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!

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!!

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!!

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.

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!

Finished Project

So I finally had time to sit and finish my skirt! I love it, and it was pretty easy to sew up. I decided to add the navy ribbon on the bottom to add a bit more to it. I must say though, being the first pleats I have sewn, I LOVE PLEATS!!! I think I am addicted to them! They are flattering to my figure(I can use any help,hehehe!) and they add such a fun style. I have the PERFECT blue shirt to match and I plan on making some Hot pink jewelery to go with it. I'll post it when it's finished.