OK, as promised a TUTORIAL for my men's shirt upcycle :-) I've made this as a maternity piece but it could of course suit the un-pregnant ladies out there who are best served by an empire line for whatever reason...
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Friday, June 10, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
TeensyGeek: 31 Week Baby Rave!
Time for a saucy video of dancing in my nightie:
What?? ... I didn't say it was ME dancing in my nightie ;-)
x G
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
PM: Today I went to School Dressed as a Strawberry:
If you're not on my facebook page (you really should be) you're behind on news... I've finished something!! Take a peek at what I'm affectionately calling my strawberry maternity pencil skirt:
The pattern for this skirt is available on Burdastyle (you can see my submitted project here)
I know... it's crazy and not everyone's cup of tea, but if you cant dress like a crazy woman when various hormones are *actually* making you crazy, what's the point of anything!
x G
Friday, March 11, 2011
I just blogged for the NHS people!!
Cross posted at the NHS talk Blog
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Hello Everyone!!
I'm Samantha, I'm a 23 year old secondray school teacher. My superhero alter ego is a geek culture and craft blogger at Geeky Sweetheart. I've also started a baby specific blog at Teensy Geek. I'm in the process of making my own maternity wardrobe (I'm calling it Project Maternity as an homage to one of my favourite TV programmes). I love karaoke and 80's Metal music.
Last week I had my 20 week scan which was a really great experience! It was much less scary then my 12 week scan. Here's both the pictures and I'll talk about how they were different afterwards:
12 Weeks:
20 Weeks:
Before my 12 week scan I was PETRIFIED! I was so stressed out about it all, I was grumpy and irritable at school, I was constantly exhausted having to go to bed sometimes as early as 7/8pm (which is absolutely unheard of for me) I didnt have morning sickness, but I completely lost my appetite and found to really difficult to eat a full meal. For one reason or another I hadn't been to see a midwife at all until after my 12 week scan so the scan was the first time I saw a health professional about my pregnancy.
The 20 week scan was a completely different deal... I've still only got a little bump, but my bump had started to develop just before my 20 week scan. I'd also been feeling movements since around 16 weeks and kicks at around 19 weeks. My baby is very active, it's so reassuring! I was sitting in the waiting room for my 20 week scan wondering why I was so relaxed compared to my 12 week scan and that's essentially what it comes down to, I can feel my baby (I can him/her Squiggle) punching, kicking and doing sumersualts
which I couldn't before because s/he was so tiny.
I didnt find out the gender at the 20 week scan. I think there's a lot to be said for surprises. I also would begrudge being forced to spend my life surrounded by exclusively pink or blue things before my Squig has even surfaced.
I've just finished my own home-made maternity top, but unfortunately I wore it to work today and when I came home I got cottage cheese all down the front of it! So I guess I'll be back in the next couple of days with informaton about clothes and my bump!
See you then!
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Hello Everyone!!
I'm Samantha, I'm a 23 year old secondray school teacher. My superhero alter ego is a geek culture and craft blogger at Geeky Sweetheart. I've also started a baby specific blog at Teensy Geek. I'm in the process of making my own maternity wardrobe (I'm calling it Project Maternity as an homage to one of my favourite TV programmes). I love karaoke and 80's Metal music.
Last week I had my 20 week scan which was a really great experience! It was much less scary then my 12 week scan. Here's both the pictures and I'll talk about how they were different afterwards:
12 Weeks:
20 Weeks:
Before my 12 week scan I was PETRIFIED! I was so stressed out about it all, I was grumpy and irritable at school, I was constantly exhausted having to go to bed sometimes as early as 7/8pm (which is absolutely unheard of for me) I didnt have morning sickness, but I completely lost my appetite and found to really difficult to eat a full meal. For one reason or another I hadn't been to see a midwife at all until after my 12 week scan so the scan was the first time I saw a health professional about my pregnancy.
The 20 week scan was a completely different deal... I've still only got a little bump, but my bump had started to develop just before my 20 week scan. I'd also been feeling movements since around 16 weeks and kicks at around 19 weeks. My baby is very active, it's so reassuring! I was sitting in the waiting room for my 20 week scan wondering why I was so relaxed compared to my 12 week scan and that's essentially what it comes down to, I can feel my baby (I can him/her Squiggle) punching, kicking and doing sumersualts
which I couldn't before because s/he was so tiny.I didnt find out the gender at the 20 week scan. I think there's a lot to be said for surprises. I also would begrudge being forced to spend my life surrounded by exclusively pink or blue things before my Squig has even surfaced.
I've just finished my own home-made maternity top, but unfortunately I wore it to work today and when I came home I got cottage cheese all down the front of it! So I guess I'll be back in the next couple of days with informaton about clothes and my bump!
See you then!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Project Maternity has BEGUN!
Basically in the last couple of days I've decided enough is enough! I've been avoiding sewing clothes for the past 3 months because of my pregnancy. I've been treating maternity wear as this sort-of mystical magical thing and it's not! Just like sewing any garments it's about research, planning and thinking through the problems logically.
SO.... I'm making my own spring/summer wardrobe... I don't know yet how many garments this wardrobe will consist but I'm going for it... and I shall call it:
STAGE ONE! RESEARCH!!
I'm not looking at the bump-alteration business at the moment, I'm looking for patterns/styles that will (or can with slight modification) accommodate some belly... so that's things made out of jersey/stretch materials, wrap arounds, empire lines.
so first... from Burda Styles January issue.
and from burdastyle's March issue:
This Kaftan dress is particularly Maternalicious, check it out:
now... haahah I'm not EVER going to wear ANYTHING white... but look at that waist! ... tie back... expands until forever... this is the key to maternity sewing I think :-)
In this issue they've even got things to make for babies, how perfect!
The next stage is... err editing! I seem to have found LOADS of patterns that will either work more-or-less how they are or with some alternation, I need to decide what garments are going to make it to the final line-up... how many garments I need... and then look at the fabrics out there and decide a colour scheme....
Am I brave or mad?
SO.... I'm making my own spring/summer wardrobe... I don't know yet how many garments this wardrobe will consist but I'm going for it... and I shall call it:
STAGE ONE! RESEARCH!!
I'm not looking at the bump-alteration business at the moment, I'm looking for patterns/styles that will (or can with slight modification) accommodate some belly... so that's things made out of jersey/stretch materials, wrap arounds, empire lines.
The next stage is... err editing! I seem to have found LOADS of patterns that will either work more-or-less how they are or with some alternation, I need to decide what garments are going to make it to the final line-up... how many garments I need... and then look at the fabrics out there and decide a colour scheme....
Am I brave or mad?
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