What big eyes you have Grandma. . . .

I have been doing a little bit of sewing recently as a birthday present for our youngest granddaughter.  Her mum suggested a Red Riding Hood cape as a present so that is what I have been making.  The pattern I used was this one but unfortunately it is not in the size required so I…

Recycle, reuse Bananas in Pyjamas

Bananas in Pyjamas have been a feature of Australian television for many, many years. I think the song was first heard around 1972.  If you haven’t heard of them, here is the original stair descent on Play School on ABC television. Since that time the bananas have had a series of their own and a…

Re-purposing a man’s shirt

This is my third go at re-purposing or recycling a man’s shirt. This time I didn’t bother unpicking I just cut each of the sections along the seams.  I used the same pattern as I used previously but in a larger size. I am delighted with how it turned out. Detail of the collar and…

A shirt becomes a shirt. . .recycling

My younger daughter has given me this shirt to turn into a shirt for my granddaughter.  She did give me the shirt quite some time ago but I am only now contemplating making the new shirt.  I am a bit slow off the mark.  I will get it unpicked today and hopefully get it cut…

A completed brioche work.

I have finished the second version of Stella which I told you about in a recent post. The dress will look much better when it is on my granddaughter as it just looks like a tube when laid out on the floor. The difficulty with the previous version was that the neckline was too tight…

Somewhere over the rainbow

My granddaughter is about to turn five and for her birthday she is having a rainbow party. Of course for all good rainbow parties you need a rainbow skirt so yesterday that was what I was doing, making a rainbow skirt for my granddaughter. When I had finished it make me think of the dolls…