Bathrobe #2

I finished Vivian's robe a few weeks ago but didn't have a good picture to post. The jury is still out on wheather or not I have a "good" picture - can't really see the robe, but damn my kids are cute!

Who would have thought bathrobes could be so exciting. They both love wearing them around after bathtime.

The different colors on Vivian's does come in handy when trying to figure out whos is whos.

These where made using a Burda pattern and I have to say I wasn't impressed with the collar directions for this pattern.

Ok NOW to finish those pajamas!

Bathrobe

Thanks to the a large northern shipment of hand me down clothes, Ava's drawers are bursting! So much so I find myself not wanting to make clothes for her, because she really doesn't need anymore at this point. So its time to try new things. Last week it was PJs, now this week a bathrobe.

Ava always complains she is freezing during the time she leaves the bathtub to getting into her Pj's, well NOT anymore. She is, and I quote, "Warm and Cozy." She got a big kick of having a robe like mommy and grandma. She even told me she wanted to wear it in the morning over her pj's, but this has yet to happen.

I just started cutting out the fabric to make one for Vivian, but I ended up being 2 sleeves short on the pink terry. I might have to get creative with Vivian's robe. We shall see.

Nighty Night

Quality PJs are hard to come by, so I had to take matters into my own hands! This is how we do flannel pjs in Florida, sleeveless and shorts! Ava is very pleased with her new jammies, she said she feels like she is wearing a blanket, however, there has been no request to hop into bed any earlier than normal.

I'm proud to report that with a little peace and quiet I was able to complete these in a few hours!

Christmas Dresses

I might not be completely finished with my shopping and I did slack on the Christmas cards this year, Merry Christmas by the way. But I did make these dresses for the girls!! Which was more enjoyable than addressing envelopes.

One Day One Dress

I'm really into Corduroy this season, its just so darn cute! I was able to get this whole dress completed in one day. Vivian took a wonderful and LONG nap and Ava was allowed to watch as much tv as she wanted, and thankfully she wanted to watch a good bit. Ava gets really excited when she knows I'm making her someone so its very motivating to finish. I was going to skip the pocket, but my fashion design, Ava wasn't going to let that happen!

Fall in Florida

We don't exactly get Fall in Florida, right now the temps are still in the 80s. I do miss the Northest Fall weather and the cute fashions that accompany. Courdoroy is one of my favorite fabrics but sadly, I rarely get to wear it down here. This dress is my version of Fall in Florida. Cute Cord fabric in a sleeveless dress which can be worn alone on warmer days or layered under a shirt and legging for those crisp 65 degree days, we sometimes get.

Snow White

I'm still around, although I have been totally neglating this blog. One of my most recent project was Ava's Snow White costume. It's technically her Halloween costume, however, we where able to get some extra use out of it during our vacation to Disneyworld. Ava had a blast walking around the Magic Kingdom in her princess gear. At one point she said, "Mommy, I want to walk around in my dress." Apparently her stroller isn't the horse and carriage she had in mind.

I hope to be posting more projects for the fall! I also have to figure of what Vivian is going to be for Halloween.


 

Working

No, I haven't abandon the blog. I have been working :)

I had an order for 2 dresses through Etsy. I'm only finished one and I have to get working on the second one as soon as I post this. I am just thrilled with the outcome of the dress. Its made from the super soft Minky material, which is super cozy but something I don't get to work with very often living in a semi tropical climate, so it was a treat to experiment with a new textile. My customer wanted me to use the pink dress as a sample of what she wanted for her daughter, I think I got it pretty close.

Happy 3rd Birthday Ava!!

I'm sure every year I will say this, but I CAN'T believe Ava is 3! Thankfully, I'm the same age as I was when I had her. I assume now that she is no longer in the terrible twos I can say goodbye to the tantrums and mood swings that rival any Hollywood diva.

We celebrated Ava's birthday with a trip to a local waterpark, which she loved. Then that night we had her 2 best friends over for pizza and cake. It was a simple and great day.

 

Craft Workshop

One day I had the insane idea of hosting a craft workshop playdate at my house with my mom's group. In this crazy fit of creativity, the moms of girls where making tutus and the moms of boys where making superhero capes.

Well, you know where this is going. Today this nutty idea was implemented and can be best described and organized chaos. I think I burned 600 calories juggling and assisting everyone and their projects but it was incredibly fun and I loved every second of it.

I have to say, the members of my mom's group are VERY creativity. The tutus and capes turned out great! And it was nothing short of a miricle that no child go a hold of the various pairs of scissors and 450 pins being passed around today. Everyone left happy and with all their fingers and I was EXHAUSTED!


Tutus




Super Hero Capes




Aftermath!

