Baby boy bed skirt

Last night I finished the crib skirt. Originally I was going to wait to buy fabric for the decking, but I opted instead to use some left over fabric that I had. I can't wait to see how this looks on the crib with the rest of the set. Of course the green sheeting will really pull this entire set together.

For Baby Boy

Toby had work off yesterday for a State holiday (Pioneer Day), so he offered to let me sew all day long. Could life get any better? Okay so I didn't exactly sew all day, but I spent a good portion, sewing. This is the fruit of my labor. I did a bumper and a quilt for a darling little boy. I am very happy with how it turned out. I need to still work on a crib skirt, valance, and a sheet. (I might buy the sheet, but who knows, it all depends on the fabric.) Those will all be very easy up against these two. The problem with the bumper and the quilt is the batting. It is so fluffy and difficult to sew that you really have to take your time with every stitch to make sure that everything gets sewn properly. Then of course you have the weight of the items, trying to pull those puppies through my machine is not easy, especially with kids "helping" out. The fabric is Kona cotton and a poly blend cotton. Scroll down to see the sketches.

Welcome Isabella

Okay I know this angel isn't exactly a sewing project, but I think she deserves a welcome on this site. We have made several things for her, so I am sure you will see pictures of her modeling them, but until then, here she is with her AMAMZING MOM. The birth went really well, and Melissa came through like the professional she is. She got her job done. Way to go Lissa, I am so proud of you and the job that you did. She is very beautiful, and I can't wait to see her again.

Wrap skirt for Kathy.

This is the final project that I had before my sewing project bin was emptied. Now I have nothing to sew. *sob* Yeah you should feel really sorry for me, sewing is my way out. Anyway this wrap skirt was made out of an embroidered linen fabric. The wrap skirt was very easy to do, but sadly I must report it doesn't fit my Mother in Law. This is the hardest thing about making things for other people, when you aren't there/they aren't there to fit the clothes to. Oh well I guess you win some you loose some. So now Melissa and I both have empty bins, no projects to do. No money to buy fabric. Nothing to make for our families (I think they are all tired of our stuff anyway) Any ideas people? Anyone need some sewing?? Halloween is coming up. Anyone.....someone....... *sob* WE MUST CONTINUE THE HABIT, OR WE WILL GO INTO WITHDRAWALS! *evil laugh*

For my stubborn Isabella

I made this lovely outfit for Miss Isabella. It is done with Egyptian cotton, with a white eyelet overlay. The shorts are lined with Egyptian cotton and the same cotton white eyelet is the top layer. It is trimmed with a shantung poly blend fabric (made to look like shantung silk, but who is dumb enough to make a baby something out of silk???), which will wash wonderfully. I know I already tested it. Anyway it has a really cute bow in the back to adjust for baby's size.

Above is the blanket and the outfit with the blanket. I hope that Melissa likes it as much as I do. I hope this will give Miss Isabella some motivation to come and join the rest of us. Enjoy.

Cherries Part Two

So I made a dress for Aiyana a while ago out of this cherry fabric. Melissa was going to use the dress and take it in for Kaity. Well she decided to go a whole different route and make the one you have already seen. So then I had this deconstructed dress. What to do with it. The top was pretty much no good to me, but the skirt, ahhh possibilities. I took the skirt, lined it with (yeah you guessed it) Egyptian cotton, put some elastic in the waist, and ta-da, a gorgeous skirt. What to do about a top? Again I went to my obsession E.C. and made her a tank style shirt with red buttons down the back. I trimmed the square neckline in red ribbon for a little umph. Perfect. The jacket is from her other cherry outfit. I didn't have enough red to make another jacket, and besides, I really didn't think I needed to! *grin*

Chandler's Work

Okay I know that this really isn't SEW WHAT worthy, but Chandler made this. He cut out all of the pieces and then pinned them together. He then brought his "treasure" to me and asked me to sew it together. I put him on my lap and let him "help" me. So I guess technically I sewed it, but it was his thing. He was so proud of the work that he had done and asked me to post it, so Chai this one's for you! *Smile*

Fairy Tales, Tulips, Hibiscus, and Sunflowers

Originally I made this to look as much like Kaity's as possible. Didn't exactly take the way I wanted them to. Mostly because I made them big on Aiyana so they would actually last her throughout the upcoming school year. She really loves them!

This is Aiyana in her tulip nightgown. This really wasn't very hard to do, just took a lot of time. I guess the more you use elastic the more time things take. I am wanting to get a presser foot for my machine that will pretty much do the elastic for me. Then again I want to get a presser foot that will do the hems for me. Ahhh decisions.

