A Baptism Dress

My daughter got baptized in January.  We both loved how her Christmas dress turned out but we wanted to make just a few changes.  We wanted more of an over-sized key hole in the back instead of having the open back.  We decided to have the key hole be tied closed instead of the braided fabric closer.  We did a lace overlay on the bodice of the dress and we loved the idea of having accordion pleated chiffon for the the skirt of this dress.   

I was unable to find the accordion pleated chiffon at any fabric store.  I was way past having enough time to order it from an online provider.  Lucky me, I was walking through Sears and hanging on the rack in front of me was a womens accordion pleated chiffon skirt.  The only size they had left was a large.  So I purchased it with lots of excitement.  But how would I take it in and hem it into a High-Low hem like we wanted?  Could I do it without it raveling to pieces?

But we made it work and we were both pleased with the results of our creation.

Spring apron

I have had this cute book by Nathalie Mornu for quite some time.  It is full of darling apron ideas and patterns.  I finally decided to make something out of it.  I chose this little girls Fairy Tale apron designed by Aimee Ray.  I just loved how the cute little embroidered scene turned out.  I am in love with the darling little bunny.  He reminds me of spring.  This book is such a fun one.  Check it out and then get to work!

A Christmas Dress

Before we moved from California I made one last stop at Eddies Quilting Bee to scan the fabric and to pick up both of my machines that I had them service.  In their hidden room upstairs, where most of their apparel fabrics are, I found this beautiful cream silky fabric with small brown stars on it.  I fell in love and knew it had to become a beautiful Christmas dress.  I checked for a price and all I could find was a tag that said "IMPORTED FROM ITALY"  My eyes filled with $$$ signs as I began to tell myself, "Put it back on the shelf it will be to expensive.  I ignored the argument I was having with myself and quickly took it to the young girl at the cutting table.  As I handed the bolt of fabric to her I explained that I didn't see a price anywhere.  She did a quick search herself and still had no price.  She looked at me and said, "How about $8.99 a yard."  I tried to control my excitement as I asked for 2 yards.

 

Most of their cotton fabrics start at $10-$12.99 per yard.  In my mind I scored an awesome deal that I would be bragging to my friends about for months.

Anyway, here is what that beautiful 2 yards of creamy, silky fabric with small stars became.

The hem starts out short in the front but gets longer as you follow it around to the back.  It has more of an open back that is held together with a small braid and the gathered ruffle at the waist leaves it with  a girlish feel.

Halloween costumes 2012

Here are the three costumes I made this year for Halloween

After lots of thought my oldest son decided to go with Captain America instead of a Ninja Turtle.

My Oldest thought it would be fun to dress up as the Statue of Liberty.  The sewing part of this costume went together so super fast.  The crown however took some time.  I went back to elementary school and did some paper mache.  That's right, paper mache is how I completed the crown.  After letting the gooey wet newspaper form dry a little paint helped bring the look together.

 

This one had a little ABC show that has a circus theme.  The main announcer is dressed like a Circus Master and that is what he wanted to be for Halloween.    This look could also work for a Magician.

A replacement bag

Our poor canopy box has been well used, taped and re-taped, but it was time for something new.

So I went shopping, fabric shopping.  YEAH!

And I put together just a long drawstring bag to hold all of the poles and things for our canopy.

High waist knit skirt

Found this dress on the womens clearance rack at Target.

After some measuring, cutting and sewing I came up with this.

All of the dresses and skirts my daughter has are fluffy and perfect for spinning.  She has been asking for something a little older and sophisticated.  She loves how it turned out.

Since this is a more fitted skirt I made sure to leave a slit in the back.

I used the shoulder straps from the dress for the tie.

ICE CREAM?

Who loves ice cream?  We do!! We are ice cream lovers. 

I started on this a couple months ago. I thought it would be a fun thing to pull out every now and then.  It just Velcros to their bunk beds 

Yummy yum!  You can see the ice cream sign is still just pinned on.  My thoughts were to have a few different signs that they can velcro on and off.  Like maybe a Lemonade one, and  also a sign for a flower shop I thought would be fun.

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My kids love pretend play.

I made sure the cute little window was able to roll up. This makes it easy to hand over the goods to their pretend customers.