Some Sewing

This owl is from embroidery-boutique.com. I left off his tummy feathers and added an initial instead, really liked how it turned out.

This is from planet applique....I rotated it straight and left the note paper part off so there was room for the initial. You can buy it from digi stitches already like this but its 6$ on sale and the one I got was only $1.50. :)

This is a Johnny by Children's Corner....my old faithful long all. I made this for a sweet friends little boy out of my stash. I love this pattern! I need to do this as a class again soon.

December Sewing

Made this Taylor for a friend to give as a gift. It's a Taylor from Children's Corner. It was a fun project. Love that pattern, reminds me of how easy it is to sew for babies! So much quicker than my big girls. Not sure why the picture is blurry...

Made these cute weenie dogs for the girls and my niece. This was really fun and a great way to use small remnant pieces. The indersides of the ears are satin, which is great for my lovie loving girls. I got this pattern from Jennifer Paginelli's book "Girl's World," which I got for my birthday. It is a great book filled with 21 patterns, great directions and beautiful pictures. If you love sewing books, this is a great one.

Roller Skating!

We went to a birthday party at the skiting rink a few days after Christmas. It was their first time skating. They LOVED it! We stayed an extra hour and Abby wanted to go back the next day! They pretty much stayed on the wall until the very end when Abby ventured to the middle of the rink. She just wanted to go fast, which made me so nervous. It really wore them out, they were zombies the rest of the day.

I am going to have to take them back, but definitely early in the morning. As we were leaving after lunch a bus load of kids were just coming in. That would have been disastrous. :)

Christmas Morning

With Granddaddy

Abby's secret journal

With Granny

The hat Abby picked out for Daddy, she "was not leaving the store without it!" It has a flashlight in the bill. :)

Christmas Day

The haul from Santa. They got makeup in the stocking which was actually on Reese's written list.




With our cousin Ansley.




American Girl Dolls from Mimi were a hit!

New bike....

times two!

We got a nook tablet to share, hasn't been fought over yet. Crossing my fingers. :)

Parade

Saga Annual Christmas Fashion Show

It's that time again, and this year I actually made something for the show. Last year I didn't get around to it. Although I must confess, I made these green outfits yesterday...the day of the show! Talk about last minute. I was in charge of organizing the event this year so I had to made something! The girls really wanted another outfit too. They love the red knit outfits but they are so cozy I think they consider them almost pajamas! They wanted something fancy.

This is Katie's Skirt again, I taught a class on this last month. I have made so many of these but yesterday I reminded myself that this is not a pattern to try when you're in a hurry. It doesn't matter how many of them you have made! It looks good but it gave me a time, didn't really line up and I had to shave some hem off to make it match. The shirt applique is a design from planet applique. It's a great quick design because it is supposed to look shabby and has no satin stitch.

This is a Children's Corner Mary De that I turned backwards and used ribbons for the closure instead of buttons. I did shave a little off the original neckline so that it would lay flat against the back of her neck but that's the only change. Very easy.

You have seen these...Reese slept in hers last night. They are just too soft!

So glad to have that behind me! It is already the 13th so the girls will be wearing these every other day!!!! Our Christmas outfits from last year still fit too so the rest of their wardrobe will be on vacation for a few weeks. :)

Christmas Sewing

I love how an applique can make an easy outfit! Added this snowglobe to a plain t shit and paired it with a hot pink skirt from last year and we have a cheap and cute Christmas outfit! This is from Planet Applique.

Made my first Christmas outfits...it's only the 8th!!!! Better than last year! I didn't make any! This a a precious knit from chez ami that a dear friend had left over from last Christmas! What a treat! I made them yesterday using McCalls M6155. It was an easy little pattern, although I did change the construction a little bit and used my serger more on the second one instead of double hems. They are comfy and cozy. The pattern runs a little big I think. I made them the 5 and added length to the leggings and the long sleeves for Abby. Reese has short sleeves because I ran out of fabric....same reason Abby is wearing tights! ;) The back has buttons. A successful project I think and they may double for pajamas, just such soft fabric. Check out Chez Ami fabrics, often times they have great clearance prices at 2$ a yard. I may be sewing with more knit after this project. Usually that is one of the few things I buy instead of make....with jeans, coats, socks and underwear!

Winter Sewing...and good intentions

Beginning my Christmas sewing...always too late. I really wanted to be done by Thanksgiving
...then, I was sure I would do it this weekend. This T-shirt for Reese is all I managed. It looked really cute with her red corduroy pants though. I had to wash it so she could wear it to school today. That's always a good sign for Reese.

Getting Christmas inspiration...trying to plan.

Maybe I will get to it today...

Made this cute Taylor for someone as a special order. It was a fun project. Why can't sewing for my girls be this quick? They require so much fabric these days! Not really a cheap hobby. I guess it could be, but it's really not the way I do things. :)

I made this tissue cover in a club class at Sew n Sew last month. It was a quick fun project. I love to take a club class (for owners of the Viking Machines they sell there) because they are a quick way to carve out sewing time for me. And I come home with a cute, original pattern that I can make easy gift with. Most of the time I keep them for me though!

These were club projects from two different months that coordinate. First the laundry bag and then the matching lingerie bag. It is divided which is such a cute idea.

Historical Tea

Today was the Historical Teas at school. Abby was assigned Virginia Dare, who was the first English child born in America. She had to research it, write a short speech and memorize it. It was just 3 sentences. They had to be in costume and were graded on it.

All of the classes went to the gym first and sang some sogs and demonstrated square dancing. :) Too cute.

Then we went back to the classroom and they all gave their presentations. They were all great! No one was nervous, I was surprised.

Field Trip!

One of my goal this year was to go to most of the field trips. Last year I didn't go to many because my work time was limited with Reese only in part time preschool. I have been to a handful of them so far, each girl's has had at least one per month if not two! Today I went with the Kindergarten to Home Depot. We took a tour, planted a plant and picked out the class tree.

They gave the thumbs up on the tree. :)

I got a new camera (finally! Mine was older than Abby) on black Friday, it is a Nikon Coolpix. It was a steal with my Staples Ink Rewards check on top of the sale price! I was long over due. I had to use my fingernail to open the lens and it just didn't take good pictures any more. They can only be dropped sooooo many times! This was the first use and I am happy so far, especially for 70$!!! Hopefully it will give me more reasons to blog. :D