East Meets West

I combined an Ottobre Design tee shirt pattern with the neck of a Japanese pattern to create what I had in mind - a three quarter length sleeve top all ready for some spring sunshine!

Winter Sports

We've made the most of a long snowy weekend to try out some fun winter sports: snowball fights, sledging and igloo building!

Winter Wonderland

Our visit to the Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park.

December 2012

Bags of Bags

Chloe and I saw a lovely Hello Kitty bag in Hamleys when we went to London in December, so having found I could buy the fabric (it's a Liberty print) I decided to surprise her with her own version for Christmas!

I then found I had the time to make a bag for me, all ready for our next day out together:

 

A Blue Beginning....

...to the month of December for me! Two new skirts to add to my wardrobe...

Tippy Top

Having already made a red version I decided a black version would be ideal for wearing underneath several of Chloe's outfits to add some layers for winter warmth. This time instead of the buttons I used popper fastenings which work well with the very fluid jersey.

Bring on the blues

Chloe is a little short on cardigans, so I thought I'd try my hand at a waterfall style cardigan in sweatshirt fabric to complete an outfit made up of a navy jersey top and a polka dot babycord skirt. I didn't have a girls pattern suitable so I combined a girls cardigan pattern from Ottobre Design with two adults patterns - one from Ottobre and another from a french magazine Coudre c'est facile. Chloe and I are both pleased with the result....