Day 326 - A puffy sleeved top

A puffy sleeved shirt completes Juliet's outfit for next week. She chose this shiny fabric and I made this super simple top that she'll be able to wear again. A little apron would be cute too but I had better start on Liam's outfit now.

Looking gorgeous.

Day 325 - A bonnet - repurposed old bed sheet

Wow! It's been such a busy week, but busy awesome. Lots going on with the kids as the year gets going, and Aidan starting preschool, a gym class and swimming lessons. I'm feeling very lucky right now, but I sure have been falling into bed each night in a state of exhaustion.

The heat is still on in a big way, and it seems like such a huge chunk of our state has burnt, floods and cyclones up north, these are crazy times. We can't get a drop of rain in our part of the world, and will have to order in some water for our tanks some time in the next week.

The kids have some celebrations happening next week as the school turns 140. On Thursday they are dressing up in 'olden day clothes' and experiencing the classroom of the past.

I've been busy working out what they should wear. Emphasis is not really on authenticity of the era, it's just a bit of fun.

Today I made Juliet a bonnet using this super easy to follow tutorial. I used an old bed sheet for the fabric and some tartan ribbon that has been around for decades for the ties. I think it looks adorable, but she thinks it looks like a baby so I am still trying to convince her to wear it. We started watching Anne of Green Gables today to see if it would help persuade her. It's one of my all time favourites. I'd love to be Anne's bosom buddy :-).

What do you think?

Day 224 - Dog tutu marries Christmas onesie

Yesterday ended up being a massive day for us. After Juliet and I made the skirt, two children learnt to ride a bike in one day, and then she lost her first tooth. It was the perfect ending to a lovely weekend barely leaving our property.

Here is Ms Happy Gappy. So, so excited.

This refashion began with a dog costume. A dog tutu that was always miles too big for my maltese cross pooch. Here it is. Sitting around feeling unloved.

I decided it should have a marriage with this Christmas onesie that came in a bag of baby boy clothes someone gave me years ago when I was pregnant with Mr 3 year old.

 I cut the dog costume off under the arm area.

Found some lace to add.

And attached both of them to the bottom of the onesie. Now we have a Christmas fairy. Cute? I think so.

This is for a one year old girl so My D was kind enough to model it for us. He is going to be one very soon. Aaargh!!

Day 157 - Book Week - The Saucepan Man Costume

Liam is heading off to school dressed as the Saucepan Man from the Faraway tree series. His costume involved making a saucepan hat with some cardboard and foil, and pinning lots of other metal things to another one of his Dad's old shirts. Pretty cute! I actually went to school dressed as the Saucepan Man for book week when I was at school so I loved it when he choose him.

Day 156 - Book Week - Giant Peach Costume

Yes it's book week again and the kids chose what they wanted to dress as. Today's costume is Juliet's. Originally she was going to go as a pencil but then she decided on the giant peach from 'James and the Giant Peach'. Always willing to create a challenge for her mother.

Here's what we did.

I decided to use cardboard for the costume so I purchased a sheet of orange cardboard but it needed to be a bit stiffer so I used this old box and glued it onto the front. Then I cut out the peach shapes and the other characters from the book.

 And lastly, used some fabric glue to glue the peach onto the front of one of Dad's old shirts so that the costume is easy to take on and off.

She's very happy with it.

Someone else wanted a try.