Journal · page 4

Arrival

Ada Jean Jennings was born on 15 September 2011 at Calvary Hospital, Hobart. She weighs 3.35kg, is 51cm long and has a full head of black hair!

Sewing with Knit Fabrics

My fear of sewing with knit fabrics is now a distant memory since I started sewing up maternity clothes and now a wardrobe of little baby outfits. I’m still a bit untidy with the…

Blankets Galore

I think there’s a switch that triggers in your brain when you find out you are pregnant. This switch turns on a powerful urge to collect together WARM THINGS. And being pregnant…

Little Dresses

So, the (not so) secret is out 🙂 We’re having a girl! Which is the most ACE thing that could happen for a mum who loves to sew I reckon. To conjure this pattern I used the bodice…

Bubba pants

I’m so slack with this blog, but I have been sewing and making for the baby and enjoying it very much. So beware; you are just about to be bombarded with a series of posts about…

Jasper time

Bootees

Back when Jasper was little I bought a pattern for baby bootees. I made up the largest size and they were still way to small for him … I put it down to him being a big boy and…

Black cardigan

Today I’m determined to finish making this cardigan, I’ve adapted a maternity t-shirt pattern from Burda and it seems to be working out pretty well. So I need to sew on snaps and…

Small

Lately, I’ve been spending most of my creative time making maternity clothes – basic stuff to get me through a maternity winter and not worth of getting a blog post together for……

Holiday!

We’re enjoying a break in sunny Queensland. There is snow on the mountain at home which means it’s cold, cold, cold! So we are congratulating ourselves on on an excellent holiday…

Pretty

From Japanese pattern book: To pretty dress: A lovely cotton pique fabric from Spotlight with a grosgrain ribbon sash which is hand applied at the front and loose at the back for…

A Little Problem with Red

I had a brainwave to use up my tiny stash of silk fabrics to make a little hexagon bassinet quilt and almost immediately started tacking this gorgeous red dupioni over some…