I have had a lucky streak with vintage patterns over the past week.  I picked this gorgeous one up at my local oppy for 50 cents!  It is printed in size 2 so is a little too big for Juliette now but I couldn't resist getting some pics of her in it.  Plan on wrapping it up for her for christmas (eighteen month olds don't have very good long term memories!).

The fabric is from the Everything but the kitchen sink range and was also a bargain...I visited Darn Cheap Fabrics in Heidelberg last week after my ultrasound and found this sunny yellow print.  I planned on buying 20 cm for my baby quilt at $7 per metre. The woman pulled the fabric off the end of the roll and gave me what was left (about a 1.2 metres) for the price of 20cm - about $1.50!! So all up this gorgeous dress cost $2.00 (plus a lot of time - pattern had no instructions and needed some adjusting). Plus I still have plenty of leftovers to feature in the baby quilt and other little projects.

My next sewing project is from another vintage pattern I borrowed from my lovely next door neighbour.  It's about thirty years old.  Stay tuned...

I'm joining up today with Her Library Adventures to share my vintage finds.

I made this little owl for a friend of my Mum's whose son has just had his first baby.  I wanted to make an owl so did a bit of an internet search of owl pics and put this pattern together.  He is made from blue wool with wool felt wings and cotton eyes and legs.  He is simple but nice and cuddly and safe for a baby with no buttons or hard bits!

Our strawberry patch is the healthiest looking thing in our garden at the moment - inspected every day for ripe ones.  We have to get to them before the birds do.  I'm going to use them as inspiration for a painted picture on the end of Isabella's doll cradle that I am doing up.

My favourite find though was this awesome retro flour sifter.  It reminds me of one Mum used to have (but must have thrown out! - Why would she do that?).  Anyway, now I have my own.   Found this at Wesley Hill market in Castlemaine on a recent weekend away.  Light, fluffy cakes here I come!

I'm linking up today with Her Library Adventures - a new blog I have discovered.

With the days and nights warming up I have realised Isabella has nothing but flanelette pj's which are getting to be a bit warm.  So I decided to make her some summer nighties.  I loved wearing nighties as a little girl and still remember a couple of them.

This is the first of her nighties.  Very feminine and light to wear.

The pattern comes from this gorgeous book I borrowed from my sister...

Gorgeous patterns, but the only problem is, the instructions are all in Japanese!

Luckily, the pattern was fairly straight forward and I was able to piece everything together without instructions (it also helped that my sister had made a few of these dresses and I was able to look at one of hers as a guide).

The white cotton has a light floral pattern on it (also white).  Both fabrics are from Spotlight. Total cost was about $5!!

I can proudly say I have finally finished Isabella's 'big girl' quilt!!!! Hooray!! I started this quilt just before Christmas last year and have slowly been putting it together.

I free form quilted it on my machine - my first attempt.  Although this was labourious and hard on the forearms, it was worth it in the end! The texture of the quilt is lovely and the stippled look really suits the design.

The quilt design is by Sarah Fielke from The Last Piece.  The fabrics are a mix of designers which I spent much time choosing from several suppliers in the States.

I made 7 metres of 'scrappy' binding (using up leftover pieces from the quilt) to edge the quilt.

I actually ended up doing some unpicking and lengethening of the quilt as I was not happy with the length (annoying but necessary after I had spent so much time on it - would not want to look at it for the next ten years and not be completely happy with it).

The quilt looks lovely on Isabella's recycled bed (that her Daddy put together for her 3rd birthday).

You can read more about this quilt and watch how it came together by clicking on "Isabella's quilt" in my tag section.

So now that this one is finally finished, I can move onto my next quilting project....something for this little person...

I'm officially halfway through today! We won't find out the sex so a unisex little cradle quilt to begin with I think, then when baby arrives I can have some fun with choosing fabrics for a cot quilt.

I'm sharing today over at Kootoyoo.

I made this cute 'Jack Rabbit' bunny last week.  I did not have a recipient in mind, although I have two good friends who are having babies in the next six weeks.  But, after I finished him, I decided that the girls could keep him and I could always make another one!

The pattern is by Hop Skip Jump.  She makes the best toys! 

Here he is unclothed (ooh) and sitting on a bright yellow chair that used to look like this...

We found this chair at an op shop years ago - I liked the shape and intended on sanding and painting it...two years later, it was still dropping flakes of white paint in our bedroom and I finally pulled it out and revamped it. 

Now it sits proudly in Issie's room 'adorned' by her baby quilt and some of her softies!  Love the bright blue carpet in the corner of the pic - our current house is a rental and we can't change it!!

Now I am off to finally finish Issie's quilt (don't mind the failed pledge I made) - I will not be blogging again until I am posting up finished pics of it...

I whipped this little swing top up yesterday morning while Issie watched Sesame Street!  Its a great pattern - simple but very sweet. I had bought the lovely grey wool from Rathdowne Remnants to make a softie and had plenty left so made another of these tops. 

It is lined with one of my favourite prints Star Sugar by Dei Fabrics.  The top is reversible.

I have decided to stock this in my little deers shop.  You can buy it here!  It will be available in size 0-3 and is made to order.

I am linking up today with Kootoyoo.