APRIL SUN

Half way thru April and its beautiful Autumn weather here in Melbourne. My fuschias are still flowering, my orchids are about to flower and whilst the days are warm the nights are getting colder.
So now my attention turns to winter and all the gorgeous winter fabrics that are available now - minkee, fleece, chenille just to mention a few. Keep an eye on my blog as I will be having a giveaway shortly to do with one of these items!
In the meantime I have been busy working on orders and juggling my days between sewing, housework and shopping.
Here's just a few of the orders that I have made this month!

PERSONALIZED BABY BIBS

Do you have a facebook business page??

I love facebook its a great way of interacting with many pages some I know personally and others I don't, I follow many who like myself share a passion for sewing but I also like to follow those who make interesting and unusual crafts.

Below is a link to my facebook page where you can see some of the range of my personalized baby bibs and you can also see the pages that I like! You can also see just some of the custom orders I have been working on!

Time to fire up my machines and get sewing I have some gorgeous Easter baby bibs coming shortly!


http://www.facebook.com/ThecabbagepatchCustomCreations?ref=tn_tnmn

PERSONALISED BABY BIBS

For those of you who are having/just had a baby and finding it hard to buy for boys you'll find heaps of lovely personalised baby bibs in my Madeit store.

Below is just a sample of what's in store at the moment with more coming shortly!

Design no 2 Stars

Design no 43 Dinosaurs

Design no 49 Monsters

LINGERIE BAGS

I needed to make some more Birthday presents so a few weeks ago I raided my stash and came up with four different fabrics. Two bags are made from quilting cottons, the third is made from Satin and cotton and the last is made from calico with some strips from a Jelly roll used at the top and bottom.
So I measured a rough pattern for the bag - 18inches x 12.5inches and added extra fabric so the bag would be lined. The black ribbon was purchased from Spotlight and was the only purchase I had to make.
The embroidery design came from here on Etsy and is easy to stitch out. The hardest decision was which colour threads to use!
What do you think? Like any of them??

PERSONALIZED BABY BIB AND BURP SET LADYBIRD

I just love ladybirds and with so many beautiful flannels available at the moment I decided to make this lovely personalized baby bib with a matching burp cloth (burp cloth is not personalized).
Baby bib is a perfect size for newborns with velcro closure and the matching burp cloth is made from a prefold diaper to which I have added a layer of flannel. There is a total of four ladybird fabrics to choose from and these are now listed on Ebay (Australia). Coming next is a gorgeous owl set!

GIVEAWAY WHO LIKES A GIVEAWAY?

Well I am almost at 100 likers on my Facebook page (only 5 more to go) so as soon as I reach that magical number Thecabbagepatch will be having a giveaway, so spread the word!

What's the prize you ask? The prize will be ONE of my new personalized baby bibs made in the design of your choosing along with a first name (please do not confuse with my personalized and reversible bibs they are different).
You can view all my personalized designs here and in order to go into the draw you must first "Like" my Facebook page and then come back here to my blog and let me know which design is your favourite (all my designs are assigned a number). The prize also includes regular air mail postage to your location!

Got any questions just ask away and in the meantime here's just some of my creations below. They are design nos 28, 32, 36 and 43 (from top to bottom).

CLOTH PADS

I recently purchased a pattern for making cloth menstrual pads on Etsy from seller Ihearttosew and immediately set about searching thru my huge stash of fabrics (flannel and cottons) to make these and found the only thing I had to purchase was PUL. So lucky to find someone on Ebay (Australia) selling it so once it arrived it was down to business.

Fabric requirements:

Flannel fabric
Towelling (terry)
PUL
Snaps

I made both cotton and flannel pads and would definately make more of the flannel - its nice and soft against the skin. The towelling I have on hand is lovely and thick and it definitely pays to add the PUL as this is a waterproof layer to prevent leaking. So I used a total of 4 layers as follows

Top or 1st layer – flannel or cotton
2nd layer – towelling
3rd layer – PUL
4th layer – flannel or cotton

I did change the shape of the pattern to make it easier to sew (see last pic) and plan on making many more! If you have been thinking about making these I would highly recommend you make one to try! They are easy to wash to, I soak mine overnight in a bucket of cold water then pop into a lingerie bag and wash with the towels!

