My handmade goodies

New clothes for Sadie

2011-04-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Just two new pieces of clothing I sewed for Sadie. A new peasant top made from a cotton knit fabric that I was given, and a new skirt from a t-shirt I got at the thrift store for a dollar. Not too bad. And I think they both turned out really cute! I just made up the pattern for the skirt but I followed this tutorial for the top. I have made about 5 of these using that tutorial. I love it!

I think they look good together, but I didn't make them thinking they would go together. Just a pleasant surprise!

A better view of the skirt. Like I said, I just made up the pattern. Basically, a waistband with a gathered section at the bottom.

I love Sadie's faces these days. So silly!

I got a new sewing machine!!!

2011-03-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

So...I haven't posted anything here for a while. Oops. That doesn't mean I haven't been sewing stuff. In fact, I got a new sewing machine. My awesome husband got it for me for my birthday. The awesome part was, it was on sale and they let us buy one that someone returned because they "didn't want it anymore" for an extra 10 percent off! Sweet. So when I got home I opened the box and there was only a sewing machine. No pedal, no power cord, no manual, no nothing! I was pretty mad because it was Saturday night and I couldn't get those things until Monday. ARG!

So I waited until monday and brought it back to the store and before I could even tell the lady what was wrong she said "let me guess, you are missing the cords and pedal and everything??" So I said yes. She said that the lady who sold it to us just forgot to give us the bag of accessories. It was in the back. So I got it and went home. That night I set up my machine after reading the instruction manual and was all ready to sew when I noticed that the part that holds the presser foot was missing. AHHHH! So annoying! So I had to pack it all up again and bring it back to the store. I told them I just wanted a new machine and they were very nice about it and traded me a new machine for the one I had gotten.

Finally, for the third time, I unpacked my sewing machine and watched the dvd that came with it and set it up and got ready to thread the needle with the cool automatic needle threader. No matter how many times I tried (and I know I was doing it right) it didn't work. LAME! I don't really care though, I don't mind threading my own needle. It's just, it was a brand new machine, so it should work right?? Oh well.

I love my new machine! It is so awesome. And hopefully I will start taking pictures of my finished products so I can share them on this blog.

Oh and another thing. I started an ETSY shop! It only has some earrings that I have made so far, but I hope to be adding more and more variety in the not too distant future!! Check it out HERE.

And I am offering FREE SHIPPING to the first 10 orders! Just use the coupon code GRANDOPENING10 on any order.

My new bag!

2011-01-31T17:13:00.000-08:00

So I made a new bag last week. I have about 10 unfinished projects but I decided to make a bag last week so I pushed them all to the side and made one. I wish I had a tutorial to share with you all, but I really just made up the pattern as I went. I really like the way it turned out. And I made it with two shirts that my brother gave me like a year ago. So it didn't cost much either.

And here is a closeup of the ruffle. That is my favorite part!

I love it! The only thing I would do different next time is make it taller.

Matching Hoodies!

2011-01-20T18:33:00.000-08:00

So I came across a pattern on etsy. I really liked it. And, it wasn't just a girl's pattern. It could be something for a boy or a girl. I was in love. So I made my first ever purchase on etsy. I bought this Hoodie pattern. Cute no? You should check out her whole shop because she has lots of cute stuff. And no, I am not getting paid to say that. :)

So I got right to work. I didn't want to have to buy fabric, so I used some t-shirts that I had gotten at the thrift store a while back. Actually, some of you who know my husband may recognize that green shirt. He has been wearing it for years. And it is paper thin. So I convinced him that I needed to cut it up to make something adorable for Zac. I guess it worked because he let me use it. Thanks!

Anyway, so I took those two shirts and made them into this:

I was so happy with the result and how fast it came together that the next night I made one for sister:

She was seriously so excited to have one that matched her brother's. She pointed it out to me all day long. I especially love the mismatched buttons.

Cute matching hoodies!. Love it!

T shirt fabric is just the right thickness too. I think that if it were thicker, it would be hard for them to move in them.

Posing.

It was really hard to get Zac to look anywhere but at Sadie's buttons. He tried to grab them like the whole time.

And then Sadie insisted that I take more pictures of her.

And then things started getting crazy! :) You should try this pattern. You will love it!

