Turkey Day

In order to help make my least favorite holiday a little bit better, I made Lucy a cute Thanksgiving Dress using a simple jumper pattern and some machine embroidery applique. It was so easy to do & came out looking so professional. I tried to use colors that weren't typical brown, orange, green. She wore this pretty much all week considering you only justify wearing a turkey dress one time a year.

Vintage Simplicity

This is a little dress made using a 1950's Vintage Simplicity Pattern. This is the first time I have ever done pintucks & it made my eyes start to cross. I also did fairly well on the bias tape around the neckline, something I normally fail at miserably.

I was impatient and went ahead and put the elastic in the sleeve, but probably should have waited & gotten the really tiny baby elastic. You can't see it when she is wearing it though, so no bid deal. Next time I make this pattern I will know exactly what to use.

I had a hard time with the blindhem, but finally got it looking sort of decent. I'm not sure why I had such a hard time, I'll have to read more about them.

Faded Christmas Memories

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Here is Lucy's first Christmas dress. It is made from a Vintage Simplicity Slip Pattern. I loved the fabric because it is subtle. It is called "Faded Christmas Memories." I covered the buttons myself using some green broadcloth scraps. I think she is going to wear it to see Santa!



This is the first time I have used this monogram and I think I like it.

2+2

I ordered lot of Oliver+S patterns from Sew,Mama,Sew! Here is the 2+2 Blouse paired with some pants made from Jackie Clark's Britches & Bloomers pattern all using Moda fabric that I got from little quilting shop only a few blocks from our house.

The quilt shop is connected to a flower shop that advertises that it does funerals and weddings. When I went to check it out I was greeted by a note on the door to go into the plant part and ask Rosie to let me in to the quilt shop.

Rosie was a very entertaining lady who not only knew nothing about quilting, fabric, or sewing, but also had never used a cash register. We put our heads together & I'm pretty sure I paid for the fabric I left with, or maybe I didn't, but we did slide my card & make it print a reciept. I left my phone number just in case we did it all wrong. The old lady that owns the shop was providing flower arrangements for a wedding and had taken the van & left Rosie in charge!

Comfy Jumper Dress

I finally got Amy Butler's "Little Stitches for Little Ones" and this is my very first project. The "Comfy Jumper Dress."




I loved it so much that I made it again with 2 contrasting colors of fine wale corduroy. I also altered the pattern to make it a little bit shorter. Lucy looks less like a hippie baby in this version.

Burb Cloth

I found the perfect cloth diapers to use as burb cloths. They are the Gerber 12-ply and for some reason were really hard to find, but I finally have them & now can use up some of my random scraps of fabric.

The Patternless

These are two dresses that I made right after Lucy was born & I was still on maternity leave. I couldn't read patterns yet at this point or really finish seams properly, but they were fun to make and looked cute on Lucy! My applique-ing skills have come a long way, especially since I discovered machine embroidery applique from Swak Embroidery.