Ear Candy

I don't know if that is a real saying, but I am going to use it from now on. I have been making ear candy... aka earrings! I love it! It is so fun. I love to wear earrings, but I never find any that I like. What I like about these ones is that they are just the right size for me. Not too big.

I have made about 6 or 7 pairs since I took that picture. Don't ask me what I am going to do with all of these earrings I am making...who knows. I just get going on something and I can't stop! haha. Maybe I will have a giveaway on this here blog. You will just have to check back to see if that happens. :)

Skirt

I made this skirt for a friend of mine. I really like it. I want one for me. Maybe I will make one. I've got some other things to do first though. I am really looking forward to going home for Christmas because I love being around my family and stuff. But also, because my mom has this awesome craft room that I am hoping to spend some time in while I am there. :) Maybe I will make myself a skirt or two for Christmas??? Sounds good to me!

Cyber Monday Sale at Chunky Bling

Hey everyone! I just thought I would share a great Christmas gift idea. Head on over to Chunky Bling and browse through their watch bands. Right now you can buy two watchbands and get one free. Also get free shipping. They also have cute rings and bracelets too. Go check it out! Hurry the sale ends on Tuesday! Just thought I would let you all know. I am going to look at their watch bands right now!

Christmas Shirts

I made some more 90 minute shirts. They are so fun and easy to make. This time I made them in Christmas colors. I made one for my son and one for my friend's son who is two weeks younger than my son. I can't wait to see them both wearing their Christmas shirts together!

Here is my little guy in his shirt. I think I actually might make him a green one too...because that one is cute too! :)

The Sadie Shirt!

So I loved making this shirt for two reasons. It is really cute and I love reading the blog that I got the tutorial from, and because my daughter's name is also Sadie. Awesome. Anyway, the moment that I saw that there was going to be a sew along for this shirt, I knew I had to make one. So I did. And it was super easy following the awesome tutorial on Craftiness is Not Optional. Here is the shirt that I made:

I am trying to use up my piles of fabric before I buy new stuff, so it was hard for me to choose which fabric to use. But I really love how this one turned out.

You should all go and sew a Sadie shirt for the little girls in your life! You won't be disappointed!

Zac's new hat

My sister in law made a hat like this for her cute little boy. I fell in love with it so she told me she made it and let me borrow one that she had made so I could make one too.

It turned out pretty good I think. That is after I had to undo a huge mistake that I made. I sewed the bottom flap on wrong so the ear flaps were sticking out the sides of the hat. It was pretty funny. It seems I can never finish a project without making one big blunder like that. My seam ripper is very well used.

And I think Zac likes his new hat too.

And this is my favorite picture. Zac loves to suck on his bottom lip which makes his cheeks look even bigger! :)

Working

I've been working on a lot of stuff lately. I realized that I don't make things because my kids need clothes or a new hat, though that is sometimes why I sew. But mostly I just enjoy seeing a finished project. It makes me feel like I accomplished something. :)

Anyway...here are some of the things I have been busy with.

This was Sadie's last minute "Princess Green" Halloween costume. I think it turned out pretty cute. Of course we had to spray paint some shoes to match!

I made this hat along with about 3 others. One for Sadie and a few for me. :) I haven't gotten around to taking pictures of the other ones yet though.

Here is another 90 minute shirt. This time I tried long sleeves. They turned out to be perfect length.

And here are my two little ones playing with their trains together while wearing their new clothes. Sadie's dress is a Warhol Dress. I got a shirt at Walmart the other day for one dollar. I liked the bright color so I made it into this dress for Sadie.

I did it!

I finally made one! I don't know how long ago I saw the tutorial for a 90 minute shirt on Made, but I finally made one today! And it turned out really cute. There will definitely be more of these to come in the future! Maybe I will try one for Sadie next...

Here it is in action. Sorry it is so blurry...it is hard to get my 6 month old to sit still for pictures!

That's a little better. Doesn't he look cute in it!

I love being able to use old shirts to make them into new things.

Skirts

Well...I guess I'm a little bit addicted. To making skirts that is. I just barely realized this when I pulled out all the skirts I have made in the last 2 months or so and took pictures of them. There were way more than I thought that I had. Oops. At least they are all cute and I know I will wear them because I already have! And Sadie pretty much wears a skirt every day so I am not worried there either. Anyway...here are some pictures of all of the skirts that I made.

