Birthday Dress In 3!

What Katy really wanted for her birthday was to have a dress that matched me and Lizard.  Obviously I obliged!

Matchy Matchy!  We love a bit of matching!

The fabric is a delightful t-shirting print and I still have some leftovers, so there will be some more items made from it!

Katy's dress has a cross over bodice and is fully lined as are the sleeves.  It has a circle skirt and hemming it took as long as making the entire bodice!

 Lizard's dress has a t-shirt style bodice, which is lined and t-shirt sleeves which are not.  It's skirt is a gathered rectangle and it has a ribbon waistband.

 I am so in love with these dresses!

I totally failed to get a photo of mine, so you will have to wait to see it on another day!  But mine has a t-shirt bodice and a 2/3 circle skirt and is unlined.

Don't we all look amazing?

New Dress For Me!

I delved into my stash of German fabrics to make myself a new t-shirt dress!

You can't see it in these photos alas, but this t-shirting has metallic rainbow star outlines scattered all over it.  It's very pretty!

 I am pulling the weirdest faces in these photo's because Mr Kit was talking to me and I am mid reply in the photos!

The pattern is my usual Alabam Chanin bodice and a gathered rectangular skirt.

Looking Ahead To Summer

I made the two smallest pseudo nieces a new summer frock each.

Pink t-shirting with a silver crown print.

I used the a-line dress pattern that I love so much, and added ruffled sleeves and a ruffle on the hem.

Lizard was extremely impressed at her new dress and insisted on wearing it immediately

 It is a little large (huge in fact), but madam was still impressed!  So we had a hot chocolate to celebrate!

Catty asked for one as well, but was refused as cats and chocolate do not mix!

Christmas Day Dress

I like to have something new to wear on Christmas day and I couldn't manage to find anything I liked in the shops this year, so I made my own instead!

This is a slightly modified version of Simplicity 1251.  It's made of purple sparkly lightweight jersey.

 I omitted the hood and used the extra droopy sleeves, because I like them!

I also rounded out the neckline as I didn't like the v without the hood.

I had a great Christmas and despite not feeling my best I loved how I look in this dress!

Little Dress Up Outfit - Ana

Another Christmas make!  We've still got a few to go round here!

After the success of the Elsa birthday gift I knew Ana had to be the follow up!  The top is velvet with lycra sleeves and the skirt is polycotton.

As you can see, I made an attempt at fabric painting!  It worked well  on the skirt but less well on the bodice.

I made the fastenings velcro and it has a cotton ribbon tie.

It has been very well received and I am assured there's no abatement in the Frozen fever at the house of it's owner!

A Snow Queen Dress up Outfit

Frozen love still reigns strong in the small people around here and so, what better 4th birthday gift than a Snow Queen outfit?

It's the Cottage Mama party dress pattern.  It's made of lycra lining and what I think is leotard fabric.

The back is velcro and it has an organza ribbon waist tie. I also hand sewed some gems to the neckline just for extra sparkle!

 The cloak is detachable at the shoulders (more velcro!) and made of organza.  I was so pleased with this dress, but I never want to make another!  The fabric is HORRIBLE to work with!

Stars Part Two

So, I told you about my starry dress, but did I tell you about the other one I made?

Obviously, it's super important to accessorize your goddaughter to match your outfit, right?

I made her a slightly modified version of the Cottage Mama party dress, with button fastenings on the shoulders.  I added a ribbon for her waistband in case it was a bit baggy and called it job done.

Isn't she a awesome?  (I'm a very proud Godmother, just in case you hadn't guessed!)

We'd both like to take a moment to tell you we think cycle safety is ultra important.  Please always wear a helmet when cycling.  We do!

Stars

I do like stars.  So when I came across a star spangled t-shirting in Germany I new I needed a dress!  It's taken me a while to get round to it but I finally made it.

It's based off the Alabama Chanin t-shirt and dress pattern.

I have been so busy wearing it I've totally failed to take proper pictures of it, so here, have some dodgy ones of me climbing a children's climbing wall from a day out with Lizard and her mum!

Here's me and Lizard, both enjoying the climbing frame!