byron's birthday sewing

Byron will be 8 on wed next week and i have said yes to a a sleep over. hmm must have caught me at a weak moment.

The plan is kids will be dropped off at 6pm then we are off to the greyhounds for a buffet dinner.

yes i am going to attempt to take 8 kids out to dinner haha did i say a moment of weakness? perhaps insanity.

I was thinking about the night and what supplies etc i would need.

there is no way they need lolly bags after the dessert table so i opted for pj's that they can wear not only to bed but have on for the morning play and as pick up is 11.30 and i am sure they will all still be in them then haha, i know i would like to be.

I was given some pokemon fabric ages ago and have been using it for the odd cape or bag here and there but i had heaps so pj's they became.

I thought there would be enough for just pokemon blue and black but i was literally 1 leg short hehe.

so i decided that the only girl and the little sister could have special ones, purple satin skulls.

i grabbed some 2 pkts of singlets from kmart for $6 each.

With my mil's embroidery machine on my sewing table i just couldnt resist personalising them.

Using thread, time, a pattern from the box and $3 singlets i think these are going to be the best party bags and cheap too.

i am thinking i may make pj bags too put them in but that will depend on what cake he decides i am capable of haha.

All the sets.

The birthday boys pair

A close up of the names

The little sister's.

t'was the night before christmas

Whilst blog surfing tonight i came apon this blog and this poem.
i thought it was great and wanted to share

Abyquilt: "Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be fat quarters or a pattern or lace?
Or a quilt kit, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
'Hi Santa,' I said
'You know....good little girls should be in their beds '.
'I know I should Santa, and now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited to see what you brought
'Well, let's take a look in this room where you work.'
He shook his head quickly, And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
'You've got enough stuff, I'll see you next year!'

author unknown
(does that mean I have to clean up in my sewingroom)"

I think this is called Cheating

We have our play group christmas party on tuesday and we wanted a Santa who our kids wouldnt recognise.

That was easier said than done.

so we decided that we could get one of the Nanna's to help and tell them that Santa had asked her to help out.

Well we got lucky and Nanny Chrissie has a friend on holidays from America so now we have a Santa and a Santa's helper.

For Nanny Chrissie i got a panel from spotlight that has a ready to cut and sew apron on it.

No fuss just cut and sew.

there is STILL a few things i would have done different, like not trust my overlocker and used pinking shears but here it is.

sleep overs

Byron has a sleep over tonight and has to take a sleeping bag.
he has a couple including a fairly new croc hunter one that i was all set to make a bag for (i bought it on sale as it was missing it's bag)

So in my mind i was making a camo cover this was until he decided he wanted to take the old sleeping bag, this i am sure has a bag but as i was prepared to sew i didnt argue that he had LOOKED properly hehe.

so we now have a tartan sleeping bag cover with a few spots you shouldnt look at due to the math needed to get measurements correct haha

where oh where is 2009.

it seemed to rush past me in about june and i can't catch up.well obviously it has been a while and i wont bore yuo with those mundane day to day details.

i will however share some sewing i have recently done.

i have been sewing but not blogging.

skirts are currently the flavour as the weather warms up.

Ainsley will never run out of skirts or dresses i can assure you of that but as they are fun to make i will continue to make them lol.

My princess will only wear skirts that twirl so the latest addition is the circular skirt---fantastic twirl ability.
Ainsley has decided to share the twirling "need" with her twin friends so i made them a skirt each and had a request for another one.

here are some pics.

Ainsley's christmas skirt for her daycare party tomorrow is also there, i had a t shirt from last year that will still fit so i just added a little bling to make it go with the skirt a bit better.

so you think they will be ok?

sorry byron

after my wordless weekend post yesterday i got in trouble from byron as i didnt put a photo of him with the snake.

so here it is.

wordless weekend