A winter wardrobe for Annie

Annie has grown out of most of her warm clothes from last year,

so as I mentioned, I decided to make as much as I could.

I used this pattern from Ruby Jeans Closet and shortened it to top length 

and lengthened the sleeves to make a peasant top.

I embroidered the bird from an old book called Easy Embroidery

by Lis Paludan. I used multi coloured thread, so it's a rainbow bird.

 We were given a pair of jeans, so that will be handy on cold days.

How cute is this outfit?? adorable.

I knitted a hat last year from this pattern by Honeycakes on Felt

using two precious balls of Noro wool my sister gave me.

I finished a wrist warmer I started a year or two ago

and knitted another. It's from lovely merino wool. The scarf was $1 at the opshop.

All the outdoor woolies sorted.

She still fits this amazing coat from Lisa at BigLittle.

Lisa and I did a swap last year, I made a quilt and she made this beautiful coat.

It's more of a jacket this year but still a good fit.

It's made from wool blanket and lined with brushed cotton

and warm as toast.

I popped on two new buttons because we lost one last year.

She's wearing the pj pants I made, and some knitted slippers from the opshop.

They seem to have worked out well. I've been given a pattern,

so I'm going to knit some for Reuben too.

I've got some more things I made I'll photograph another time,

and she has lots of lovely knitting from Clare at Green Valley Crafts.

Clare and I have done a couple of swaps (quilts for knitting)

this is a milo, super useful on autumn days.

It's been so good making things for Annie from what we had here,

and a few trademe purchases. It's going to be lovely seeing her in mama made

most of the time! I'm so glad that I decided when Annie was tiny

to teach myself to sew making her clothes.

I'm definitely getting better at it