Jubilee Dress

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee is fast approaching and my daughter's school has a couple of celebrations coming up. The children have been asked to dress for the occasion and of course I saw this as an excuse to make my daughter a fabulous dress.

I've had the pattern in my stash for a while now (It's the Cuppy Cake Dress pattern) so thought now was a good time to give it a go. 

So with some extensive planning

 

There's still some finishing touches to add, topstitching, buttons and button holes, but apart from that it's done and I'm very pleased with it.

and some shots of the little lady modelling her new dress

FO Friday: Rainbow Cardi

It's finished and I'm really pleased that my Instagram friends made me finish it.

Unfortunately it didn't dry quite as quickly as I thought it would so here are some pictures of it blocking

I wasn't sure that the buttons I'd bought would go with the vibrant colours of the yarn, but I think they work.

In other crafty news, I received the most amazing box of craftiness from the most amazing American lady

Just this view made me go squeeeeeeee!!!!

  

I'm so touched her generosity. 

In the sewing section, I'm working on a dress for my eldest daughter. Her school have some Jubilee celebrations coming up and have asked that the children go to school dressed in red, blue and white for the occasion. I've had a pattern for a cuppy cake dress for a while now, so I thought I'd make use of it and make her a Jubilee dress.

These are the fabrics I'm using

I started cutting the pieces yesterday and will hopefully get some done today too.

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WIP Wednesday: Another little sister dress

This time for my eldest daughter

The yarn is a bit fluffier than the yarn I used for the last one, so I'm not sure how it's going to turn out yet.

Please excuse the paper. The yarn blended too much with my carpet. 

Yarn: Sublime Organic Merino Wool DK

The rainbow cardigan I was making is finished and just needs buttons, but you'll have to wait until Friday for that one :P 

The Strawberry "party" my friend and I threw for our youngest children was a success. I'm itching to start planning something else now. 

I'm thinking of throwing a candy "party" for my eldest in December, but this time for family only.

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Strawberry Party

In a couple of weeks my baby girl will turn 3 years old *sniff*

To celebrate I joined up with a friend who's little girl turned 3 years old a couple of weeks ago and we threw them a themed playdate/party. It was a very small affair with only 4 children, but that's no reason to cut back on effort right?

I annoyingly forgot my camera so these are a combination of photos from my phone and my friend's camera.



The two Birthday girls and their two guests.






Strawberry milkshake


Mini trifles for the children (there were adult ones too)



Eton mess strawberry cake (no it wasn't supposed to be a mess...haha)


The strawberries on top are filled with cheesecake and topped with digestive crumbs from this website they were so good!


The bunting I made






How cute do they look in the coordinated dresses I made?






Bean bag throwing with the beanbags I made







Anara was a big fan of the strawberry milkshake and loved the little bottles


they made paper strawberries


A hunt for the strawberries




Time to light the candles






Pink and green inner


Enjoying their party bags. I'll have to get a picture of those. My friend made them and they're cute!

I really enjoyed planning this "party", I want to start planning another. The small group of children was definitely an improvement on the masses we had at the Rainbow party. I was actually able to enjoy this one. 

WIP Wednesday: In threes

Morning everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Bank holiday.

I'm currently making the In Threes cardigan with some raib ow yarn, but if I'm honest I'm having second thoughts. I love my rainbows but this might be a little *too* bright for a cardigan.

I'll get to the end of the ball before I decide. 

Sorry for the short post, I'm busy getting a Birthday playdate together for tomorrow, pictures of that after the event.

Before I forget. Someone wanted to know what those socks were that were poking out from under Anara's trousers...they're shark socks :D She's also got Crocodiles and Tigers...haha

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FO Friday: Little sister "dress" and Strawberry cuteness

It's finished! and I love it! I can see me making more of these. It's a super easy pattern and it's so cute!

I recycled some buttons from a pair of trousers that no longer fit Anara (My youngest)

It's a perfect fit and I think the colour really suits her

Excuse her hair. I was just too excited to wait until after brushing it. Not that it looks much better now that it's done.

Pattern: Little Sister Dress

Yarn: Sublime Extra Fine Merino wool

I've also been making a few bits and bats for Anara's Birthday "Party" I say "Party" because there will be 4 children present (including my daughter) so it's really more of a playdate with a theme. And the theme is Strawberries.

These I'm making for a Strawberry hunt. I need to make at least one more. 

Pattern: Strawberry

I've also made my eldest daughter, Rheya, a tooth fairy pillow. She was unfortunately enough to have to have a tooth pulled this week...she was an absolute star though and I'm very proud of her.

I made this is a bit of a rush so it's not my best work, but it did the job.



the back


and my brave girl with her gross tooth


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