Monday, 30 December 2013

Where did 2013 go?!

I can't believe that 2013 is almost over, how did that happen?? I hope everyone had a great Christmas, we had 13 here for Christmas Dinner which was nice but totally chaotic In fact, the last part of this year has been rather chaotic with lots going on and not much time for this poor neglected space. Hopefully 2014 will be a little less chaotic and I will actually sew/make something that I am happy to share on here rather than the half hearted/last minute panic crafting that has taken over!

Here is a small round up of my better/more popular crafty attempts for 2013:

Most popular (double the page views of the next one!): DIY Minion Cake

In second place: DIY Origami Bunny

Third Place: DIY Men's Dress Shirt to Ladies Blouse:

Fourth Place: DIY Fabric Origami Bow

Fifth Place: DIY Ninja Costume

Hopefully next year will see some more fun crafty projects, Big E is 8 in 3 weeks so there will be a cake post coming soon, at the moment it is to be a Star Wars Angry Birds cake....!

I hope everyone has a great Hogmanay, see you in 2014!

Linking to some of these fab parties!

52/52

Posted by Alison on December 29, 2013 in 52 in 2013 / 2 comments

little e: Cheeky face looking very grown up!

Big E: Snuggling a sleepy wee sister.

Joining up with Jodi again this week for

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

DIY Snow White Dress version 2

Posted by Alison on December 22, 2013 in Christmas, DIY, Snow White / 3 comments

One of my friends asked if I would make a Snow White dress for her 2 year old daughters Christmas. Of course I said yes and this is what I made! I can't wait to see her in it, she will be so cute :)

The last Snow White dress I made, for little e, had a velcro closure at the back and was made of non stretch velvet.

This time, because it was for such a young child, I used a stretchy velvet so it doesn't need any fastenings.

I used a simple butterick girls dress pattern but cut the back piece of the bodice and skirt on a fold because it was stretchy fabric. I attached the skirt to the stretched bodice and then, to hold the shape of the bodice better, added a band of elastic to hold the skirt at the unstretched bodice size (does that make sense?!). I skipped the piping step altogether and just sewed a narrow gold ribbon down the front. Not exactly like the actual Snow White dress but hopefully a 2 year old won't notice these things :)

Linking to some of these fab parties!

51/52

Posted by Alison on December 22, 2013 in 52 in 2013 / No comments

little e: A cheeky Mary in the church Nativity

Big E: Shepherd!

Joining up with Jodi again this week for

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

50/52

Posted by Alison on December 14, 2013 in 52 in 2013 / No comments

Big E: More excited than the picture makes out, just chosen a hamster (the wee brown one at the top)!

little e: Excited, until it bit Daddy!

Joining up with Jodi again this week for

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Tartan Skirt Refashion

Posted by Alison on December 08, 2013 in refashion / 5 comments

I have been wanting to get a tartan skirt for ages so when I found a 100% wool skirt for £7 on ebay I jumped at the chance! I forgot to take any before photos but imagine a below the knee pencil skirt that was about two sizes too big! .

Now it is an above the knee pencil skirt that I love (not sure why there is a funny sticky out bit on the right, must be the way I am standing)! The skirt has a centre back zip so taking in the sides was easy and then I re-hemmed it at a better length.

It looks a little crushed in the photos, that is what 2 days in a row wearing it does :)

A final photo, this is what it looks like when it has just rescued a tree that has fallen over and deposited most of the decorations on the floor...(the innocent looking little girl was not innocent)!