Recycled t-shirt ruffle dress

I happened upon this lovely tutorial a couple weeks ago and I thought the dress was just so cute that I had to make one. I found one of Rob's shirts with some stains on it and asked him if he still wore it. He said yes. Then I said...well, can I cut it up and make it into a dress for Sadie? He said yes. So I started cutting. It only took a little over an hour to make and I thought it turned out pretty good. I think next time I will make more of a difference in the length of the ruffles, but it is pretty cute.

The nice thing about working with knit fabric is that it doesn't really fray. So I didn't even hem the bottom of the dress, I just cut it to the right length and that is that.

I really need to organize my stuff better because Sadie always seems to find and get into my buttons. Today her favorite thing to do was to dump them out and then step on them because they stuck to her feet. Silly girl.

Little girls, little girls

Everyone I know that is pregnant right now is having a girl! Actually, that isn't true, but practically it is. I really do know about 5 people right now having or recently had baby girls. I found this pattern for a cute little sweater that I wanted to try. They turned out pretty cute and they are addicting to make. I have made 4 and am working on my fifth right now. The only problem is, every one that I make I love. So I think...I'll just keep this one in case I have another girl sometime, but if I kept them all, I would have nowhere to put them. So I will be giving most of them away. I only have my first two finished sweaters pictured here, but I will post more when I get around to taking pictures.

Button detail.

I especially love this one...probably because it was the very first one I made.

Father's Day Gift.

I saw this online while I was surfing through other people's blogs. I forgot to bookmark this particular page so sorry to whoever was the creator of these cute notes. I think she sells them on etsy so if you do a search, you should be able to find it.

I decided to make one for my husband for Father's day. Unfortunately I started it too late and he just got it a couple weeks ago. he he. It took a lot longer than expected.


This was my first embroidery project, well, without my mom coaching me through the whole thing. I made something when I was a teenager, but this one was easy. Lots of straight lines. I think we will frame it and hang it in the house. Someday. For now, it just sits on a table. :)

Sorry...this is supposed to show you detail of the stitching. I need to learn how to use photoshop or just take better pictures.

Cute Idea....

I had just finished reading this post and drooling over how cute the dress turned out when I walked into my room and saw a size 12 month onsie thrown on the floor. Why it was in my room I have no idea, especially since I don't think my daughter wore it more than once and not for months. Size 12 month stuff is way too short for her long torso-ed body. I saw it lying there and thought, hey that would be good to make a dress out of. I threw it over in a pile of my sewing stuff not expecting to touch it for weeks, but then I saw that it had landed on an orange shirt of mine that I was thinking about making into a skirt for her.



PERFECT. Just put the two together and you have a dress. There was even orange in the onsie so I, of course, stopped cleaning and got to work. Then my napping daughter woke up. So it had to wait for evening time.

I got it out after she was in bed and was expecting it to be the only thing I worked on that night. Literally 10 minutes later I was done. Seriously. It is so easy and it was good practice for me. Now that I know I can do it, I might try to make a super cute dress like the one in the link above.


Here is my beautiful little girl being a great model. She's not very good at posing for pictures yet. She is always on the move, but maybe when she is older I can get better pictures. For now, this is all I've got.

4th of July Skirt

I got this fabric last year sometime for a dollar a yard and knew I would use it for the 4th. I decided to make a cue little skirt for Sadie. It came together really quickly because I used the ribbon at the bottom instead of hemming it. I think it turned out pretty cute.


It is just a rectangle of fabric almost twice as long as Sadie's waist measurement. Then stick the elastic in the top and fold the ribbon over the bottom and ta-da. You are DONE. I love fast and easy projects.

Sorry it is blurry...it is hard to take pictures of things while they are moving.

I got this fabric last year sometime for a dollar a yard and knew I would use it for the 4th. I decided to make a cue little skirt for Sadie. It came together really quickly because I used the ribbon at the bottom instead of hemming it. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Hair clips.

I love to do projects that are quick and easy. I don't have a craft room or anything like that and most of the time my daughter is running around getting into everything. So I love things I can make during her naptime and put them away when she wakes up. Little hair clips are a perfect project for me.

Sadie is just barely getting enough hair to actually be able to wear these, but they don't stay in for long. She loves to pull them out and give them right back to me. Sigh. But I do know about 4 or 5 friends having baby girls soon, so they will be getting some of these from me!

Close up. The pink one with the brown button is probably my favorite.

I also like to throw in some little crocheted flowers to make them even cuter. I use lots of different patterns that I have found, but my friend has a great pattern on her blog.

I made all of these in about an hour and a half. Well, I already had the crocheted flowers made so that didn't add to the time.

First Post!

Well, a lot of my friends have separate blogs to post the crafty things that they make. So I decided to do the same. Being a mom of a 1 and a half year old, I don't have much time to start and finish projects, but I hope to at least post once a week with a new thing I have made. I love everything crafty...especially sewing and crocheting. It amazes me what someone can make with a simple hook and some yarn. Who discovered that anyway? I would love to shake his or her hand.

Anyway, here is my first project that I have finished. It is a diaper bag. I found the pattern online somewhere and I have the link somewhere on another computer. So if you want the pattern, just leave a comment and I will be happy to share it with you.

I really like the bag...it is way better than my old bag that was falling apart. I think it would make a better diaper bag if the top opening wasn't so narrow. Having to fit diapers and wipes and toys and snacks makes it hard to get to everything with a small opening. But overall it is a great bag!