Shoes for Zac

2011-01-18T18:15:00.001-08:00

I found a baby bootie pattern like 2 years ago and never got around to making any for Sadie, but I finally dug it out and made some for Zac. They are stinking cute! I love them! And they stay on his feet too!

Check them out. I don't really remember where I got my pattern or else I would link to it, but if you search on oneprettything.com, I'm sure something will come up.

Ear Candy

2010-12-02T19:47:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-29T21:02:00.001-08:00

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

2010-11-29T09:13:00.001-08:00

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

2010-11-27T12:36:00.000-08:00

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!

2010-11-27T11:45:00.000-08:00

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

2010-11-21T06:13:00.001-08:00

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

2010-11-14T14:34:00.000-08:00

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!

2010-11-11T17:56:00.001-08:00

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

2010-10-09T16:57:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-23T12:14:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-09T19:38:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-04-18T14:32:00.001-07:00

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

2010-04-18T14:22:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-03-26T07:05:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-03-25T20:35:00.000-07:00

...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.

Oh...and can I just say

2010-02-18T19:19:00.000-08:00

I have the best husband ever! When I figured out that I had sewn 8 of the 9 snaps on backwards on the apple page of Sadie's quiet book, he was like "what can I do? How can I help?" (I was pretty upset. Really, I was about to throw the whole page away.) So I jokingly told him he could sew on the rest of the snaps onto the tree because I was done for the night. So he actually sewed one on! It was awesome. I love him!

And it is the best one on the whole page!!! :)

Big Puzzle Blocks

2010-02-18T19:14:00.001-08:00

Here is another one of Sadie's birthday gifts that I made for her. I got the idea for these in a parenting magazine of some sort. Of course, they were really expensive and a lot cuter, but I think mine turned out ok. Except for the fact that I couldn't get them to look like actual cubes. The just look like blobs. Oh well. Does anyone know how to make fabric blocks that actually look like blocks? :) Next time I think I will just put foam inside instead of stuffing them.

Little Chicks

Big Blue Whale.

Red Girraffe

Quiet Book- Finally done

2010-02-18T18:59:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to make one of these for the longest time for Sadie. I started it while I was in Arizona for Christmas vacation, but I was working on it frantically to get it finished all the way up to the day of Sadie's birthday. I finished it during her nap that day. Sheesh. It took a lot of time, and now I don't really want her to play with it much because I don't want to ever have to make another one. :) Just kidding. She has loved playing with it so far. I try to keep it hidden during the week so that it will be a novelty on Sundays during church.

Anyway here are some places that I got my page ideas from. I pretty much just copied a bunch of different pages that I saw other people had made.

http://thethornocks.blogspot.com/2008/12/quiet-encyclopedia.html
http://craftingchicks.blogspot.com/2009/09/quiet-book-i.html
http://naptimejournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/quiet-book-pagesyou-asked-for-them.html

So a big THANK YOU to all of those who shared their quiet book pages on their blogs so that I could make mine! :) Now onto the pages.

Zipper lady bug. Sadie loves to count the black circles.

Oven/ cupcake page. I like this page, usually there is a fork and a spoon in the purple pocket. Sadie loves to play with this one.

Car page. I wish I could have made the road a little more exciting. Maybe I will draw some trees on there or something. ran out of time.

This is probably my favorite page. I think I found it on the crafting chicks link above. Sadie loves the finger puppets, so maybe I will make some more!

Pick the apples. I hated making this page. It was really simple until I had to sew the tiny snaps onto the apples. I had 8 of the 9 snaps sewn onto the apples when I realized that I had sewn them on upside down! AHHHH. So annoying. So I had to walk away from it for the night and finish it the next day. Now that I think about it, it is pretty funny. Not so much at the time.

Flowers and shapes page. Fun.

Eventually I may make some new pages and swap them out. It will be a while though. Sadie seems satisfied with what is in the book now. So I will just let her enjoy it and enjoy the peace and quiet at church! :)

First one down!

2010-01-26T12:30:00.000-08:00

Remember all those old t-shirts from my last post? Well, my first (and second) projects are done! I only took a picture of one of them so far so I will post the others later. Anyway, here is a cute little skirt that was super quick and easy to make! And I think it looks so cute on my little girl!

Yes, it is snowing outside today, but we are totally ready for spring and summer when it comes. Maybe I will make a pair of leggings that she can wear under the skirt so she can wear it now. Well, she does wear it now, but only inside.

