A prezzie for a Christening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A friend of ours got her baby boy Christened yesterday and when I received the invite around 3 weeks ago I thought I would make a presant as there is nothing cute out there for a boy......

Well lets just say I would of been better off just going to Target and buying a presant as this took much longer than expected. And as usual I left it till the last minute and everything went wrong.........

First pair of overalls I tried to put the press studs between the legs didn't work out......

Second pair I decided I would do the french seams so off I start sewing made the size O and when I finished they looked more like a size 000 so way to small for this bub.......(Lucky I know 2 people having boys in the next couple of months so I already have a pair of overalls for them)

Third time lucky...........

The Little Explorer Overalls in a size 1 made with material that Vikki off EB got me from SL and sent me!!!!!!Thanks again Vik!!!!!!!

Then I saw a sun hat on Vikki's blog and it was reversible and and looked great so I thought this would go great with the overalls.....So I measured DS2 head as my friends bub is one month younger than Dominic but Dominic was 5 weeks prem so they should of been the same age, anyway my friends bub is bigger than Dominic so I added a little on and made the hat and when finished it didn't even fit Dominic it come out too small I don't know why though.

So I had to remake another hat............. (So now I have a hat and overalls ready to go for a new bub soon)..................

One side of the hat....I think I like this best........

And reversed...........

Then decided I wanted to make a educational worm.....But while I was making it my husband informed me that it looked like a snake so now it is what ever the little boy wants to call it when he gets older (if my sewing is good enought to hold for that long!!!!)I wanted to make it so each section is joined diffently and each section has a differnt 'sound' in it!!!!!!!!!

So thinking it didn't look to hard and shouldn't take too long to make (HA HA HA) I started (using all the fabrics Vikki got me!!!).

The head has a squeeky thing in it so when it is pressed it squeekes.........

The next section is attached by eylets and shoe lace so the boy can learn to tie and this section has a bell in it.....

The next section is attached by clip studs and is made with plain blue cotton and I embroidered on it the boys name, 'Christening' and date and put a picture of a cross. I done this on my embroidery machine.........On the back of this section I embroidered Handmade with Love by Emma!!!!!!!!

The next section is attached with velcro and has cellophane in it for a different sound!!!!!

And the tail is attached by buttons and has another squeeky thing in it......................

And everything all together..........

I hope they like it as I put a lot of effort and TIME into this gift!!!!!!!!

Downtown boy giveaway!!!!!!!!

I was looking for a tutorial for a baby sunhat and stumbled across this instead.........
http://tonicoward.blogspot.com/2009/07/downtown-boy-giveaway.html. I am always searching for 'funky' little boys pattern and I just couldn't resist entering, and by leaving a coment you get one entry and by posting about the giveaway on your own blog you get an extra entry, just couldn't let the chance go by at getting 2 entries..........
I love this jacket and so hope I win it!!!! Everything crossed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EB Bag Swap! What I received.....

I received my bag as part of the EB bag swap from Getshakey (http://jaycrystalmay.blogspot.com/) .

This is what she had written on her blog earlier today, "Its giving me a big complex as the bag I made (and it took all my effort) is not done nearly as well as the one I recieved. (but to my recipient, that was my best effort hun and I hope you like it!) " But seriously I don't know what she was worried about, I love it and wish my sewing was as good!!!!!!!!

Ok without delay here is the bag.

The satin and ribbon were used to wrap the bag in, but I didn't get pictures as I was so keen to have a look at my bag, as soon as I left the post office I was walking down the steet ripping open the post pack and unwrapping the bag........It has a zip closure (I wouldn't even be game to attempt that).

And the inside of the bag (excuse DH's fingers LOL!!!)..........................It is red, white and black butterflies, Getshakey must of really read my likes and dislikes as I said my favourite colours were pink, purple, red, black and white, and this bag has nearly all them colours. The outside is black and white, the inside is red, black and white, and it has a 2 zipper pulls on and it pink with a silver butterfly!!!!!!! It has a zippered internal pocket that is huge with a butterfly zipper pull, it also has 3 pockets on the other side as well!!!!!!

