kids clothes week

Heres my selection of fabrics. Well, its a start.

Im busy painting furniture til this evening. Ill sew my hours worth then. Im on a mission to get the studio ready for production. Ill have some before and after shots for you as soon as the paint dries! Check out the players over at Elsie Marley and what theyve made here on Flickr.

Scroll down to enter my giveaway. Probably should provide a button in my side bar...

elsie marley: kids clothes week challenge

I have news!

The fabulously inspiring Elsie Marley has once again given us what we have all been asking for.

Yes its finally arrived!

Our much anticipated Kids Clothes Week Challenge is happening throughout the land of blog.

It doesnt seem that long ago we were merrily, if not frantically, sewing our little brains out.

 As if things arent crazy/frantic enough around here....what, with the new baby announcement and lots of production for a kids market on the weekend (sorry no time to blog about that one - maybe later), my new job I started today, heck I had only just started to put the feelers out a fortnight ago!, art classes with the mr....need I go on? Thats why she calls it a challenge I guess.

breathe...just breathe* says to self

 Well! Im in once again. How about you? Check out the gorgeous things on Flickr everyone made last time and hey,  I dare you to say no. 

Ill be at the Rosebubs Market down at Rosebud this Sunday with Monetpaisley and Dorothybills.

Come and say hi if youre there!

winner announced and a thankyou

After much deliberating on my part and waiting for Jane to somehow realise she was the first winner, I have picked another from the ladies that commented on my Pin-Cushion Giveaway. But first I want to say 'Jane', if you find this in the future please dont hesitate to let me know youve seen it finally. Ill make you one as well and pop it in the post on its way to you.
Again, thanks to everyone who let me know how much they loved my creation. It was a huge creative injection for me to see all the lovely comments!

So.... the winner is Gail @ Glady and Flo!!!!!!
Congratulations!
Ill be sending you messages wherever I can find contact details for you just in case you dont see this, either.

The next thing I really want to say is a huge Thank You to Elsie Marley for hosting Kids Clothes Week.
It really got my sewjo (sewing mojo) back from wherever it went and heres how my rack looks now!

And this doesnt even show the many pairs of pants because im being fussy how I want to hang them and have yet to glue some wooden pegs to hangers. I think I have 11 pairs made so far.

Here are the diverse trimmings that I put on the girls tunics.

I like the new additions with the older things and now im closer to having a more complete and well-rounded look for my shop offerings. Ive been busy shortening and stamping some coathangers for use at the markets. (Did I mention that I used to buy coathangers like they were going out of fashion almost everyweek during grocery shops because the downfall of being able to sew is that all your kids know you can whip them up clothes to their hearts content plus they inherit your love of fabrics?) 

So, I have a lot of the plain wooden ones. Well, a while ago I ordered a free stamp through Vistaprint (you look for the specials and sometimes only need to pay for postage).

I didnt end up liking this stamp for paper goods as they only had a limited choice of fonts for free and it was my first purchase from them. But on the wood of the coathangers it was perfect.

Im off to catch up on some housework so that I can perhaps enjoy a full day of sewing tomorrow.

Heres hoping!

kids clothes week - day three

Im having a fun but busy week being a part of the Kids Clothes Challenge over at Elsie Marley.

I got off to a unusual start (my husband chose now to enlist my help in making a patchwork quilt) but have found that some others have kind of done the same thing. I think we mostly all started preparing earlier in our own ways and I have come across a few people doing the same as me. Once you know youre in for a challenge your mind is constantly working towards that goal.

I started cutting things out last week while I was with Eleesa from DorothyBills. Over the next few days I couldnt wait to start them so I got stuck in. Id been wondering when my sewing mojo (sewjo) was gonna show up.

Ive finished another two vests, well almost. They just need topstitching.

And am cutting out some more girls tunics tonight.

How about you?

kids clothes week

In order to try to maintain a level of production around here ive joined in with ElsieMarley's idea for Kids Clothes Week. It sounded just the ticket to the incentive I need right now. Here's what youll need to do if you like the sound of it too.
Sew one hour each day the second week of May.
That should be clothes for our kids, since it’s kids clothes week, but accessories are okay too. She suggests that we post photos of our finished work in the elsie marley flickr group.