The Christmas Dress

My sewing machine has been working over time lately!
And for a 20-something year old basic little Janome, it's been doing a brilliant job.
I do love my sewing machine!!

After I finished the 9...nine...Christmas aprons, I had small piece of the gorgeous birdie fabric left to make a Christmas dress or skirt for my Miss 4. I needed to match it with some other fabrics but I knew that wouldn't be difficult because there are so many beautiful Christmas fabrics around at the moment. So I went to Lincraft and chose red spot, and red owl & hearts fabrics.

And Miss 4 helped me pick this pattern...


McCall's 5838

 I hadn't made a Christmas dress for her before...I know...slack mum!!
But I was excited about making this one.
It turned out I didn't have quite enough birdie fabric for the frill, so I added an extra red spot frill.
So, after cutting out 12 pattern pieces (I wouldn't call this an easy pattern) and spending all day sewing (I wouldn't call it quick either) I was very, very happy with the end result.

And so was Miss 4, who "really, really, really" loves it!

And today I think my trusty sewing machine (and I) need a rest!

Christmas Apron Giveaway

I have a glut of Christmas aprons!
I couldn't help myself, I couldn't stop until I'd used every part of every piece of fabric!!
I have just enough birdie print fabric to make my Miss 4 a Christmas skirt or dress.

But here I am with 9...NINE...Christmas aprons.

There are 6 ladies aprons and 3 girls/small ladies aprons.



Red and White Christmas Apron

 

Birdie Christmas Apron with Ruffle



Red Polka Dot Christmas Apron



Birdie Christmas Apron

Polka Dot Christmas Apron with Birdie Trim



Red Polka Dots and Spots Christmas Apron



Red and Green Christmas Apron with Pockets - Size Small




Red and White Christmas Apron with Birdie Ruffle - Size Small



Red and White Christmas Apron with Red Ruffle - Size Small

 

They are all on my Sew Thea shop on Made It.

But I'm fairly certain I won't sell them all (if any) before Christmas.

Sew (see what I did there?)....I'd love to give one away to a lovely reader.
Just tell me which one is your favourite.
Give me a shout out on Facebook or Twitter, if you like.
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And you're in the running to win a Christmas apron valued at $20!

This is going to be the quickest giveaway in the history of giveaways, so I can get the parcel posted to the winner before Christmas.

12 hours is all you've got!!
It opens 8am this morning (Mon 12th), and I'll pick a winner at 8pm tonight (my time = Qld time)!

I hope you enter, tell your friends, and GOOD LUCK!

Teacher's Christmas Present

I'm pretty happy with my 7 year old boy's Year One teacher's Christmas present.
I hope she is, too!

Yes, there is a bottle of wine in there.
I made a bag from red lame fabric.
Tied it with a big gold wired edge ribbon bow.
And attached 4 coasters that I made.
I used Christmas fabric and backed them with same red lame fabric.
I sewed a few beads to each corner.

And there you have it...a cheap and easy Christmas present.
But it looks pretty fancy, don't you think?

I have some similar coasters in my shop Sew Thea.
Click on the link or the button on my side bar to check them out.