Amelias angel costume

This was a really traditional effort - an old sheet! I just made a traditional tunic, trimmed in gold ribbon (which Amelia chose) and made some felt wings.

The halo was more difficult to ponder. I hate the concotions oftinsel strapped to a headband, so made some felt angel wing clips and a gold ribbon head band. I had intended it to be a alice band, but Amelia liked it low on her forehead, which actually did look more like a halo!! It was obviously a succcess as she wore it all day after the concert!!

Spotty Dresses

I have had this fabric for a while - and wasnt sure how to use it - but it leant itself towards two little pinafore dresses. The girls love them and they chose their own buttons (purple for Amelia and Orange for Lucy)

ofcourse Lucy wouldnt actually pose and show off the dress...

and they came home from Jack's party covered in blue and red icing - am hoping it will come out in a normal wash!!

Paper chains - Boring?

I wanted some cheap and easy hall decorations - they dont get much cheaper and easier than paperchains! But they dont have to be boring, using a rainbow of paper and some unusual shapes, I am loving the results, plus the girls helped too!! Will be repeating this in the lounge in more traditional Christmas colours!

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A few christmas decorations, a tree for baby boy Aidan, with a deer, squirrel and hedgehog..

...and a stocking monster each for Jack and Joshua, a nice side to display on a tree and a monster side to keep little boys happy!!

Oh Arrrrrggggh A Pirate!

Amelia kept asking for a pirate top ... this turned out pretty huge, the sleeves are far too long, but she LOVES it - so Im happy with it!

Little Lucy Monkey Dress

I love this dress. Its so Lucy. Fully reversable. One side has a monkey on the front and a lion on the back. When turned inside out, it has the lion on the front and an elephant on the back! But could I get a photo of it reversed?? Of course not!

Fireplace Guard

This is probably the best thing I have ever made. As soon as Amelia started crawling, something had to be done about the raw brick edged fire place! So I made a bumper. The navy used to match our settees, and I havnt got round to recovering it to match the new ones .. even though its been over a year now!!! It works brilliantly and has saved many a cracked skull!

Boy Bunting

Normally, most of the bunting I make is for girls, but the last few have been for boys, with colour schemes to fit specific rooms.

Felt Food

Some donuts and biscuits. I want to expand on the girls felt food and give them some more stuff for christmas. I want to fashion some sort of ice cream so they can 'make' and 'sell' it to me!!

First Order!

The first clips I have made & sold! Decided they needed some presentation so made some labels. Cant decide if it looks quite good .. or its a bit sad!! But I am pleased with them!

T-shirt dresses

I made these dresses for Amelia to wear to playschool...easy to get on and off... but she loves them and wears them all the time!

Her 'tree' dress

Her 'Snow White' dress

and my favourite, the 'Boom!' Dress!

BItty Booties

Tiny litle embroidered booties.. these were for Jack..when he also could have been Grace!

These were Bella's

and these Stan's.Making these booties was great fun!

Clips!

How it all started!! Clips for Amelia as I loved the pretty felt ones that dont snag little hair...but didnt like the price tags and decided i could 'do it myself!' So here is a back-catalogue of random photos i could find..