When the sun shines....

....my daughter makes scarecrows....

...to scare away the crows from the strawberry flowers that we just discovered....

...and then she made a couple more....

....to keep the birds away from our sunshine filled picnic.

I love seeing the changing of the seasons through my children's eyes, something I never thought twice about before they came into my life.

KCWC ~ doily dress

I have had the idea for this dress in my head for a very long time know and KCWC was the push I needed to give it a go.
I have not been able to get my daughter to stop long enough to model this dress so a coat hanger picture will have to do. As always it sits a little different on her then it does on the hanger {I am sure she will want to wear it to church again this week so I might try and get a photo then}.
I didn't use a pattern so there was alot of improvising along the way. It didn't turn out quite like I had envisaged but I am still happy with it {and so is my daughter which is all that is really important}.
The doilies are from the op shop {this could have easily been called op shop challenge} and I have had the fabric, which I think is chambray for a while {about as long as this dress idea has been in my head}. The dress fabric is also brown not grey as it looks in the photo, though grey would be cute too. This is the first dress that I have made with a zip and I am really happy with it and how easy it was, though I am sure it I did not put it in the conventional way but it works and doesn't look bad.

That is KCWC for me wrapped up.

KCWC ~ raglan tops for my little ones

I made both my little ones a raglan sleeve shirt using an Ottobre pattern.
Hers ~ floral print from op shop ladies shirt.
His ~ navy and robot fabric from op shop men's shirt. With his little robot on clothes obsession the raw edge robot applique means I know he will be happy to wear it.

KCWC show and tell~ robot pants

I made my little man some long pants as well. At the moment he has a little obsession with robots on his clothes and pockets so he is pretty happy to wear these pants {which is why it has taken me so long to post them as they get dirty before I get a photo}. The main fabric is from a pair of men's pants from the op shop that I bought to make little satchel bags for the children with {I still have the pockets so I may get around to it....one day}. I just used a shorts pattern which I extended. The crotch is pretty baggy which is not the worst thing because of his cloth nappy but I think I will need to tweak or maybe make the size smaller next time.

They have robot side and hip pockets as well as a robot waistband.