Snow White (aka: My Crowning Achievement as a Mother)
I dunno if I’ll ever be able to top this. I’m bouncing off the walls with self-pride and anticipation of The Bean’s excitement in the morning. Look at the perfect pointy waist bit!!! I put a big red ribbon bow in the back, because…. why not? it’s a little long, at her request…. I sorta want to get it above the knee, but she can have it long for a few days, and then I’ll hem it for good… right now it will probably hit mid-calf. It’s all cotton knit. The bodice is navy interlock, the sleeves are blue t-shirt...
Read MoreAnother Robot Dress
I’m working on getting another dress pattern up and running, and so I have been testing my pattern frantically. One of The Bean’s friends recently had a birthday, and since they’re the same size, I decided to make a dress for her. Since they’re besties, I thought they might like to have similar dresses, so I used Funbots again. I love that it’s got the pinks, etc, that girls seem to love, but it’s not princesses. Robots and science are COOL! and here’s her Robot pose. I’m still not sure what a Robot does with arms...
Read MoreDress testing
Last week we were at Disneyland, and TheBean asked for one of the (overly-priced, nasty-polyester) dresses in the BibbityBobbityBoutique. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Disneyland. But… ICK. She’s never seen any of the princess movies (her choice! Darren has, and I’m fine with them)… But the dresses.. I see these kids at D-lamd, tottering around in uncomfortable plastic shoes, soaked in sweat in these dresses, unable to run and play and climb, and I just CAN’T DO IT. SO. I remembered reading some blog some time ago about making the dresses from T-shirt...
Read MoreFunbot Dress!
I had a little bit of Funbot fabric left over after making all the stuffed robots, so I decided my Bean needed a dress. She LOVES robots. she couldn’t hold still, she was so excited. I used my HennyPenny dress pattern, modified a little bit to have a back opening and a facing. (and, as always, I put pockets on the dress. This girl LOVES pockets as much as she loves robots) I love this pattern because a) it’s quick and easy, and b) the large pieces allow a special fabric to really shine. No fussy cutting or chopped off robots or...
Read MoreI <3 Carrie Bloomston (a COLLAGE party)
*Giveaway closed, Random Number Generator chose 3 winners, (53, 3, 39)* Thanks for participating! Do you know Carrie? I met her a few years ago at the Long Beach Quilt Show, while walking around, shopping, with my friends, Jules and Tess. Carrie is AWESOME (and so is her mother). We were drawn into the SUCH Designs booth, and gabbed for hours, and felt like we’d known each other for years. She’s so warm and friendly and wonderful, she probably makes everyone feel as welcomed and loved as we felt, but we certainly left feeling special. We STILL feel special to be friends with...
Read MoreModern Bliss
I used some scraps from sewing up a Modern Bliss lap quilt to make a little mug rug: I’m taking a Craftsy class (strip paper piecing) to improve my skills, and this was one of the blocks in the class. I feel much more confidant with my paper piecing now, and am bummed that I’ve now done all the blocks. I might need to get a paper piecing pattern book (suggestions welcome)… (this is the back. I’m loving wide binding on the back right now) I put lots and lots of quilted rays on this one. the whole finished block is 7.5″, so it’s quite small. A little bit...
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