And, I got three pages of my quiet book done today during her nap. Hooray! I am loving this 2 hour nap thing!

Finished projects and starting new ones

2010-01-23T12:24:00.000-08:00

I have been finishing projects left and right because I feel so free now that I finished all of the jumpers for a lady in my ward. I don't feel guilty working on other projects because I know that I have them all done! IT is so nice. Anyway, Here are some of the crochet projects I have finished up.

I finally decided that with only about 3 months left, I better get started on making some little goodies for my little guy. Here is a little sweater that I made that is just waiting to get some buttons sewn on. I think it turned out really cute.

Then I brought out this project that has been sitting around for about a month like this and finished it in about 15 minutes. Seriously, why do I wait so long to finish these easy little projects? I don't know.

This is what it looks like now. With a little matching flower for a hair clip.

I made all of these hearts while my little girl was sick this week. We did a lot of sitting on the couch so I brought out my yarn and made lots of hearts. I saw these on a this blog and fell in love with all of her free patterns. But I decided this was a good one to make since valentines day is coming up and everything.

So I made this little one to hang up in our bathroom or somewhere and I also made on that I draped along our mantle. I will have to take a picture of that one later.

I also started these other projects that will keep me busy for a while. I have been meaning to make these things for such a long time and i finally started them and am so excited about them.

This is going to end up in a quiet book for my daughter. Her birthday is next month so hopefully I can finish it by then. I'm hoping it will keep her busy and quiet during church! I will also post where I got all of my page templates from after I finish the book.

I went through my closet and found all of these shirts that I don't wear anymore or that were given to me by my mom and brother. There are like 20 of them in all. Some I will make into clothes for my daughter but most I think will be pants and shorts for our little guy coming in April. I'm excited about this project too because sewing stuff from old t-shirts is easy and something that can be picked up and finished really quickly.

So that is what I have been up to this past week. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

New hat

2010-01-10T18:56:00.001-08:00

I found the free pattern for this hat here. I am just loving the crochet lately. I made the hat in this picture and I also made an identical one in a blueish green color. It is just waiting for a button then I can wear both hats. I seriously wear this hat all the time. Mostly because I never do my hair, but still, I like it.

I am going to start crocheting little baby boy hats here pretty soon. I have started working on the last 5 jumpers for the lady I am making them for. So hopefully I will have those done this week and then I am FREEE. hehe. just kidding. But I will be happy to have those all done.

Of course, Sadie wanted to get in on the picture too. How could I resist that face?

Crochet!!!

2010-01-07T12:20:00.000-08:00

I have spent a lot of time crafting this past month for Christmas gifts and everything, but I guess I haven't taken pictures of everything that I've made yet because I only have like 3 pictures. I'll need to finish taking pictures tonight so I can finally get caught up on this blog. I'm always so impressed with the bloggers that I follow because they all have kids and seem to post almost everyday with a new thing they have made. I am definitely not like that. Anyway, here are some of the things I made for Christmas gifts this year.

Here are some cute magnets that I made for some of my family members. I just think they are so cute and I see a lot more of these in my future. This is the set that I gave to my mom i think.

This is a picture of all of the magnets I made on my fridge. I fell in love with them and ended up keeping a lot of them for myself. he he.

I crocheted some bracelets for a couple of my friends. I just love these simple bracelets and have them in lots of different colors.

These are little flower "face scrubbie" things. I guess they are supposed to be like little face washcloths that you can use over and over again. I just thought they were really cute flowers and i might use them to decorate my bathroom someday.

I have recently picked up my yarn and crochet hooks and made lots of things. I was into sewing for a while and now I am back into crocheting. It is easier for me to get out and put away quickly since I don't have a craft room. I love it. There are so many great patterns for free on Ravalry and on ETSY. I love it. Anyway, maybe for my birthday my husband can buy me a pattern that i have wanted for about a year now on Sylver's Etsy site. I have had my eye on this pattern for a while and now that I am having a baby boy in April, I am in love with this one. Anyway...my husband never reads this blog, so maybe I will have to just buy them myself. :)

Mr. Potato Head

2009-12-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

I saw this post over at Make It and Love It (one of my favorite blogs) and knew I had to make one for Sadie for Christmas. I hadn't had much experience working with felt and let me tell you, I didn't really enjoy it. It was so hard for me to cut it straight, to sew it together and make it look nice. I think it would have been easier for me to just use regualr material, but it was good experience for me to work with felt since I want to eventually make some felt food things for Sadie to play with.

