Friday, April 9, 2021

March sewing - catch up post

 Apparently I'm too busy making things to blog about them at the moment...

I've managed to carry on with the 52 week challenge so I'll organise this into weeks again - weeks 9 to 13

Week 9 - Sew something Timeless or Classic

I found a free pinafore dress pattern on the Halla patterns facebook group which is reversible so I made rainbows one side and dinosaurs the other. The instructions were a little confusing, eg there's optional patch pockets but they're not mentioned in the instructions so I only remembered them partway through. The end result looks nice, though my daughter has now decided she doesn't like dinosaurs so she will only wear it rainbow side out!

I also made her a birthday crown (complete with her favourite animal elephant) 

Week 10 - Sew a Bag (challenge rejected)

Continuing the elephant theme, I made her a dress made from elephant fabric - this is the Beachcomber from Waves & Wild (formerly Made by Jack's Mum). I thought the elephant fabric was jersey, but it's not stretchy enough for the neckband so I'll have to replace it with ribbing at some point. I also have a panel in the same design that I'll probably make into a sweatshirt eventually.


Week 11 - Act of Craftivism

So this is to sew something to support a cause etc. I saw a request on a sewing group for drawstring bags to be used as washbags for patients in the children's hospital, so I made ten over the week and sent them off. I got a lovely card as a thank you.



Week 12 - Sew something for yourself

I made a few things this week - I had some lovely sewing-themed fabric that I wanted to make into a dress for myself (Halla Agnes dress). But also there were a couple of birthdays so my daughter helped me make a rabbit for her friend (Patterns for Pirates Plushie Pals freebie), and I also made some flowers for my mum (tutorial on Facebook here)



Week 13 - Upcycle something

A relative is expecting a baby girl, so I made a dress (Twig + Tale Petal Wrap dress) from an old dress of mine and some needlecord that I got as a gift.

I also made a t-shirt (Halla Stardust) for a charity raffle. TGCGS Charity Fundraising


Links to pattern designers that are in this post (not affiliate!)

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