Who doesnt love a bag

With quite a few birthdays for Myles' friends coming up I decided that id like to make something to add a more personal touch. I kept it simple as I am still very rusty with the sewing, what little girl doesnt love a bag for all her precious things?!

Mini book bags

For my oldest niece I wanted to make something larger, with an added extra smaller pocket

I was really happy with the finished bags, I hope their owners were!

My munchkins

My Family

Dusting off the sewing machine

My favourite thing is working on furniture, but theres only so many new projects I need at home. So I decided to dust off my sewing machine and try a couple of simple projects.

I decided that for Maisys 1st birthday I wanted classic girly decoration (my first chance to bring pink and flowers to a party)! After a look on youtube I tried some bunting...

Pinks and greens run through Maisys room so I chose

 

material that I could use again

 

The finished products

Long time coming - Maisys bedroom

I have finally finished Maisys bedroom furniture! Its taken longer than planned but now its done I love it.

Sanding and priming

Farrow and Balls Skimming Stone adds a soft tone to the room

All thats left is to move the wall decal!

First project of 2014

Maisys bedroom

Moving back to England means a new house, and English style bedrooms = no fitted wardrobes. Whilst she is currently using Myles' old wardrobe (which was a project 4 years ago) its well travelled and well worn, and her change unit is becoming surplus to requirement and not giving the storage we actually need.
Looking around at new furniture that would all match, I realised just how expensive it was going to be, and whilst I would have no objection if I knew this furniture was going to last a good 10 years, we are renting and cannot be certain anything would fit into a new house if / when we move.
Becoming a little stalker like I watched gumtree everyday (the local version of craigslist) waiting for something to come up. Finally after a lot of rubbish was being sold, a matching pine wardrobe and chest of drawers came up at a bargain price.
We already have a nightstand so im looking to colour match the paint and make everything coordinate. Its not quite the same working in the garage in February here in England as it was in California but Im loving it nonetheless!

Chest of drawers before

Being primed, to cover the knots in the wood

 

 

Finished chest