Hexagon Bags

I saw the Hexagon Bag pattern and just had to make one - okay, maybe not just one!  So far I have cut out 4, or is it 5?  Can't remember but I have completed 2 and have quite a few more in my beside the chair, night TV watching stash of sewing. They are cute little bags which will end up being presents for some special friends this year. 

I also forgot to show off the boys Christmas shirts that I finished just in time for Christmas.  Crazy me decided to make them about 2 weeks before Christmas and then had trouble finding a plain red shirt for Master 6 in town!  I had the other 2 shirts in the boys clothes and made a size 8, 4 and 1 to make them fit for next year as well.  I went looking for buttons at the local patchwork shop but found little bells instead and the boys just loved them!  They jingled all over the house on Christmas Day!

I am also working on some more peek-a-boo toy sacks and a few other projects.  Now that school has resumed and we are in a bit more of a routine I hope to get lots more sewing done! 

Happy Sewing
Kristy

Christmas Sewing - Take 2

I can finally show off some of the Christmas sewing!  Of course there was the toy bags for nieces and nephews and some Peek-a-boo sacks for some of the other nieces and nephews.

My bricks print fabric from Flower Press arrived, I haven't had time to even iron it yet but it's on my to-do list to make each of my boys a Peek-a-boo Toy sack. 


I also finished a stitchery for my Mum and had the MOTH make a frame for it.  I picked up the kit at the local craft fair in November which included the pre-printed muslin and buttons.   
 
 
The last picture is for some Tea Bag Wallets.  I saw this pattern online and loved the idea.  I also needed to make a friend a Christmas present and these were just perfect!  They were really easy to put together too!


I have also bought yet another pattern Kaleidoscope Quilt, I know I don't really NEED anymore, but I really liked it and will probably need to make 2 new baby quilts for early next year and if I don't start thinking about it now it will never get done!!  

I have also decided to sell some of my creations to fund my sewing 'habit' and have created a facebook page.  I'm still working on how to add the 'like' button on this blog but I hope to have it sorted this week.  Off to upload some more photos now!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

Christmas Sewing

The blog has been a bit quiet but I have been busy - promise!  I have been doing a bit of Christmas present sewing so I can't show the photos yet, but all will be revealed after Christmas.  This photo is my completed blocks from the Sewing Retreat I went to last year.  Only took over a year to make them into something!  My friend got married in September so I put them together as a wall hanging with their names and wedding date machine embroidered on the bottom.  I love how it turned out - the black really brings out the different colours in the fabrics.

I am eagerly waiting on a fabric parcel to arrive in the mail from Flowerpress who had some awesome brick print that I will be making into Peek-a-boo toy sacks  for the big boys for Christmas.  I feel some late nights coming on to get everything done in time!  So enough blogging - and other time wasting on the computer and off to the sewing room!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

A Stack of Nappy Wallets

Well, I posted a photo of my handiwork on facebook and got a bit of interest so I decided to sew up a heap more and try to sell them.  They will be $30 including a travel size wipes, nappy sacks and anti-bacterial wipes.  These are my new go to present for friends having babies. 

The only other sewing I've managed is to sew on velcro to the MOTH's work shirt pockets so his phone is easier to access!  I am hoping that this weekend I can cut more nappy wallets and start on the Advent Calender I want to finish before Christmas.

Happy Sewing
Kristy

Away In A Manger

The blog has been quiet but I have not!  I finished this stitchery that Mum gave me for Christmas a few years ago.  Another one of those things that I kept putting off.  I actually enjoyed doing the hand embrodery and I LOVE the butons!

Still working on Nappy Wallets as I had a few requests so I have cut another 10-11 and have enough fabric for about another 16 (I think)!  And then I decided (because I just didn't have enough to do) that I should make a couple more peek-a-boo toy sacks for Christmas!  I certainly will be busy the next couple of weeks!  Better get to it!

Happy Sewing
Kristy

Nappy Wallets

So I saw this Nappy Wallet Tutorial last year and thought what a great idea, I'll make some of those!  It's only taken 18 months or so!  Anyway, they are really easy and I have managed to cut and sew 4 of them in a couple of days - in between all the other house/children stuff that never ends.

I have claimed the purple one for myself because purple is my favourite colour.  These nappy wallets are big enough for a travel thing of wipes, nappy sacks, nappy and anti-bacterial wipes.  I have a few friends having babies soon and these are going to be the perfect present.  Any excuse to buy more fabric!!

Happy Sewing,
Kristy

Hats, dresses and other stuff!

Having a new baby in the house has seriously cut into my sewing time but he is soo cute and cuddly I don't really mind!  But I have been trying to get a few things done.  Master 5 was invited to twin girls birthday party and I thought they would love a new dress each.  It helps when the Cupcake Dress is so quick to put together!  I had the two plus another for a friend whipped up in only a couple of nights. 

Both of the older boys have needed new hats for a while and a friend had a new baby so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make some more!  I forgot to take a photo of the baby hat before sending it away on Friday.


I also finished the No Rules Blocks and put it together in a wall hanging for a friend's wedding recently.  I have forgotten to take a photo of that but might try to remember on the weekend to go around and take one.

The latest on  my finished list is something I have just finished and taken a photo of.  I have made a stocking for each member of our little family after seeing the pattern on the Kids Quilts website.  I think I made Master 5's and the MOTH's in 2007, Master 3 and mine in 2008 (from memory finishing them on Christmas Eve)! and have just finished our latest one's today.  Now that our little family is complete it's one more job I can cross off my list.

The list of things I want to make/sew seems to keep growing without much being crossed off!  I have picked up another Make It Perfect pattern for dresses and want to make some for next year's birthday girls as well as make some nappy wallets for me and a couple of friends.  And there's also all the Christmasy things that probably won't get done before Christmas! 

Happy Sewing
Kristy