BEACH BAGS & MORE ...

I'VE HAD MANY MAKES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS - HERE'S A FEW...

Always looking for ways to utilise the left over pieces of oilcloth from my bags, I think I've got it.  I've called them the Big Fat Devon Beach Bags and this is number 3.

I continued with my Mum & Me theme and made some pretty upcycled fabric Summer dresses

Shift Dress For Mum & Me

Ladies Smock Dress

 A weekend of sunshine saw us spending two days on the beach with friends

My lovely friend Becka


Out of the sunshine and back onto the sewing machine I made some vintage character fabric dresses.  Winnie The Pooh and Beatrix Potter.

Another Missy Bag upcycled from a 70's bedspread

LOTS OF NEW THINGS!

I've been concentrating on Autumn/Winter, although I still hold out hope that we'll have an Indian Summer and we'll all be basking in 80 degrees of heat really soon!  I've already put the Summer dresses in the sale and the new fabrics are a lot more Autumnal.

 The styles have stayed pretty much the same, although I've introduced a new pattern long sleeve dress, and the new shift dress has a pocket on the front.  As always there are only a few made in each fabric, sometimes just the one, and all are now available to buy on my website www.mysistermabel.com

Long sleeve smock dress made with 70's fabric   - Age 2-3

2 pairs of many new frilly knickers

Paisley fabric shift.

Some more Cath Kidston Cowboy dresses.

Grey Needle Cord & Liberty Print Shift Dress 

Beige Needle Cord & Bird Print 

A vintage John Lewis fabric made five new little dresses - some with denim.

I've also been using up some off cuts of oilcloth on some new Bella Bags.

And a new project, a vintage fabric cot bed cover which I'm going to back in linen.  I plan to make a few of them to sell at various events I've got coming up and then make them to order. They'll all be unique and I think they'll make lovely presents and maybe family heirlooms!

GETTING READY FOR SPRING

My first event this year will be All Things Lovely and Vintage at the Imperial Hotel in Torquay,  on 31st March which promises to be a great event. On Sunday 1st April there's the first Craft Hub event of the year in Topsham.  I've been busily sorting out  patterns, deciding on size ranges and materials, and I think I'm virtually there.

Mabel has just started pre-school so for the first time in years I have a whole day to myself... what a treat! Tomorrow I will be spending the day down in my basement/work room, audio book on the CD player, lots of cups of tea, scissors in hand cutting up a mountain of  vintage fabrics collected by me and my friends over the past couple of months.