This dress would go so well with...-
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9123370
and-

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8886799
Shoes!-
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9206068

new dress

went ahead and listed that dress for cost.
Check out my etsy for more info!

I am loveing the fabric I have found

Finished
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I added some of that stiff stuff that you use on a tutu... dont know what its called. and a Organza underskirt so the stiff stuff wasn't itchy then hemmed it and added the other sleeve.
I wont be selling it it has FAR to many problems. I may give it to my niece or find someone willing to pay cost... I dont know.. its cute.
but its done.

new dress.

I altered a basic pattern and used a great fabric I just picked up.. I think I need to change it up a little before making any to list.. maybe do the top on black or the top in this fabric and the bottom in black?
what do you all think?

Pettiecoat

How to make a petticoat
http://home.scarlet.be/fenicia/tutoral/petticoat/petticoate.htm
I have found myself in the past wanting a fuller skirt..
this is how to get it.

Red Carpet rundown

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

check out my new patterns

Save the environment! make your bags

Make a difference make your own shopping bags.
How to make a canvas bag.
how to sew your own canvas shopping bag
Reusable shopping bags
Bring your own shopping bags.
Tutorial on How to make your own shopping bags.

LINKS LINKS LINKS~!

http://www.pieandcoffee.org/2005/11/12/canvas-bag/

Or just buy them
-use the search right over on the side bar to find canvas bags for sale.



http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0


Enjoy! these wernt easy to find... lol.

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But mommy!

Gwyn didnt like her new dress.
She wanted another jumper.
Brat


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Loads of patterns for sewing on sale at my etsy!

Ok here are just a few of what i have on sale right now at my etsy.


SOOO MANY PATTERNS TO LIST

I cant wait until I can teach my kids to sew!


I bet A.J will Like it more then his sister.
lol Jason will love that but a guy taht can so will so get way more girls.

new jumper for Gwyn

made Gwyn a Jumper yesterday.
it is green and brown right.. Whne i ironed the fabric it smelled like mint.. lol it looks like mint and smells like it.
hahah
anyway here is the jumper/dress.
I was made with a nice thick suiting fabric.. looks much cuter as a fabric then it does as a jumper.. now I dont think I will be using it to make my self a baby doll jumper its ok I havnt made my self anything since I first started sewing anyway.. lol. always mess up adult clothing really bad I will stick to children's clothing.

Project Runway!

Oh my oh my am I excited about Project runway?

Sort of...

what? this season isnt that good. The designers just dont seem to NEED it. They have no personality's they all kind of are Blah.. the only person I know shouldn't be there is Ricky.
oh shoot I made him cry

Sweet pea is the only person on the show I LIKE and I know she wont make it.
ah well.


If you dont already so check out
http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/
Project Rungay. Best blog about a reality show ever!

More links to Tutorials.

Bagsket Tutorial

This is a great project for your scraps. You know i love useing scraps.

barrettes

covers for your Barretts very cute. and cheap to make.

That is what i have for today I dont want to use up all of my tutorials in one go.

Some easy Warm ones for you.

Warm easy and always cute on those little feet
Cloth Baby Shoes
Joanna’s Cloth Shoe Tutorial
You all know i love recycled fabric idea's so I give you-
Recycled Slippers
Nichola shows how to repurpose woolen fabric in her Recycled Slipper Tutorial.

Cozy Towel Slippers
Cat runs the Cut Out + Keep site and created this Cozy Towel Slipper Tutorial to help you make some soft (and soon to be well-loved) slippers for your very own.

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My own Tutorial - XXL Mens Shirt into a dress

20% off pet costumes with code PETCOSTUMES



Now I couldnt not have done this dress with a smaller shirt. (if you havnt seen it yet I got this Idea from this Tutorial)
Useing this shirt I was able to gather a skirt and make it nice and flowy.
We start like the old tutorial. BUt I just cut the top bit off. I didnt do it all in one piece like the other tutorial did so that i could gather the skirt. I also cut it to size after cutting this top part. so I was sure I had enough fabric.
this is the skirt. If you know how to sew you should know how to do a basting stitch. then just gather the faric to the same size as the top.... (what ever size your top is I use one of my daughters other dresses to size it.) I dont really have sizes for you but I would say the skirt before gathering is about double the size of the top

I then put the top right side to right side with the gathered skirt and sewed together I used my serger so it was strong. I then turned it right side out and pressed it > that is what it looks like after a pressing.


I then folded it in half and put it over the button part to make sure I had 2 sides about the same size I made the skirt part on my back a bit bigger so it would still be flowy.I added a 1/4th inch elastic to the back ( in two pieces) for a gathering effect and a better fit



Here I sewed it together and found it seemed a tad low cut for a 2 year old. so I took the collar I had cut off in the begining and gather stitched it
then right side to right side to right side again I sewed it on. Pressed it out.


Now this part I didn't get any pictures but I just took one of the shirt cuffs and cut in in half then hemmed it added some 1/4th inch elastic and made it gather a little I also had to add two buttons one to the top and one to where I put the elastic.
Here is what the back looks like.

20% off pet costumes with code PETCOSTUMES

New shirt dress

I again started with a mens shirt but this time I didn't really use the tutorial.
Little girls dresses are the easiest things on the face of the planet to make.
For this one I did a LOT of de-constructing of the shirt. I really should do a tutorial on how to do it. Maybe I will if enough people ask for it.

I did the top part like the old tutorial said to do it. but then I (because i had a mens xxl) took a HUGE bit of the shirt and did the gathering. to make the back I did it like this Tutorial says to do but I added a elastic to the part where the top meets the bottom so the back gathered a little like the front does and for a better fit. I used my serger to do the hem and I again used the cuffs for the straps but I lost one of the cuffs so I had to cut one cuff in half. I then sewed some 1/4 inch elastic into the strap so it had some stretch and gather.

There it is with the shirt I bought to go with it.
She was so excited while i was making it she called it her princess dress.