I don't know whose idea it was. The result was that I promised to sew an apron for my (almost 3-year-old) son. He said without hesitation: an apron with Moomin! Ok, why not? I drew the white creature, cut it out, embroidered an eye and then sewed it on with my fast speed-insubordinate-machine! The outcome is pleasing.

I just had to sew something! I knew I would have a chance to meet my friends' daughters so why not to sew some small garments?

Four dresses for three girls.

(Now I know that two smaller dresses became tunics; two bigger ones you can find in Burda 12/2012#153 and in Burda 7/2009#139).

Well, I still have time to do something :) The child is not very eager to leave my belly...

I bought a musical mobile on a flea market. It was very colourful but it wasn't something I liked. I am a minimalist... I was eager to have this toy so I got it with the thought of changing the soft toys. As I know infants see only black and white during first months of their life so I was thinking that making sheeps would be a good choice. So I did and the result is below.

Another thing is trivial but I like it. I needed some baskets for my cosmetics. I bought two black and white fabrics and I was thinking to combine it with orange. And surprisingly I found a piece of nice orange textile on the flea market. Surprisingly because I never find things which I need WHEN I need them :) Anyway I found there also a perfect bottom material. To make the bottoms stiffer I used canvas table mats. Right now I am using my new baskets in a bathroom but they can be used for ANY thing if I get bored :)

There are two new pillows on my sofa. One with a strong pattern is really a nice colourful spot in the living room. And another pillow is another story. In a nutshell it's a big failure. I was so excited to transfer a print onto the fabric... And I failed so much. And what's the worst I don't know what went wrong. I used an acetone and the cotton and a laser printer. And the picture became washed-out brown instead of light black! When I saw the result  I wanted immediately to use some fabric paint to make it better. But after some time the failure became quite interesting and I decided to use it and finish the pillow. Maybe one day I will use this fabric paint...

And finally I spent also some time on a new doll. I was inspired by my wonderful colleague, called in some circles (i.e. by me ) The Black Sheep. So this is my present for her - her alter ego :)

Despite the fact that I haven't really made any advanced project lately I have to say I've been a prolific sewer and blogger as well!
 

Yesterday I finished my first Teddy. Today he was at his first photo shoot. Maybe he doesn't look the happiest bear in the world but neither he looks the poorest creature. I was very enthusiastic about it. I bought some time ago a nice mint canvas with floral print. It was a remnant but cute enough to get it. I had no idea what to do with it until the Teddy idea started to take shape.. Well, it wasn't maybe the best idea to use this heavy textile for a small doll but I managed. I had a problem with closings - have to make a survey how to do it properly and nicely.

Well, next projects are already in my mind. I always think I am done with my manual works but then suddenly there is again something to do. Hopefully I can still make some of them.

I had a plan to sew some maternity clothes. But luckily I skipped that idea :) In the last weeks of my pregnancy I didn't think about new clothes at all. It's the least important right now I guess. But I felt and still feel like doing something! As I moved to another country I left my sewing machine at my parents house. But my husband surprised me one day and brought his mother's sewing machine. Even tough it's a very basic model and consequently heavy-handed, I appreciate the gesture. And after all better that than nothing.

So here we are: new place, new furniture or its lack :) To make it more cosy I started to do some decorative stuff. First I made some bunting flags and pillow-cases to my son's room. Then pillow-cases to the living room. And my last project was my first tilda rabbit.

I didn't make any special work on the pillow-cases. I wanted the work to be simple and fast. The only requirement was a nice fabric (I used a zipper to close each of them to be sure they will keep a nice and firm shape). And I didn't make any clothes for my first doll because naked rabbit looks really good to me :) My son is not a fan of soft toys so I knew that it would be a decoration only. I would probably do more of them to give away as a present - it's quite a pleasant work.