Just a note : I hadn't taken a shower yet so that's why my head is cut off in all of these pictures. And I didn't take the time to iron any of them. So they are all wrinkly, and it makes them look really bad. But I really like them all.

Butterflies. I have worn this one lots of times already. I loved it when it was hot outside because the fabric is nice and thin.

This is a circle skirt...I kinda fell in love with making circle skirts. They are so flowy and twirly. And I love this fabric that I got for one dollar a yard.

I made this one about two weeks after I had my baby...big mistake. The second time I wore it to church it was WAY too big. So now I wear it with a big safety pin in the back. Awesome.

OK. This one could have used a little ironing. But I love the fabric. I got it at Walmart for a dollar a yard, so it isn't the highest quality, but I definitely love it. It looks SO much better without tons of wrinkles in it. Another circle skirt.

This is just a casual skirt that I made from the bottom of a men's t-shirt and some elastic thread. It is so comfy and I wore it tons of times when the weather was hot.

This one is a little see through so I will need a slip under it, but it is another circle skirt out of dollar a yard fabric. AWESOME. I love it! Oh...and obviously it needs ironing!

I have had this fabric for about 3 years trying to decide what to do with it because I loved it so much. So I made a gathered elastic waist skirt. And I love it.

This is a knit skirt with a knit waistband. So comfy and casual and awesome. Although sometimes it feels like it is going to just fall off of me. So next time I think I will make the waistband a little tighter. :)

And another knit skirt. I've worn this one a lot too. In fact, I have worn them all a lot. So, yeah.

Ok...now to Sadie's skirts. This is a circle skirt. Really cute...especially because Sadie is wearing it.

This is a skirt I made from a t-shirt. I just made up the pattern and I really like how it turned out. And for 1 dollar. I don't think I will EVER buy a skirt for Sadie again. They are so fast and easy to make.

Another circle skirt.

And another circle skirt.

I guess I figured out that I don't really need to make any more skirts for a while. Darn. They are so fun to make. And Sadie pretty much wears a skirt everyday. Not kidding. So I guess I better start making some leggings to go under her skirts because it is getting cooler. I guess that is all.

Fun stuff

I have been keeping busy with the jumpers that I need to make, but I took a short break to make some things for Sadie and for some of the babies that are going to be born in October. (I know about 7 ladies having girls in the next couple of months!) Anyway, here are some of the things I have made.


This is a "Warhol dress" (free pattern found here under the pattern shop tab) I made the smaller size for my friend's baby. I think the ruffle at the bottom looks really cute!

Here is a little skirt that I made for another baby. It is about size 18 months. It is a circle skirt pattern with elastic around the back of the waistband. Sadie has a skirt like this and has been wearing it since she was one. It still fits!

This is a shirt that I made for Sadie. I think it turned out really cute. She put the belt on one day while she was playing and I thought it looked pretty cute so we took some pictures.

Nice!

Here is a dress I made for Sadie. It is exactly like the shirt I made for her above, but I made it longer. I didn't really like the fabric before I made the dress but then after it was finished I really liked it!

I've been busy

It has been a few months since I have posted on this blog. I have been busy with my new little boy and my two year old to do much blogging. But I have been doing lots and lots of sewing. This is just going to be a lot of pictures of the projects that I have been working on. It is mostly for my benefit because I know not a lot of people read this blog. I just want to remember and keep a record of all the stuff I make.

If anyone wants to know something about any of the things I have made, feel free to leave a comment.

Two skirts made from old t-shirts. They look really cute on Sadie!

I made Sadie a few (7!) pairs of shorts. Three pairs of pj shorts and four pairs of play shorts. They are super cute and really fast to put together!

Here she is wearing a pair. Nice. It is good that I made a lot of shorts because we go through 2 or 3 pairs every day. She likes to get dirty outside or play in the hose.

A dress I made. I don't really like it, but I thought I would post it anyway.

Another dress. This one I love. She has worn it to church a few times with a little white shirt under it and it has gotten so many compliments! I love the textured fabric too!

