Stripey Snap Pajamas

I started this project early March, but only finished it last night.

Such a satisfying make - the snap placket was the best part, I love adding snaps to children's clothing. I bought a few colours KAM snaps and pliers last year, and have been using it for many projects, it was definitely worth buying.  I struggled a bit lining up the stripes of the pjs, even though I used the Bernina's walking foot.

It is the  Lullaby Line Snap pajamas from Peek-A-Boo Pattern Shop.  These PAB patterns have become a staple here. I love that it is affordable,  covers many sized in one pattern purchase and that the clothes I make using PAB patterns are always a hit with the children. With the current $/ZAR exchange rate, I really must limit myself to one pattern a month, perhaps 2 if the pattern I want is discounted by 50% on a Thursday.

The fabric is a thin cotton knit that I bought on a facebook fabric selling page - I love that with a metre of fabric and less than R200, I can make something fantastic for my children. Win win - I need to sew to relax and they get new clothes, not made in Bangladesh or China, but made at home by their mom. Happy guilt free quality clothes.

The Snap pajamas is for sizes preemie to 4T, but I think it can easily be modified to fit bigger sizes. I plan to make on for E, a slim almost 7 year old, by just lengthening the body, legs and sleeves of the pattern. Should get that done soon, winter is here - we had a couple of very cold days the past week.

Cloud 9 Infinity Scarf

Missing Gerrit today, no more or less than any other day since he died, yet today is significant, we survived yet another year without him.  Today is 4 years since he died.  Thankful that Edward and Helena is still here with us, bringing love and light into our lives.

When Gerrit was a born, our nickname for him was BabiWabi. During 2010/2011, I made and sell shwehswe dresses, using the BabiWabi name on the labels. I still have a few of the labels left over, and now use them only for very special projects, or things I make for myself. This scarf is worthy of a label.

For this infinity scarf, I used a small piece of amazing Cactus print from Cloud9 Fabrics and light blue cotton from the local fabric store.

Today is the first day that is cold enough to be needing a scarf, and this one is perfect.

Shweshwe Star Student Backpack

Returning to work, my son starting Grade 1, daughter starting nursery, all of this made it very hard to find any time to sew this year.  

H on the run, loving her new backpack

I did however, have a  fun Saturday morning making the  Star Student Backpack - another superb pattern by Amy Hindman from Peek-a-Boo Pattern shop . I've bough many peek-a-boo patterns already, and have at least ten more waiting in my wishlist. I love the patterns -  clothes looks great when finished, fits, and have not had a minute of trouble using it.  A bonus is that a pattern is sold at 50% discount every Thursday, or a new pattern is released and offered at a discounted price. With the current Rand / $ exchange rate, this sure helps.

Pattern & supplies ready

I chose blue and yellow, as I wanted the bag to bright and sunny. I used some Da Gama Shweshwe I have had for at least 6 years, so the bag didn't cost much to make. The pattern calls for 1/2 yard quilt batting or thin foam for back and strap padding - Pellon Flex Foam  will be perfect for stabilizing the back, and the next bag I make I will definitely be using Fles Foam.

I added mustard piping to the bag 

Will be making more of these soon.