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.

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.

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.

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.