I hope you have had a great holiday season. And there is more to come tomorrow as we start a new year! I’ve inadvertently taken a week off and I’m excited to get a little more sewing in before things ramp back up again in 2015. The kids are still on holiday for the rest of this week and that slows things down a bit – so I’m rolling with it! I’ve got a new serger to play with (YAY!) and I’ve already made my husband his requested (second) Finlayson and resized my old housecoat for my oldest (on tap since last winter…).
I decided that my first serger project should be small and simple – so I made my youngest a few pairs of underwear using my Red Kitchen pattern. It’s in round 4 of alterations – every pair I make gets a bit more of a tailored fit. I wonder if she understands what she is getting? Seriously – underwear tailored to your every curve – amazing! I am in de-stashing mode, so I’ve been using tiny shirts that belonged to my girls to make each pair, along with a discarded white undershirt to finish the leg holes. I am so excited to be using things up.
The latest fabric giveaway ended last week, and I randomly selected the winner yesterday. Vicky B. is the fortunate owner of 1 metre of fabric of her choice from the L’Oiseau shop! Turns out that Vicky has been a customer of L’Oiseau for quite a while – how exciting to be able to give back to her!
The rest of the week consists of me cleaning the office – yikes – what a mess present wrapping creates. And I’m filling in the breaks with projects I’ve had around for longer than I’d like to admit. Thankfully my serger has brought a renewed sense of excitement – and speed… aside from the hour and a half it took me to thread it the first time. Thank goodness for instructional videos!
I hope you have a wonderful start to your New Year! Thank you so much for following along, I am so grateful for you. Your comments and the time you spend here are so appreciated!
Have a great New Year’s Eve and all the best wishes for 2015!
Thanks so much Mirjam! I hope you have had a great start to your year as well.
I’m assuming that you’ve used a serger before. To make a Finlayson (ok so I had to click on it to see what it was LOL) and underwear for the little ones is not a simple task. Great Job!!
Thanks Debbie 🙂 I did a little in my Home Ec class in high school. I was fortunate that my serger comes with a dvd and my memory worked alright for the other bits!
Glad to see a new post. I’ve missed you!! The girls are adorable in their nightgowns, of course. That Finlayson is a great pattern. If my 4 boys were younger, I’d make them each one, but they are either middle-aged, or getting close, and live in other parts of the US. Love the panties. I never attempted underwear when I was sewing for my kids, but I might have if I had had the patterns available today. Nice family picture, and I see someone was wondering if Santa would bring some new front teeth. 😎
See you in the new year!
xo Linda
Thanks so much Linda! I love your comments 🙂 I hope that you had a great holiday season!
cute pictures and great undies too !
Best wishes for a healthy happy new year.
Colleen
Thanks so much Colleen! Happy New Year to you as well!
Great job on the serger! Wow! And I LOVE the family picture! Nice! mom
Thanks Mom. I love the missing front teeth! It’s my favorite part 🙂
Great pictures! And, oh my goodness! Customized underwear!! Seriously, that could be a good business.
Yes, good business… kinda awkward though maybe?!