A new string to my bow

I’ve had the Oliver+S lazy days skirt pattern bookmarked for six months. Six months! I have no idea why I hadn’t tried it before now but there you go, as I’ve mentioned before I don’t have much (any!) faith in myself when it comes to creating things but I’m fairly happy with the way this has come out.

My first sewn garment!

I made it to fit my little daughter but unfortunately the elastic I used for the waistband is a bit too stretchy so I’m waiting on some heavier-duty stuff coming so I can get this on her. With my new-found faith in my sewing machine I’m going to make her whole wardrobe! Or, maybe not ;) The fabric has been in my stash for aeons, it’s a Robert Kaufman print and I really had to make something with it. I did this last night over a couple of hours watching Dancing on Ice, so it’s a very quick little project to finish. The ironing took longer than anything else!

I thought I’d blogged these items too, but apparently not! My lovely friend Eileen had a baby just after New Year and I made the Vine Lace baby hat (free pattern link) and a pair of Saartje’s bootees (free link – pdf pattern) for her new daughter. I finally finished sewing the buttons on the bootees last night so I’ve popped these into the post today. I just hope they still fit!

Vine lace baby hat

Booties for Elise

Did you all have a nice weekend? I hope you were suitably spoiled on Saturday! I shall return tomorrow with some newly dyed wool for your delectation and maybe some baking too.

Posted under for the kids, knitting, sewing, with the kids

This post was written by Vonnie on February 16, 2009

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9 Comments so far

  1. Gill February 16, 2009 1:52 pm

    Great skirt and those bootees are so cute!

  2. Jenn February 16, 2009 3:24 pm

    Oh, I love the little skirt!

  3. Pearlescent February 16, 2009 3:50 pm

    I love all of those and particularly the super cute booties :o )

  4. Joanne Tinley February 16, 2009 6:19 pm

    They are all very cute!

  5. Eileen February 16, 2009 9:54 pm

    !!! I can’t wait til they get here, the bootees are gorgeous.

  6. JuliaB February 17, 2009 2:48 pm

    Gorgeous things! I especially love the little booties! x

  7. Laura February 18, 2009 8:16 am

    Aw! Excellent work. Like everyone else I adore the bootees. Must be a shoe thing …..

  8. aellia February 19, 2009 5:09 pm

    I really like those little bootees. You don’t see many babies wearing them these days. A shame.

  9. redpossum February 28, 2009 10:50 pm

    so so cute! well done for finishing them!

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