And the butterfly zipper pull there are 2 of these one on the outside and one on the inside.

These are the 4 butterflies that are on the outside, the little heart at the end has made with love written on it........There are also the same 4 butterflies on the opposite side as well.

The photo's just don't do this bag any justice, and I really love my new bag and appricate all the effort that has gone into it!!!!!!!!!!!

I would also like to say a great big THANK YOU to Anna (tomsmum06 ) for organising this swap, it must of taken some hours to PM everyone and to organise everything, Thank you!!!!!
Can't wait for the next swap now!!!!!!

EB Bag Swap!!!!!! The Bag I made!!!!!

Today is the EB bag swap opening day, I had to sew a bag for becanne (Rebecca) and her blog...http://wallaby-creek.blogspot.com/.

Anyway this is the bag I made her.... It's hard to see cause the material is dark but it has pleats across the front and back, ten pleats to be exact............

And I also made a little tissue holder for an extra (but looking at what other people done for extra's I feel a little scrungy now!!!!

The label I embroidered onto some calico and sewed inside the bag as a memento of the bag swap!!!!!!!!

I searched for days and days for the pattern and printed off a heap of free tutes but just wasn't happy, so I enlisted the help of Vikki (bubblegumma ) and she helped me find this pattern....

Ok the pattern I used was a PDF pattern from an Etsy seller- olivetreetextiles, and the pattern is called 'The Charlie Bag'. For the tissue holder it was a free tute (and do you think I can find the website now????). I made the handle a little longer than the pattern said, as Rebecca said she liked to wear her bags cross body so hopefully it is long enough!!!!!!!! I also added a zippered pocket to the inside and a pocket for mobile phone and a pen pocket too....

The material was Michael Miller Birds of Norway in Expresso and Amy Butler Polka Dots in Linen, both from an etsy seller- fabricshoppe.

I also made the exact same for Vikki to say 'Thank you' for the shopping spree she went on to Spotlight for me (as I am not near one) and stocked up on a heap of fabric for me........

This is the label I embroidered for inside Vikki's bag.....

Things I learned when making these bags.....

1. How to insert Magnetic clasps, never used them before but now love them.

2. How to do an internal zippered pocket.

3. My Embroidery Machine and me aren't best friends LOL!!!!!!!!! And probley never will be.

4. How to use pellon. (never used it before and love it now)

5. That there are heaps of lovely ladies on EB willing to help with ANYTHING!!!!!!!

Fold Up Shopping Bag!!!!

Here is a fold up shopping bag I made a couple of weeks ago and have been forgetting to blog.....I went into Woollies yesterday to get a 'few' things and came out with HEAPS anyway I forgot to take bags in but had this little number in my bag waiting to be used. The checkout girl really stacked everything in as it was the only bag I had and it stood the test!!! YAH for me!!!!!!!!!

All folded up!!!!

And unfolded!!!!!!!

Wallet!

I have finally made myself a wallet. It is far from perfect but it is the first one I have made. Will have to make more for the practice........

The topstitching on the strap is not all the way around as I couldn't get around because of the magnetic clip. Will have to think of a different way for next time



The inside before I put all my cards in!!!



And with all my cards in. The pockets aren't straight really need to work on cutting out all my pieces straight!!!!!
Also the cards on one side are really tight When I sewed the centre line to make the fold I must of done it further on one side!!!!!!!

Ok I can finially add the pictures of my trial bag for the EB swap, I didn't add them before as I didn't want to give the style away even though the fabric is totally different........

EB Bag Swap Sneak Peak!

OK here it is finally my bag swap sneak peak!
I am taking part in the EB bag swap, gotta love swaps, and here is my sneak peak.



The bag, but I won't tell you which part of the bag........



And the lable I spent AGES on trying to get it just right (and many choice words too) my embroidery machine kept jamming up on me.  Any way it less then perfect but I done it 4 times so I gave up and this is the best one out of all of them...........I think just that little lable took longer than the whole bag to do!!!!!!!

I just hope my swap partner likes her bag (and lable too)

Stay tuned for the big reveal...........