I’m sure that’s not an original post title. My Lotta winnings came yesterday from the wonderful Leslie. I never win anything, so I am super super happy with this. Gonna make some genuine Lotta patterns from genuine Lotta fabric I think. And also break out my Gocco, as I promised!
There isn’t anything much better than handmade from friends. These rainbow hats were made by my friend and yoga teacher Samantha. She ‘free crochets’ and these are the perfect-fitting results. They kept heads very warm on our wintery walk to the letterbox this afternoon. And are half of a trade. My half is an A-line corduroy skirt that is in the works. Gonna be hard to match these though.
Miss Milla’s pretty pleased with hers. How cute is that lacy pink edging?!
But might not be. This is a skirt made from a tablecloth I found in the Yankalilla op shop on the weekend. It’s long and wintery and I’m liking the subdued colours at the moment. I had my stitches out yesterday which was yuk and owie but I”m on the mend. Now I have a finger splint that Asha is hoping I won’t still have when she goes to school. Me too. How embarrassing.
Also embarrassing is when you buy some of these nice leafy Target pillowcases and then put them on the roof of the car while you kack-handedly strap 2 x children in. And then drive away. When child says from the back seat, ‘What’s that beeping, Mum?’ I say confidently, ‘It’s not a car beeping at us.’
You win some, you lose some.
I finished off the binding on this jacket for Asha over the weekend by hand. (From the same pattern as this one for Miss Milla.) Using new soft corduroy and lovely second-hand (’vintage’ might be pushing it) red and white spotty flannel-ly fabric for the lining. We were away for the weekend so she popped it straight on while my dad taught her how to play twilight petanque. Later, when I picked up my needles to work on this never-ending project, my fingers wouldn’t cooperate.
But this vintage pattern from this etsy seller arrived in my letterbox on Friday, so I can sew a lady-size hooded reversible, quilted jacket for me. Hmm. Maybe not so much reversible. But maybe in plaid? (I think we call it tartan in Australia, don’t we?) Tartan jackets seem to be everywhere at the moment. I’ll be on the look-out for something vintage-y on my op shop rounds.
The up side of the fingers accident is that daddy has been patting the baby to bed in her cot instead of me feeding her/pacing her to sleep. This is progress, in our baby-care books anyway.
Next time my husband says to me, ‘Love, can you come and hold something for me?’, I’ll be considering my answer very carefully. An accident. Involving a saw. Oh dear. It was fascinating watching the plastic surgeon embroider my fingers back together. Those are some nifty stitches.
Milla is six months old today - or ‘a half’ as her sister says. So we made cupcakes. And because no crafty blog is complete without a cupcake picture.
And here is Miss Milla in the piggyback wearing a red corduroy coat I made her. It’s the first time I’ve made a hood and I didn’t realise how easy they are, so everything will have a hood now.
Meet Me at Mikes is one of my favourite I-wish-I-lived-in-Melbourne blogs. Pip’s having morning tea, pop over for a cuppa and introduce yourself!
Some new pop-over pinnies in my shop. There are two sizes now. And this new design buttons at the back. One for little babies (one or two months to around ten months). And the other to fit one to two-year-olds. All made from top quality vintage fabrics and lined with new soft denim.
Soon to come, more overalls for the boys.
(It’s a shame I don’t have a trained photographer to take my photos for me. Oh! That’s right, I do. Well then, it’s a pity he’s at work. If anyone finds the magic button in Photoshop that makes a rainy, overcast day look like a sunny one, can you let me know?)
