Tie Dye Mania

Here is another dress I made a couple of months ago. I saw the fabric in Spotlight and had to buy it....the pattern however is not so great. Mia wouldn't let me have a photo by myself and Finn took the photo, so its not the greatest lol.

Happy Tuesday

Whipped up a dress last night.....and here it is

Wally Weekend

It was my nephews 1st birthday on Saturday. I made this Thomas cake for his party. We had an awesome time at his party!!

Below is a picture of Mia in her leather jacket and black pettiskirt. I made the pettiskirt with help from http://www.lostinstash.blogspot.com/. Found the leather jacket in an op-shop for $2.00...can you believe it? I wish I had an outfit like this!! Mia is always difficult around cameras and this is the best pic of the day hahaha

Why is there not enough time in one Day?

Korowai is on hold (surprise surprise). In the meantime I whipped up this baby!!!
Dont you just love it? Sorry couldn't be bothered rotating it. Mum bought these old woollen blankets from an op-shop a while ago and I was dying to make a coat out of them. Luckily I found an awesome pattern from http://www.burdastyle.com/ LOVE that website!! Haven't put buttons on yet because I want ones that cost $6.00 each!! Unbelievable!! I already have 2 more bits of fabric lined up to make 2 more coats...that should last me the winter.

Tully is a book about a girl who was beaten by her Mother, whose best friend killed herself and who fell in love with someone other than her husband. I must say I am utterly disgusted at her at the moment!!! She makes me want to scream!!! Read it and find out why. Great book but you just cant help hating her!

I've decided to make a Korowai

So I'm going to make a Korowai. I started going to korowai classes early last year, but things happened and I couldn't complete the class. I'm making one at home and hopefully learnt enough from the few classes to peice one together by myself.



For those of you who dont know what a korowai is, its a Maori cloak with feathers woven into it. Here is an example.







Mine will only be one colour and I'm making a mini one, so it wont matter as much if I stuff it up.



Here is the beginnings of my Korowai

Pink Anda

Last year I made an Anda dress from a pattern on http://www.burdastyle.com/ . This looked like a sack with a rope around it...GROSS!!! So here I altered the pattern a bit by adding tucks to the front and back, and lowering the neckline. Sewed some ruffle fluff I had left over from a pettiskirt onto the neckline, around the sleeves and around the hemline.

So, I think I will use the Anda pattern again, but never the original!!!

Happy New Year

I know its nearly the end of January, but since I'm new to this Happy New Year 2010. I hope 2010 is good for you!!

Let me introduce myself. I am Leah, 27 years old, married, and Mother of 2 little monkeys. Finn is 4 years old and Mia is 3 years old.

I have recently discovered my 2 favourite things to do in the whole world.

SEWING & READING

I cant get enough of either of these!!!!! Hopefully I can share some of my sewing achievements on here (if I figure out how to).

The pic is me and my sisters taken in Ahipara, Far North.