Something new

Ok so I have finally found a bit of time to do a bit of sewing in amongst caring for a beautiful yet demanding newborn. And I say demanding in a very endearing way. I sent my mom to do the Byron market for me this week and all went well. The footless tights with the ruffles were the big seller this week. I did very well with these combos last winter so will do them again. So while my time is limited I will concentrate on the tights and decorating t-shirts for the next few months before bringing out a new line for spring.


 
 
 
 

Byron Hugh is here!

January 29th, 2009 we welcomed our 4th child into the world at 11:10am weighing 7 pounds 10. Byron Hugh Leard is our second son and is a very lucky boy to have a big brother and 2 big sisters who all love him to bits. He is now a month old and aside from a few feeding and settling issues everything is going well. He is stcking on the weight and has changed so much. These are his newborn pictures so will need to post some new ones soon. Life is busier thats for sure but a whole lot more enjoyable too with another new baby in the house!



 
 
 

37 weeks already!

 
 
 
Wow this pregnancy has flown by although now that I am in the home stretch it seems to have slowed down, usually the way though, when you are finally ready for something it takes forever! Some people did not even know I was pregnant, so here I am in full bloom just playing the waiting game now. I managed to do Byron markets yesterday and glad I did as it turned out to be a successful day. I am planning on the Channon markets next week and then that will be it until March. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years, I can not believe it is 2009 already! I will post some photos of fabric and new outfits this week.

Merry Christmas 2008

From our house to yours wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 
 
 

More from Canada

 
 
 
 
Thought I would post a few more pictures. I took a lot but, the camera was on the wrong setting and many did not turn out too well. Still hoping to get and SLR camera but, will wait until 2009. Love the pumpkin shot! The second shot is Jake with baby Charlotte isn't she gorgeous! Third shot is Jake with Grandpa, whom we surprised with our visit he did not know we were coming and was very happy to see us as we were him! The final shot shows the colour of the fall leaves, what a beautiful time of year, too bad it leads into many blistery cold months.

I went home!

 
 
 
 
Ok so it has been a very long time since my last post but, there is good reason for that. Jake and I went home to my hometown, Toronto Canada and we had an amazing 5 weeks! We missed the girls and Dave a lot but, it was so great to take Jake back to Canada it had been 3 years for him so he was due a trip. And I can not even explain the luxury of travelling with a child that is now old enough to be a companion as opposed to a very needy young child as lovely as they are. I hardly knew myself. We had fun visiting some Canadian icons like the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, Ottawa (the nation Capital) and of course all our lovely frinds and family. We were blessed to meet the new babies of my cousins little Charlotte and little Sebastion. The fall weather was just great and Jake enjoyed seeing all the leaves change colour and he got to carve a pumpkin with Uncle Brad and his cousins. Can't wait to go back! Thanks everyone for making out time so enjoyable!

New fabric

 
Another cute nappy cover on Sage, love the hearts. And some new fabric, the second photo is fabric I will use more for boy nappy covers and bibs.

Nappy covers

 
Its getting warmer again finally!!! I think it has been a cold winter! Here are some new nappy covers for the warmer months, Sage is my model and certainly not in nappies anymore but, she still looks cute in them!

Lipstick

 
 
 
 
Going through some photos from a few months ago and came across this sequence of photos of Sage. Both my girls love lipstick but, that probably holds true for most little girls. My new fabric should be here in a couple of weeks so will have lots to show soon.

Getting back into it

    Well its been awhile since I have posted anything creativity wise.  So here,finally, are a few items I have recently made.  I have sold to a few shops now and including the few markets I do a month, my stock is slowly depleating but, I am about to make another HUGE fabric order and will have some different designs coming for spring and summer as well as more clothes for the baby boys of this world.  Now if I could just hire a house cleaner I may find that extra bit of time I need to sew.  Will leave it here as the vacumn becons but, then so does a nap, umm what to choose?  School holidays has nearly worn me out!

Photography

I have not posted in awhile I have been busy and have had lots going on, so thought I would jump back into it with a quick post and show some of the lovely photographs taken by the amazingly talented Sheye Rosemeyer. Makes me want to take a photography course, just to have an ounce of this talent would be great!

New for the market

I fell in love with these 3 fabrics that I found in Tweed, I liked the subdued colours and how well they went together. I bought all the navy fabric they had with the birds on it and would love to find more somewere. I made this outfit with the reversible skirt and also 2 pinafores and 2 sets of ruffled tights and a few t-shirts.
The tights were again a big hit at Bangalow market so will make some more for Byron as I nearly sold out of all of them yesterday.

More options of the ruffled tights