DIY Elsa Inspired Dress - Version 3

My friend asked if I would maker her wee girl an Elsa dress for her 3rd birthday, how could I refuse! I have made this one and this one before and decided to make it a bit more toddler / young girl friendly. All my fabric is stretchy so I decided to use the Skater Dress pattern from Kitschy...

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Big E: Crisp sampling at Grandma's 60th Birthday Party! little e: under the table at Grandma's birthday lunch! Joining in with Jodi  for the 52 project.  ...

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Charity Shop Success

I don't know why I have never posted about  my charity shop bargains before, it is time to change that since a lot of of my clothes come from charity shops or ebay! Last weekend we went to donate loads of stuff to the Barnardos shop in South Queensferry. It is a donation centre but has racks of...

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little e : doing a Halloween quiz on a day out Big E: Needs a haircut! Joining in with Jodi  for the 52 project.  ...

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A last minute skater dress

There has been some panic sewing going on in this house, I got a bit confused, which is easily done, and thought this dress was needed for a week tomorrow, it's not , I need it for tomorrow! Little Z is going to be 3 and is Peppa Pig daft so thought I would dilute some of the Peppa madness with a Raccoon...

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Big E: Spider catching with clone trooper accessories.. little e: New PJ's! Rubbish photos this week but still joining in with Jodi  for the 52 project. I can't believe it is week 41 already! ...

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Autumn and Winter Sewing Plans

For once in my sewing life I actually have some plans so thought I would write them down. I love reading other people plans! I hope to get these all finished before  New Year but that may be a little ambitious... The plan: 1. Can you guess what is first on my list... yep, another Elsa dress...

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It begins with C and ends with mas...

Yes; it is October so obviously an appropriate time to discuss Christmas! This year we are trying our hardest to avoid so much stuff coming in to our house as I really feel that all the stuff devalues the day, not to mention a total waste of energy used to make it all (this is a fantastic short...

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little e: she sat playing cafes for ages today! Big E: the boys made grave stones and ghosts for Halloween! Joining in with Jodi again for the 52 project. ...

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Meet the new additions

Over the summer 2 of our 4 hens died and since they rely on numbers to keep the coop warm in the winter it was time to 'top up'! We decided to re-home ex-commercial hens (they were ex organic free range) again and got them from Wing and a Prayer who are excellent. We went for 3 hens and came home...

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