Bucket Head!

I have been inspired by sunshine! Yep, I think winter is now finally behind us and I've been soaking up the sun like a little lounge lizard.

Today I had a crack at this tutorial to make a bucket hat for the little guy and to my suprise it was relatively easy. I made some tweaks though - rather than doing a double sided/reversible number I kept it one sided as he is a sweaty little beast in summer & I wanted to keep the layers to a minimum.

Granted, its not as good looking on the inside as a double sided number, but it does the job nonetheless.

We can never have enough of these in summer...they seem to be right up there with odd socks that disappear in to the never never. Perhaps a double sided one next?

Dress Ups!

This weekend we took a drive up to little old Gulgong town to celebrate a friends birthday - Pimps & Ho's style! Now, I am partial to the odd fancy dress party and was pretty keen to put together these outfits. As much as I enjoy themed parties, I hate how pricey some of these outfits can be so off I went to the ops shops and put my bargain eyes on! First off a sparkly gold jacket caught my eye for the big pimp and was an absolute steal at $3!!! Next up I found this kids jacket for $4.50 and couldn't go past it. So, young Ollie was joining us on our trek and I got to pimping out this mini jacket.

I made a stencil by folding down the lapel and cutting out a piece in some zebra print fabric I had left over from a previous fancy dress. I then did the same thing for the flappy bits on the pockets and hand-tacked them on to the jacket. (Making them easy to remove if we ever want to use the jacket for real).

The finished product was ADORABLE, and I needn't have been worried that he wouldn't wear it - he LOVED it and has even asked if he can wear it again since. Cute. I'll enjoy this while he's still young enough not be bothered that 'mum made it'.

 Pimpin' attitude

Having success with the little pimp jacket, I tried my hand a little embellishing for the big pimp in my life. The above mentioned gold jacket was a little short in the arms (perhaps because I found it in the ladies section at Salvos - ssshhh... no one will ever know) so I got some more use out of that zebra print fabric and sewed on some cuffs. Perfecto! It was the perfect finish.

 Two perfectly fitted out pimps for $7.50!

So while this isn't strictly a sewing project, I did get out the needle and thread so that counts in my book. Thanks for reading!