Last year with the cooler weather approaching our 3rd grandbaby, at nearly one year old, needed something warm for sleeping in. Mainly as he, like many babies, is a champion-blanket-kicker-offer! I’d started making a sleeping bag for Mr Magoo as a summer-weight bag. Then life intervened! One of the fronts – the outer fabric is […]
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At the end of 2013 D asked me if I could turn some jeans that had holes in them into shorts for him. There isn’t too much to say about the process really . . . chop the legs off above the hole and hem them! A hammer does come in useful for bashing flattening the
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Soon after my D-I-L Moneypenny had her first baby she was trying out different styles of bibs. One she tried was made by Imba design. There is a family connection here. (C is the sister of my oldest nephew’s wife [my neice-in-law]). Moneypenny really liked the bibs as she found they are very absorbent. I
For the concert in 2013 I didn’t need to make too many costumes. Miss Lisa has quite a stock of them and so we can often re-use ones from previous concerts. For this one though, for the Finale item, Miss Lisa wanted everyone in black. Black muscle back tops, tee-shirts, 3/4 pants, shorts, leggings for
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Dancers who do competitions have their dance changed every so often. Usually because they have had one for a year or two and they need a different level of dance, more complex steps, more maturity to the dance etc. Yes, it was time for Locket to have a new barefoot dance. Which means new music
It’s hard to credit how the time is flying by! Nearly February already 😮 We’ve had family to stay and been away camping in the beautiful Wairarapa Photo by Locket Despite taking away some knitting and embroidery . . . none got done! Boar went back to work last Tuesday. As is usual when he is
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