Nothing that a little heart won't fix

My daughter's new favorite thing to say is "Oh-Oh". When she has an accident its "Oh-Oh", or when she drops something or even throws something we hear "Oh-Oh". Well it is now getting cool around here that we need to get out our pants and sweaters and one of her pants has a whole in them from the last time she wore them... "Oh-Oh".



Well its nothing that a little heart won't fix. Just cut out a heart shaped fabric and match its size to the size of the whole on the pants and stitch them together.



And viola. The pants were ready to be worn again and she was all ready to go outside and play.

Plaid skirt and white top

A couple of weekends ago I pulled out my M5696 pattern and some left over fabric and made a skirt for my daughter. I also made a simple white peasant shirt to go with it. I have a huge stash of white lace trim I wanted to use so I added it on the skirt and collar of the shirt.




Here is a look from the back



And here is a simple belt to match.



Okay..... So after a while of looking at this skirt, that white trim in the bottom of the skirt was bothering me. It seemed distracting and I decided to take it out completely and add a black and white polka dot trim instead.



I think it looks so much better. Also as you can see from the back, instead of adding a zipper to it as the pattern says to do I instead sewed on elastic so that way she can where the skirt as she grows.



I made a gray version of it here.





My apologies for the blurry photos. I have a digital camera that is slowing dieing and a daughter that never stops. Add these together and these are the photos you get.

I WON!

I really can't believe I won! My first ever win! Yeah! I won a Studio Tantrum sewing pattern from The Dizzy Daizy. She offered 3 very generous giveaways as part of her grand opening of her new website, which is stock full of cute fabric, patterns, ribbons, and trim. So go check it out for yourself.

I can not wait to start on this pattern. It looks so challenging with all those ruffles but I am going to try and as soon as I finish I'll post it here. I still can't believe I won! Thank you Dizzy Daisy!

Two Dreamy Giveaways!!

My cousins just launched their websites at The Dizzy Daisy and the Flannel Queen. They both have lots of beautiful fabric choices that you will just drool over.

Here is a snippet of what they are giving away.

From the Flannel Queen



From the Dizzy Daisy



Here is how to enter...

The Dizzy Daisy Giveaway- visit her blog for more details. The 3 winners will be announced on Friday, October 2nd.

Flannel Queen Giveaway - visit her blog for more details. The 3 winners will be announced on Friday, October 2.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to their site now!

I hope I win!!!

Refashioned shirt

I went to the thrift store awhile back and found this shirt.



It is a white shirt with very pretty white/blue daisy detail along the edges. It had no stains and I thought this would be a very pretty and simple dress to make for my daughter. I didn't really need to add much. I just cut the sides to fit my daughter and added elastic on the sleeves.



Also added elastic with casing around the waist.



Here is the finished dress.

Dress out of newspaper?

Last night on project runway the designers had an interesting challenge of designing a garment out of newspaper. Hmmmm.... pretty interesting. Here is what they came up with.


Top (l-r) Althea, Carrol Hannah, Christopher, Epperson, Gordana and Irina
Bottom (l-r) Johnny, Logan, Louise, Nicolas, Ra'mon-Lawrence and Shirin
Click for a larger view. All photos courtesy of ProjectRunway.com

This is my favorite. I love this coat!



Wonder what I would come up with if I had to make a newspaper garment. I don't think I'll be making anything for my little daughter with this fabric choice. She will just end up eating it!

Can't wait to see next weeks episode.

Beautiful

Last night I came across this website called Opal petite clothier. I am so glad I did. I am in awe with her talent. She definitely has an eye for beauty.

Love her fabric choices and oh my, look at all those ruffles! Her styles are so whimsical and beautiful.






Maybe one day I will be able to sew beautiful clothes like this. I guess I'm going to need more practice sewing ruffles!