Japanese cotton pants for little Japanese girl

These pants are my first creation using two of my new fabrics purchased from Malaysia. A beautiful soft eggshell blue cotton which features a lovely floral pattern in a mixture of greens, pinks, mauves and creamy white. The waistband, cuffs and back pocket feature a fabric from the same story but in a khaki type green with similar flower pattern - they contrast beautifully. They were going to be for my Madeit shop, however my neighbour has her beautiful little neice from Japan staying with her at the moment. She is about to turn two and Ming Lee thought these little pants would make a great gift. So I finished them off and they will be wrapped and presented to Youie (not sure how to spell her name sorry). I thought that was so appropriate that my first garment made from Japanese cotton be worn by a Japanese girl. She is a beautiful little thing and I wish I could have her here permanently for a little model. I am hoping to post photos of Youie wearing her pants in another week or so so keep watching this space.

Attacking the sewing room

I kind of attacked my sewing room today. My poor Mum has been sleeping in there for 3 weeks with piles of fabric all around her. This is actually not my fault, its her fault - as she gives me most of the fabric. It was in desperate need of a makeover and a tidy up so I am half way through. I will post some before and after pictures when I have finished. I am excited to say I now have one formal follower of my blog - Jacki - thanks heaps. I have to say I have also just read Jacki's blog for the first time late last night - it looks fantastic. When I have some more time and computer skills I will do a link to it, but her address is something like monkeemoomoo.blogspot.com - check it out, it's fantastic. Back later !!!!!

Little Japanese girl

Sometime back I decided I wanted a special piece of artwork for my daughters new bedroom. I was sick of seeing handpainted canvases with butterflies all over the place and wanted something a bit different. Something not too babyish or girly - something that would last her for years that she would not outgrow. So I purchased a piece of fabric online from Duckloth and my artist friend Ange stretched it onto a canvas frame for me. It's a piece of fabric from a Japanese designer and I have to say when Lucy is sick of it I will have it for my room. It really is quite special.