Sewing, sewing and some more sewing....

I got a request from a friend to make her 8yo daughter a colonial type dress for an olden days dress up at school.  Once I told her the cost to own it, I thought she was going to say that it was too expensive.  But she didn't and so I made this.....

They wanted a bonnet too, so she got this.....

 

This is her wearing it ready to go to school.

 

She was very excited when I dropped it off to her the night before she got to wear it. 

We decided on a hire fee due the cost to own it.  The mum has even let other mums know that I make this sort of thing to hire.  It will be interesting to see how far that goes.

I also made these the last 2 days....

A boy's burial gown and a girls....

The fabric for them came from this wedding dress....

The satin is a lot finer than I originally thought so they are bit of a pain to make.  I have yet to use any of the chiffon from the dress - that will be in some more angel gowns that I will be making.  As you can see from the watermark in the last pic these are Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies.

I have also recently made 2 table runners for a local elderly lady.  She is going through her stash and projects and getting me to make family heirlooms. 

They are the same pattern using different fabrics.  One set of fabrics she chose, the other I chose.  I think I like the bottom one better colourwise.

I also made a costume bag for another friend - didn't take a pic of that.  That's just too boring.....