I’ve been getting at least one hour of sewing/costume making in each day this Kid’s Clothes Week, but this is the first opportunity I have to post about it. That also means I don’t have modeled shots, but I’ll share some when both girls are all dressed up for the big day. This costume arrangement {…Continue Reading}
Yeah, I know I’m late to the party!  In my defense I did sew this within the time frame of the summer challenge for Kid’s Clothes Week but I wasn’t able to edit and upload the photos because we lost our data line for several days after a powerful thunderstorm blasted through our city.  Trees and {…Continue Reading}
Are you sewing for the summer edition of Kid’s Clothes Week? I’m planning to make at least a couple of little dresses for Arden. Well, imagine my pleasant surprise when Holly from Hamster and the Bee left me a comment that she was featuring my Camper Hat pattern as part of her summer hats roundup. Check out her {…Continue Reading}
I made these cute Mini Boden inspired Heart Patch Trousers as part of Kids Clothes Week Challenge, and I’ve been wanting to share some of the details of how I created these with you. Here are the inspiration pants. I was hoping to find corduroy in a similar turquoise color, but my local JoAnn’s only had a super-fine {…Continue Reading}
Here’s the Party Skirt I made for Arden in place of her version of the Party Dress I made for Hadley. I had grand intentions of trying to make a full dress, but I just couldn’t figure a way to make a bodice with the fabric I had – not even if I lined it {…Continue Reading}
Yay! I made it! I easily completed my daily hour assignment for participating in Kids Clothes Week Challenge. Today I was able to get these pants inspired by the Mini Boden heart patch trousers drafted, cut and almost complete. I still need to insert the elastic and the twill tape into the waistband and hem {…Continue Reading}
I gave a little hint yesterday about what I was planning to work on today. I pulled a couple of pages out of the latest Mini Boden catalog and showed them to Arden. She wholehartedly approved this “fluttery” tee with butterfly appliques all over it. Pardon the grainy and harsh photos – picture taking at 10 pm does not {…Continue Reading}
I’m kind of a big deal in certain circles. Those circles being my friend’s son Victor. He requested a cow costume for Halloween a couple of years ago and has since named me his personal costumer. He wanted to be a tree this year, which seems a relatively easy request – sort of. This is how {…Continue Reading}
Did you guess? Yup, I went with the silver pleather. The black just seemed to contrast-y and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to use silver pleather. I mean when else except Halloween and maybe dress up can you say that? I still used the black felt, but more as a stabilizer in between each {…Continue Reading}
I’m not sure I should be allowed to be this excited about something I made, but I seriously love these little ladybug wings! They took less than an hour to make and turned out soo much better than I had envisioned. I used some of the leftover polka dot fabric from her dress and I had bought {…Continue Reading}
