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Lovilee Jubilee!
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| Small people rocking their Jubitees! See what I did there? I crack myself up! |
I tried and failed to avoid being part of the mass hysteria that is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations! The world's gone crazy. I said I wouldn't. I did.
A couple of weeks ago I saw this gorgeous collection
of London fabrics by Makower and my Jubilee juices started flowing. I
had been toying with the idea of customising some t-shirts for the
children - something that they'd get plenty of wear out of - but wanted
to avoid the obvious Union Flag theme. (Note the more traditional use of
"flag" rather than "Jack" here - I am clinging on to this amid all the
craziness and Jacking around!) The London Icons print was my ultimate
favourite and I restricted myself to a measly peasly half metre.
When
Jubilee
fever hit me, it me hard, and I decided we'd all have team t-shirts.
One whole day (give or take a couple of hours for feeding the new arrival!), a
few sketches of crowns and some clipart stars and hearts later
and...KERCHOW! I was back in the stitchy seat for the first time since my maternity leave began and I had made my first batch of funky family t-shirts! The
Biggie Smalls have two each, and The Husband, Tiny
Small and I have one apiece too. I must confess to being really pleased with the end result!
Roll on the parties for Team Knowles to don our fancy pants tees all
together - maybe we'll get our first family-of-five photo at last?
On
Sunday we're having family over for afternoon tea on the lawn (more
likely to be renamed the swamp if the rain doesn't let up) and we're
heading to friends for a garden party on Monday afternoon. Let's hope for a return of the lovely weather we had recently.
If unusual tees like these are your thaaang, head over to Magpie Clothing for a look at Verity's tees - she loves to hand stitch and has a unique range of birthday/age t-shirts with not a number in sight!
