Wednesday 25 August 2010

WOYWW


Good morning all!!
Today, as you see, my ironing board started off as my workdesk. ( Please excuse all the blotches of glue and fabric paint!)
I  am busy with the little pinafore dress from last week's WOYWW post.
I decided it needed a little applique before I make a start on sewing it together.
Birds and flowers seem popular on tinies' clothes at the mo, so that's what I decided to do.
I cut the little shapes from scraps of baby dress fabric ironed onto Bondaweb.
All I did then was, peel off the backing paper and iron the shapes on  to the dress front.
Then I whizzed round with the free-machining.  Done!!
Below is the finished applique. Now I just need to get sewing to make it up. Its so tiny - 0-3 months so it should be done in an hour. I may add an update but I have a few jobs to do today as well!!
The car needs washing and I have a pile of ironing....... Mmm .. maybe I will sew first..lol!!!

Enjoy your day and I will pop over and see what you are up to thanks to the wonderful Julia who organises us all!!!

28 comments:

Doreen said...

Lovely seeing a work in progress.xxx

Sue Pinner said...

Hi looking good roll on grand chidren hehe Cya soon
Hugs Suz x

Annie said...

That all looks so lovely Jo. What a fab design.
A x

Sue said...

Hi Ya
aww looks beautiful,wish i could sew, have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x

Liverpool Lou (Anne) said...

It will be fantastic when it's finished Jo :-) That little bird is absolutely adorable, clever you :-) Birds and flowers are always popular I think
Anne x

Helen said...

How sweet. Def sew first, I reckon!

Sarah said...

How sweet is that! Definitely sew before anything else

Linby said...

Oooh this looks cute.
Linbyx

Hels Sheridan said...

Gorgeous little dres.. I have a theory about ironing.. if you wear it crumpled, the heat of your bod will make the creases drop out... that's my excuse and I sticking to it LOL

Jingle said...

That will be so cute when you have it all finished!

Sheila said...

Makes me want to break out my ironing board & apply appliqués too. Love your space.

cheryl said...

oh this looks interestin,hun you are braver,and smarter than me would not dare try anything like that,great design though hugs cheryl xxx

JoZart Designs said...

Pretty applique ... look forward to seeing it sewn up.
JoZarty

Mandy said...

award is right back at you hunny xx

ikki said...

This look interesting work - will we be seeing it soon? Have a brill week being creative. ikki
PS I'm declaring nothing!

Carola Bartz said...

I am not into sewing at all (when it comes to needles I have two left hands, except for knitting needles), but I totally love this pinafore. Great color!! The little flowers are beautiful.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving those nice comments!

Helen Laurence said...

ha I've seen th dress backwards! Its like seeing into the future lol! x

Nancy said...

Lovely piece

Spyder said...

this little dress is lovely, love the colours, you've been busy again!!

Andria said...

I am totally in awe of anyone who can sew, I can't. Your dress is beautiful, so gorgeous you must get a real sens of acheivment from it, especially when they are being worn.

Bluefairy4U said...

Oh how sweet it looks, cannot wait until you have put your applique on Jo. have a great evening Hugs Jo.xxx

Pam said...

What a cute dress ur so clever. Hugs Pam x

Unknown said...

aaawww - is that dress for baby L? Its soooo cute.

Where on earth were you when you took that pic? Looks like you must have been suspended from somewhere in a cat woman stylee. Sorry I haven't been by in a while, but hopefully i'm picking up a bit now and will get round to looking at some of your past posts.

Hope you are keeping well, and thanks for all your visits and comments. they cheer me up - i'm just sooo grateful for them.

massive hugs

Paula x x x

Sue from Oregon said...

So cute...I miss the days of sewing for my girls when they were little...always matching outfits too!
The finished jumper is so cute!

Sally said...

That dress (I looked at the update) turned out lovely - can just see a little cutie in this! Thank you for the lovely comments on my blog ;)

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I saw the finished product in the next post. It's so nice to see a work as it progresses. You do lovely work. And it's a great design.

I've often thought that it used to be people sewed their clothes to save money. Now they sew for satisfaction. Glad to hear the fabric was not that expensive. It would have been here. Sorry I'm late getting here. Had a big tutorial to finish. Happy belated WOYWW.

Sarpreet said...

interesting, beautiful colours in your current project. sorry for the late visit - Happy WOYWW! Thank you for visiting my blog.

Andrea - Wales, UK said...

I'm a bit late this week and the little dress looks beautiful in your next post. Gorgeous fabric and a really pretty design.

xx