Just checking

Nathan is yet again checking that Baby Sister still has 10 fingers.

I am in shock!

I can't believe it!!! I've made some baby shoes!! Me, who fights with her sewing machine yet loves sewing. I can make curtains etc but a baboon could too. Anything that needs to fit half-decently has always been a complete disaster. Unlike my sister who can knock up fabulous garments, sofa covers etc as easily as she breathes (or so it seems to me), I cannot sew. Not proper sewing.

But thanks to this Soft baby shoe tutorial I have made some shoes for Elizabeth and what's more...THEY ACTUALLY FIT HER!!! For the next week anyway!

I did struggle a bit - I found sewing around the curves tricky. I did make a couple of mistakes too but some I could correct along the way and others aren't visible unless you go searching for them ;')
I love the result so much that I want to have another go. I have lots of patchwork fabric left over from previous projects (read: wonky patchwork quilts!) and well, Elizabeth is going to need more shoes, right?

On my To-Do List...

I have just come across some great free patterns.
Posting here for safe-keeping:

http://crochet.about.com/od/scrapyarn/ss/ToyCarApplique.htm

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/patterns/farmyard_finger_puppets.php

http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/bunny%20and%20chick%20pin.html

Elizabeth modelling her booties

I managed to take this photo just before she kicked the booties off!

Elizabeth's booties

A very easy pattern that taught me a lot: http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bevsbooties2.html

Granny square crochet hook holder

OK, this ain't gonna win any awards but I was fed up on having to search around for my hooks and I am too busy doing other things to crochet a hook holder...so I dug out this granny square that I got as part of a assortment of yarn odds and ends at a charity shop and stuck my hooks in. It works great!
The granny square is quite stiff and the hooks fit in snugly. I suppose if I had more of those granny squares I could stitch them together to make the holder bigger and perhaps put a flap on it too...

Knitted dress from my mum