Day: 18 July 2007

baby, children's clothing, embroidery, kids clothing, sewing

Embroidered sacque

This was made about five years ago, while I was pregnant with Clare.  But I thought that I’d share it anyway!

It is embroidered onto sweatshirt interlock (fleecy lined on the inside), with ribbing around the bottom for easy nappy change access.  The zip doesn’t quite match, unfortunately.  The yoke is lined with floral lawn and piped with satin piping.

The back yoke also has a little embroidery.

I was quite impressed with my own efforts!  The pattern comes from an old issue of Inspirations magazine (for those of you who don’t know it, it has exquisite embroidery projects – I subscribe and generally just read and admire, but every now and again I make something).

This is Clare wearing it – and Stella will fit into it very soon.  I’ll be keeping this as an heirloom.

craft, craft magazines, fabric stash, op-shopping, planned projects, sewing

A little op-shop success

We went out for brunch on Saturday, and luckily for me the cafe is right near two op-shops!  I had a little bit of success, which is unusual for me.

Two lovely old sheets, nice and soft and colour coordinated – these will be become some pyjamas for me, and possibly some dresses for the girls.  Two matching embroidered pillowcases – I will use these for the embroidery, and plan on making matching outfits for the girls with embroidered bodices.  I also found another pink embroidered pillowcase, which I will once again cut up and use for the embroidery.  And Clare liked the two little wooden toys!  All up (including a couple of novels) it cost me $12, so I’m pretty happy with that. 

If only I’d read Ric Rac’s tutorial about knitting needle bracelets before I went op-shopping – I know that I passed some knitting needles by!  Now I’ll need to go back (and with a new baby, that is no easy task).  Luckily for me though I have an uncle who loves to frequent op-shops – I think that I’ll suggest a new mission for him!

At the newsagent I picked up these two magazines.

I had been looking for “Adorn” for ages, and was amazed to finally spot it.  I’ve only browsed so far, and it seems to have some good projects, as does “Crochet Today”.  But with both of these I’ll see how much I actually do from them before I purchase the next issue.  My craft and sewing magazine stash is getting a little large now!