Denim Dress

Hello Monday! Today I have a special sewing project to share. DD has been learning how to draft sewing patterns. One of the projects she needed to draft was a dress pattern. These are some of the pieces she did.

Skirts For A Cause

Hello! Today instead of quilting I decided to pull out fabrics in my stash to do some charity sewing. I just needed a little push from the awesome gals over at Simple Simon and Co to get going. I made sure to use up as much of each print I pulled as I can. These are really basic skirts and easy to put together. I cut enough for eight skirts. I managed to make two of these skirts with one yard of fabric. These skirts are all size 4. 

WIP...Shirt

I have been squeezing in a bit of time here and there to work on this shirt. The pattern is by New Look #6232. At first it was pretty easy to just mark all the darts and pleats then sew the shirt together until I got to the front plackets and sleeve plackets.

Fashion Sewing

 I have been doing some clothes sewing lately to add to my wardrobe. I love pairing knit fabrics with lace. It jazzes up a simple t-shirt instantly. I love the feel of these knits. They are so soft and drapes beautifully.

A New Dress

While we went on a short trip out of town in November my girls and I went shopping and stopped by Joann's to look around. DD saw this beautiful knit fabric that she really wanted me to make a dress out of for her.

Sewing and Quilting

I am a bit behind on my Aurifil BOM blocks. I manage to sew this month's block and it still took me two days to do one block. I am glad I got some sewing in though.

Lela Tunic

On a recent trip we picked up this Lela tunic and blouse pattern from Green Bee Patterns plus Tim Holtz fabrics to make it. I love how Tim Holtz designs his fabrics and crafting products, it's kind of a grungy vintage type of style. This pattern took me a few days to decide to go for it and start making a muslin sample. After I did that, it was time to start cutting into the real thing.

PJs

Our church's Young Women's group were making pjs and since there's not a lot of time at our daughter's activity, she brought her cut out pieces home to have me help her sew. They went shopping for fabric and let the girls choose the ones they would like, and this was the print she came home with. It's a brown and cream damask print from Joann's.

Some Sewing

I was able to get alot of sewing done this week. This is one of them. The other one I can't share yet. I made this skirt for our daughter. She chose this fabric and it's been sitting around for a few weeks. I am so glad I finally got it done. I  did not use a pattern for this skirt. I used her body measurements and made the pattern.

Have a wonderful weekend!

A New Dress

It's the end of the school year and our daughter is graduating from middle school. She asked me to make a dress for her so after a couple of days it's done. It normally doesn't take me long to make clothing but lately I get tired easily so I had to cut one day and sew the next. Now we'll have to go shopping to buy a little cropped type of sweater to go over it. She will be wearing it for the graduation then the dinner cruise in the evening. Can't wait for school to be out so I can get some much needed rest.

This is a close-up of the top. It has a bit of gathering in the center.

Doll Clothes

My friend bought her daughter this doll and asked if I could make some clothes for it. I've never seen this doll before. It must be the new thing this year. It's a bit difficult to get her to stand for pictures, but here she is. My friend helped me cut out the pieces after I made the pattern. I finished these outfits Christmas week so my friend can give it to her daughter for Christmas.

Happy New Year Everyone!