Here she is! Well part of her, I've decided to let a man who knows what hes doing to give her a once over and put a new belt on, and i can't wait to use her!
You see, at the moment my sewing stuff is in the garage/shed, which is about 50 metres up the drive, which is great but not so great when i need to be with the kids ( I can't see or hear anything from up there!), so now I can sew down in the house ( well soon), without lugging sewing paraphernalia too and fro. Yay!
And so in the holidays while there's been someone else to supervise and stuff I've been up there, hiding and making these: A foxy quilt from the book sew la tea do, by meet me at mike's pip lincolne. I supersized it by making an extra fox head panel and didn't quilt it as such but used an existing washable duvet inner inside and bound it together with the binding, more a continental bed spread or something I suppose. I am in love with this book and have made her tunic dress three times for three very different looks too. While i was busy with the quilt I decided to make the pillowcases too and embroidered these creatures from her book too. In fact you'll find them on almost anything now because the kids liked them too and they can be found lurking on clothes and fabric waiting to be clothes... Tobin even knew that he wanted a "blue foxy please mama."
And a dump shop find: an embroidered lacy valance that fits our superkingsized bed for a few bucks, wow! (It has to be superking, how else would we fit 5inabed!?)
Cool Mel, she's a beauty! I've got that book too, it was a 'sneaky Christmas pressie for me...from me!' but I haven't had a chance to make anything yet as my sewing goodies are still packed up. Boo Hoo xox
ReplyDeleteGreat informative post, Thanks for sharing.. What a cool bed and pillow.Decorating and designing can be fun. You can include playful and appealing designs that will be suitable for your kids.
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