Summer Days... I Learnt to Sew With Knit Fabric!! :o)

Hi!!

Welcome to January, a fresh new year!  Have you chosen your New Years Resolutions? :o)

This month's Sew Box Subscription Box - Summer Days theme - has been LOTS of fun!  I have learnt ANOTHER new skill... sewing with KNIT fabric!!  I was quite scared but the fabulous pattern made it easy and not only that but Leesa from Sew Box ran a sew-along on the Made By Me page so it was great to ask questions and have the extra guidance and tips to make the dress.

First of all I will show you what was in the box! (The most exciting part!!)

Here are the fabulous items included in this month's box!

• Coastal Breeze Dress Pattern by Make It Perfect
• Make It Yourself Beach Bag Pattern by 4girlsdesigns
• 1m x Anchors Away navy cotton fabric
• 1/2m x Beachhouse Richloom Solar fabric
• Packet of Birch Wonderclips
• 3m x Navy Bias Binding
• Mixed coconut shell buttons
• 1m x Navy satin ribbon
• Fabric offer and discount from Zebra Fabrics - perfect for the Coastal Breeze Dress

Everything (as usual) was gorgeous and I have had LOTS of fun!  Here is the Coastal Breeze Dress I made for myself, I am so happy with how it turned out and proud that I have now sewn with knit fabric, yay!!  It was actually really easy and no problem at all sewing with this fabric, I don't know what I was so worried about.  I am so excited that I finally made something for me, now I feel like making something else for me too!  It's nice to sew something other then kids clothes :o)

The navy anchor fabric is just so pretty and I decided to turn it into a sweet little anchor set for my littlest daughter.  I made her this sweet little skirt and I embellished a store bought white top with an anchor, I love how it turned out :o)

After I made this set, I decided to make another 2 sets for my friend who has a sweet little 2 year old, here they are...

Here is the adorably sweet little princess wearing the cute outfits I made! LOVE!!!!

What have you been busy creating? :o)

Happy sewing!!

Love Chryssie xo

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

Don't you just love Christmas time?

Christmas is my FAVOURITE day of the year, and the thing I love MOST is that moment when my beautiful girls eyes light up when they see the presents under the Christmas tree, I love that moment SO much and is what I look forward too  most... their excitement :o)

Here is a photo of my 3 daughters, my absolute WORLD, all wearing Christmas dresses especially made for them by Mummy...

My 5 year old's dress is the Bo Beep dress by Ainslee Fox Patterns - This pattern came in my November Sew Box Subscriptions Box, you can read all about it in my blog post here
My 12 year old's dress is the Marissa by Sis Boom
and my 8 year old's dress is the Deedee by Bobkin

They all loved them and happily wore them all of Christmas Day :o)

I would now love to wish you all a Happy New Year, and here is my wish for you...

Here are two other pretties I made that I just LOVE and wanted to share :o)

Here is the Darling Playsuit by Tadah Patterns:

And this is the Esmee Cottage Dress by Amelie and Henri :o)

I also had the privilege of testing the latest pattern for Flosstyle Patterns!  The brand new Skittle Skirt, I did muck up when I was cutting though and accidentally cut my 12 year old's skirt too short but it still looks lovely.  The fit is great and both girls love them.  You can have a look at the pattern here, and what's great about it too is that it goes right up to a girls size 16/ladies 10 so I will be able to make one for myself too!! :o)

I do hope you have had an absolutely BEAUTIFUL festive season.  I will be back soon with my latest Sew Box blog, the January box has already arrived and I have started having fun! :o)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Love Chryssie xo