Things that need finishing...

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...

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

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.