This weekend I decided to pull the sewing machine out and have a go at making some cute baby slippers from a fun craft book called "Meet me at Mike's" by Pip Lincolne. I haven't done much sewing in a while, and have never tried to make these baby shoes before so I ended up making a 'trial' pair first, then a much more successful second pair. They look pretty cute. The blue turtle fabric is part of a huge surprise stash of gorgeous Japanese quilting material that my friend Hannah sent me last year. I love all the different Japanese designs, but so far haven't had the time or patience to make a proper quilt. Maybe now I've dusted off the sewing machine to make these slippers I might attempt a small bed quilt or a quilted pillow cover or something like that... :-) This weekend I also made a matching baby bib to go with the slippers. I simply covered the bottom half of a white bib with some more of the turtle fabric, made a hem and sewed around it. Very easy. Together the slippers and bib will be a present for a friend whose baby boy is due later this month.
I also can now post up a photo of another homemade Christmas present. I had an idea of making 'team Teleport' shirts for my brother and his girlfriend to wear on their little junk rig yacht 'Teleport'. I found the boxing kangaroo logo online, and figured out what I'd like the design to look like. Then rather than trying to cross-stitch the design by hand, I asked J's Mum if she would be able to 'digitize' the image and embroider the design using her fancy embroidery machine. She did this and the result was great! The shirt colour I chose is a dark green to match the hull of their yacht. My brother and his girlfriend said they loved the shirts :-)
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