SHABBY PERSONALIZED BABY BIB

Things have been very busy here at Thecabbagepatch!
I have been sorting thru all my fabrics doing a mini stocktake, ordering new fabrics, as well as playing mum and housewife to my two kids and husband.

I have a fondness for all thing shabby so when I came across this fabric in my stash I just had to make a baby bib. This bib is personalized and reversible so you have two looks from the one bib.

You can find this bib in my Etsy

store but please be quick as fabric is limited!

NEW BABY BIBS WITH MORE TO COME

What a busy few weeks I have had here! What with Christmas and New Year's and birthday celebrations there has been limited sewing time.
So here are some new baby bibs with more to be listed soon!
You can find these items in my Madeit store and the rest will be listed shortly!

CHRISTMAS BABY BIBS

What a busy time it has been here at Thecabbagepatch! Kids coming and going and mum working non stop on custom orders. I have also found time to finally put up the Christmas tree with help from my daugher and all the quilts - running out of wall space here!

SEW BUSY

It's been a busy month here at Thecabbagepatch!
Lots of people getting organised for Christmas early this year has seen me spend most of my days by the embroidery machine.
Lots of personalised bibs, burp cloths and blankets have been made and posted both here in Australia and overseas.
I also found the time to make some much needed kitchen towels which also double as hand towels. Use the cotton side for drying dishes and the thick towelling side on the reverse for drying hands.
Here's just a few I have made (some are embroidered) with many more to come would make great Christmas gifts too!

CACTII NOW FLOWERING

Here are just some pics of my lovely small cactii which are in flower now. I love them all and so glad I put them into a large plastic tub with the lid on over winter, they have just thrived!
I feel another trip to Gardenworld might be in order to buy a few more!!

HO HO HO CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!

Christmas is coming only 72 shopping days to go!


I have been working on my Christmas items and they are now finished so I can share them with you.


Firstly we have a lovely personalised baby bib available in red or green colourway and I like them both so hard to choose a favourite! Then we have a matching onesie which together with a bib would make a great gift for a newborn don't you think? Onesies are white with short sleeves and available in sizes 00, 0 and 1.


The tshirts are great for toddlers (available in sizes 1 - 10) my sample tshirt is for a friends little girl and is a size 2 (Australian sizing).

All items can be found here in my Etsy or Madeit stores.

CHRISTMAS WREATH

Well I managed during the week to make my first Christmas project for this year! A lovely rag Christmas wreath using instructions found here.
I purchased two wreaths from Spotlight one 12 inches and one 14 inches as I wanted the wreath to be nice and full. I also purchased a total of 9 Christmas themed flat fats from Spotlight, three each in colours of red, green and cream. I also purchased some red ribbon in two sizes one smaller one to hang the wreath with and a much wider one for the bow.
Bear in mind you could use grosgrain ribbon, satin ribbon or a combination of ribbon and fabrics in making a rag wreath. You could also make a themed wreath ie Halloween, Easter, Valentines day or simply use one jelly roll of fabrics the possibilites for these are endless!
To begin I firstly used some wire to join the two circles together so they would not move in 4 places. Then I cut all fabric into 1.5 inch strips - no need to prewash fabric as you will not be washing this wreath and then into 6 inch lengths (you can of course cut them longer its up to you).
Then as per the instructions simply tied these all the way around each wreath ie one red, one green and one cream. Only tying once is sufficient and then remember every now and then to push the pieces close together as you want this wreath nice and full.
Once you have finished just add some ribbon at the top to hang your wreath and a lovely bow to place on your wreath as well (mine is not cut yet).
Very happy with the end result and can't wait to hang it on the front door for all to see! Ho Ho Ho!!!

SEPTEMBER BABY BOOM

Well yes the baby boom month is officially here. I have been "sew" busy sewing orders and purchasing fabric that it has left little time for anything else.
So here's a look at some of the orders made and sold so far this month from Thecabbagepatch.

MORE AUGUST ITEMS

Here's just a few more items that were ordered and made during the month of August 2011. Some lovely bibs in different designs and the most gorgeous blanket requested for a little one turning one!