Summer PJs

A few posts back I mentioned that I had received a shipment of fabrics from David Walker's Oh Boy! collection. It's full of really cute prints for boys featuring dinosaurs, vehicles, stripes, circles and great colours. I also mentioned that I wanted to make Thomas some pjs out of one of the fabrics.

Well, my list of sewing projects is about as long as my arm at the moment, and it seems to be growing each day, so my lovely Mum took one thing off my list and made Thomas these very cute summer pjs, using Animals Allover in White. All I had to do was make the button holes and sew on the buttons. I'd never used the buttonhole function on my sewing machine before, but since it was all automatic it was really quite fun. Must try it again sometime, or maybe I should get Thomas to do it since he seems magnetically attracted to the dials on my sewing machine...

Anyway, these pjs took just over 1m of fabric to make, and are a large size 2 I would have said. I think Mum used a pattern, but I'm not sure of its details. Still, I'm sure any of the major pattern brands would have something similar.

Aprons for Nana

My Nana, who is 85 and makes the best cream sponge, needed some new aprons, so I spent last weekend sewing a few for her. I cut the pattern off an existing apron she had which she loves the fit of, but which was nearly worn through, so it was definitely time for some new ones. She was right, the fit is fabulous, so I think I'll be making some for myself next.

Anyway, I made three aprons - the dark blue one is from fabric which she already had. It has a slight waterproof feeling texture to the outside, so will be great for those messy baking jobs. The other two I made from fabrics available at my online fabric store, www.fabrication.co.nz/. The light blue and red one is made with two stunning Joel Dewberry fabrics, Architect and Lodge Lattice, while the stripey one is made with David Walker fabric, Narrow Stripe and an Amy Butler fabric, Garden Maze, for the pocket and straps, which coordinates with it perfectly. I put a bigger pocket on the stripey apron, just because I love the Amy Butler fabric so much I wanted to be able to see it, but the other two just have a small pocket. I'm not entirely sure I've got this pocket in the same place as Nana had hers on her old apron, but hopefully it'll be near enough.

These aprons are easy peasy to make, and only take a metre of fabric (and you'll have some left over), so if you'd like the pattern just get in touch - I'm sure Nana wouldn't mind me sharing it with you.