Luna Lapin no 2 - pink - for my Mum

 

Mum's birthday fast approaching , I decided to make her a Luna Lapin .  I haven't even finished my first one yet . So now I'm working on two sets of lovely Luna dresses . 

As you can see , we ran out of elastic !

I'm making the Polka Dot Dress from the " Making Luna Lapin " book by Sarah Peel .

It is the Polka Dot Dress pattern - page 50 in the book .

O.K So it's not Polka Dot fabric but .....

I was given a big bundle of lovely vintage sewing things from a sweet friend and lots of beautiful fabric remnants and found this gorgeous Liberty of London Cotton Tana Lawn - Tresco in amongst it all .  It seemed perfect for a Cornish Luna Lapin !

I found the collar very fiddly and found it easier to sew  it by hand . Tricky going round those curves on the sewing  machine . The rest was fairly straight forward to sew on the sewing machine .

                                     Next I will attempt to make her some shoes .

Luna Lapin - so the thing is ....

 

I have been really busy in the garden . I haven't stopped stitching , but I haven't had time to upload my photos .

The Lettuces are coming along nicely now that we,ve had some rain . It's a very busy time in the vegetable garden .

                      I have made good progress with my first ever Luna !

She is very shy and would not be seen without her best undies on ! The pattern for these pretty French Knickers is in the Luna Lapin book .

The lace is a bit fiddly to stitch , but I took my time and I am delighted with them !

 

 

                                     I might even make myself a pair !

    

                                 Luna is also delighted with them !

                        .........and here she is ! Her name is Meadowsweet .

So now I am making one for my lovely mum . This one will be even more special for her , in lovely pink felt . Then when they are both done , I will be pulling out my sewing machine and begin making lovely Luna dresses . I am already sorting out some pretty Liberty floral fabrics .

The last time I used my sewing machine smoke came out of it ! I did take it to be fixed  but not used it since then . I am little bit nervous of using it again .

 I have also followed the instructions in the Luna Lapin Book most precicely and have had no problems at all . 

I am stitching both of these Luna's bodys by hand .

The book recommends that the clothes are machine stitched ,which on one hand means it should go faster but on the other hand can't be slipped into my handbag and done so easily on my travels . So maybe I will make some things by hand stitching after all .

My Luna Lapin - Ready to begin

 So here we are all ready to begin , with all the pattern pieces cut out , with notches and triangles snipped and the eye positions marked .

I spent a long time finding some matching thread and having a practice on that little triangle of felt . 

 It is important to match it up because the head is hand stitched with ladder stitch , which can be seen . 

If you look at my little triangle practice piece , you can see along the bottom edge the stitching that I did with a darker shade of green and on the top left hand edge is the perfectly matched one . 

  I took time to practice that Ladder Stitch too ! It has to be as neat as neat can be !

Happy Easter Everyone !

 

                                             Happy Easter to you all ! 

I,m working in the vegetable garden today , the sun is shining and there is much to be done . 

I,m thinking rabbits , I love them , but not so much when they munch my Rainbow Chard . See the picture above , I must say , they are very wise rabbits , who know that if they leave the middle , then it will grow again . So today I have been replacing the chicken wire fencing around my vegetable beds .

I worked very hard , pulling weeds and spreading mulch , till my arms ached and I could do no more . 

Time for Elevenses and as it is Easter Sunday I enjoyed my mug o'tea with a slice of fruit loaf spread with jam and Clotted Cream .

 At last I can sit outside in my deckchair and enjoy reading my new book !

Easter Sunday seems like a good time to begin making my own Luna Lapin .

I have been waiting for a few supplies to arrive and still need a few more bits and pieces , buttons and threads .

I am so excited and have been looking at all the many different Lunas that people  have been making on the wonderful world wide web . You clever creative people and now I want one ! ....and one for my Grand daughter and one for my Mum and another one for me !

It looks a great project that can be stitched by hand , so I can pop it in my bag and do it where ever we happen to be .

I have only just dipped into the book and am very impressed at the needlework instructions . This would be a great gift for a teenager who might be interested in learning the basics . If you can make a Luna Lapin and a few little Luna outfits , that would be an excellent introduction to dressmaking/tailoring .

What a lovely sunny and warm day .. hard to believe it is all going to change tonight and a return to Winter for the whole of next week .

Feeling sleepy in my deckchair  , hope you are having a lovely weekend too .