A Kitty for Aubrey

You may remember the Katy Kitty doll I made for my daughter Kaitlin for her 3rd birthday in November. Well when my niece Aubrey came for a visit at Thanksgiving she thought it was pretty nice so I decided right there and then that I would make her one for Christmas this year. I used the gray corduroy that I had leftover from Kaitlin's kitty and I was just going to use whatever I had in blue and purple from my fabric stash. I didn't quite have enough and when I went shopping for some fill in fabrics, I ended up falling in love with this great plaid fabric so I decided that's what I would use for the body. Then I found these great fabrics, Smores by Me and My Sister for Moda, that matched the plaid perfectly and using what I had went out the window just like that. Moda fabrics are somewhat of a weakness for me. I love the fabrics I end up using and I think she turned out quite wonderful. The one and only thing I would change is I would make her eyes a darker color of blue. She's quite a cute little kitty and I hope her new little mommy loves her very much!

Christmas Stockings

I decided to make stockings this year for the first time since both the girls have been born. I really like the classic red and white stocking so I decided that's what I would make. Although I don't use it now, I still have the stocking that I used every Christmas I can remember as a kid. I hope these stockings will be that for my kids. The red is a plush that is similar to velvet and the white is poly shantug which has a beautiful silk like texture to it. I hand embroidered the names with a red satin embroidery floss. I'm beyond happy with how they turned out!

A Thanksgiving Dress for Kaitlin

Some pretty fabric called Esence by Sandy Gervais + Simplicity pattern 3510 = An Adorable Thanksgiving Dress for my daughter, Kaitlin. I really like how this dress turned out. The pockets are absolutely adorable!




Happy Thanksgiving!

A Camping We Will Go

You may remember (or maybe not) back in June a made a cute felt barn toy that unfolded into a play set with lots of cute farm animals. Well now we have a cute felt box with mountains and trees...



...that unfolds into a camping playset!



The pattern for this adorable set came from the same etsy shop that the farm set came from, Bugga Bugs. I did make a few changes. The barn was really floppy even with the heavy interfacing so this time I used plastic canvas (per my friend, Stephanie's, suggestion) and it worked like a dream! Using the plastic canvas meant I had to hand stitch the whole thing so it took a little more time but I think it was well worth it. This set went to an adorable little boy for his 1st birthday. Happy Birthday, Landon! I hope you enjoy it!

Katy Kitty

Way back in April, I found a great pattern for some adorable little bunnies that I made my girls for Easter. The pattern is by Larissa of mmmcrafts. At the same time I also found that she had a cute little kitty doll called Katy Kitty. I knew when I saw it that I had to make one for my daughter, Kaitlin, for her birthday... in November. So when November got here I bought the pattern on Etsy and went shopping for fabric.



I knew I wanted to do the body out of corduroy (like the pattern calls for) and I fell in love with the gray. I wasn't sure what do for the rest but then I was walking across the store and I saw this wonderful pink, orange and gray flower print out of the corner of my eye. I stopped and picked it up. The more I looked at it the more I liked it. They rest of the fabrics just sort of fell into place. After sewing with Stephanie (of course) and then going home and sewing very late into the night before Kaitlin's birthday, I finished one very adorable Katy Kitty...


 

... and ended up making one little girl happy!

Halloween Costumes

I decided to make Halloween costumes for my kids this year. I haven't made my kids Halloween costumes since Christopher was a baby and I made him a scarecrow costume for his 2nd Halloween. I ended up being sick for a whole week so the week before Halloween I ended up staying up late (very late) every night to work on Halloween costumes. My best friend, Stephanie, and I both had costumes to make and with both of us working hard every night we managed to get them done just in the nick of time.

Christopher is a superhero. I used Butterick pattern B3244 for the majority of this costume. It definitely has some modifications though!


Kaitlin is a mermaid. I used Simplicity pattern 4043. I actually bought this pattern a couple of years ago and it was fun to finally get to use it. I used a two tone taffeta for the costume using the lighter side and the darker side with a sparkly overlay to give the costume some contrast.


Isabella is a fairy. I used Simplicity pattern 2559. You can't really see it in the picture but I actually used 3 different fabrics in the same color. I loved all the layers in this dress!


