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.

Oh...and can I just say

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

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