Gingerbread House

I was lucky enough to be invited to a Gingerbread House Icing party last week! 

Unfortunately our gingerbread house suffered from sturcutral defects and sho halfway through needed emergency scaffolding applied inside.  Katy Page is an engineering whizz and fixed it!

I iced one half the roof and added vines, a door and a window (as seen above!).

Of course, Lizard was the main decorator!

A New Evening Gown

I (very occasionally) have posh dinners to attend in London!  And I wanted a chiffon overlay dress, so I decided to make one to wear to the next dinner!

 The pattern is Simplicity 2398 and I added the chiffon skirt overlay by making an extra skirt front from chiffon then roll hemmed  it down the centre!

 Excuse all the selfies, I made this in quite a rush and failed to actually model at any point!  The bodice has a lace applique fan on it as I was attending a Fanmakers event!

This is me on our hotel room just before dinner!  I wore my hand knitted blue chunky shawl, pearls and did my hair in an enormous bun to accessorize!  An d of course I took a fan (cream lace), but I seem to have failed to get any pictures of me with the fan and dress!

And here I am at dinner with a Pikeman!  I really want to learn how to use a pike now!

Machine Embroidered Bag

Apologies for the lack of post on Monday, life got away from me a little (as it is wont to do at this time of year!).

Here's a bag I made to hold a Christmas present, didn't it turn out pretty?  I love this pattern so much!  I'll show you the contents another time though, as I've got more of these to give out!

Princess Olaf Dress

I can never resist an interesting project, especially when wistfully asked for by a beloved small person and so I present to you the Princess Olaf Dress.  Just the thing for turning 5!

It's made of cotton lawn and t-shirting for the sleeves, with plastic buttons to be Olaf's coal.

It has a whist satin waist ribbon and plain buttons on the back to fasten and was well recieved by a very excitable birthday girl!

Proud Godparent Moment

Normal Service will be resumed on Thursday, today I just want to tell you I saw Lizard perform in her first ever ballet show on Saturday and I was bursting with pride at her performance!

Here is my star ballerina after her show!

As a bonus here's a picture of her watching Royal Opera House Ballet videos on youtube and earnestly explaining them to a picture of her Big Best Friend. 

Lizard - I am so very proud of you!  Love you so much!

Sunflower Dress Mini Me

Clearly, the best way to accessorise your new dress is with an adorable matching small person, right?

Lizard refused to stay still though, so you'll all have to wait for better pictures in the spring when we've planned a photoshoot for both of us!

A Sunflower Dress

I got this fabric ages ago, in May I think!  It was already to warm to contemplate sewing it though, so I tucked it away and let ideas simmer and on Saturday when I wanted a quick project just for me it sprang into mind so I made it into a lovely dress!

I'm not entirely sure what the fabric is, it's lighter than a sweatshirting, but thicker and heavier than a t-shirting!

The bodice is Alabama Chanin and the skirt was drafted by Katy for me some time ago and remains my favourite shape!

It's a lovely warm dress, but it feels so sunshiney with the sunflowers all over it!  I'm in love!

As you can see, it is a dress that encourages spinning!