Navy Stripes

One for me this time! I made a top for Chloe in this thick cotton jersey fabric last year and really loved it, so when the occasion arose I bought some more for me. I wore my tunic for the first time on Friday - my husband admired it and one of my friends asked me several times where I got it thinking it was from Boden... She did make me laugh however when she got me to put my arms up to check the stripes matched!!! Just as well they did....

Drawing on Denim

Chloe needed a new denim skirt and was give a nice magenta and navy top for her birthday, so I thought it would be a good idea to decorate the denim to match.

I drew the flower onto the denim using a template from one of the Ottobre Magazines, then stitched it very slowly on my ordinary sewing machine.

If the hat fits.....

....wear it. She did - all weekend!

Chloe even chose the outfit to wear on her birthday to match her present!

Purple Roses

...Is the name of the top pattern and the material almost matches it's name! The top is teamed with the Wide Whale cord shorts from the same issue (Winter 2011) of Ottobre Design.

Autumn Colours

That's what I though of as soon as I saw this lovely sweatshirt fabric with its warm brown tones It's taken me several years however to decide what to use it for, but I finally decided to use a well loved dress pattern one last time before Chloe grows out of the pattern as well!

With which I thought a lime green top (and tights!) would look nice....

Noelle (part 2)

I've been wanting to make the 'Tippy' top from the Winter 2008 issue of Ottobre Design for some time, and at long last an elegant turtleneck top was in order....

Noelle (Part 1)

I finished this lovely velvet skirt on Tuesday and Chloe couldn't wait to try it on as soon as she got home. It was cool enough she was happy to keep it, so I got the opportunity to take some photos...