my creative space: screen printing and making

There are some new little babies around here! I have a new little niece and a dear friend had a little boy! So I have been doing a bit of screen printing and making! Too much fun!

For my gorgeous new little niece I screen printed a seedlings onsie and a fuchsia cats onsie! You forget how small they are in the beginning! So adorable!

:: blocking off what I don't need on the stencil for the screen print

:: a very cute little "Seedlings" onsie

:: "Fuchsia cats" onsie

 

For my friends sweet little boy I screen printed a "Paper Planes" onsie and I had to make him a funny little Mr Sock Monkey!

 

:: "Paper Plane" onsie

 

:: funny Mr Sock Monkey

I am so happy to have some little people to make for again... love it!

Hope you have had a wonderful creative week... check out what other creative people have been up to at my creative space!

KCWC - day 7

Today is the last day of  KCWC! I haven't done any sewing but I did make some plain shoes a bit more interesting! These shoes were such a hit and lasted so well when I made them a while ago, I decided to do make them for my little man again!

:: plain canvas shoe + a fine and thick Sharpie permanent marker

:: draw some lines with fine Sharpie marker

:: draw triangles - it doesn't matter if they are a bit crooked

:: colour them in with the thick Sharpie marker

:: some cool new shoes :)

I've had a great week doing the KCWC and making some things for my little man! I think I might concerntrate on making myself some clothes next week, now I have the sewing bug :)

Hope you are having a great weekend!

KCWC - day 6

This morning I had a few precious hours to myself while my little man was hanging out with his grandma and pop. So I got to work and did some more sewing for KCWC!

I wanted to fix up a sweat top he's had in the cupboard for ages.

I really don't like the design on this top (for obvious reasons he has never worn it)! I thought it would be such a waste not to do something with it!

So I decided to use an old top with a great graphic which I really love, cut it out and sew it onto the sweat top. He's worn this top to absolute death but it's getting way too small for him now and was fast becoming a mid drift top!

And Voila... a new, cute little sweat top which will get loads of wear this winter!

I'm so happy I could reuse the graphic from the old, much loved top though I did have a hard time taking the scissors to it, but I'm really happy I did :)

Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

my creative space: KCWC - day 4 & 5

I have finished the two pairs of "nowhere man pants" for my little man for KCWC! Woo hoo! It was great to make two at the same time, for some weird reason it didn't seem to take that much more time! I really love how the blue corduroy pants turned out! They will be great for winter!

:: nowhere man pants - corduroy front

:: nowhere man pants - corduroy back

But I'm not sure about the denim ones though...??? I think they look a bit stiff, a little bit daggy and quite 70's!

:: nowhere man pants - denim front

:: nowhere man pants - denim back

I think they will look much better once they have been bashed up a bit and totally worn out! Which shouldn't be too much of a problem with a very energetic three year old :)

It's a great little pattern... you can get it here at Shwin Designs! I have altered my pattern slightly so the legs were more straight leg than flared at the bottom. I can't wait to make some more... just need to find some more cool fabric!

Hope you are having a great creative week!
There are loads more creative people over at our creative spaces...

KCWC - day 3

I managed to get the back pockets done today for the "nowhere man pants" for KCWC on a busy Anzac day!  I'm always a bit scared of doing pockets as it involves straight, even and precise top stitching! Yikes! I decided to use the reverse side of the fabric for the denim pockets. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!

:: denim nowhere pants - back pockets

But it was quite a challenge doing the chunky cord pockets but I think it turned out ok - after a few frustrating unpicking sessions with those pockets... grrrr!

:: corduroy nowhere pants - back pockets

It's funny that the decorative things always take the longest and my little man will probably never use these pockets! Oh well! Anyway I am really happy with how the pockets look! :)

Next... sew up the legs and crotch, put the waistband on and hem the legs.. nearly finished! Woo Hoo!