This is a Warhol dress that I got the pattern for on MADE. You should try it. It is also made from some old t-shirts. I really like it, but it is a little big. I will have to make another one a little bit smaller.

This is a bag that I made because my diaper bag was falling apart. I really like how it turned out, but it did take me a couple days to get used to the bright colors.

The best part about this bag is that it is really big! I can fit EVERYTHING I need without feeling like my bag is about to explode. haha.

I have actually made a lot more things, but I haven't taken pictures of them. Maybe I will update a little bit more frequently on this blog now. I'm not making any promises though. :) And right now I am working on making 5 more jumpers for a lady in my ward. So we will see when I get those done.

New shirts!

I made Sadie some cute new shirts this weekend. I didn't really like how they fit her at first because they kinda stick out and have no shape to them right when you put them on, but after she wore them for a while, I liked them more and more.

I didn't really get any good pictures of them, but I will post what I have.

Pink shirt...this was really just the practice shirt because I didn't really like the material, but it turned out ok.

I love this one. She got to wear it to church today along with her handmade denim skirt. She was so stylin!

The first shirt again. Covering her ears while daddy mows the lawn!

I used this tutorial. Really easy to follow and I will definitely be using it again!

Rag Quilt Letters

I can finally cross this project off of my list! Sheesh. I saw it so long ago over here and I knew immediately that I wanted to make some for Sadie. She was too young then to start learning her letters, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to start early. Well, then I didn't make them for months and months.

Then a few months ago, Sadie started becoming really interested in letters and teaching herself really what they were. Ok, so I helped, but seriously isn't it amazing how fast kids learn. I was so surprised at how fast she picked up on her letters that I figured I should finally start this project. The real motivation came when Rob told me he wanted to get one of those paper alphabet banner things that you see in a lot of classrooms to put up in our living room so we could teach her that way. I didn't really want that in my living room, so I decided I would make these and hang them up in some sort of cute way. I haven't actually hung them up yet, but hopefully this week.

I actually made this set of upper case letters and a set of lower case letters so that she could learn both. Right now, we are working on upper case, but later we will move on to the lower case alphabet.

She really wanted to be in the pictures as I was taking them. So here she is. Hamming it up for the camera.

What a cutie!

Fabric love...

I love to buy fabric. It is a problem because if I get fabric that is too cute, I don't want to make anything out of it. I am content to just fold it and put it in a pile and look at it. Anyway...check this out! My friend is having a giveaway on her blog.

Cherry Lane Textiles (I wish I knew how to post a picture of the fabric, but I don't...so just go look at her shop. It is awesome!)

Seriously...this fabric is so yummy! I am crossing my fingers that I will win this giveaway, although I NEVER win any giveaways I enter. I just love this fabric so much I may have to order some today! You all should look at her shop and get some too! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

So many things...

...to do before baby comes! I have gotten a lot of projects finished and taken pictures of them finally so this post is just going to be a bunch of pictures of things I have gotten finished in the past few weeks.

I really wish that I could be organized enough to take pictures right when I finish my projects and post them right away, but that never happens. So here are a lot of pictures that have been sitting on my camera. The lighting is not very good because I usually take the pictures at night while Sadie is asleep.

I saw these on the here and knew that I had the felt and needed to make some before Easter. Mine didn't turn out nearly as cute as hers did, but I am still happy with how they look.

I just wish that I had brown paint for the eyes and nose, but I didn't want to go buy new paint, so I just used blue. They are still pretty cute I think.

I finally finished the curtains for the second window in our living room. That window has been bare ever since we moved in 2 years ago. It took me a little while to get used to them, but I think I am starting to like them now.

These are the curtains that I made for our room. Again, they have been bare for the last 2 years because I have just been so lazy. It is really nice to have those white blinds covered finally. And it keeps the room really dark in the mornings. It is nice! Just don't pay attention to the uneven-ness of them...he he he.

Here is a little baby crinkle toy that I made for the baby boy coming here in a month or so.

It was super easy to make and I hope he will actually like it and play with it!

Here are some little hair clips that I made for Sadie. All I did was take satin material and cut different sized circles and singed the edges with a flame on a candle. I nearly burned my fingers about a dozen times. But I like how they turned out.