Magic trousers
September 9, 2008
The other week I discovered this pair of trousers in my scrap knitting box. They must have been lurking there for a while unbeknownst to me. I emptied the box out late in the afternoon – in a vague effort to find something interesting for my lovely 1 year old to play with while I cooked dinner- and lo and behold the trousers metaorphosized on the floor. All I had to do was sew them up. One minute a jumble of misshapen squares, a fanciful flukish flick of the wrist and wahlah, there before me were the trousers. Suddenly my mind was opened up to an entire wardrobe made out of simple granny squares!
Ava's magic trousers
Don’t you love it when things just seem to create themselves?
What is it with boys clothes?
July 22, 2008
- Why is it such a challenge finding affordable clothes for boys that are not
- mostly blue
- without teddy bears and twee paraphenalia
- not dull and bla
- and oh yeah affordable! A big ask it seems or perhaps I am looking in the wrong places? So instead of consistently winging to other parents and offending parents who love this kind of stuff, I have begun to take matters into my own hands. Here is my first offering. A vest made out of some spare polar fleece. Just trace round a t-shirt minus the arms and off you go. Love a bit of slap dash sewing. Always gets my creative juices flowing – anyone relate?
It survived an Autumn leaf fight with the cousins and Dadda so it passes the kidability test for me.
cheerio,
Amanda
