Panda cupcake toppers

 As usual I had grand ideas for all the things I wanted to make for our daughters first birthday, I had good intentions at the start of wanting to buy everything so I could focus on her birthday dress but I didn't find any cupcake toppers I liked. 

I was planning to print cute pandas and stick them to toothpicks but changed my mind and designed a 3D printed panda cupcake topper... and I've added it to Thingiverse if you want to print your own!

That's one thing I can cross off her list, but practicing icing is going to take a few more tries!

More peasant dresses

 I made two more of the free peasant dress from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom. Such a quick and easy sew, especially when you leave the elastic out of the sleeves.

When I was going through my photos to clear space I found this photo of a peasant dress that I made in 2020, but I don't actually remember making it! The blur of the long hours spent making everything at Christmas time clearly muddled my brain while I was pregnant. I've had this fabric in my stash for so long but I believe it was a Christmas fabric from Spotlight.

I also made one for my baby using this fabric from Spotlight. I love the colour blue and much to everyone's annoyance I can't stand pink so I love being able to sew pretty girl clothes in my favourite colour! 

You can see my first peasant dresses I made here.

Easter Headband

We never do anything at Easter other than relax and enjoy our extra long weekend! Last year being busy with a newborn I suddenly realised a couple of days before that I didn't have anything Easter themed to photograph her with. So I googled and found a cute template, pulled out my felt and fake flowers and thankfully managed to create this the night before!

Unfortunately I never pinned the site so now I have no idea where I found the template. All I can find is this image which I *think* is the correct one - but the link goes nowhere.

Reusable Gift Tags

 I realised that each Christmas I spend a lot of time writing out name tags, which isn't great for the environment. Since Ray has a 3D printer I played around and started designing 3D printed name tags that can be reused.

For birthdays I use brown paper and either twine or I go through my stash of ribbons I've saved from gifts, a quick iron removes the creases. One day I will look into using fabric for gift wrapping.

I've uploaded this to Thingiverse, and I'll slowly add more names as I get time.

Blue Gingham Romper

 Well I got slack with my blog again, but I have a wonderful excuse this time! I had a beautiful baby girl almost 1 year ago. So in my spare time (hahaha what's that anymore!) I've been having fun sewing cute little outfits for her.

Now we didn't find out our baby's gender but I did have a dream while pregnant that I had a baby girl and she was wearing a blue gingham romper with flutter sleeves and a big bow. So when she was 5 months old I made her that romper!

This pattern is the Overall Playsuit by OhMeOhMy.  I've sewn a few of these now and have made a few changes.

• I added a snap panel to the bottom for easier nappy changes - I used the pattern piece and instructions from the Bellevue Romper by Little Lizard King.
• I also used the Bellevue Romper by Little Lizard King leghole elastic casing technique with bias binding which means removing 5/8" from the leghole pattern piece since it doesn't need to be turned twice, it's so much quicker and easier!
• Even though my baby is very tall I find the straps slip off her shoulders, so I'll either shorten them or add an extra snap. This is the 6-9 month size and it still fits her now that she is wearing 12-18 month size in RTW.
• Lastly I found that the back elastic casing was too small, so for this version I used smaller elastic. Others I sewn since, I did reduce the seam allowance and did the top stitching even closer to the edge.

The fabric is from Frankie Bear Fabric, it comes in lots of colours but I love blue so that will always be my first choice! If you're looking for a family owned fabric supplier in Australia you should have a look at their beautiful fabrics.