KCWC - day 1 and 2

KCWC - day 1
I am making the two pairs of "nowhere man pants" at the same time and I managed to get a few hours sewing time on Monday as it was a wet day here in Sydney! I would have happily kept on sewing but I hit a dead end... ran out of the steel grey blue cotton thread I was using... aarghhh! I thought I would have enough but didn't take into consideration all the top stitching I would be doing! So I had to put my tools down :(

KCWC - day 2
No sewing today... just me, making a mad dash off to Spotlight (fabric shop, one I hadn't been to before) for more cotton thread and nearly freaked out when they didn't have the steel grey blue thread I wanted, only to realise after 10 min of umming and ahhhing over the next best colour, that there was another section in the shop that had ALL the colours... phew! I am VERY relieved!

I am so please with my efforts so far... I've finished the pockets and the side seams, and also completed the top stitching on those bits too which I'm really happy about! It's not easy to do top stitching on chunky corduroy!

:: blue corduroy pants - pockets and sides sewn up

:: denim pants - pockets and sides sewn up

:: denim pants - top stitching :)

I was going to do a contrasting colour top stitch on the denim but I totally chickened out... I'm not that confident with my top stitching just yet!

Can't wait to get back to sewing tomorrow!

Hope your KCWC is going well so far :)

KCWC - kids clothing week challenge

I am participating in the kids clothing week challenge - KCWC over at elsie marley. The challenge is to sew one hour every day for seven days and hopefully by the end of that seven days you will have made some great kids clothes! Such a great challenge and it's not to late to join in!

With winter approaching, it's time for me to get sewing and make some things for my little man! I am hoping to make two pairs of "nowhere man pants", the same as the ones I made last week. I have cut the fabric out - ready to go, one in a beautiful blue corduroy and another in denim. You can never too many pants for winter as little boys are pretty good at getting dirty very easily!

Well I better get my sewing machine out and get going!
Happy Monday :)

my creative space: pants for my little man

I have been out shopping looking for winter clothes for my little man.... I find shopping for boys clothes VERY frustrating! There are some really gorgeous things out there if you want to spend a fortune, but we are on a tight budget! There are some ok things in the "not so" expensive shops, but I find that all the colours are quite dreary and very boring!!! There is way to much navy and black out there! Why can't we have some bright colours.... after all they are only little boys, what wrong with a bit of colour!! Does anyone else find this?

Anyway... I'm off my soap box now! So, today I made some happy green corduroy "nowhere man pants" from Shwin Designs for my little man! I have been looking for a good pants pattern for ages but hadn't come across any that I liked until I saw this one :)

It was all very straight forward, after purchasing the pattern on Etsy, I received the pdf pattern via email and then printed it all out. The instructions were very easy to follow with lots of construction photos. I altered the pattern slightly by making them more a straight leg, rather than slightly flared. I had a little freak out about doing top stitching... YIKES!!! Sometimes I can surprise myself... phew...it turned out excellent! I really enjoyed making these!

:: nowhere pants in the making - top stitch.... yikes!

:: nowhere pants - front
- excuse the mess in the background :)

:: nowhere pants - top stitch front detail

:: nowhere pants - back

:: nowhere pants - back detail

I am really happy with how they turned out and I can't believe it only took me a day to make - in between doing everything else today too! My lounge room is a total mess with lots of greeen cotton and corduroy bit everywhere... I better go and clean up! I will definately be making more of these cute pants in bright colours :)

Hope you are having a great creative week!
There are loads more creative people over at our creative spaces...

I love paper city...

How cool is this....Yesterday I found sian lile makes through Our Creative Space. She did a post about "Paper City" which she had made with her little ones! Lots of colour in and playing...it looks like so much fun and it really caught my imagination.. I just love it!

source: sianlilemakes.blogspot.com

source: sianlilemakes.blogspot.com

She got the images for the paper city from Made by Joel! Sian said she also drew lots of her own things too! There are loads of things to print off and colour in for the paper city.

:: paper city - source: made by joel

:: paper city - paris - source: made by joel

But that's not all from this fantastic little site... they are all about making craft and creativity accessible to all kids! There are so many great little craft projects and other things to do - here - and they are all free to access!!

:: paper kite

:: slotted building discs

:: yo-yo ball

There is so much to explore on this great little creative site... I just love it :)

Happy Friday everyone xxx

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