I'm so happy with how all the costumes turned out! It was stressful but a lot of fun! Happy Halloween!

Christmas Wish Block 5 & 6

Block 5 (Peace) and Block 6 (Believe) from the Christmas Wish BOM by Gail Pan Designs.

Embroidery for Aiyana

I know, I know. I haven't posted in over two weeks. It's not that I haven't been working on anything so much as I have been working on a part of a very large something. My BFF, Stephanie, has been sewing like crazy for her daughter's room. I, of course, volunteered to help. My contribution was mainly embroidery (and a little bit of pinning and brainstorming here and there.) Here's what I've been working on.

A little bit of this...


...and this...


...and 3 decorative pillows.






It's all turned out very pretty, peach, yellow and girly. Which is exactly what she wanted! So job well done!

Christmas Wish Block 4

Block 4 (Hope) from the Christmas Wish BOM by Gail Pan Designs. Only 3 more to go to be caught up to current!

Camera Strap for Randi

The wonderful and talented Randi took some pictures for me of my beautiful baby girl, Isabella, in her 1 year birthday dress.  I wanted to make her something to say thank you so I decided to use some scraps I had and sew her up a camera strap cover.



I used the camera strap tutorial at Cluck Cluck Sew and added some little pockets that I embroidered on.



I think it turned out super cute! I hope you like it Randi!

Christmas Wish Block 3

I've finally finished block 3 (Joy) from the Christmas Wish BOM by Gail Pan Designs.



I think I need to pick up the pace on these otherwise I'll never be done by Christmas!

Christmas Wish Block 1 and 2

Here's Block 1 (Love) and Block 2 (Merry) for the Christmas Wish BOM by Gail Pan Designs.





I've actually had these done for a while and figured I should probably get them posted. LOL

Cows and Pigs and Sheep - Oh My!

I finally finished all the little pieces to go with the felt barn. Just in time to give to a fun 2 year old for his birthday.



We have a wagon, bale of straw, 3 carrots, a cow, a horse, a pig, a lamb, a goose and, of course, a farmer. My favorite is the the cow!

A Christmas Wish BOM

Today I though I would share a Block of Month I'm starting. It's called A Christmas Wish by Gail Pan Designs.





I love holidays and Christmas is no exception! I'm using white for the background and then I'm using satin embroidery floss for the red and greens, metalic gold instead of yellow and the metalic white so the white thread as some contrast from the background fabric. I going to wait until the blocks are done to pick out the surrounding fabrics. I think this is going to turn out really pretty and it will fit right in with my Christmas decorating style.

A Barn Raising

I finished the barn from the felt farm set I'm making.



It turned out so cute! A lot of work though. I felt like I would be hand stitching for days! It's definitely not perfect. The doors and some of the windows are a little lop sided. Also I wish I had used an even heavier interfacing. Oh well, it's present for a soon to be 2 year old, I'm pretty sure he isn't going to notice.

Barbie Clothes Part Two

Well I didn't manage to get all the outfits I had planned done but I did get a few more finished. My friend, Stephanie, volunteered to help and I probably wouldn't have gotten the last two outfits done without her help!

This cute peach polka dot dress which was super easy to make. It turned out cute but I wish I would have had some sort of embellishment for it.



This blue sweater and white pants. For the blue sweater I used and old sweater of mine that I was going to get rid of. It turned out to be one of my favorite pieces!

 

My grand finale was this gorgeous wedding dress, veil and bouquet. I'm so happy with how this turned out!



I used a remnant I found of a embroidered sheer organza and layered it over a white satin.
The sleeves are an already gathered ribbon and I sewed some pearls on the waist line, sleeves and veil. I even did some white ribbon around the edge of the petticoat and the veil. It really did turn out to be the grand finale I was hoping for!







Last but not least here is a picture of the outfits all packaged up and ready to give!

Barbie Clothes Part One

A little girl I know is turning 7 on Saturday. I decided to make her some Barbie clothes. Out of a stash of remnant fabric I was able to cut out 9 outfits.



Sewing the outfits is taking a little long but so far I've gotten two outfits done. First this cute yellow and white outfit.

 

Second this hot pink dress and matching shawl.

 

I'm really happy with how they have turned out but sewing Barbie clothes is difficult! Stay tuned if you want to see more: two down, seven to go!