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My Spring collection is very close to my heart, full of nostalgia and romanticism, and as you may know from exploring the pages of my store, the original concept came from my childhood explorations of my mother’s wardrobe. I know I’ve mentioned before that I’m a sentimental person, and adore my family, so as I was designing the collection, I really couldn’t help drawing inspiration from the women of my family.

Since I’m still pretty out of action and it might be a few weeks before I get close to a personal style post, or any new sewing tutorials, I thought I’d take the time to go through the pages of my lookbook and share with you guys the thoughts and inspirations behind the pieces.

Hope you enjoy it :)

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I’m so into shades of Berry at the moment. I just want to wear Berry everthing. So why not put on a Berry coloured Alice Band, Berry dress, and Berry tights… all together? As a side note, sorry to everyone who can’t find their desired size in my store at the moment. Most items are running quite low on stock, and a lot of people have been asking when I will be getting more in – but don’t worry, I will be getting in more stock in the next few weeks (after baby arrives!) so thanks for your patience :)

Meanwhile people it’s the final countdown! I am due on FRIDAY! Of course I know that means pretty much nothing… especially since I was overdue with Bunny, and my mom was overdue with both my brother and I… I don’t know how much of an impact all of that has, but I have a feeling I’ll probably be late again. Whatever the case, I figure if I prepare myself for being late then I won’t be as impatient… well we’ll see, patience has never been my strong suit!

Anyway, here I am before church on Sunday… and man was it a nice day. It was just above freezing and it was just beautiful. I guess we’re so used to the super cold weather that it almost felt, well, warm! Overall it was a really great weekend. I started feeling much better on Friday night, so Hubby and I took Bunny out for icecream, and on Saturday arvo we went for a nice walk through one of our local nature reserves, followed by a coffee. It was such a great weekend, and it was so nice to get out of the house and not feel sickly! Though I kind of wish I’d gone into labour then because it would of made a great story. I think I would have embellished the details quite a bit, so that the stroll ended up more like a vigorous hike, and our warmish saturday was a frigid -20F, and the nicely groomed natured trail was a treacherous snowy patch of wilderness… But since I’m obviously still hugely pregnant, I guess I won’t get to tell any crazy stories!

Dress: Sophia dress from Megan Nielsen SS2010
Cardigan: Witchery
Tights: Hue via TJ Maxx
Boots: Steve Madden
Alice band: Mimco

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Gosh it’s taken me so long to get this pattern ready for you guys (literally a few months), but I really wanted it to be perfect because I’m trying something a little new for some of my tutorials. A lot of people ask me for much more complicated tutorials than I can really explain without actually providing a pattern, so I’m trialing offering you guys some full size patterns to download. What do you think? Great huh?

So anyway, it’s in PDF form, with instructions and diagrams and a full size pattern graded to sizes S, M and L, that you can print off and tape together. It’s actually in the exact same format as my PDF tutorials, and the patterns for my nursing top and nursing PJ’s, so if you’ve bought those sewing patterns from me in the past you’ll be familiar with the way they work :)

The top is a wrap around maternity top made with 4 way stretch, Jersey fabric. I originally made two of these tops for one of my fabulous friends when she was pregnant, and though I’d like to claim that the design is mine, it really isn’t. It’s a knockoff of a gorgeous Isabella Oliver maternity top, that my friend really liked… but let’s just admit it straight off that that top is way way too expensive! So anyway, after spending some time drafting the pattern and making hers, I realised what an unbelievably easy top it was to make, and really wanted to share it with you guys!

Of course, digitizing a full size pattern takes a lot of time and effort, which is why I’ve been reluctant to do it in the past, and why it’s taken me so long to get this post up, but if you guys like it, then it was totally worth it! So let me know what you think ok?

The top’s concept is simple, it just has two really long sashes that you wrap around you until you get the look you want. Of course the really cool thing is that you get a perfectly fitted look no matter how pregnant you are. Genius.

So if you want to make one of your own, download the FREE pattern and getting sewing!! And hey if you have any preggers friends, let them know too :)

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I got to thinking about my school days a lot while I was designing my collection, and one of the things I kept coming back to was my school uniform. Though I largely respected the uniform, I got really excited by finding little ways to individualize it. One of my favourite ways was to make my socks a little more interesting. We were supposed to wear short socks, so instead I would trim them with lace or wear knee highs or something along those lines. Sure it may seem like a childish thing to do, but it made me feel cuter and a little more individual. No matter how much my style changes, I still have a real thing for cute socks.

So yesterday I played dress ups with what I’d be wearing if it were already spring… and relived that girlhood love for lacy socks and lace up shoes! I can’t help it I still find that look adorable, and I’m pretty sure it’s going to feature in my spring wardrobe quite significantly! I can already think of a bunch of different outfits I want to wear them with… obsession alert!

So if you’d also like to celebrate all things cute and pretty, and feel like a giggly school girl, then pop over to my store and grab yourself a pair of Schoolgirl socks. They’re just too cute!

Dress: Rie dress from Megan Nielsen SS2010
Socks: Schoolgirl socks from Megan Nielsen SS2010
Cardigan:Vintage from my MIL
Shoes: Relativity from Younkers

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Gosh what a tiring weekend! We spent most of the time trying to get things all really for our little boy, in case he arrives early. I can’t believe how long it took to get the nursery all cleaned up. It’s amazing to me how a few months of not being used could result in so much dust! Thankfully now it’s all perfect and instead of being full of all of Bunny’s old clothing and things, it’s starting to get filled up with little boy stuff. Too adorable! And the really cool part is it’s making it all feel so real! I really don’t think he’ll be early, but anyone who knows me well knows I’m an organisational freak, and a total panicker – so being totally ready 4 weeks early is an absolute necessity for my sanity!

This scarf is one of my recent crochet experiments. My mom taught me to crochet when I was a kid, but like most kids I didn’t pay attention beyond learning the very basics, and now that I’m older I’d really like to get into crocheting and knitting again. So I bought myself some instructional books and have been working through all the exercises. Of course like anything, now that I’m actually paying better attention to it, I’m shocked by how much can be done with crochet. Anyway, this was a very simple project, but I wanted to do something small just to get my hands used to the feeling again. I’m not 100% thrilled with it, but it’s passable! The one thing I am happy with is that instead of closing up the ends of the scarf to make it a cowl permanently, I sewed buttons on one end. Which means now I can button it up at any point along the scarf to get a different look. Fun!

Dress: Sophia from Megan Nielsen spring 2010
Scarf: Made by me
Leggings: Target
Boots: Khombu

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