PRP-Movie Week-Elizabeth Bennet

I am madly in love with "Pride and Prejudice" 
My favourite is the BBC's 1995 production
I watch it all the time!
My 12 year old son rolls his eyes at me in the afternoon when he gets home and its on
"Don't you own any other dvds mum?"
Project Run and Play are doing movie week so I just had to do my own version of 


ELIZABETH BENNET

Colin Ferth is hottttt!!!!!!!!!!Jennifer Ehle is ok too

My model (my own child this week-Bianca 10yrs) looks a little more like Keira Knightly in the 2005 movie

So here she is

Up first is one very long but extremely simple dress

I simple used this peasant top tutorial with some modifications
Firstly the bodice length goes all the way to the floor and the width is 56cm (half the width of the material)
each sleeve is also half the width of the material. This of course makes it quite full and puffy looking with very little effort from me :)

The velvet sash goes under the bust and is tied in a bow at the back.
The flowers and beads are a brooch which I picked up at the last craft fair.

I am totally in love with this bonnet
It took every bit of my creativity to come up with it. I looked at lots of tutorials but nothing was really what I wanted so I came up with my own, it took hours but it turned out great.
It is velvet and my goodness is velvet hard to work with, there are tiny bits of it everywhere!
The feathers came from a feather duster, the ballet pink ribbon came from an old pair of ballet shoes, the heart is a button, and those pink things in the middle are sewing pins. I love finding things around the house and making them work overtime :)


So what's the verdict from Bianca

She thinks she looks just like Elizabeth Bennet (or maybe Jo from Little Women - she wasn't real sure lol)
Apparently she will wear the dress to church but NOT the bonnet.
I'm happy with that because the bonnet fits me and I'll do my knitting and hand sewing with it on and pretend I'm Elizabeth Bennet :)

PRP - Color/Colour Week

Yeah I know I missed Earth week but it was my daughters 14th birthday and I was busy organising her party which included this

and this

and this

But onto this week

Colour Week

I chose 

PINK

The outfit consists of

1 Pink paisley full circle dress

1 Pink Ribbon tie 

1 Pink knitted long sleeve shrug (told you I could knit)

and a Pink velvet ribon and flower headband

I am totally in love with this outfit, I am ready to make more of these dresses with a few adjustments but really sooooo easy and quick to put together.

and what little girl doesn't love to twirl :)

and twirl some more

here is a closer look at the headband

believe it or not the most expensive part of the outfit :o

added this pretty butterfly necklace to make it look really girly

(but I didn't make that)

Now we had some problems with getting together for fittings and so forth so my lovely little David stepped in to help out he is a bit smaller

but he has the attitude down pat!

(good 21st photo I think)

So next week is movie week and I have no idea what to do and I'm really busy so if I wake up in the middle of the night with an awesome idea then you might see something next week lol

PRP - Sportswear

This is killing me!!!!!
We are on school holidays here and I am exhausted and just to top it off it has rained heavily all week!
I have however finished this weeks outfit for Project Run and Play.

Sportswear

When I think sportswear I think LYCRA

and I LOVE LYCRA

We have here

1 pair of white bike shorts - cotton Lycra

1 white singlet - cotton Lycra

1 Green skirt with white stripe - one of my old t-shirts and some scrap cotton Lycra

1 purple cropped hoodie - I'm not sure what this fabric is, the docket calls it sea spray its like a thin t-shirt material

1 pair purple leg warmers - sea spray fabric?

I love it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How cool is that hoodie?

I am soooo happy with this outfit.

The bike shorts worried me but turned out to be a walk in the park.

I really thought the hoodie would be my favourite item but its not

 that award goes to.....

the leg warmers!

Her mother was devastated that I didn't knit them.

I can knit but lets face it knitting takes forever and I had a week to do the whole outfit.

These were so simple!!!!!!!!!!! and they can be worn so many different ways

(maybe I should do a tutorial)

BTW both of the leg warmers stay up but I thought one up one down looked cute :)

One last detail

See the strap on the singlet.

 I didn't take a photo but the straps cross over at the back.

This sounds weird but I felt like it gave it a sportier feel.

Well there you go sportswear done!

Next week is Earth week I have promised my husband I will make something for one of our children.

