Hi my name is Emily and I am so glad that you have found my little blog. I should really introduce myself: I am a stay at home mum of two kids: a daughter Loofie aged 6 and a son Mishka aged 12. Since both my kids are in school I have some extra time to explore my favourite hobby: SewIng!
At the beginning of each year I start thinking about possible projects for the new year and I thought that this might be a good place to start this blog.
To begin with there are things that I
really should be making, like T-shirts and leggings for Miss Loofie and T-shirts and hoodies for Master Mishka; these are boring to make and tend to go right to the bottom of the sewing list. However the basics are normally the thing kids need most and with a bit of machine embroidery or some funky heat transfers cut on my Silhouette Cameo even the most every day item can be made magical.
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| Loofie and Mishka |
There are the projects that I enjoy making like Farbenmix outfits and Ottobre pretties- the more embroidery and ribbon the better.I have a passion for colour, I feel very strongly that young children need to be surrounded with a rainbow of wonderful colour and colourful clothes are a perfect way to achieve this. In the end;
I love these patterns, I love making them and Miss Loofie loves the clothes so it is no surprise that I push these to the top of the sewing list.
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| Feliz dress and Imke top |
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| Ottobre Dress |
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| Feliz Dress and Imke Top |
My true obsession is costumes! Oh how I love to make and design costumes for my kids; my sister says that I would send my kids to school in a costume every day if it was allowed. Down here in Australia we have a book week parade once a year and the kids dress up as a character from a book
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| A Hobbit |
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| Rupunzel |
Then in true Monty Python style I say "and now for something completely different"
(Did I mention that I am a huge Monty Python fan?)
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| And now for something completely different |
Ok, so maybe not completely different but it is new ground for me.
In the past year I have taken an interest in historical costume and this year I am planning on making my first semi historically accurate dress. The outfit will be for Miss Loofie (or Princess Bess as she likes to be called)
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| Elizabeth I as a Princess- Royal Colection |
This is a huge project and a bit of a challenge for me. I
normally try to finish a project before I start a new one, this reduces the number of UFOs I have hanging around. This costume will likely be an ongoing project that I work on slowly over the year.
In reality this is a number of smaller projects, since there are many layers to a Tudor outfit and I hope to document my progress on this blog.
Lastly there is this humble little blog, for the past three years I have said "I want to start a blog" and it has some how never happened; hopefully this is the year it will happen.
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