A bit of Sasha sewing....

I've been very busy for the last week, apart from the gardening and the new pergola, which incidentally I gave a coat of preservative to this morning.....(as a sideline, here in Spain, do not be fooled into thinking that adding an 'o' to the end of some words will give you the translation into Spanish....a 'preservativo' in Spanish is NOT what you might think it is!!!! )  Where was I?  Ah yes, sewing.  I have been catching up on my commissions.  The following outfits are going to live in the USA....the photos were taken inside with flash, so apologies for their poor quality.

All appliques are unattached, as requested by the buyer....she wants to be able to use the tee shirts with other outfits.

Thank you for looking :)

Tee shirt challenge!

One of the groups that I belong to, the 'Our Little Darlings' forum, had a tee shirt challenge/competition....the pattern was supplied by a pattern maker called Nedra and those that entered were asked to submit up to three entries.  We were asked to make the tee shirt into a dress and could change things such as the neckline, sleeves, length etc. as we wished.

I decided to enter just one dress.  I didn't make any changes to the main part of the tee shirt, apart from lengthening it and adding a couple of frills to the bottom and then an applique to the front to match the frills.  I was lucky enough today to learn that I'd won second place for my entry!

There were 19 entries in all and the winner got 43 votes whilst I got 42!  It was a nice feeling to think that I had that many people liking my entry!

So here it is, modelled by my little Ellie, handpainted by Dianna Effner: