Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Monday, February 15, 2010

Sewing the Spring Wardrobe!

I have really been into sewing little clothes for Paige lately, so I thought "Why not make a lot of her clothes for spring/summer?" She'll look so cute and everything will be original! And not to mention it'll save us some moola! I've found a bunch of really cute, easy to follow patterns at You Can Make This.

Here's my first one, I loved this Double Layer Dress Top by Faith! And it has this big bow you tie in the back that is just too cute! And it was so easy to make and the directions with the pattern were great!


(It's so much cuter on!)

Next I did the Sweet Dress by Leila & Ben! Another great and easy pattern!


And for last I made another Sienna Dress from Lil Blue Boo pattern! My husband loves Star Wars so I figured I'd make him proud and make Paigey a Star Wars dress!


(This is her new "cheese!!" face...she's such a ham! My kids keep me laughing all day!)

It turned out really cute! I plan on making a lot of these for the summer! They're cool and lightweight which is perfect for these HOT Texas summers!

Now my little stinker has not liked being very cooperative with the camera lately so the only one I could get her in and take a halfway decent picture of her was the Star Wars dress!

Friday, January 29, 2010

Another Great Pattern

Here is another great and very easy to follow pattern! This is for the Bubble Skirt from Trey & Lucy! This was the easiest thing I have made so far and it turned out beautiful! It was also the very first sewing project that I didn't mess up on and have to go back a million times to fix! :) Yay! I'm getting better! And the best part about this skirt is its reversible! So head on over to Trey & Lucy HERE and get this pattern!



I tried to get a picture of Paige wearing it but she would not let me take her picture!! She's being a little stinker with the picture taking lately!

Great way to use some old t-shirts!

If you have a little girl you have to go over to Lil Blue Boo and buy the Sienna Dress Pattern!! It is the cutest little dress and whats best of all is you make them out of old t-shirts! I bought the pattern about a month ago and got straight to work. I finished all of it except for the neck... for some reason I was terrified of doing the neck, I was certain that I was going to mess up the entire dress I had worked so hard on. Well I finally finished the neck a couple of nights ago and it wasn't as hard as I thought it was! Here are my first 2 dresses! I will definitely be making a bunch of these for spring and summer for Paige!


I could make a million of these!!

As I was browsing around I saw a great tutorial for these super cute flowers from Heather Bailey! You can get the tutorial HERE. They would be perfect to attach shirts, purses, headbands, etc...
I made a small one yesterday and you can whip up a bunch of these in no time!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Paigey's new dress!

I've been wanting to make little clothes and dresses for Paige ever since I got my sewing machine for Christmas but I have been so nervous! I am a very beginner sewer and I can barely sew a straight line. But I saw this cute dress on Ruffles and Stuff and it looked simple and I thought "I can do that!" I found a plain shirt of Paige's and some fabric that matched. Well, the dress is completed. Is it perfect? Absolutely not...but I still love it! It's something that I made and I feel proud of myself! Did it take me a lot longer than it should have? Oh ya! I cannot count how many times I had to stop and fix something that I messed up! :) But I guess this is how you get better... you just have to keep trying and learn along the way. Paige will look cute in anything I put her in anyways! You can check out the tutorial from Ruffles and Stuff HERE
I love making these fabric yo-yo's! They're easy, fun and perfect for adding a little something extra!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Easy Placemat Pillow

This has got to be one of the easiest projects ever!! Just find a placemat that you like and open up a piece of it... stuff it with the polyfill... sew it closed and Voila! You have a pillow! I found a little cowboy/western one on clearance at Kohls and it was perfect for my sons room! We have a little western theme for his bedroom. It turned out great and he loves it! He thinks that its a pillow to sleep on though! He insists on sleeping on it every night and he says it his favorite pillow cause Mommy made it for him! :) How sweet is that? He's such a momma's boy...I love it!