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Tildy (5) wanted her her in a ‘chickacheater’ this morning.
I am pretty good at kiddy speak but this one had me stumped.

Turns out her older sisters are doing a dance to ‘Mickey’ by Toni Basil for presentation night and they had been watching the clip on you-tube.

For those who are interested, a ‘chickacheater’ is a ponytail worn up high on the…[Read more]

I think snow look so lovely but it must be terrible to deal with at times.
We have the opposite, it getting so hot here. We had a fire in our header last night, very scary.

Tamara, I will be thinking of you on Thursday. Please take care of your self.

I think snow look so lovely but it must be terrible to deal with at times.
We have the opposite, it getting so hot here. We had a fire in our header last night, very scary.

Tamara, I will be thinking of you on Thursday. Please take care of your self.

This is a great help!
I made her up the tee in a size 2T with the length of a 4 and it is perfect in a very stretchy cotton/lyrca.
As they are for now I am starting to wonder about a straight 2T for the trousers…. I don’t mind them a wee bit cropped.
Hmmm, thanks gorgeous ladies!

That sounds wonderful Patricia.
What a lovely thread to read.

Our favourite Christmas was only a few years back. We had our breakfast feast at home and then headed to town stopping at lots of friends and family on the way. It culminated in a formal meal at my cousins and then a wonderful evening treasure hunt through the parklands. We were…[Read more]

We’re getting hammered with snow right now too from the same weather system. Everything locally is cancelled and motorists are warned not to travel until it’s over ….on Thursday?

We’re getting hammered with snow right now too from the same weather system. Everything locally is cancelled and motorists are warned not to travel until it’s over ….on Thursday?

Lovely!

What fabric are you using?
I have been thinking of you, Trixie is cluster feeding and I wondered if you were having the same scenario, feeding/dreaming of sewing.

Generally, cord is fluffy and bulky enough that it ‘puffs’ up once sewn so it is unlikely to be a problem.

If you are worried you can trim a bee’s whisker off your lining pieces before sewing them to the bodice but then your will have to be aware of that and take care matching side seams and notches.

Finally, children are a moving target. The…[Read more]

Oh Tamara, I am so sorry to hear that news. Big hugs xx