American Girl dress

As soon as I saw this fabric it reminded me of sailing. With the heavy dark blue color and the little white polka dots, I fell in love. I knew I wanted to make a dress with a Nantucket theme to it.

I used McCall's pattern M5791 and just like my Vogue inspired dress, I played around with the bodice front and back. I also added a white trim to make it really pop. This was my first time doing this. I actually did a couple of firsts on this dress. Another first that I did was use a blind stitch. I wanted to not show the white thread on the hem so I tried this way. Loved it! The fabric itself was a bit strong and heavy so I thought pleats would be great to make. So I added pleats all around the dress. I think it came out cute! What do you think?

So why is my daughter not modeling this dress you may ask? I still have to figure out how to install the darn zipper! I don't know why but it is so intimidating to me! It is my last step in finishing this dress but for some reason I think I am going to mess it up and there goes the dress. I want her to wear it at church around Fourth of July weekend. I am just going to have to just do it! Wish me luck!

Easy peasy skirts!

What I did this weekend.



I also made this from my husbands old shirt that he was going to through away. I decided to use the bottom part of the shirt and make it into a skirt for Juliana. What do you think?

This is why I started sewing.....

My second quilt

This is a second quilt I made. It is a BQ quilt and I love it because it has such an easy pattern to follow and so easy to make. I tend to mess up when there are a lot of little squares and triangles involved. Which is why I have not finished my sailboat quilt. This one I made for my sister for Christmas of 2008. She loved this one. She said it went well with the colors in her home. Good!

My first quilt

This was my very first quilt that I have ever made. It is a quilt I made for my mother for Christmas in 2007. She loves music and plays the piano beautifully, especially classical. So I thought this would be a fitting piece especially for her. She loved it! My mother in law is an incredible quilter and offered to help me with my first quilt.

Here are some photos of the quilt.

Vogue inspired

As I was at Joann's taking advantage of the pattern sales, I saw this and fell in love.



So I decided to go and make my own version for my little daughter. I used McCall's pattern M5791 and just played around with the bodice front and back.



I love the back of the dress with the cute bow placed at the top, so I added it on this dress. This took me awhile to figure how to do this.




I also loved the style of the front with the sleeveless bodice. It reminds me of the 60's. So I tweaked the pattern to create this style.



Now, all I need to do is add the zipper. I want to add an invisible zipper but I do not know how to do this yet. I will have to come back to this project later.



But so far so good! I still can not believe that I did this!

The polka dot dress

Since Memorial Day weekend I have been sewing non stop. Or at least trying to learn how to sew and trying not to get frustrated. I went to Joann's, used my coupons and bought some beautiful fabric (I love cute fabric) and easy patterns. I then went over to the library and checked out a few sewing books. I have also watched a lot of youtube videos on how to sew. So I guess I am ready to sew now. Maybe I'll be the next Vera Wang? I love her style. Or maybe CK, just love the simplicity in his designs. Who knows.... Hey, if you become my follower, you might be following the next superstar...!

Well since that weekened I have dove right into sewing. I have started lots of new projects. Whoohoo! I have only completed one though. Here it is.



I just love this lining I choose in this dress. I think it compliments the brown polka dot material well. What do you think?