A Second Late Night Shopping Event @ Little Bird on Ottawa St.

Come on out tonight and support the locals @ Little Bird on Ottawa Street, Hamilton Ontario.  There are some great sales on some fabulous locally made products as well as great quality consigned clothing (children's size newborn - 6), and the store will be open until 9pm!  In addition to the items posted in the previous entry I also have a couple aprons available.

Pretty in Pink (Size 2/3)

Christmas Spirit (Size 4/5)

lil' chef (cutie not included) - 2 available in store (size 4/5)

Drop on by Little Bird tonight - at the very least partake in the free cookies and coffee!

Check out the new items for sale @ Little Bird on Ottawa Street!!!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth at the National Mom 2 Mom sale in Ancaster on November 19th!  Just thought I would post a little reminder of the items I have available.  These items are currently selling at Little Bird on Ottawa Street, however I am always open for custom orders which can be purchased from me directly.  I am currently out of little people aprons however I will hopefully get these restocked in the next couple of days, and when I do I will post updated pictures!

Super Hero Onesie (detachable cape)

Everyday Bow Ties (adjustable neck)

Co-ordinating bow tie and vest (vest is reversible)

Reversible Vest

Fleece lined newborn hat (0-3months) - modeled by Jude's shell-less turtle

Fleece lined newborn hat (0-3 months)

Decorative Diaper Covers (available in size newborn - 24 months)

Polar Fleece animal hats (available in size newborn - 6 years)

Christmas Bow Ties

Christmas Reversible Vest & Bow Tie set

Reversible Super Hero Cape.  Item pictured can be reversed so that it is a Superman costume or a Batman costume.  Cape fastens around waist so there is no neck tie choking hazard.  Cape fits up to size 6.

Come on out to Little Bird's late night shopping event this Wednesday from 5pm-9pm.  Grab some great deals on gently used children's clothing as well as quality locally made items.  All items pictured above will be for sale at the store.



Yes I am still alive!!!!

It has been 3 months since my last post, I am failing horribly on my pledge to post consistently!  What have I been doing in that time?  Tons of stuff!  It has been a great summer so far full of traveling, wading pools, splash pads, finger painting, park visits and many more exciting things!  Here is a picture of my munchkin and I chilling in the back yard.  My is he growing!

I haven't had much time in the last 3 months for sewing but just recently I picked up a new technique known as shirring.  A good tutorial for this technique can be found at 'Ruffles And Stuff'.  There are many shirring tutorials out there and if this one doesn't help you just google the technique and try a different site.

Every sewing machine is a little different in how it responds to the elastic bobbin thread.  I found with my machine (Omega) I had to loosen off the tension screw on the bobbin case just a wee bit as originally it was pulling the elastic too tight and the backstitching was not able to hold the elastic thread.  Good luck!

Bobbin Case

I was quite excited to try out shirring on an actual project.  See below for a picture of a couple of children's dress I made.  I think that they turned out so well that I might try to make one in my size, it will be able to grow along with my growing belly!

The inspiration for these dresses was found at Sew Mama Sew!  Because of the shirring technique used in these dresses they will fit a child for years!  For wee ones the straps can be crossed in the back before they are tied and as the child grows it can eventually be worn as a top with pants or tights. 

If you are interested in ordering one of these dresses please contact me here or check out my limited stock at Little Bird Consignment Shop on Ottawa Street in Hamilton, Ontario.

Hopefully I will post again soon!  I am currently working on some new aprons for Little Bird so I will get some pictures up as soon as they are finished!

My Newest Creation...

So my goal was to post something every other day and less then one month into my blogging life I have already missed my goal several times...  this might stem from the fact that I only have two followers of my blog thus far and the two followers are my sister and my husband both of which I have to remind to read my blog after each post!

Despite the sad reality of the above statement I will continue on!

Now on to more exciting things, today's post:

I have been working on a new style of children's aprons, more boy friendly then my previous pink frilly ones yet totally customizable so that it could still be quite girly.  As per usual I called on my talented model to show off my newest creation.

So you can't really see the apron very well in the above picture but Jude is looking so darn cute I just had to share!



The apron Jude is wearing is size 2/3 so it is a bit large on him.



The neck strap on the apron is adjustable with a one sided tie.  There is a double pocket on the front and the pocket is lined with a contrasting red fabric (same fabric as the red tomato applique).  The apron also has contrasting topstiching throughout (in this case red).  The applique is a tomato but could be customized to most anything.

Feel free to contact me if you would like your very own custom apron for your little one.  Various sizes and colours are available.

Get your bow ties and aprons at Little Bird on Ottawa St.!!!!

I am excited to announce that as of Friday March 11th, 2011 some of my handmade items will be available at Little Bird located at 164 Ottawa St. N. in Hamilton. 

Little Bird is a consignment store that carries children's clothes in sizes 0 to 6x, children's accessories and gently used maternity clothes.  The store also carries a growing selection of locally made items (this includes stuff made by me!)

I currently have bow ties as well as aprons for sale at the store.  The bow ties are real bow ties that are fully adjustable, these would likely fit a person from infant to pre-teen.  I hope to make some tiny ties to better suit an infant's head size.  The aprons currently in the store are appropriate for a child approximate 2-3 years old.  Right now the aprons in store are soft and feminine complete with ruffles, aprons for boys and a size 4-6 are currently in the works, I will let you know when these are available. 

I do not currently have any good pictures of my products (I hope to post these shortly) however I do have one picture of my son modeling the first apron I made - don't tell my husband!  (;

Apron size 2/3 on my 10 month old boy

New Business Cards!!!!

My sister was over this weekend for my little munchkin's birthday (pictures to come in a couple of days) and while she was over she took some pictures for my new business card (see below).  I think it turned out fabulous, what do you think?

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My sister is a professional photographer and she does wonderful work (and I am not just saying that because I am biased).  Check out her website at http://www.heatherwiebe.com/