I love the A-line. These days every pattern I see for little ones are with an empire waist - I know the gathers and pleats on an empire are pretty and it's a great way to make room for those cute little tummies, but in the end, an A-line will fit for so much longer, it might even be worn as a top once it no longer works as a dress. This navy blue dress I made for Chloe last year still fits, and I imagine it will for at least another year! I was trying to get a decent shot of her in it, alas she was on the move so I went through some older photos and found this one of her in October with Grandma sitting in the background, so I had to post it - so glad those two had the chance to get to know one another :)

Also wanted to show the blue Pooh Bear fabric I'm using for Chloe's little vintage dress which is just about finished - new pics to go up as soon as I can xx

Baby Vogue

...so who says I can't look for a job, study for my UK driving licence, and make baby clothes at the same time?

I adore this vintage baby pattern from Vogue. I found it in a plastic bin stuffed with sheet music, old magazines, and random patterns at a thrift shop in Brighton. It is so unique. The sharp little collar, the raglan sleeves, and the little buttons down the front. Chloe's going to bring out the ultra-cuteness in it; she does that you know. More photos to come...

2011 Pub Crawl

New Year's Eve: a nice Thai dinner, to the pub for a pint - it was a great time out with the little one!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

Just a Small Town Girl... Livin' in a Lonely World

she took the midnight train goin anywhere...

Homemade Doll

I really wanted Chloe to have a doll for Christmas this year. We went shopping and looked at baby dolls in the toy stores this weekend and I was hoping to find something like a Rageddy Ann doll or even something like a cabbage patch kid... but none of the dolls were made with any fabric or yarn. They were all made of plastic yet somehow managed to look just a little too real.

So I decided to make a Rag Doll for Chloe myself. Yes, she's a little scary looking right now - you would be too if you were buck naked and bald with one eye!

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