The Green Dress of Awesomeness

 

I made myself a dress! I'm pretty happy with myself, even if I meant to sew it months ago & even if I did make some pretty major errors when making it (oops!).

The pattern is the Olive dress from Boo & Lu, you can grab the sewing pattern from here.....

If you'd like to see my sewing journey including my crazy errors and the joy of finishing it then go check it out here...

This is my first make of the year, so currently on track with my 2025 Year of the Making thing that talked about here.....

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Monster Head!

 

My son was turning 14 and what do you give a teen boy? Well, you make him the best gift ever, a big hairy monster head! He absolutely loves the monster, I do too! Do you?

You need this in your life! The pattern is this one: https://tidd.ly/3ZM3eMA

The key to getting it too look awesome is the yarn, which is this yarn: http://bit.ly/3ZuAEy1 

I found the eyes hard to source, so here ya go, I'm making it easy for you: https://amzn.to/41t8LJf

Now this project looks harder than what it is! I filmed me making it here: ...https://bit.ly/3ZYf8mD...  so you can crochet along with me and we can unleash these beasts upon the world!

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Some Suprisingly Awesome Gift Ideas!

 Yes, the season of giving has arrived and I love to give gifts that are unique but also used! I hate when a gift is given that just sits there taking up space because they (or you) don't know what to do with it. So let's make gift giving fun & practical and totally unexpected but thoroughly loved!

I think we all know either the dog or their human that needs this lead. Buy them (or you) a lead or collar here: https://tidd.ly/3Vg3mBs

And if you know their shoe size then these shoes are awesome: grab a pair here 

Everybody has keys and these keyrings are the best thing ever, buy a bunch from here.

This journal makes me want to write my day away,  grab them here....

The prettiest mirror for the prettiest person! Is there a person alive who wouldn't want this in their house? Grab one for you and him & her & them here.....

If they're slightly addicted to their water bottles, then they'll need this and be the coolest person ever! 

The snack holder that I didn't know that I needed until I saw it, get it here: https://tidd.ly/3AXi0H0

And of course, there are lots and lots more just click here to check out their curated guides to make shopping easier for you! 

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Making the most of my wardrobe

 

Sometimes when we wear our favourite clothes, we want an excuse to wear them more often but something holds us back ... like cold weather. I love wearing my linen pinafore dress all year round but it gets cold here so I often have to wear a jumper over the top of it BUT I don't like how it looks with the dress.

So I came across a cute sewing pattern called the Alpine Top that had a curved front so it would actually look like I'm wearing a dress not a skirt when I'm wearing it. So yep, I purchased the pattern, got it printed and also bought some fancy warm material and made it.

I love it.

I struck a few set backs on the way that I vlogged here.... but otherwise the top is awesome! Only three pattern pieces - so easy! I'm definitely going to make myself a couple more!

Do you love layering up your dresses like I do?

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Harry Potter Quilt

 

Oops, I was a bit late getting a quilt sewn for my daughter's 11th birthday (late by a week!) but here it is, all finished!

I cut the squares at approx 8.5" and sewed them together then joined it to a minky backing. Ohmygosh, the minky is so soft!

I filmed it all here:  https://youtu.be/-P6S5BK9zu0

I think I'll pop it aside for Christmas, it'll be mid summer then but I think she'll still enjoy it!

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