School uniforms

Over the past week I've been making school uniforms. Skorts, to be precise. They have to be woven, and the style of skort where you have a pair of shorts with a flap across the front to look like a wrap skirt. I have a toddler pattern which I've re-drafted to fit Miss 5 and Miss 7. So far I've made three pairs. They fit better than the ones I purchased at the start of the year. I guess this means I'll be sewing uniforms each year now too...

CARDS

Here are the two cards I'm teaching at my card day tomorrow. I'm really enjoying finally using the stamps I've been collecting over the past year or two. I discovered Stampin Up about two years ago and have found it very satisfying to start and finish a papercraft project in one sitting [unlike my scrapbooking which is unending].

The first card is stamped then coloured with watercolour pencils and an aquawash pen. The second is stamped in two different colours.

WINTER WRAP SKIRT

I have been working on a long wrap winter skirt for myself over the past week. It's been on my to do list since Autumn, so finishing by mid-July isn't too bad, I reckon. There was enough fabric left over to make a bias cut skirt for Miss 7 with an elastic waist. She wanted a long skirt "like yours". Tomorrow morning at church we'll match!! I've never made 'Mummy and Me' matching clothing before...

The wrap skirt is a pattern from the 70's that belonged to my Mum. I absolutely love it - the last skirt I made with this pattern I LIVE in. It's an A-line, very flattering, and I plan to wear it with long boots to keep my legs warm!

I'm really enjoying sewing clothing for myself again.

BIBS, BIBS, AND MORE BIBS

It's funny how I had heaps of bibs for my first three children, but now fourth time around I struggle to find a clean bib at meal times! So inspired by LiER on her blog here I decided to make some new bibs for Miss 0. Here are tonight's efforts:

I printed LiER's pattern, and compared it to my favourite bib that fits Miss 0 really well. Then I altered the pattern to match our bib, and started cutting. I really enjoyed using some of the lovely fat quarters and other remnants I've accumulated in the past few months and had no idea how to use. I still need to topstitch most of these and attach the velcro, which I'll do tomorrow.
I think this bib-making could become addictive...

PS: No, this is NOT one of my projects on my To Do list on the right. I know, I know, I need to focus on them. But this was such FUN!

Our new babies

Here are our new babies: 5 days old, and already almost twice as big as when we got them last Tuesday. We're planning a chicken coop to house laying hens, but couldn't resist buying them at one day old!

The kids think they're fantastic, and the chicks are getting used to being handled by us all. Problem is, it's winter here in Oz and too cold to put them outside while they're so little. So I have six little chicks living in my dining room in a box. When we get them out for a little run they poop EVERYWHERE so I'm glad I have a steam cleaner to disinfect my floor tiles!