Christmas Bunting

Christmas is on its way!!! WOOHOO!!! I LOVE Christmas!!! And this year I'm finally making some decorations for around home. I have always wanted to but it seems to creep up on us so fast that I never have time... however not this year!! I am on to it!!
I cant say I'm a fan in tinsel ... I actually hate the stuff!! ... But to string something up around the living area I have chosen BUNTING... very 'IN' this season...and very CUTE!

Wanna make it too?? Its very EASY!

First cut out a template for sizing and shape... I have chosen a basic medium sized triangle.... you could do half circles or stars or Christmas tree shapes!

Then cut out your material... I have chosen to do a reversible bunting as you can see both sides (I will hang it in front of our window)

I have picked a vintage Christmas fabric for one side of the bunting and a traditional red and green for the other.

Fabric cut out and ready for sewing!

 Now lay the right sides of the fabric together ...and sew the two longer sides together (leaving the shortest side of the triangle open ...and then turn inside out so its the right side out! Probably best to give them a good iron now!

Here are mine, sewn together, reversed and ironed! 

Now pin onto binding (or you could just use I thick piece of ribbon and fold over) so raw edges are inside the binding or ribbon... and sew together!!

There you have it!! EASY hey!? 

As you can see below I have a vintage bunting one side...and

... traditional Christmas colour bunting the other side!

Cant wait to hang it on our window!!

Is it too early to start decorating next week?? I'm contemplating putting up the tree  next week!!!

Happy sewing!

Original and Hand Made Baby Shower Gifts!

This weekend I have 2 baby showers! So I got sewing and made them gifts...

Yesterday was Cecylia's shower, she is having a boy so I made a 'Tag Ball' which is great to teach your kids to throw and catch with... The tags seem to help alot! And I made a matching Tag Rug to go with it, which I try and put different textures into. Different feeling ribbons, crunchy sides and a soft middle...

Tag Ball

Matching Tag Rug

The Prezzie for the Baby Jacob.

And today I have another baby shower!!  For a gorgeous girl who comes to our Connect group, a good friend of mine, Carla! She is due on Christmas Day! Only 5 days after me!! Its been so nice to have a good friend to share all the pregnancy experiences with :) She has a 3 yr old daughter Elyssa and is having another girl, so she doesn't need much but is changing the colour scheme of her nursery from pinks to purples.
So I made her a Purple Rug, quilting fabric on one side and mink on the other and a matching doll.

Here is the Rug.

Close up of the Fabrics.

The Doll

The Doll, I used the same quilting fabric as the rug but added a Satin pleat at the bottom and Satin ribbon (trying to give it a dress look) and then the same for a collar. The Ribbon say 'The Princess' on it. I wanted to give it a princess look with a ribbon crown. Dunno if I love it. But very happy with the final product. I'll have to make some more and keep refining :) The face is felt, eyes and cheeks are buttons. She also has a rattle inside!

Photo to see 'The Princess' ribbon.
A close up of the satin pleats!

The Gift Together! 

So now I have made 'Mr Robot', I need to name this 'Doll' :) Any Suggestions?
Hope you like my sewing ideas. Your more than welcome to give them a go!! Have fun!

Mr Robot.

Here is one of my favourite things to sew at the moment... I call him, Mr Robot.

Mr Robot #2

I find it so easy to make things for girls, but struggle with boys...actually I think most people who sew do, because at the markets and shops, there is always piles of beautiful girl pieces, but very few boy pieces.
So one day I got out my bag of scraps and needed to use them up...Mr Robot is what I came up with.
This is the second one I have made... The first was a tad different...its always nice to make them different and original from each other... He has a rattle inside him so he rattles when shaken and I have also stuffed each panel on his chest with (weetbix plastic...shhh dont tell anyone) plastic so when you grab or touch them it make that crunching sound. Ive just added different coloured ribbon for his 'arms' and 'ears' and appliquéd around everything to brighten it up! Easy as! Give him a go!

Mr Robot #1 found his new home with Levi Fabian in Geraldton. Levi's big sister Sophie did a beautiful craft of her own Mr Robot... so gorgeous!

Mr Robot #1

Mr Robot #2 found his new home yesterday with Ethan Giles, who was only born last thursday at 6 pounds 8 ounces.
It really is so nice to give gifts that are handmade, original and made from the heart!

Polly the Dolly.

I made  Polly the Dolly a few months back for a girlfriends baby shower... 

You can check her out HERE

So I thought I would make another one but elaborate her by giving her some arms and legs...

I had planned to start her Friday night when my girlfriends came over for a sewing night but after the cup of tea was pored and the chocolate hit the table it meant... Failed Sewing Night!! But a whole lot of chatting and catching up which was fantastic!... Only one machine got threaded and that was as far as we got all night!! haha...

So Saturday after my distractions had left at some ridiculous hour, I started Polly the Dolly...

My machine made it out of the cupboard!! Now that's a start.

My ol girl!

Here she was a couple of hours later...I hadn't breathed life into her yet (stuffed her) ... she wasn't backed yet either...

She is wearing a stripy shirt, with a flower overall, all in one, with a mustard flower pleated skirt.

Some BIG beautiful BRIGHT yellow buttons finished off the overalls...

and brown ribbon to top off the skirt...

Here she is completed.

Felt face, Button eyes and cheeks.

A brown bow to give a tad more life to that cute as skirt!

So what do you think?

Do you like her arms and legs?

Does she really need them?

I really enjoy making dolls... I was even thinking about making them more regularly, putting them away and selling them at markets...maybe even making some more MR ROBOT.'s...

Now for your honesty!! Would you buy one for your child? How much would you buy one for?

Each Doll and Robot would be an original. I was thinking about naming them all too... like the one above "Hippy Hannah"

Just an idea... So feed back would be fantastic!! and Honesty PLEASE!

Look forward to hearing from you!