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Category Archives: clothes for children
KCW: more shorts for Hugo
Hugo’s wardrobe gained another pair of shorts this morning. I used the Apple Jack by moda fabrics – I think the alphabet fabric is just too cute. Once again, I sewed MADE KID shorts with flat front and pocket variations … Continue reading
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KCW: the one where the hat was too big
I’ve come to the conclusion you can never have too many hats for a child. Now that the weather’s warming up and we’re spending (much) more time at the park, I think we might need a few more for everyone … Continue reading
KCW: KID shorts for Hugo
Hugo has a few loves in life: dogs, cars, buses, stars and balls. It’s a given, then, that when I was rifling through my fabric and stumbled across this Spot material I couldn’t pass it up. I was given this … Continue reading
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KCW: Serendipity shorts
These shorts are the result of a very slight re-working of the Sewlosophy Pattern Co. Serendipity Capris pattern (I have written about this pattern here and here). In fact, I used the same pattern pieces I cut out for my weekend sewing. … Continue reading
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KCW: A dress up crown
Elena had a dress up day at child care today. That we remembered yesterday afternoon. Whoops. Attentive parenting all the way. Thankfully, (I never thought I’d say this) Elena’s really into pink fairies at the moment so an acceptable costume … Continue reading
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Pink pink pink capris
I’ve been thinking Elena could do with some 3/4 length pants for spring/autumn – and then I came across this pink chino drill at my local fabric shop. I knew it would make my girl’s day. Elena’s always reminding me that … Continue reading
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Speed knitting
A gorgeous girl turned one this week. She lives in Tasmania so I don’t see her and her mother, my friend, much at all. Imagine my surprise when I got a text earlier in the week that her mum would … Continue reading
Posted in clothes for children, gifts for babies, hand dyeing, in threes, knitting, random, yarn
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Two birthdays and some sewing
We’ve had two birthdays in the house – mine was earlier in July, and Elena’s this last week. We both had lovely days, and we had a little get together to celebrate Elena turning three. I know it’s clichéd, but I … Continue reading
Posted in clothes for children, creating for boys, hand dyeing, knitting, sewing
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More pink tulle than you can imagine: {little things to sew} tutu
One of the things we’ve learned with Elena is that swimming lessons = ear infections, even after getting grommets. I’ve no real idea why, because she doesn’t get them when we swim at the beach, but this term we switched … Continue reading
Posted in clothes for children, oliver + s, random, sewing
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Sewlosophy Serendipity pants and shirt
Months ago I came across a call for pattern testers over at The Mother Huddle. Destri was in the final stages of designing and launching a new pattern company – Sewlosophy Pattern Co. The Serendipty range includes pants, a top, … Continue reading
Posted in clothes for children, pattern testing, sewing, sewing patterns
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ruth plus two 