Pixie Coat

So was I productive in May?  Well I was in my head 🙂  I have far more ideas buzzing round than actual projects being completed!

I mainly worked on my latest pixie coat this month.  It’s the third one I have made and the first in a year as my overlocker has only just come back from being fixed.

This is the last stages of the coat – just the front ties to sew onto the body now and then add some embellishments!

pixie-coat from recycled wool sweaters

pixie coat almost finished!

It’s not easy to find pure wool sweaters for these coats which will felt up properly. Many wool sweaters are treated to stop them shrinking and felting – great for normal wash days but not for recyclers!!  The sweaters for this coat came mainly from my BFF who’s aunty had died.  She passed on the sweaters for me for my stash as she knows I recycle them but I decided to make a special coat for her which will be a lovely keepsake (I hope!).   She has admired my other pixie coats and so I really hope she likes her present.

pixie coat from recycled wool sweaters

hood on pixie coat

I made my Pixie coats from the Katwise tutorial – she is the inspiration for these coats.  I think it’s much cheaper to get sweaters in US dollar stores than in our UK charity shops though unfortunately for me!

The other main thing I have completed this month is my entry for the ‘Make it your own’ clutch bag competition.  Here is my 70s inspired bag.  (This was the last decade when I could actually have a bag that small and went on nights out!)

brown and range clutch bag

bag with my seventies beads!

The competition was run by Deby  at Sew So Easy and you can read my post about making the bag here.  Please think about popping over to her blog and adding a vote for me using the link below!

http://so-sew-easy.com/make-contest-time-vote-blogger/

 

 

inside of clutch bag orange floral lining
handy pocket for essentials!

 Linking up with Handmade Monday and Fresh Sewing Day and Small Blog Meet at Lily’s Quilts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Bunnies!

Oh dear!

It all started when I read on Pillows-a-la-mode’s blog about making bunnies!  To be fair she got the idea from another blog! The Little Fabric Shop Blog Well, I was hooked!    Quick, simple template and oh so cute!!!

First it was these…..

basket of fabric bunnies in red and white and green and white.

Basket O’ Bunnies!

and now I’ve started again ….

I think I prefer the pinking sheared edge ones the best, which is a shame ‘cos I made a non-pinked one in my favourite liberty fabric!!

fabric-bunnies

three little bunnies sitting in a row!

They are stuffed with soft fibre filling and dried lavender, they smell wonderful and, I don’t care if it’s a placebo or not, they are helping me sleep better!

But I really have got to stop making them!    – So I am linking up with Fresh Sewing Day and Small Blog Meet in May at Lily’s Quilts – so now I have witnesses –  I really will stop making bunnies 🙂

And that was my highlight of my April makes!

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