Liberty Baby Tops

I have made up a few baby blouses in Liberty's tana lawn cotton (the best ever fabric for babies) and they'll be in my Etsy shop sometime over the next few days. Currently all in size 12m (the test-baby's size) in a few different styles, though I do have more fabric in some of the prints for other small sizes (6m, 12m, 18m at this stage). It's so nice to fit in a touch of sewing!

a mexican dress for lucy

Many, many months ago (just a few short twelve) I planned on making a traditional Mexican dress for Lucy, do you recall? I did actually get round to it prior Audrey being born but I thought it looked too big on Lucy so cast it aside and didn't think much more about it all. But this summer, after a few growth spurts, and said pink dress magically reappearing at just the right time, Lucy has been wearing it alot. I think the crumpled look of the linen goes with her hair (i.e. unbrushed, the whole ordeal is such a rigmarole).

I can't believe how sassy she looks in some of these! This is my baby! She is looking so much like a young girl now. And with all the photo-taking for the shop over the last couple of years Lucy has inadvertently adopted what I call an 'insta-smile', the type of smile that appears full beam in a nano-second. Lucky she is having a good break this year from that other job of hers. I do pay her in chocolate eggs and Duplo, just so you know...