Over the last few months I’ve made some cards and I thought it was worth reporting on them. They are all made on my Cricut Maker 3. I started with the card for my granddaughter’s first birthday, which is fairly self explanatory. Then I made one for my newest granddaughter when she was born. And […]
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I’ve had a fun couple of months making for the grandchildren, most of which has now been dispensed. As I write this I realise that I forgot to photograph a few things, but never mind. First up were two dolls for Little E and baby I. I used an extra large white tee shirt which […]
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Christmas preparations have been in full swing here at Fadanista, and I thought I’d do a preliminary post showing the things that aren’t secret, so my after Christmas post will be more manageable. Miss G’s Christmas crown from last year mysteriously vanished so I made both her and Miss E new ones. They love to […]
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Miss G is three! She received a baby born doll for her birthday and her mother asked if I could make an outfit to replace the one she was wearing which is polyester and quite horrible. I accepted the request with alacrity, and was told not to go to too much trouble. Of course I […]
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It’s that time of year where I don’t really want to give chocolate but feel as though I should give the grandchildren something. So I made these bunny bags, which are a free pattern from Bernina. I made this one as a kind of proof of concept, using fabrics donated to my stash by my […]
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I started thinking about Christmas gifts quite early as I’ve already had a few Christmas events and before I know it I’ve made quite a few things, upon which I felt the urge to report. First up are the Christmas decorations made for my grandchildren. This has become something of a tradition and of course […]
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Little Miss G loves cats, which she calls Meow Meows (she thinks this is the name of her own cat too, whose real name is Felix), so I thought I’d make her a tee shirt with a cat on it. Then she said she wanted a purple pig (another obsession), so I made that first. […]
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The September theme for Make a Garment a Month over on IG is “Scrounging” and this blouse is properly scrounged – I think I appropriated it from Sarah (workspace fads) studio. I can’t remember whether I fished it out of a bin or just stuffed it up my jumper, but I’m pretty sure I was […]
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The Bryer Skirt, from the zero waste designer Liz Haywood, was bought whilst I was at the Fibres West residential conference; whilst I was in bed in fact. I therefore couldn’t make it immediately, but luckily I acquired fabric at the garage sale whilst I was there and decided to make my first iteration from […]
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The latest Fibremood magazine, issue 23, is out and I chose to make the Uzma, which is described as a boxy, cropped, square necked top. The neckline and armholes are finished with an all in one facing which makes for a lovely clean finish, and the act of sewing it is a useful technique to […]
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