Anyway, here is how mine turned out...it didn't turn out nearly as cute as her's did, but I am happy with it and I think Sadie will enjoy it too! But don't tell her...it's for Christmas!

I still need to make arms for it...who knows if I will get that done before Christmas or not!

Here are some of the other things I made for my potato head dude.

I will probably try to make another one sometime since I have more than enough felt left over...

I have lots of other things that I have been working on that I need to post about, but I can't because they are Christmas presents. Maybe after Christmas I will show you all what I made.

Baby shower gifts

2009-11-29T08:50:00.001-08:00

My old roommate Lindsay is having a baby and was in town from Denver this past weekend. While she was here, she had a baby shower. It was so great to see her and I just am so excited for her and her husband. They are going to be such great parents! Here is what I made for her little one.

I used freezer paper stencils on the onesies and I crocheted the flowers for the hair clips. The only problem with making things for people is that I always want to keep them for myself! :)

Hairclips. You bet I will be making exact replicas of all of these for Sadie!

I got the template for these little birds at the Martha Stewart website. There were lots of animals to choose from.

This was also from the Martha Stewart website. Next time I will go over it 3 or 4 times so that the paint is even. There are a few spots that are kinda splotchy. Oh well.

Big News

2009-11-29T08:43:00.000-08:00

We had some news to share with friends and family so I decided to make a shirt for Sadie to share it in a fun way.

I started out with a plain white t-shirt that I got at DI. Since I got it at a thrift store, it wasn't exactly stain free. So I mixed some fabric paint and water and put it in a spray bottle to "die" the shirt before I used a freezer paper stencil to write the message that I wanted on the shirt.

I think it turned out really cute and she still wears it a lot...mostly because she doesn't have many long sleeve shirts and it is getting cold. And yes...I am expecting! We are so excited to have another little one running around our little house. I'm about 18 weeks along and we can't wait to find out what we are having!

Baby gifts long overdue!

2009-11-29T08:34:00.001-08:00

While I was in the middle of sewing all of those jumpers from the last post, I realized that 2 of the babies that I still owed baby gifts to were getting older. They were already 2 and 3 months old, so I needed to start on something quick. I took a couple nights to make these super cute skirts from MADE. I just love how they turned out and I wish I had three little girls to wear them. :) But I don't, so I kept one for my little girl, and gave (still in the process of giving) them to the little girls I made them for!

I will definitely be making more of these skirts as my little one grows up!

And this one is for my friend Katie. She is so creative and has made lots of cool things so go over and check out her blog. Surprise Katie...now we just need to meet up so I can get it to your adorable girl!

Whew!

2009-11-29T08:31:00.001-08:00

I finished 6 of the jumpers and finally have all of the cotton fabric ones done! Woo hooo. That was a lot of sewing. I still have about 5 more to do out of courderoy but I think I will take a short break before starting on those ones because I have some things that I have needed to make for a long time. Also, Christmas is fast approaching and I have lots to make!

What I've been busy with...

2009-10-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

A lady that I know asked me to do a project for her. She wanted new jumpers for school because she teaches kindergarten and needed some cute new jumpers. So she gave me an old jumper to use as a pattern and a lot of fabric and let me get to work. I have all of the cotton fabric cut out and ready to sew but then she gave me more fabric for winter type jumpers. Anyway, so that is what I have been doing every night. I really enjoy doing it and I'm getting paid for it which is even better. So I just hope I can get them all done so she can start wearing them all the time!

Here are eight of the jumpers all cut out and ready to be sewed. This was after I finished 2 of them.

This I believe was the fourth one I sewed. I forgot to take pictures of all of them, but you get the idea.
And this was what she wanted for her halloween costume. She is going to be mother goose and so this is what we came up with. She will also have a hat and a stuffed goose to go along with it. Anyway, 5 down...11 more to go I think. :)

Sister in law's baby shower!

2009-10-07T07:19:00.000-07:00

My sister in law is having a baby boy! And I got to go to her baby shower this last weekend. It was really hard for me to think of something good to make for her little boy because...well...he is going to be a boy. ha ha. But yeah. So I had to look around for something good and I found it here. I thought these were so cute and they looked very helpful in the task of changing diapers or giving baths. I don't have a boy, but I have heard from friends that when you change their diaper you need to take cover! So I used the tutorial on Make it and Love it's blog.

