Marzipan's Crafts: 52weeks

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!)

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

February Sewing

I seem to be making about two things a week at the moment, so let's see what I can remember. I'm still doing the 52 week sewing challenge so this will be weeks 5 to 8.

Week 5 - Sew something for Storage

My daughter likes to bring her favourite cuddly toy everywhere, so we decided to make a little sling for her to carry it in so it doesn't get lost.

We made a mini mei-tai from The Art of Simple tutorial and it came out quite well. If I make it again, I think I will just use webbing or ribbon for the straps as sewing and turning out and topstitching took quite a lot of time.

I also made myself another top - this one was Hallå Stardust top (free pattern again!) which has some nice other colour blocking options but I made the plain version for now. It came out quite nicely.

Not to mention, another cuddly. This time it's a fish.

Week 6 - sew something with buttons or snaps

I actually had a pattern to test this month - exciting! It's a scarf/bib and it has snaps so I made it for the challenge too. It's not released yet but when it is I'll put a link in. It's from The Cajun Girl

And I made a pirate jumper too - this is the Altitude pattern from Peek-a-boo patterns.

Week 7 - sew something "green" or eco-friendly

I didn't do the weekly challenge as I couldn't think of anything I could easily make that we would actually use. So instead I made some leggings (Made by Jack's Mum lightning leggings) and a giant bean bag ball (Ellie & Mac Stuffy Ball) to store all the cuddly toys in (you could argue that this prevents me throwing all the cuddly toys in the bin! Not sure)

Oh I almost forgot - I made a little twirly skirt out of a glittery remnant that I had. She didn't believe I'd made it at first because it has glitter on it.

Week 8 - sew something that's not fabric

I was planning to make something out of some Capri-sun packets for this, but as it happened I was busy with other things.

I do a monthly handmade gift swap (The Great Crafting Gift Swap on Facebook) so I made an infinity pocket scarf for that - The Patterns for Pirates one which I did before Christmas. I suppose a zip for the pocket is kind of not fabric?