Miss 9 did some growing just before Christmas, which meant that all her skirts, shorts and dresses were too short! This doesn't matter so much for summer, but I planned to make her a new set of outfits for once it started getting cooler. I started by purchasing
I hope you all had a great break over the Christmas period - we spent most of it at home, with a week away at the beach at the end of January. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't the best, but we had a great time anyway. I got a
This month I asked Miss 9 if she wanted to make a doll with me, to further her sewing skills. I hadn't make a doll or stuffed toy in several years, so we looked at patterns and chose our designs. On a whim, I asked my god-daughter, Miss
Following on from my last post, this blog entry is about the other main type of fabric - Knit fabric! Knit fabric is a different type of weave, which makes the fabric able to stretch, though you can get "stretch woven" fabric, and woven fabric can be made
I thought I'd write a little bit about fabric types, and the type of fabrics I sew with. There are two main types of fabric - woven and knit. The easiest way to distinguish between the two (though not fool proof) is stretchy or not stretchy! I think