Having a baby girl in the family is so much fun. I finally have an excuse to make all the cute little girl projects I've bookmarked over the years!



This is another little ruffle skirt, but I tried to downsize it for an infant. I think it's still a little big, but we'll call it growing room! The shirt and leggings are from Old Navy - not a project I'm ready to tackle yet!

Labels: clothes, sewing

We have a birthday party to go to for a two-year-old little girl today and I found an adorable set of magnetic wooden paper dolls as a gift. I wanted to include something handmade, of course, so Dana's Market Skirt tutorial was perfect.



I think I need to get my serger back from my mother-in-law to make these projects easier.



Ben said he was man enough to model the skirt, and I swear he's almost as big as the 2-year-old birthday girl!

Labels: clothes, sewing

One of the fabric stores nearby was having a big Fourth of July sale, so I stopped by while I was out and stocked up on some new fabric. In addition to getting some adorable flannel for a future baby blanket, a pattern and fabric for a new skirt, and some other miscellaneous things for upcoming projects, I got some pretty satin-like fabric to try a pleated skirt.



It's not quite wearable yet, since I still need to hem it. Also, since I wasn't using a pattern, the waist needs some adjustment. It's got a pretty good gap right now, but I think it's fixable. The fabric is so soft and pretty:



Hopefully I can finish it soon and wear it to dinner or something! Maybe I need to make some turquoise jewelry to go with it!!

Labels: clothes, sewing

This may be the fastest, most successful thing I've ever sewn! I have been wanting to try something with pleats since I saw this post on Thimble, so I decided to use my apron for Tie One On as an experiment. I totally love it, and almost wish it was a skirt, except Peter probably wouldn't be seen with me in it. I will definitely get wear out of it as an apron, though!



I finished after dark, so I'll try to get a picture wearing it during the daylight. Maybe I'll have to bake something to have an excuse!!

EDIT: I got a picture with it on! I had to take it myself but here it is:



I thought it was funny how interested the dogs (yes, we're dog-sitting again!) were in what I was doing...

Labels: clothes, sewing

There has been so much inspiration out there about aprons! Everyone seems to be posting about them (or they were a few days ago - I'm late as usual). Anyway, here is my attempt to join the apron bandwagon:



There's a little bit of curving to the bottom edge that's hard to see in the picture. Also, the lighting isn't great, so this is a better representation of the colors:



I still don't have a great feel for making up clothing patterns - this doesn't hang full like I wanted, but I still think it's cute.

I placed an order at artbeads.com this afternoon - you'll just have to wait and see what comes of that!

Labels: clothes, sewing

I just had to try out my new sewing machine, so I did two projects...

The first is just a zippered clutch made from the black velvety upholstery sample I got the other day.



I used the basic tutorial found here. Here is the fun fabric I used for the inside - it's a bandana I saw at WalMart for $0.50.



I added a ribbon so that you can wear it on your wrist while holding a drink:




I also made a skirt out of the scrap fabric I posted earlier. I used another skirt I had as a pattern, and even added a zipper!



I used the zigzag stitch for the hem, and I think it looks really good!

Labels: bags, clothes