KCW- Day 4

Of course I'm behind. It's day 6 of KCW and I'm just now blogging about day 4. Also, my camera's memory card is missing. Face palm. So you get cell phone pics. 

This is the simple skirt I started on day 3. I started the day's sewing by finishing it up. I love the fabric! She loves the heart pockets.

 

 

I also had just enough time to make a new wool cover for the baby boy. He has out grown his old ones & I really missed them! Wool covers are fantastic for overnight diapering. Plus I love a big fluffy baby butt.

KCW- Day 3

I finished this little grump's romper on day 2 of KCW but didn't get any pics until this afternoon. I really like the way it turned out. It is completely my little girl's style. I used this tutorial and really only switched up the straps/ties.

 On day 3 I finished one bapron. I love those little robo-aliens!

I also started a simple skirt for my big girl while baby napped. All I need to do is add the elastic waistband and stitch down the pockets.

The Sweetheart Dress, Superhero Style

My three year & I share a love for superheroes. I knew this bold print would make a great dress for my little Avenger. I choose the Sweetheart Dress pattern for the dress. This is the 4th dress I've made using the pattern & the first one that looks good. (I would not recommend this pattern to someone who's new to sewing. It's bit of a pain.) I'm glad I decided to add the bright yellow piping, it's a fun little detail.

 

Perfect length for bike riding.

She insisted on doing a few grump face poses.

For My Mina Ballerina

Another black hole project has been completed! I absolutely love how this dress turned out. I started it back in March of last year but then my serger & I got in a fight during the project. We have a love/hate relationship.

 I was a little worried it wouldn't fit after all this time but it's perfect. I was inspired by Stef of Girl. Inspired.'s Pretty in Pink knot dress. The blue ballerina fabric is from a fat quarter bundle Mina found at Jo-Ann's back in February of 2011 and begged for and the skirt is white Kona cotton.

This is my favorite shot from our little photo shoot.

 This dress is perfect for spinning and dancing. I love the way it fans out while my little ballerina twirls.

 She insisted I take a picture of her LPS baby penguin. She loves that little thing so much it's crazy. The only problem is it's so small it gets lost ALL the time. I'm working on a little post of my solution to this problem and hope to be ready to share it in a few days.

New Tessa Dress Variation

On Saturday morning we packed up the car and headed 45 east minutes to the hubby's parents place for the Niner game. While we were there Nana volunteered to keep Mina for 4 days! Mina decide that 3 would be enough but still I had 3 days with only one kid! It was pretty awesome. The first day I rested and played with Caetlin, the second day I sanded, painted & primed furniture, and yesterday I sewed up a storm. I forgot how quiet it is with only one kid. I didn't have to stop what I was doing every 5 minutes to referee! I finished a couple Black Hole Projects and completed 2 more projects from start to finish! 

Here is a dress I made for Caetlin with the scraps leftover from her birthday dress. I gave her a pile of scraps to keep her entertained while I worked and she brought it to me to "make me a dess peas?" How could I say no to that sweetness?

It's a variation of the Tessa Dress Pattern from Oh So Sassy.

I love this pattern. I use it all the time. It is cute and simple.

 I added elastic to the back instead of the tie.

 And of course my little model insisted on wearing her tutu under the dress. I had to bribe her with a candy cane to let me take pictures.

My turn at his work shirt to her school dress

I made each of the girls a new dress this morning from some of their Papa's old dress shirts. Stef, of Girl. Inspired., posted her mini tutorial a while ago and I LOVED it! But my hubby doesn't wear dress shirts & I wasn't going to sacrifice any of the (very) few he had so I thought my girls would just have to live without these cute dresses. And then yesterday my MIL offered these shirts to me.  I knew exactly how I was going to use them the second I saw them!

Ta-da! The girls call these their "Papa" dresses. I opted for long sleeves since the weather is supposed to be getting cooler but otherwise followed Stef's directions.

Some of the worst modelling ever.

 Thanks for the great idea Stef!

KCWC Fall 2011: Day 1

 

So I decided that I'm finally going to participate in the Kids Clothes Week Challenge hosted by Meg of Elsie Marley. I've almost participated 2 times before. This time around I have so many Christmas presents to make I figured this would help kick my butt into gear. I managed to finish my girls' Christmas Eve pjs, (mostly anyways). We have a family tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve & it's always pjs, that way everyone is cute and snuggly for all the pics the next morning. They are made out of flannel I picked up from Jo-Ann's red tag rack in February.

Mina's Nightgown

 

 

 

 

Caetlin's pj pants. I need to get a long sleeved shirt to embellish still.

While I was feeling crafty I also managed to knock another few items off my Christmas list.

 Caetlin's getting  2 new skirts & 4 little fleece diapers for her Hazel baby doll .

I <3 this skirt. Scraps from the Minnie dresses I made the girls for our Disneyland trip back in March.

 A little zippered Hello Kitty bag for my youngest sister ( I plan on sticking some gift cards in it) & a Strawberry Shortcake bag for my Mina to store her lip gloss, hair ties and other beauty goodies in.

I also whipped up a whole new wardrobe for Caetlin's Ruby doll.

So far I've spent a total of $3.60 on this. I had to buy 2 6 inch zippers for the little bags. All of the fabric is from my stash and scrap box, and since I need to de-stash, (because I have a nursery under construction instead of a craft room)  it doesn't count towards the project cost. My blog, my rules ; )

And to send you off, a new & improved bump shot.

18 weeks.