Hobbies and interests of Carly Gooch
I have been having a fair bit of trouble with recurring tonsillitis.
Yesterday I had the surgery to get them removed. All went well. I stayed overnight and are home now. Last night wasn’t too bad, the pain at the moment is about as bad as it is with really swollen tonsils. Dr says it will get worse for the next 5 days.
While I’m in for a hard next few days, I’m glad I have them out now.
No more tonsillitis ever!
… unfortunately a lot slower than he is, however once we get a design right the rest should follow quicker.
This afternoon, I went to visit mum to make nappy 5 and 6.
We are still working on the pattern changes especially as sammy has grown a lot. We included the gusset design that we worked with on the last nappy.
Besides adding an extra leak barrier, the gussets nicely hold a soaker pad in. The nappy on the left has the soaker in. I was pretty happy with my new sewing machine. I brought some bamboo and fleece home to make the soaker. It overlocked stitched 3 bamboo layers and a fleece layer without a hitch. I might try more later.
Charlie bear is way too small to show the nappy off but Sammy couldn’t come visit 
Throughout the week, I made another sleeping bag. I hate zips and would be happy never to make anything with one again! However my bias tape skills are getting better and I’m pretty proud of how even the edges are.
I’ve spent many hours over the last week making a couple of pinafores for my two neices. Firstly I made the pattern out of some really cheap green poly cotton and then made the two dresses.
All the seams of the dresses have an overlocked stitched edge to prevent fraying. Oddly the straps took me the longest time, especially since I had to unpick 7 of the 8 cause I sewed the wrong sides together (late nights aren’t the best for thinking)
The pattern has pants to go with the dresses. Unfortunately I only had time to finish one of the pants.
To add to the dresses, last night I also made a few hankerchiefs for my father in law. They are great practice for sewing tight clean and straight seams.
Overall I’m pretty proud of my effort. While if you look closely there are some stitching mistakes, the dresses and pants hang correctly and evenly. I’m learning pretty quickly and having a lot of fun along the way.
I’m also developing a new habit of picking up outfits andrew and I have and analysing how they are constructed.
I finally had a chance to submit to my curiousity and see what the spore creature creator is like. It is pretty impressive!
This is my attempt at a creature…
I bought my own sewing machine last week and this is my first ever outfit made all by myself. It is a sleeping bag for Sammy. The bias tape and zipper were a bit of a challenge for a newbie but I’m pretty proud of my effort. It all lines up and sits correctly just don’t look to closely at the stitching in some parts 😉
