He rocks in the treetops...

Here's a tshirt I appliqued for a little friend's 6th birthday. It took me a long time to settle on an image for an applique. 6 seems a bit grown up for a lot of the applique ideas I have for my girls. Then I ran out of time to do the text in freezer paper stencils as I'd planned, so I resorted to hand embroidery. I don't think I've done much of that since I was in Brownies! Quite relaxing actually and nice and portable. Maybe I'll do a bit more. Hopefully I'll get better at it.

I hope the recipient likes it. If not we did include a Polly pocket present and a lovely book.

Some sewing at last.

I've finally done a little sewing. Excuse the poor photos but my dear husband has my camera so I'm stuck with the old one.
I made a very simple two tiered skirt for Lizzie, made with this orange star fabric which she just loves. She's a bit of a star gazer like her dad, and orange seems to be a colour she connects with for some reason.
I appliques this cute spare of fabric onto a Target T. I found the sqaure already cut out amongst the high school magazines and old assignments Mum brought up when she visited at Christmas. I can't remember where I got it from or what I was planning to do with it, but this is one time I'm glad my mum is a bit of a hoarder.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been...

I made Louisa a pinafore dress using my favourite easy pattern. Its not a fancy fabric, just a plain pink cotton drill, so I added this cute little pussy cat, using one of my favourite colour combinations (pink and apple green). Excuse the blue chalk marks still on the cat, and the fact that the dress needs a good press - and the fact that the model wouldn't stay still!