Lastly an update on last week.

We didn't win the official sew along but

Ollia didn't stop wearing the dress for days.

It went to 2 birthday parties, the markets and church.

Her mother tells me everyone commented on how lovely it looked.

As far as I'm concerned I WON!!!!!!!!

PRP-Circle Skirt Remix

Well its that time again

Project Run and Play is on again

This week is the Circle Skirt Remix

For those of you who have read my blog before you would know I love this tutorial.

I have done layers with it and used it for costumes but I wanted to do something different.

Then I remembered that I had promised my little friend Ollia a dress, she had picked the fabric but we hadn't finalised a pattern so this is what I came up with

So the top is made from lycra

There are 3 layers on the skirt

Top layer - a heavy printed chiffon

Middle layer - white poplin, slightly longer

Bottom layer - white poplin, 4 inches shorter (gives it a fuller look)

Then some capped sleeves in the chiffon. I used this tutorial.

I went around this morning to show her and have a mini photo shoot

She loved it! YAY!

I also made the pretty headband. I just plaited some of the lycra with suede and a string of beads.

What a princess :)

Straight after the shoot she had to head out to a birthday party - but she didn't get changed :)

she added a coat, still cute

Next week is Sports wear, I've started and Ollia says she is happy to work as a model again.

Saturday Sewing

I know its Wednesday lol


I have just a few minutes to quickly show you the project I put together on Saturday


A good friend of ours moved house on Saturday. My darling husband went and helped but with 5 kids I got stuck at home with ballet and child minding duties (no different to ant other day), but I wanted to do something so I chose to make her a house warming gift.


I had been really wanting to try this tutorial since seeing these cushions here.

tada

Some of this lovely fabric is "French General" thanks to Kate Conklins  scraps she left me when she moved to Adelaide.

Here is a couple of work in progress shots

I was really happy with how the pin-wheels turned out but I didn't do so great on the zip :(

bit wonky and too short

It is however functional and at the back where nobody sees, right?

To finish off my gift I made 3 fabric roses using the same material

You can get that tutorial here.

I felt it was probably a bit hectic to take it around on Saturday so we dropped in Sunday after church. Happy to say my gift was warmly received which is always nice 

Sew Happy :)

Fallen off the face off the earth

I know its been ages since I wrote but things have been sooooo busy.
I have decided to home school our 4th child Jack. It is very rewarding but also very time consuming.
I have managed to find some time to sew.
So now its time for show and tell :)


Lets start with Kate. She did it again she made me a lovely and practical gift

A pot holder

She did a great job but it made my long 2 hand pot holder look even worse than it already did. You guessed it I had to make me a new one :)
I went down to Spotlight and picked up some matching fabric. I didn't have any insulbright so I got clever and just decided to recover the one I had. I bleached it first so it wouldn't smell lol.

It wasn't too difficult.
Took me about an hour and while its not perfect it looks heaps better and works perfectly :)


Onto clothes
I really want to go to the Craft show coming up at Rosehill, but the budget is tight so I have to fund the trip myself :(
Simple Simon & Co posted this tutorial to make a skirt. So I made one.

I changed it just a little, for example When I did the bottom piece I made it a circle first then sewed it on. I also made a removable flower pin.

Very cute very easy.
It can be worn on the skirt or 

on a shirt
or you could attach it to a headband, you get the picture. 
Well anyway I posted it on Facebook and a friend asked me to make 2 for her granddaughters. Now I at least have enough money to get there and get in. Now I have to raise spending money lol.


So Kate and I are holding a little workshop where we will show the group how to make these zippered purses.

Its next Monday so wish me luck :)

Please go back to school!

Monday, I just have to hang in there until Monday.


with the kids home and the weather not exactly your typical Australian summer, I haven't got to do much sewing.
I have however finally found Pinterest.
Yes I know slightly behind the 8ball but I love it.
Found a link to this tutorial
and felt so inspired I made my own

Please forgive my terrible photography, we were loosing the light so did my best.
It looked so cute on my adorable little model that I just had to give it to her. Then her darling mother (Kate) handed me $5 which believe it or not covered my costs. A dress like that for $5 very happy :)


Now if only Monday would hurry up I might be able to sew so more.