My first ever item of clothing

So yesterday I was sorting through my sisters old clothes when I came across the first top I ever sewed. She's grown out of it now because it was a birthday present from 3 or 4 years back now but it hit me how much my sewing has changed. For example I now know not to use a straight stitch on stretchy fabric and also to match the thread colour with the material you are sewing.

 Have you ever looked back and realised how far you've come or are you realising how much you're sewing is improving each day?

I hope this has inspired you!

My cousins new trousers

I will soon be going to stay at my aunts for a week and I wanted a way to say thank you to her for letting me stay. So finally I hit on the idea of making some items of clothing for her daughter, my cousin. The result of which can be seen bellow.

I made these trousers in no time flat and the material only cost me 20p per trouser!
 

I really hope she likes them because I've had a whale of a time making them. If you are worried about venturing into the world of trousers then don't be although the construction may be alien to you it's really not that difficult.

I hope this has inspired you!

Super cute journal cover

This post is sooooo over due, as can you believe it Easter was over 7 weeks ago. I'm really sorry I didn't post this earlier.
So during lent this year (for those of you who don't know, I am a Christian) I decided to document my journey with God during this time by writing down my prayers, my thoughts and my feelings. It was important for me to be completely honest with myself in this book because I have a tendency to kid myself. It was a great experience for me to just write everything that came into my head and I felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders every time I wrote in my new journal.

Now I'm able to look back and say to myself "wow, is that really how I reacted, I need to work on that" because we as humans have a tendency to gloss over our memories and adapt them to make ourself look better in our own eyes.

So you may be wondering "Libby what does you writing down your prayers have to do with sewing inspirations and also crafts in general?" Well, firstly our inspirations come from the world around us and this book was part of my world for 40 days and 40 nights. Secondly for the cover I found these amazing journal covers, which are just perfect for anyone who loves crafts.These free printables are also perfect for any journey loving writer :) you can get them from here.

I hope this has inspired you!

My sisters swim dress for summer 2014

Some of you may know that for summer last year I made a swimming dress for me and my sister but my sister has now out grown her old one so today I spent the morning making her a new one. I found the material yesterday for £2.50 and I absolutely love the way the dress has turned out, it's funky and cute but not too childish (as my sisters getting to the stage where she wants to look a bit more grown up).

I made this by tracing round tops, skirts and dressed from her wardrobe to find the best fit. However I now have a free pattern that shows you exactly how you too can make a dress like this, which you can find here.

I also made a bikini bottom in the same fabric so that if the dress does ride up by accident it won't be as obvious what they are but for obvious reasons I won't display them on the internet.

I also had to show you the hairstyle my sister was wearing today. You can find a video on how to do this hairstyle here.

Those of you who have been following my blog for a while may realise that recently I have been distracted by my exams but I'm soooooo pleased to tell you that I have finally finished and I'm really excited to get back into sewing.

I hope this has inspired you!

My super cute lace top

I know that I've not been very frequent in posting my projects recently but I do have an excuse, it's currently the exam season where I live and I've been quiet busy revising since February (I know that February seems like a distant memory but the exams are important to me).
Still I managed to fit in a bit of sewing time recently, as I've almost finished my exams, and made this lovely crop pull over lace top.

This fabric came from a 60p and as I have used the other 2 pieces of material the grand total cost of this top is 20p. I improvised the pattern but if you would like a post about how I made this top feel free to leave a comment.

I hope this has inspired you!