Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sewing Retreat Accomplishments

I was blessed to spend a weekend just sewing. No kids, no cooking, no breaking up fights, no screaming....just relaxing sewing time with some great friends and some great movies and music. Oh!! I did I mention that one of the ladies LOVES to cook so she cooks all the meals for us!! Love it! I highly recommend it to anyone! I managed to get quite a bit of my quilts done.  I forgot how time consuming it can be, but it is worth it in the end!

Here's a peak at my daughters quilt. Too bad I only have my old, and not good good camera to take pictures with. Maybe that will be one of my Christmas presents, a new 35 mm lens for my good camera , as taking pictures with my 75mm is kind of hard to do inside a small room! The quilt actually has NO red in it! The red that you can see on the polka dot print is fuchsia. 



Jarrin has the manly outdoor print. I can't wait for him to see his!!
He LOVES fishing. He even pointed this fabric out at the store and begged me to get it for him, so he will be happy I am sure of it!

I did manage to get a dress for Keeley sewn too. I LOVE sewing! I can't wait to finish all my Christmas sewing for all the kids!!
Thankfully I will get another weekend to get as much as I can done in a week and a half !! YAY!!

Friday, October 22, 2010

MY new skirt!

Okay so between home school,work,kids,cooking, laundry and cleaning, I managed to get a skirt sewn for me! YAY! I also am planning on sewing up another one! I bought some rediculously cute shoes a few weeks ago but needed a lovely grey and a black skirt to wear them with. I have the black one done and now I am working on my grey one. I have a retreat coming up that will help me get quite a bit done for my Christmas sewing. Woohoo!! I will post up pictures hopefully soon. Oh that reminds me...I need to get a new 35-70mm lens. I haven't replaced the one my boy threw down and broke. Oh! and pictures of the quilts I am working on too...so much to photograph!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Still Alive!

Summer has been a strange one and a busy one too! I haven't been able to do anything much as far as sewing went. I have started to teach my 6 yr old daughter how to sew and she is working on a pillowcase that, little does she know, will match her Christmas quilt perfectly! So I can't wait to show the results of that! Then I will be teaching my 7 yr old boy. It will be loads of fun. We are also getting ready to start our home school year up Sept 1st. Fun fun fun!!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Fixed Project

So this is one of my daughters Birthday outfits. The top was too loose to go together well with the full skirt so I got to try shirring on the shirt. I saw a tutorial on it a few months ago and have been waiting to try it. It gave it such a better fit! I also noticed that she had the top on backwards! hehehe. Oh well!!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Birthday Outfits

I think that the pink"wrap" dress is one of my favorite patterns now. I fell in love with the design of it and the material.

I also love the brown/flower top and skirt. The skirt was this tutorial that I found online. I also decided to add some shirring to the middle to help gather in the top a bit since the skirt is so full. My sweet daughter is trying to hold it up with her chin so I could take a picture! What a good girl.
Now I think maybe I'll get around to making something for me .....maybe......just maybe..... :D

A Dress For a Birthday

So I spent the last week finishing my Daughters Birthday clothes and her dress that she wanted to wear on her Birthday. I had lots of material left over from my skirt that I made and she really loved the colors and pattern of it so she asked if I could make something with it, so this is what she got. She was a happy girl when she saw it, which makes me a happy Mom.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

New Jewels

I now have jewelery to wear with my pink "stuff" !! Making jewelery is yet another hobby I LOVE to do!! If you haven't tried it yet..DO!
Now back to sewing. I need to start on my daughters dresses for her birthday coming up in 2 weeks!