Pinafore dress

World Book day was a few weeks ago, and princessB decided she would like to go as Emily Brown so we needed a dress. She may be a Princess but she doesn't really do skirts and dresses, or dressing up..

I found this fab tute and ended up with a great dress, one side purple pattern (was the only fabric I had that was kind of right) and the other side is part of an ikea duvet cover, perfect for our summer holiday

Front fo dress in Emily Brown style


Back


and the other side

Cot duvet!

DangerB is getting a bit too wriggly for her nice 'sheet and blnaket neatly tucked in' combo, she ends up with it wound round her legs, so I made her a quick duvet cover using an old stained cot blanket and some spare fabric. I just hemmed one end, sewed right sides together and then folded it over about 3 inches at the open hemmed end and sewed the edges down so the blanket
can't slide out.





























Then it had to be tested out. And of course PrincesB couldn't be left out!
It works much better than the old blanket/sheet combo as she can pull it up herself adn not get tangled up in it (so easily...but I am sure it is just a matter of time...)

My new bag! (yes, another one!)

Haven't been able to blog about anything I have made recently as it has been for a secret swap, but now I have sent all my gifts off I can start making things for me!
So, in a fit of madness I bought a really pretty skirt in the sale that is never going to fit me

Nice isn't it?

Then I decided to make a purse/wallet out of it as when I go to the shops/school run I just want to take my money, cards, phone and keys, I don't need nappy and child stuff all the time. So I got scissor happy and made this

The one on the left is a purse, made from the zip section of the skirt, with the hanging tie left in so I can clip my keys to it with my money and it zips without me having to add a zip!!!!

The bit on teh right is a small wallet thing made of the skirt outer and liner plus 2 snaps. It has 2 pockets front and back, divided down the middle, each pocket section fits either cards/stamps/receipts or my phone (which I was using to take pics but it fits, honest) The purse also slips into the middle so I can carry the whole thing in one hand easily, or put it into a pocket with no problem (unless I have too many coins....then I start to keel over)

Then, a few days later I looked at the remnants of the skirt and figured I could sew up the big slice I had hacked out of it, cut a strip off the bottom and make a bag, so I did!

Here (scuse rubbish pic) you can see the strip of pockets I made by sewing the strip off the bottom around the lining and then dividing it. I added a D clip onto one side

The outside.
And you can just see on the left, a pocket I added with elastic at the top that fits a ball of yarn and a crochet hook, so I can crochet on the go without removing all the yarn or another project bag!
I used the waist tie of the skirt as a strap, currently it is tied onto the waistbands but I am thinking of fixing it at some point...maybe.

Took about an hour altogether, and I love that it looks all neat and seamed, when I didn't have to do anything to the edges!

More cakes

After the success of the 'insert vehicle name here' cake I carried on and made some more. I bought Carol Deacon's fab Cake Decorating book and made a gardener cake for my mum's birthday. she is gluten and dairy free so I used Nigella's Clementine cake recipe for the base and covered it with fondant and brown sugar.























Then I had a long lost friend come to stay, who had recently had her 30th, and passed some exams, and as we had both had our bellybuttons pierced in our mispent youth, and I figured a flabby belly would not make an attractive cake, I ended up with this!















And lastly PrincessB's 3rd birthday cake. Which was loved and adored, and then eaten!

Valentine Amigurumi

MrB and I do love each other, honest, we just don't like to spend money. Well, not too much.
So for valentine's day we agreed we wouldn't spend money on each other, MrB was going to cook a very delicious dinner, and I made these from a very easy pattern on instructables


Very cute.
And then MrB went and bought flowers and a present.
Oops!

Cakes

I like baking. I especially like eating my baking.
So imagine my surprise when I discovered that I didn't want anyone to eat my cakes anymore.
I started with a cake for MrB's birthday. I did want to make him a bike, but that seemed too complicated, so I made a car instead. Well, he likes cars too!

















24 hours later and it was pure carnage.

Welcome -and a few notes

Hi there, I am MrsB, I live in Wales and am a SAHM to 2 daughters, PrincessB, who has just turned 3, and DangerB who is 16 months.
I have started making things in the last few years since becoming a SAHM so I have decided to record them for posterity here.
I have a problem at the moment in that everything I am currently making is for a craft swap, which is a secret, so I can't share any of the details, so I shall post up details of things I have made already in the meantime.
Thanks for reading.