This is a knockoff of a dress that I saw on the Stella McCartney Kids site. It is basically the sundress I have made loads of times, but with the front having lots of gathered pieces. I did a few things differently, but made the front piece basically the same. The Girl would never go […]
Category: Creativity
Sandra wanted to do a sew-a-long for a shirtdress from Ottobre, so I decided to participate. My caveats for using patterns is that, inevitably, it will be altered to some degree. Shirts are not difficult for me to do at all. I cut my teeth on them. I made many, many rodeo shirts in high school (many, […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the girl
A little bit of Euro style…flower power!
By Stacy on March 1, 2011The “Euro style” in boutique children’s clothes is comprised of bright colors, embroideries, ruffles and ribbons. It’s usually rather busy. This outfit reminds me a bit of the Euro style. Anya picked out the fabric when she came with me to the fabric store one day. She actually picked the blue as the complimentary color, so […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy
It’s football season! Errr…well, perhaps I’m late.
By Stacy on February 22, 2011I wanted an excuse to use some football grosgrain ribbon that I purchased, so I made the little man a football outfit. I know…football is over. Did I ever tell you that I was good at procrastination? Well, mainly it was just lack of inspiration. I am highly inspired to stencil lately. Thus, loads of […]
Creativity | Sewing | Sewing for the boy
Is it a whale? Is it a shark? We’ll just call it a fish…
By Stacy on February 17, 2011Two sewing posts in one week! I am working on getting a bunch of stuff done right now. My sewing room is a mess, but I am having fun working on projects. I thought I would share these that I got done so far this week. I have two more shirts stenciled for him that […]
I had to do some teacher crafting for Valentine’s Day. I doubt very much that they would want a packet of Fun Dip like the rest of the kids. Yes, I was lazy with the children’s Valentines, per the usual. This is a nice small gift for the teachers and the one teaching assistant. I […]
I felt like doing some more freezer paper stencils, so last Saturday I sat down and drew out some designs. This first design is for me. Michaels had a sale on their adult t-shirts, so I bought a few of them. Unfortunately, they are a bit tight. This is a medium and it fits more […]
I finally got a chance to sew on Sunday. Saturday was another busy, busy day, in which we bought a new table. The Thomasville store near us was closing, so we got a great deal on a new kitchen table from there. “Great” being all relative when talking about their prices. 😉 It was probably […]
They don’t friggin’ fit me all that well. I spent…oh, a good 4-6 hours making this pretty vest. I even made a muslin to make sure it would fit me well enough. The muslin was too big, so I took in the seams. It ended up too small in the bosom area. The *girls* are […]
This year I had some time to actually get some gifts done. The kids were in school the Monday through Wednesday before Christmas, and I had that time off for vacation. I got some things made for teachers and some things made for them. Lots of things. Aprons for the teachers – which seemed to […]