Here is how mine turned out.

I hope they are helpful Evan and Shanna!

Baby girl dress!

2009-09-24T11:55:00.000-07:00

Our downstairs tenants had a baby a week or so ago and she was just so tiny! Barely over 6 pounds. Anyway...I decided to make her a cute little dress as a gift. I found the pattern on someone else's blog and will link to it soon, I just need to get on another computer to find it. It is super easy and cute. I love it.

I have also finished a few other things that I need to blog about, but I can't yet because I am givin ghtem as gifts...so you'll just have to wait!

This is the tiny dress. It is size 1-3 months. I can't believe that Sadie was once that small!

I also included a crocheted sweater and some cute hair clips. I hope they liked it!

Apology and bean bags

2009-09-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

I know. I am a bad blogger. It's not that I haven't made anything to blog about, it is just that I don't like to download the pictures off of my camera onto the computer. And lots of times, I just don't take pictures of the things that I make. So, to the one or two people that read this blog, I'm sorry. I will try to do better.

Anyway, I saw the idea for these bean bags here. It is one of my favorite blogs to look at because she comes up with some of the cutest ideas. My friend Katie made her own version of these bean bags from leftover t-shirt sleeves. I love how she used stitching to make the letters! Anyway, So I was going to make 26 bean bags and put all the letters of the alphabet on them, but I never got around to putting the letters on them. And, I only made 22. I might someday still put letters on them, but I kinda like how they are right now. I used squares that my mother in law had given me from her huge fabric stash. She makes "I spy" quilts and had a ton of fabric squares cut out that she let me have. I was going to (and still might) make an I spy quilt because I still have lots of fabric squares, but now I have "I spy beanbags" Sadie loves them. I ask her to find one with stars on it and she looks through them all until she finds the stars. They will be great when I start teaching her colors too!

Things that need finishing...

2009-08-17T18:32:00.000-07:00

I have been working on lots of projects, I am just really bad at finishing them. So here are some pictures of things I have made that need some finishing touches. My back has also been really hurting me lately, so instead of hunching over the sewing machine which I would love to do more of, I have been doing more crocheting on the comfortable couch. So until my back is feeling better, I probably won't have much sewing going on...sigh

Here are some hair clips I made for some family and friends that had baby girls recently. I just know they will look adorable on my new little niece Thea. My friend from refugee crafter made up the pattern for the crocheted flowers. You can find it here. I think I have already linked to that pattern on this blog before, but it is just so cute I had to do it again!

I made this cute skirt from out of white fabric with a vertical blue stripe. It looks really cute on a hanger, but I don't know if I really like it on me. Still debating.

This is a darling little skirt I saw on one of my favorite blogs. I knew I had to make one the second I saw it. It is still waiting for the gathered pocket to be added, but it is adorable. I love it! You can find the tutorial here.

This little sweater was made from a pattern from refugee crafter again. I love how it turned out and I may have to make another one soon. Here is the free pattern.

And here are more of the Bombay love sweaters that I posted about before. They are all just waiting for buttons and then they will be ready to send to friends who are pregnant. I think I'm addicted to these little suckers.

So that is what I have been working on...better get back to resting my back so I can get back to sewing sometime soon!

Refashioning again...

2009-08-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

I have been refashioning my old t-shirts again. I figured, since I had about 20 of them, I could spare some to make Sadie some cute clothes. I made a skirt and some shorts for her. Sorry there aren't any really good pictures. I'm not patient enough I guess. It is very hard to catch a one year old in a picture that isn't blurry! So here is the skirt. It turned out really cute and even cuter on her. It literally took me about 15 minutes to make.

I love how the shorts turned out. Perfect fit and I even cut off the picture from my shirt and stitched it to the front of her shorts. So cute! Another 15 minute project. I'm going to go through all of Rob's shirts later and see what else I can make out of them!

I have been working on a lot of projects lately. Some I forgot to take a picture of before I sent them in the mail, and others are just waiting to be photographed. So stay tuned for more of the fun things I have been making!

Recycled t-shirt ruffle dress

2009-07-30T18:20:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-07-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

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....

2009-07-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

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.

Hair clips.

2009-07-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-07-07T09:56:00.000-07:00

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!