An Elephant and A Century

I just finished this elephant for a teacher at Charlotte's pre-school. As she doesn't know what she is having I made one side with green polka dots and the other in a rainbow fabric. I used a ribbon loop as the tail and I finally found a very large bell at Lincraft which I put inside.

I have also just realised that this is my 100th post. Yes I've racked up a century, who would have thought it, certainly not me. So I've decided to run a little competition. Post a comment before Monday morning and everyone will go into the draw for a special package. So all you lurkers out there come in and say hello.

Weekender Bag

I decided to use this bowling bag pattern to make a weekender style bag. It is very rough and I didn't end up lining it at I found the instructions a little confusing for the lining so next time I will just do the lining as I normally line a bag. I used some fabric from Ikea which was only $4/metre, it is interfaced and I used a zipper I got from the op-shop craft sale. There is a small gap at each end of the zip because it wasn't long enough but for my first go I am happy with it and it will do for Lucy or Charlotte's things when we go away for a couple of days in a month's time.

Shopping bag

I whipped this bag up this morning and I am pretty happy with it. Because it was just a trial run I decided not to line it (and depending on the fabric I don't think it really needs it) but then forgot to turn the handles and top in luckily I remembered just in time. Next time the pocket could be a little smaller. I will
definitely be making some more.

A Special Gift

One of Charlotte's friends had a birthday recently and I put together this little package for her. I was really happy with the pencil roll up. I adapted a knitting needle roll up from The Crafter's Companion book and I was really pleased with how it turned out. I also included some hair ties and some vintage note paper as she loves drawing and writing.

A Twirly Skirt

I am so in love with this skirt. I got it cut out and made in about 2 hours. I made it in panels because I didn't have enough fabric but next timeI might just use one fabric. I used 50cm for each panel but you just need to make it as much as you think you need. I did make Charlotte one last week ni a purple dot but didn't use enough fabric os this one is heaps better. I used 2 panels of Michael Miller dot fabric and 2 panels of a fabric I picked up on sale at the Remnany Warehouse. Charlotte was reallu please with it because it twirls heaps and insisted on wearing it today even though it was quite chilly so I had to dig out a pair of tights. You may be able to see peeking through her jacket a t-shirt made by the lovely Belinda. I found it heaps easier to make than the tiered twirly skirts as there was no gathering so it was much less time consuming.


On another note I picked this up from Helen's site so thought I would give it a go:
Instructions: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following…They MUST be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Cassandra (Cass)
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Credence Clearwater
4 letter word: Cope
NameVehicle: Corolla
TV Show:Charlie's Angels
City: Canberra
Boy Name: Charlie
Girl Name: Charlotte
Alcoholic drink:Cocktails (all of them!)
Occupation: Chef
Flower: Carnation
Something you wear: Coat
Celebrity: Chevy Chase
Something found in a kitchen: Cook
Cartoon Character: Casper
Something You Shout: C'mon
A Country: Canada
A Song Title: California Girls
An Artist (painter, photographer, etc): ??
A Reason to stay home from Work or School: Cramps
Something you’d see at a Zoo: Chimp
A Snack: Chiko Roll
A Character in a Book: Charlotte (from Charlotte's Web)
Something Icky: ??
A Six-letter Word: Christ
Something Breakable: Crockery
Non-Alcoholic Drink: Coke
Something you Whisper: ??

OK so I got stuck on 3 of them, help out if you can.

Pants, Bag and a rainy weekend

Well it's been a shocking few days here in Sydney with torrential rain and fierce winds. Luckily we were spared fallen trees and blackouts but it meant we were trapped inside. A few weeks ago I picked up a cardboard castle cubby house that you put together and then colour in so I bought that out yesterday which kept Charlotte occupied while we watched the Swans. I have managed to get a little bit of sewing done making her some pants and a bag. She's not in a trying on mood so I just had to lay them on the bed. Also a family pic (sans me of course) just because!

Finally finished

It seems like I have been making this bag for weeks but it is finally finished. Nestled between sick children, a dreadful ear ache and Jeff being way I made this childs bag(or could be a small bag for an adult). There are a couple of things I woud change next time but overall I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I will be listing it for sale shortly.