Dresses!

So I see a good pattern and think that will make nice presents and decide to make 5!  Crazy woman!  But these are so easy that has only really taken about a day to make 5.  I used some of my Melly and Me fat quarters on 2 of the dresses and the rest of the fabric came from either Mum's or my stash.  So all the nieces have a birthday present and they are all done so that when the time comes I just have to send them off!  How's that for organised!  I have got an idea for the nephews in the family and will have to start on those soon so that they can be finished before the baby arrives.  Sew many projects, so little time!

Happy Sewing
Kristy