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Sewing for Children | Ottobre Design Kids 3/2015 Daisy Dresses
I made some summer dresses for my twins. Making them summer dresses seems to have become quite a bit of a tradition. My twin girls had the luck of being... Read More
Sewing for Children |Ottobre Design Kids Dresses
My twin girls had the luck of being born just before I started sewing and as such, they have always grown up with handmade clothes. Since toddlerhood, they have accompanied... Read More
Ottobre Design Kids 1/2020 #25| Boys Knit Pants
My son requested that I sew him a pair of knit trousers that he could use for bedtime. After their abrupt ending of school in March, he was nervous and... Read More
Extreme Sewing – 6 x Ottobre Design Kids Projects in 1 Weekend!
Last week I had an episode of hubris in which I giddily promised to sew some outfits using Ottobre Design Kids sewing magazine in time for our upcoming family camping... Read More
Kids Sewing – Silver Lame Pillowcase
It did not take toooo long. The shop that we bought was pretty new so not much people went there. The cutting was not super hard, It was just that... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine
Rocking bunnies! I loved this sweatshirt jersey the moment I laid eyes on it in B&M Fabrics, Leeds Market. Obviously, it was going to be an Ottobre design make. If... Read More
Burda 11/2017 #130A Sewing for kids #burdachallenge2018
As it happens, the twins were going to a wedding in June with their dad in the USA. Since it was term time and we didn’t want the school going... Read More
Burda 4/2018 #128 Sewing Pattern Review | Burda Kids Sewing
There’s something about bright highly contrasting colours that I find attractive. During the last SEWDOWNDEWSBURY I bought 1 meter of such psychedelic swirling colours at Fabworks. Its not the... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine and Skater Dress
I have been on a roll of making clothes for my kids lately. These were made earlier in the year and were well received by the wearers. Kitchy Coo Skater Dress... Read More
Burda 11/2017 #131 Sewing Pattern Review – BurdaStyle Kids
A random #burdachallenge2018 post on IG made me aware of this BurdaStyle kids sweater pattern. Surprisingly I haven’t paid too much attention to kids sewing patterns in BurdaStyle Magazine. I decided... Read More
Kids Sewing – Ottobre Kids Design Magazine and New Look
Over the past year I have been doing a lot of sewing for my kids. They love choosing fabrics whenever they come fabric shopping with me. Unfortunately I don’t always... Read More
4th Birthday Dresses: Ottobre Summer 3/2016 #19
When my twins turned 3 years old in 2016 I left it until the very last minute to make them birthday outfits which turned out ok, but I knew they should... Read More
Easter Dresses : Ottobre Kids Design 01/2014 : Funny Faces Dresses
Since making a dogs dinner of my twins’ birthday dresses <link here>, I vowed to make it up to them (&myself) so when Easter presented the opportunity of making them something... Read More
Ottobre Kids Magazine Sheepish Hooded Jumper
Continuing with the theme of sewing for others, I am happy to share one of my favourite kids makes from last year. My second little person was a sheep in... Read More
Ottobre Kids Design 01/2014 : Birthday Dresses (Funny Faces)
Hello again, I made some more dresses for my little people’s birthday outfits. This is the pattern that I used. I made one change which was to have a straight... Read More
More Ottobre Kids Design Dresses 04/2014 Issue
Hello everyone, I have made more dresses from Ottobre Design Kids 04/2014 issue. It’s the sweater dress here. This will be the third time I have made this pattern, <link here for earlier... Read More
Ottobre Kids Design 01/2014 : Funny Faces Dresses and T shirt
Hello again, I made some more dresses for my little people. In particulr my twins. I bought the cotton jersey from B&M Fabrics in Leeds. For the pattern I used... Read More
Ottobre Design Kids 03/2015 Monsters Shirts
Hello chums, I am just so excited to share more of these kiddie shirts. I finished them in time for our sojourn to London over 2 weeks ago. The pattern is from Ottobre... Read More
All sorts any one? Ottobre Kids Design shirts.
Hello chums, I am just so excited to share these kiddie shirts. I finished them on Friday night and my little people adorned them on Saturday morning. Seeing how adorable they looked... Read More
Ottobre Design Kids Magazine Sewing Projects
Hello everyone, I am back with more selfless sewing for my kids. Sewing for children can be such a pleasure. They are small  so less fabric which means I can spend... Read More