Week in Review

Bad blogger- I know!!

This week kind of got away from me. Highlights, my sister's college roommate Robyn had a baby girl on Monday, my dad's birthday, Welcome Raelle!! Saturday, I attended a lovely baby shower for my friend Lisa thrown by my pal Erin. Erin is very creative and did a fabulous job!! I need to recruit her for my next shindig!

Lowlight- We had a storm on Tuesday which, thanks to a tree, caused damage to some power lines and our house along with 44 others lost power!! You might not think that is too bad, but it was probably 95 degrees with 100% humidity that day. The house was unbarable until we left. These things never seem to happen on days Bill has off from work. The power went out around 3:30 pm and did not come back until 9pm. The girls are I just roamed the streets until it came back. Ok maybe not the streets but we wandered to various air conditioned locations.

Here are some various items I made this week:


Pink Florida Gator's Bib
Pink Florida Gator's Boppy Cover
Cake Plate tutu

Cupcake Tutu

Last week I was asked to make some adorable tutus, but to my surprise they where for cupcakes! Dressing a cupcake in a tutu makes me smile, what a cute idea!! Needless to say when Ava saw my "test" cupcake dressed in a tutu for my photo shoot she was BEGGING for it!!

If you are having a party or shower think about ordering some cupcake tutus, they making cupcakes extra fun!

Look to the Left

Look to the left, see where it says, Cute Hair Bows, Look No Further. Yes,well good. I purchased some adorable hair bows from my new Etsy friend CowlickCutie. Ava loves them and KEEPS them in her hair!! So I endorse CowlickCutie's hair bows and encourage you to buy buy buy. When you do so, you will be supporting a hard working, bow making, stay a home mom. Need I say more....

My Birthday

Happy Birthday to ME!!

This has been a fun filled weekend and I'm nothing short of exhausted! Not too much sewing going on this weekend, but I'm waiting on a shipment of sport team fabric to work on a few baby items.

Here is a picture from today, hope you enjoy!


 

Class Canceled

Sorry I have been slacking on the blog here and its WAY too late to blog right now, but I wanted to post something. The smocking class was canceled :( the teacher is out of town, but when did I find this out??? When I arrived all excited to smock and to spend 2 hours doing something unterupted by children. I was pretty pissed when they told me there was no classa since the store HAD my phone number and its a good 20 minutes from my house. UGH. The guy working there felt bad so he gave me a bunch of free stuff, yes I can be bought!

The teacher is still out of town, but this time they called me the day before. So maybe next week there will be class?? I'm beginning to wonder if there really is a class at this store.

Frills

Here is what I have been working on this week, Vivian's overalls. I used an Ottobre pattern for inspiration but I added the frills on the back. I asked Bill for his opinion about the ruffles on the back, why I don't know, and he was against. As you can see I didn't listen to his fashion advice and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. This pattern didn't have snaps in the crotch, WHAT the heck! But I added some and I am sooooooooooo glad I did.

 

Smocking

I signed up to take a Smocking class tomorrow afternoon! I am excited on many levels. For one, I think smocking has an adorable and classic look and once mastered I will be using it for all kinds of clothes which I will be posting in my Etsy store (see above link) and two, which might trump the first, I will be out of the house from 1pm to 3pm, longer if you factor in drive time.

If you don't know what smocking looks like here, are some samples (not my work).

I like it, BUT...

I like it, BUT... is something I have heard countless times from moms when talking about kid's clothes. Some designs are SO cute but they lack something or have strange design aspects that are cause for complaint. It is obvious when I jumper (overalls) doesn't have snaps or buttons in the crotch it was designed by someone that has NEVER EVER changed a toddler's diaper- EVER! So diaper changers of the world- rejoice! My jumpers, which can be found soon (June 22nd) in my Etsy shop will have a snap crotch feature, no extra change.

Bloomers

I have a million and one patterns and none of which include bloomers. I guess I can't really complain because they are not difficult to make but I think they should be included in the patterns for dresses for kids. I mean if you go to the trouble to make a dress do you really want it to be ruined with a pamper hanging out. So I vow to provide bloomer will all dresses!!

Just a reminder, You can find my new dresses along with their matching BLOOMERS, June 22nd at my Etsy store!

Inspiration

If you recall this time last year I was eagerly waiting to see if Ava was selected to be on the cover of Parents Magazine (she wasn't). So this year when my June issue came and I saw a baby with a fake dad on the cover, I was reminded of my beef with Parent's mag which seems to be far from over. I do have to say, the cover baby is adorable this year, and the dress she is wearing is adorable as well. I like it so much I am doing a VERY similar one for my new line which will be featured on my Etsy site on June 22nd.

Coming Soon....... (in my own way)