Moving on. On the left is a sunflower sundress that I made for Aiyana. (She might to have to wear it next summer as it is a little big on her.) I think that I may want to do a little jacket to go over it. On the right is the hibiscus print summer outfit I made. The top is a front button down, and the wrap skirt is actually a skort, and has shorts underneath it. Quite a lot of fun to photograph! *smile*

Ballerina Princess Dresses

I wanted to make some beautiful pink and white dresses to have my girls pictures taken in after baby Isabella is born. I came up with the idea of using white and then having a embroidered organza overlay with some pink flowers. Unfortunately when we got to the fabric store there wasn't a embroidered organza with pink flowers to be found. So Stephanie came up with the idea of using tulle instead. At first I was skeptical because I really had a clear idea in my head of what the dresses should like. I thought it over and decided to go for the tulle and boy am I sure glad I did! I'm so happy with the tulle, I'm actually glad they didn't have an embroidered organza.

The patterns for these dresses were pretty simple but the construction of them turned out to be anything but easy. Just a simple dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered skirt with a tulle overlay, no problem, wrong! To start with the bodice is made out of silk so that right off the bat was a bit nerve wracking to work with. It turned out to be a pretty easy fabric to cut and sew but I didn't want to make a single mistake as it's not a cheap fabric. The most difficult part by far was working with the tulle. Tulle is nice because you don't have to hem it or worry about it fraying, however it is not fun to cut, pin or sew. It doesn't line up very easy at all and you have to fight it every step of the way. The pinning and gathering the tulle skirts turned out to be the most time consuming and stressful part of the whole project.

It was worth it though! Just look at these dresses they turned out just beautiful! I added some sparkles to the tulle to add that extra little touch.

I think they really are perfectly uber girly Ballerina Princess Dresses!

Kaitlin's Dress:

Isabella's Dress:

For Baby Boy SKETCHES

Okay this is my sketch for a baby boy quilt. Hopefully it will turn out the way that I want it to. The colors aren't exact but that is pretty normal for sketches.


This is the sketch for the bumper. On the back will be plain blue Kona cotton. (I couldn't find the fabric colors I wanted in Egyptian cotton, so Kona will have to do.)


This is the crib skirt sketch. I think I will be pretty happy with the overall look.


This will be the profile view of the entire collection.

This is the outside view (the view you will see when looking at the crib) of the set.

Burp Coths for Isabella

Above: A set of three Ballerina inspired burp cloths for Miss Isabella. Aiyana picked out both of the fabrics because she insisted on making something for the baby. Of course, her idea of making something turned out to picking out the fabric, and bugging Mom to get them done. Chandler actually helped me out with a good portion of them, and Lucas was amazing at getting the pins out. I hope these work out well for Melissa because they are a new pattern that I designed.

Above: This is the other set of three that I made. A fairy princess pattern.

Cherries Anyone?

Here is Aiyana in her cherry dress that I made for her. Halfway through the dress I decided to alter a purse (Valentine's Day project) and add a jacket. I also did a cute little head band, and a set of bows. All in all pretty cute.

Kaitlin's Fairy Tale Pajamas

Two sets of pajamas for Miss Kaitlin. They are the same fairy tale toile fabric but one is green and one is pink. Stephanie planned this project and got it all cut out some time ago (I can't even remember when) and I finally got it all sewed up!

Emma's Quilt

Here is the back of Emma's quilt. I know it is hard to see, but I tried! *smile*

Above is a picture of the front of the quilt. It looks a lot like the back, but I used some moon and stars fabric through out on the front.

Above: The plain white microfiber fleece that I used.

Above: Close up of the moon and stars microfiber fleece.

Bean Bags

Again, technically not a sewing project, but I bleed therefore it is an automatic SEW WHAT post. These eight bean bags were made for Toby's work. (They are doing a booth for the Fourth of July and needed some bean bags for the games.) These took about 2 1/2 hours from start to finish, and I actually used rice instead of beans. I used a white Egyptian cotton (is there any other kind??? Okay so I am a cotton snob, sue me.) and photo transfer paper to transfer the logo. Because of the stiffness that the transfer adds to the cotton, turning what should have been a very easy project turned into a pretty big nightmare. However, at the end of the day all eight were completed before deadline, so yeah for me. Thanks Toby Love for all your help, I would have gone crazy without you! *smile*

Emma's Accessories

I don't know if these really count as sewing. I mean the headband was mostly finesse on Melissa's part. I did sew the headband though with the sewing machine, so technically???? The diaper cover/spankies really don't match the dress at all because the fabric is flannel, but Leah did want something super absorbent just in case there is a poop explosion. Flannel is known for it's absorbency, so that is the very long story about a pair of spankies. Melissa is working on a coordinating bracelet to match. Yeah! (not the spankies, but the dress!)

Baby Sleepers

Cute white baby sleepers (for Isabella) with pink snaps and pink top stitching. We made 4 total, 2 in each size.