Baby clothes bunting

My daughter was 4 on friday, so I decided to finally do something with some of the baby clothes I've been saving. I cut up bodies, sleep-suits, jumpers and trousers - all of which are now too small for them. Sewed the material into triangles then attached them onto a long ribbon. Didn't take long to do and it certainly made the livingroom nice and colourful for the party!

New blogg!

I've got several projects I'm working on at the moment and I will update soon. However, I've now started a new hobby and therefore also a new blog! I thought it best to keep the sewing/ knitting seperate from the jewellery making!

I'm turning my mum's broken plates from her tearoom into pendants and ear-rings!
Here is a link to my new blog, which is really just a list of the necklaces I've made so far.

http://kimmihandmade.wordpress.com/

Dragonfly dress

Been quite a while since I've had time to do anything crafty. But we are finally settled in the new house! After the move I've now got a big bag of clothes which don't fit anymore, or I just do not use. My plan is to try to turn these clothes into something usable, bit different and fun.

This top from H&M and skirt from Monsoon are a few years old now and not really used, so I cut off the end of the top, narrowed the skirt and sewed them together to make a dress. I made a dragonfly out of the remaining top-material which I sewed onto the skirt.

Flower dresses and a bit of redesign

I got this flower material from Panduro and instantly thought it had to become summer dresses for the girls! The first one I made is the same pattern as the other ones I've made previously. The flower mateial is combined with red cotton and lined with white cotton.

The other dress is based on the same pattern as well, but the upper part is an old cotton jumper which I cut to fit - very quick to do and not fiddely at all! A good way of reusing a boring old white jumper!

Hat and socks for a new baby!

My sister is expecting a baby boy any day now, so I've finally finished a little present for him! The hat is crocheted in Merino wool and the socks are knitted using untreated Merino wool.
My sewing-machine is still in a box on its way to Wales, so no sewing for a while. Cannot wait to get sorted and move into the new house!

Christmas Hearts

We are currently moving to Wales! So no time for sewing at the moment. The only things I have had time to make are some small crocheted hearts. They are made of 100% red cotton from Panduro. I've made some with a loop so they can hang on the tree. I'm planning to make a border along the bottom of a white curtain with the ones without loops. However, that will probably be ready for next Christmas.

I learned to crochet these hearts from my sister!

Light blue wrist-warmers with dark blue border

Light blue wrist-warmers made of Polar fleece. The border and flower are crocheted using dark blue alpaca wool.