Keeping Warm and Reflection

A while back I did make myself a No-Sew Poncho out of two fleece blankets that I purchased for almost nothing at all (see the Baby Wearing Poncho blog entry). A friend of mine asked for me to also make her one, only without the baby head opening and was thrilled to bits when I was done. However, you see, she has two daughters around the age that my...

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Costumes & Hats

I finally decided that the flower costume for my niece really did need a hat and the idea of keeping the petal form in the pattern did appeal a lot to me. So I made another paper template for a larger petal (20cm in width) and used the same coloured fleece as I did with the petals for the cloak and cut out three different coloured petals. All three...

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A flower garden ...

A friend of mine also asked me to sew her a carnival costume. She's going to one of these carnival events where only ladies are admitted and asked for a flower garden. She bought the fabric, I was responsible for the creation. The grass-like fabric is lovely and soft but rotten to sew. An ultra mini was wished for, no more than 40cm please. And 40...

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How the sewing began: Bird Costume

As mentioned in a previous post, I made son #2 a costume for last year's carnival. It was a very stressful experience for me, as before I avoided the sewing machine like the plague before then. After having finally finished the costume and seeing son #2 thrilled to bits, I decided that it was time now to get a better grip on things regarding sewing...

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Little Flower for Carnival

My sister phoned up to ask for a favour: could I please, please, pretty please make her little one a carnival costume? All the ones you could buy for 1 year olds were not her taste. If possible, something to do with flowers... I still had some 'girly' coloured fleece left over from the ponchos and also a new green fleece blanket. So I had a go and...

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Carnival Costume: An Elf from LotR

My eldest almost never ass for me to make him things. This was one of the seldom cases where it did happen. Carnival in North-Rhine Westfalia is a huge event. I personally think it is great for the kids to get dressed up and all that, however, I still find it strange that the adults are also carnival-mad. But I am getting used to it ;-) Son #1 always...

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Organizer/Pouch for the Ladder Bed

See, my middle-one wished for a 'grown-up' stereo for Christmas. And seeing as he had no other big wishes, hubbie and I decided he would get a nice, easy to use one as his big Christmas present. A remote control was included in the package, much to the delight of our son. But then he was quite concerned as he had no place to put the remote control...

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