Molly's Christmas Present - The Finished Product!

Today I finished Molly's Christmas present! Remember how I showed you the top and skirt last week? Well now the dress is done as well and all I have to do of my Christmas sewing is Nan and Mum's hand towels!

I used the criss-cross tunic pattern by Whimsy Couture for the dress and I love the way it turned out! Whimsy Couture have a way with making super hard looking patterns actually be so easy to sew! The tutorials they include in their patterns are great - they have so much detail and nice big pictures to follow so you know you're doing it right. I absolutely love their patterns!

I love that these tunics are reversible and I think the two fabrics I chose for it look perfect together for summer!

My only regret with this present has been listening to mum when she said to use puff paints to draw the edge of the bird on the top I appliqued for Molly. Look at the poor thing!

Puff paints are not easy to use - or at least not if you have unsteady hands! I struggled to make the stream of paint even, and at one stage it wouldn't come out, so I shook it a bit, and that's how I made such a mess of the birdy's beak! Oh well, I guess for the sake of a $2 target shirt and some scrap heat n bond and fabric, it's not going to be too hard to make a new one!

Are you making any of the gifts you're giving this Christmas? If so, what is it that you are making and who is the special person you are giving it to? I'm kind of worried Molly's mum won't like her present or won't appreciate all the thought and hard work I put in to making it. I tried to make it look as professional as I possibly could. There's nothing worse that handmade clothes that look handmade.

Handmade Gift Exchange: My Present From Sheryl!

Last week my present from Sheryl, my Handmade Gift Exchange partner, came in the mail. Here it is, and I must say I could not be more delighted with it!

Somehow, Sheryl cottoned on to my innate love of baking and tea because look at the gorgeous embroidery she has done on the pockets and front of my apron!

She also added little choccies to the hand towel she made me (how cute!)

I saw her post about the hand towel on her blog and I told her I loved it, I never would have dreamed she was giving it to me.

Thank you so much Sheryl for the beautiful gift you have given me. It has been such a pleasure getting to know you and I appreciate all the work you have put into this present so much! I hope you like your present, which I know has just arrived. I wish I had a picture of me wearing the apron but I haven't had anyone around me to take one yet, and I'm sorry about the lateness of this post, but I am still without a computer after the storm wrecked the carpet in our office (our computer is all pulled apart and all over the house at the moment) so I have had to wait until I got to my boyfriend's place to use his.

Melissa's baby shower

On Sunday, my friend from work, Melissa, had her baby shower. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the event, but here is a little look at what I made for her little girl.

I love seeing babies in yellow, and since she knows she is having a girl, I guessed that everyone would be absolutely loading her up with pink, pink and more pink. (I guessed right - it was everywhere at the baby shower!)

Although yellow is a unisex colour, I kept my decorated singlets and little gingham bloomers feminine with floral accents and bows. I really hope she likes them, and I can't wait to see Bub in them when she arrives!