pigtails and pettiskirts

The day Sage was born i put in an order for a pettiskirt for her. It just happened to be the day the co-op closed and since I was ordering one for her big sis, well surely at just 24 hours old she needed one too. For two years her skirt hung in her wardrobe, waiting...



waiting to be discovered by a very girly little miss. It seems that ordering that pettiskirt was a bit of a precursor to little sage's affinity with all things girly and pretty. what a little girly girl I have. To get her dressed each day I need to show her a pretty dress or top. A highlight of the morning is getting her hair done and choosing a special clip. Oh and what a delight, now we can do pigtails. Pigtails and pettiskirts, perfectly pretty.

Frida, oh how I love thee

I had high hopes for the Frida pattern by Modkid, and they certainly reached them! Having read reviews in Sew Hip and hearing lots of other great reviews and just perusing the pattern itself, it just looked so flawless and clear, and that is just what it was. An absolute delight to make with beautifully presented instructions. And to top it off, the fit is perfect, it's super sweet and Tully loves it!



I made this little number in a Michael Miller range. I loved the bird fabric and bought it with the idea to make "a" dress for Tully but then when I was trying to decide exactly what to use for Frida, it was the perfect choice. I think it has a mexican feel to it, and suits the style perfectly. I love that this is so bright and vibrant, it will be perfect for all the dancing in store next week when we head off to WOMAD, which I'm way too excited about!



I was thinking that it would be lovely to make this in actual Frida Kahlo material but it could be a bit much for a little girls dress, maybe? Although I have just found this Frida in spooflower, ohh too cute!



And now for the littlest misses birthday dress. Lesley asked for a piccie, so I thought I had actually put it on Sage to see that it fits. That's right Sage didn't even wear her birthday dress on her birthday and hasn't even tried it on yet. It was way hot 35 degrees on her big day and we spent the day at the beach and chilling and of course eating cake. I actually though it would be too big for her! Well it's not it fits her perfectly, maybe a bit long for the crawler but once she gets her balance it'll be perfect. Her latest very most favourite thing to do is swing, swing , swing. Oh what a delight it is, she cackles and squeals and just won't get out! I forgot to take a piccie with her matching polly dolly so those shots will come along soon.

Now it's time to sew for the little boy. Lach has a pair of shorts he doesn't like the fit of, so I'm gonna hack them up for some pants for my growing little guy, everything has become ankle basher over summer. Oh and summer, where did that go! I'm so sad that the cold weather is on the way, I love the sunshine.

Lilac

Well, this post was going to be to announce that the first Long legged Polly Dolly Lilac was in the store and to please, get on over there to check her out, but the store won't let me in.... So instead I'm going to say that Lilac will be in the store ...soon. Hopefully sometime today, but who knows. I'll pop her on preview first so you can check her out proper like and then she'll go up live. Hope you all like her, Tully does, and has requested many times that this one be for her. Shame she has a squillion softie's made by me languishing on her bed, mostly unloved.

Lilac's friend Rose will be making an appearance in the store over the next couple of days, and then there's sure to be more. But first I must squeeze in some time to make something for my littlest misses 1st b'day. I had planned on making one of these dolls to go in the gorgeous wooden pram she is getting but I didn't get on to it soon enough and don't have any doctors flannel. I think a polly dolly may suffice.

The little poppet isn't getting much in the way of pressies, but what she is getting is awesome. Yesterday a truly wonderful little dress arrived from Belle and Boo. I just about squealed when the postie handed it to me. I think the little image of Belle scared him out of popping it in my letterbox. Now how special is that.



** Super happy yay** Ozebaby has finally come back on-line and Lilac is up previewing now. She'll go live tonight (wed 3/2) at 7pm SA time. cheers

flitter flutter

oooooo so many little winged things in my house at the moment:D
Much to the delight of her big sis, little Sage is quite happy to be dressed up as a fairy princess. Apparently the dress is very nice to chew.

As would be Ella and Alice if I would let Sage close enough to get her hands on them. These two little pixies will be appearing over in a very exciting stocking that tik and I have been invited to attend. Gossamer Dreams is the place to visit on the 15th as not only will tik and I be there but lots of other talented wahm's. The stocking is retro and I'm a bit excited about what may be stocked, check out Lesley's awesome set...way cute! The stocking is for 24hrs only so make sure you don't miss it!

sage's rainbow

Sage had a day out in her rainbow dress today and doesn't she look sweet, sweet, sweet! I love the pastel rainbow, the sweet style, picot edging but most of all I love that gurgling, giggling, ball of squealling and screeching scrumminess that is my little Sage.



She's a big 4 months old now, gosh where did that go? And she's easy! She doesn't sleep through and I'm not really sure that she ever has, she loves to be with me ALL the time and I love to be with her too. Life is certainly busier but I prefer to call it fuller:) Anyway, back to the rainbow dress that this post is about!

Did I mention I love the tones? Well they are plant dyes but I'm not sure of any of the other spec's except that it came from NZ. I love how the sleeves sit, a little bit different to the original pattern; a bit more like a cap sleeve. And the fit is just perfect on sage. It's a size 6 months and my chubby little 4 month will be in it for a long long time, I see her wearing it as a top in a years time. Thanks tik, we love love love it!

sage's pixie

I've been busily working on the "local love" pixies for upcoming stocking, i know i know, it's been upcoming for what seems like ages, but i promise you it's coming! Anyway I was just finishing of this little miss which features one of my fav prints by Lara Cameron when I noticed Sage's eyes bulging out of her head when she looked at it. She loved it! I decided since I like this one so much and Sage obvioulsy did as well, then she could have it.



So here's Sage's first pixie, which is apparently quite tasty. I do have another one all made up for her, it just needs stuffing so I'll be popping that one up randomly in the next week.



So now I'll be making another pixie to replace Sage's as well. So the plan at the moment is a super exciting, and quite large stocking by tik and I featuring lots of fabulous prints by local aussie fabric designers in about 2 weeks



oh and did you notice the very special wings? Beautiful rainbow hand dyed felt from winterwood. Just awesome and more like them to come....promise