Pinterest - Most Recent Pins - Sewing for Girls

Pinterest is my all time favourite social media tool. It's perfect for sewing, and even more perfect for the procrastinating sewist like myself. During the busy times when I don't have the time to sew, I can usually at least put aside 5 or 10 minutes to add to my pin boards.

My most viewed pin board is Sewing for Girls, due to a little tutorial I pinned on there from this blog about three years ago for a Toddler Pinafore Dress. It now has almost 26000 repins and 2000 loves on Pinterest and brings a lot of traffic to this blog too.

Here are my most recent five pins on the Sewing for Girls board:

Summer Wallets with Lanyards (Noodlehead)

I've actually already started making two of these, one each for my daughter and son. They love to choose their own fabrics and watch the process unfold as the fabric is transformed into something they can use/wear. These little wallets will be perfect for trips to the library with their new library cards and little shopping trips.

The Sally dress for Astrid (by Kollabora)

Geranium Dress (by Made By Rae)

Rainbow Dress Tutorial (by Made by Rae)

Easy DIY Swim Cover Up (by It's Always Autumn)

Happy Sewing!

Works in progress: soft toys and quiet books

How I love Pinterest - I am so addicted!

I've been slowly collecting ideas for making kids' toys and after spending the last few weeks making some additions to my kids' spring wardrobes, I'm all set to start working on these:

1. Dinosaur soft toy. http://littleblackteapot.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/stuffed-dinosaur-with-sewing-pattern.html. I found this free pattern and have cut out my dinosaur in a blue quilting fabric with red and white striped scales. It's turned out quite small, so next time I would adjust it to make it a bit bigger.

2. Dinosaur/dragon tails. Sensing a dinosaur theme? http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/03/guest-project-dragon-tails-sewing.html. These are cute! And my almost 3 year-old will love running around the house with this strapped to her.

3. Matryoshka doll. http://www.ithinksew.com/ForumsView.aspx?pgPostID_int=135. Very sweet. Another one for my almost 3 year-old.

I'm also putting together some ideas for new quiet books. My quiet books have by far been the most popular items in my Etsy and madeit shops and they are something I really enjoy making. I'm looking at making them around a theme, and have started out with four possible themes: numbers, colors, shapes, and alphabet. Stay tuned!

Here's a link to post I did about the first ever Quiet Book that I made:

http://richesandroses.blogspot.com.au/2012_02_01_archive.html

And here's a link to my boards on Pinterest:

http://pinterest.com/RichesandRoses/boards/

Lesley :)