sun hats

I have made some reversible sun hats for my etsy shop. If you look at the collage above you will see the reversible combinations... the blue spotted hat reverses to the Laura Ashley blue and white stripe hat. The middle hat has Laura Ashley flowered fabric and red Cath Kidston fabric. The last one is a pretty lilac and pink check with lilac gingham.

After my Mothers funeral is over and I have some more time I will need to get onto Etsy and try to promote my shop a little more. 

These hats were made from a pattern taken from the book 'Making Children's Clothes by Emma Hardy. It is a really easy and quick pattern to make, I would just love if these hats sold well and I could make many more :)

shorts & skirt from Laura Ashley fabric

I used the pattern book below to draw a pattern for the shorts I have made. I used a pattern for trousers and cut it down...I hope they fit. The skirt didn't need a pattern, just a long strip joined with French seams, a channel at the top for the elastic and hemmed with blind hemming stitch on the machine.

I'm now working on the clothes for my second teddy bear :)

My daughters friend in South Africa has asked me to make her twin sons a stripy beany hat each so that will be next on my list. I have no idea when I will be finishing my Ohio Star quilt!

I'm off to Devon on Sunday for a few days to hopefully finish my Mothers house and to get to visit her again :)

Laura Ashley

In our town we have a hospice which also has some shops...a charity shop, a gift shop and a 'pre-loved' furniture and fabric warehouse. I bought 4 metres of this new Laura Ashley fabric...£2 per metre :)... with the plan to make the twins a summer dress each using a pattern I have used before http://finelinenandpurple.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/christmas-dresses.html 

However, their Mummy says they aren't really 'into' dresses at the moment and could I make a skirt and shorts instead? I'm happy about that as it means no zips :)