Friday, May 13, 2011

My dressform - my new best friend

Meet my new best friend. Her name is....uh,...um,...well. Okay, so I am still working on her name but as you can see she is going to come in mighty handy for sewing. Do you have any ideas for a good name?


I am so excited that my family got a dress-form for me for Mother's Day for my sewing room. My husband assembled her yesterday morning. I have always wanted a dressform and now my sewing room is coming together.

Not only can I use this to size items I sew. Just simply take a measurement with a measuring tape, (in metric, bummer that means conversion will be necessary) adjust some dials and levers and you have a perfect double of me or whoever I am sewing something for that day. I can also use her for displays. The possibilities are endless.

Okay, while I realize this is not something everyone would want, it will definitely help me in many ways.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The ladybug and polka dot ensemble




Matching accessories for the ladybug pillowcase dress.


Every three year old needs some fancy bloomers since they don't understand that you just can't lift up your dress in public. Sometimes they want to run around splash in puddles, climb ladders, or swing on swings at the park and having your panties show just won't do.



And a floppy hat to match...


Oh, and of course it is reversible for those days when you feel like you need more polka dots.



This has been a busy week for me. I taught myself to install a zipper in the fly of a pair of dress slacks because a best friend of mine needed help and well let's just say, I have a sewing machine or two so we figured it out.



Then, last night I had a couple hours to myself while my husband worked and decided to make bloomers or as my darling Sophia likes to call them pretty panties covers and a reversible hat to match the pillowcase dress.

I love using my serger to make these adorable floppy hats and my sweet girls love wearing them so that works out pretty well. Sewing these hats on my serger is a snap. I made this whole hat including cutting the fabric and ironing in the waterproof lining that gives it it's shape in a little over an hour.

Next on the list is making the mini me version for little Kaylee baby. If you ever wondered why I usually make the bigger version first, I can tell you why. There are two reasons. It is easier to size a pattern down that I make then to size up and the smaller version takes less fabric in most cases, unless I make a mistake and have to start over, so I can use the leftovers to make the smaller version.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Ruffle polka dotted fancy pants


So, I finally got around to serging the ruffle pants to hide the diaper under Kaylee's dress. It has been in my mind for weeks, but I just couldn't squeeze any more time into my day to make these little pants to disguise the diaper under the matching coordinated dress.



Here is the ruffle bum backside of the pants. I am not sure why my iPhone is disorienting the photo sideways. Ugh!

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