Little things

Little bibs for a little drooler with the lovely name of Matilda

And a little Bible cover from the teeniest scrap of curtain sampling you would ever spend 20 cents on. If it had been any tinier it would have had to be patched.

Yummy vintage sheet bibs

As usual I forgot to take photos of the finished baby shower gifts on Saturday. It was lovely to hear all th 'ooh's though, especially for the cloth books. I was in good company because a couple of my friends also made the most beautiful handmade gifts.
Having been forced to think beyond bags I have discovered that I rather enjoy doing other sewing. Because I had lost my scissors on the train a few weeks ago I have been working with shonky paper ones and my pins have been annoying me because they also were seriously bad quality and generally refused to enter any fabric without a firm shove. Therefore, I only made one bib instead of the three I originally wanted to make. (Two really but one is the bin after repeated atempts to get it right using my rotary cutter and a bad sewing needle!)

But now, with new scissors and better (but still not great) pins, I have suddenly turned out four delicious looking bibs. Because the were made using the free Moda pattern I cannot put them in my shop but will almost definitely be making up my own pattern and them wizzing up some of these gorgeous items for sale.
I love the contrast between the colourful sheet and the white of the towelling on the back.

I am totally in love with some of the sheets I received from the Australian Vintage Sheet Fat Quarter Swap. Thanks Angie!

And then there are all the other sheets from last years swap just waiting to be brought out again. There is a double row in there with the best ones in the back I think.