Hello lovelies!
Wow have I had an awesome couple of days. My last post was a little bit sooky. That’s allowed, I’m sure it is. As soon as I had posted it I jumped across to my Bloglovin feed to see what all of you were doing. I love being able to admire the work of others. I jumped on to Valorie’s own sewing blog to see if she had drawn the lucky winner of her January Giveaway. She had- It was me!!!! Selfish sewing here I come! I am so excited to get started on the lovely patterns that will be coming my way. How’s that for timing too? Just the cheering up I needed.
But wait! There’s more! I was scrolling through some local garage sale sites over coffee on the weekend and found a pre-loved Horn Sewing Cabinet going for a steal! Oh happy days! Here is my lovely new cabinet, all open and ready for me to use.
My ‘new to me’ Horn Sewing Cabinet. Isn’t she beaut! ❤
Of course as soon as I had her home I needed to put her to use. I pulled out Newlook 6932 and made my littlest man some summer jarmies for our incredibly hot weather. He is pretty happy with them. He happens to be a big Mickey Mouse fan.
I have also finished the M6391 I have been working on for the Princess.
This pattern called for pre-gathered lace for the layer between the two ruffles. The lace I bought was not long enough (bugger) so I had to alter the length of the second ruffle by about 3/4 inch. The skirt layers would have looked even nicer had I bought a wider pre-gathered lace. But I still think it is a cute skirt. I added a matching lace trim and threaded some pink ribbon through for the top of the ruffles. Looking at it now I am wondering if some trim on the hem of the lower ruffle might look better.
How cute is the Gingham. I really think Gingham is so under rated. It always looks so sweet.
Now what to make next…
Adventures of a beginner sewer. 
Glad to see that you have landed back on your feet after your roller coaster ride!! Just love the gingham skirt and I agree with you about gingham being so under rated. Where did you get the skirt pattern as I am interested in making it for my granddaughters?
Hi Kez, Thanks for the comments, She has hardly taken it off! The pattern is McCalls M6391 in view A. The pattern also has a super cute pair of shorts I would love to make.
Thanks for that Nikki. Will have to suss out the pattern for my granddaughters. Happy sewing:-)
Soooo jealous of the sewing table. You should hear what I have to go through to sew! (I blogged about it once… It was a bit of a tantrum!) 😀 Don’t ya love sewing for kids, smaller clothes and lots of cool fabrics!
sewing for kids is fantastic- so quick! And they love being able to help with the pattern picking and fabric choice.
Hi Nikki, cute skirt and pjs!! Starting to sew is hard – I was there 2 years ago. Seems you are doing all the right things, mostly it’s trial and error and lots of practice. Thanks for the very sweet comment you left on my blog. I hope you get to give the Plantain top a go – be sure to let me know if you do 🙂
I’ve just downloaded it! I am very keen to give it a whirl! Thanks for dropping by- I’ll be sure to keep checking in with your lovely blog!
I love gingham, too and it is the perfect fabric for your skirt. Love all the lace and ruffles.
Gingham is just gorgeous! Thanks for the kind words Pam!