KCWC Fall 2012: Day 1

KIDS CLOTHING WEEK CHALLENGE BEGINS

Sew for one hour, everyday for 7 days.

In celebration of KCWC fall 2012 over at

Elsie Marley's

I'm cutting.

And sewing.

And snapping.

And slapping...things up on the blog.

Threads are dangling,



photos are blurry,

And wiggly girls

need

 new pants.

to wiggle in.

Rock the walk little woolly butt

I thrifted and then felted a sweater long ago

and made little pantaloons for YU.

 

 

But then Yu grew.

And, the pants got shrunk, and eventually lost.

 

So, I returned to the rest of the sweater.

 

and hacked it up again.

 

Woolly and stripes.

What a happy combination.

 

 

On this shorty who's getting taller.

Almost walking, but not yet today.

 

Any minute...

 and then the extra butt cushion

will be rockin'.

hangin'

A spot of colour

 

blowing in the wind

 

up in the rafters

 

awaiting Autumns' grim bluster.

 

Delicate and light

 

dream catching through the sunlit shadows

 

the human spider web,

 



 

these woven by mechanical hook.



Two funky friend frocks

Had the nicest time

meeting my dear dear friends

two littles.

(who live far away)

 

 

They definately need some Fly&Nest Frocks.

 

The mom and dad are super modern funksters.

 

There kids are still little enough that they

haven't resigned themselves

 

 

to wading through a sea of toys,

bubble wrapping all sharp corners

 & smearing cheerios

from one side of their house to the next.

 

 

Oh the humanity!!!

 

 

 



Time for a rhyme

Linen and lace

 

 

to say thanks for the space.

 

The digs were so great

 

 

and the ice cream we ate!!!

 

To daughter and sister,

 

 

we already miss-ya.

(ahem)

 

Gifts in the mail,

I celebrate with ale.

 

 



Beginning Again

Hi!

 

 

Home again.

And starting small after a loooooong haul summer.

 

 

A tiny little something in the middle of

lots of tiny someones.

 

 

A little bunting on our make shift bike parking

under our house.

 

We opened it up for storing bikes, and strollers

and wagons and all the little ways we get

the little people around.

 

Speaking of getting around,

these little people are off to big things

and have been

accomplishing lots of firsts.

 

First day of kindergarten:

 

 

First big kid back pack

 

For the first 'day'  (2 hours)  of  preschool.

 

 

 

The first time the littlest begins to hold her own.

Cruising and stair climbing oh my!

 The biggest grows more confident on her bike.

 

 

And for the first time,

masters wave jumping

(For a while there, the waves were always winning)

 

First family flight with 5.

First round up of (some) cousins, in too long.

 

And the first days of fall not far away.

 

Hello home!

 

 

 



crochet bracelet

Made a little bracelet

 

Heading off for a we break.

See you in a few weeks,

Have a lovely summer wrap up.

 

Rainbow Rage Razzle Dazzle

Though today she sports the black shirt again,

she swears her favorite colour is pink now.

How can a mother keep up?

Rainbow, man.

Only on the day of the rainbow dress,

Pu was NOT in a rainbow mood.

Such technicolour emotion in this little person.

In this photo she is mustering all the glee she can.

She also looks like

life is her personal passing kidney stone.

This says it all really.

A pox on rainbows,

bring back the black!!

(It should be noted that much like Pu,

the black has sequins

and glitters despite itself)