Still, bad weather means plenty of crafty time. The big pickle and I made finger paints the other day, using a recipe kindly posted on the Cloth Nappy Tree forum. It didn't go well to be honest, we ended up with coloured jellified gloop, but it got her out of her pre-teen "I'm leaving home" strop, so alls good :)
I have been doing some dyeing. I had some bv arrive (finally) from fleabay, so of course i didn't waste any time getting it in a dye bath! I had some room in my tub so i threw in some scraps of material i had left over from upcycling a few old t-shirts into bags (will post pics and how i did it another day), as well as one of the Hubby's old white tees, which i intended to upcycle into something nice for one of the girls. The bv was intended to make an Imke hoodie for Big Little pickle, a pattern out of my birthday-present book, Sewing clothes kids love (by the ladies behind Farbenmix and Studio Tantrum, home of some of my fave patterns). But it didn't turn out quite as girly as i expected, so i think it's now going to be for the boy pickle. Luckily the pattern can be for either gender lol.
On the plus side, the Hubby's t-shirt came out very funky, and he immediately nabbed it back for himself.
My other new project is a patchwork taggy for baby pickle, using some fab scraps i got from Ems at http://www.puddlekins.com/shop/ . I can't finish it properly yet, as i'm waiting for some minkee from a co-op to go on the other side, but it's nice to feel i'm making progress :)
Not sure how much bigger i'll make it, i've got loads of scraps left! I will attempt to update with pics of my progress on the hoodie, children allowing :)
Keep crafty,
Kelly.x :0)
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