Easter, and I'm feeling like the bionic woman.

Hi there.

Here are my kids on Easter Sunday.

Family Reunion Dress

I never did show you how the dress I made for Big Sister came out.

I didn't think about how the dark brown fabric would show up on camera...so this is the best I could do!

Ayashe Blouse for Dolly

I finally sewed. It's literally been over a month since I was able to take my sewing machine out.

My mama has arranged for a big family picture tomorrow (you know, coordinating colors etc)...and I just finished this blouse for Dolly literally minutes ago.  Life's been super busy lately.

Quick Skirt

The other day I needed to whip together a simple skirt.

Thank goodness for the Oliver + S Lazy Days Skirt.

The Second Easter Dress

In case you were wondering, I did get Sister's dress finished.  With help from my mom who was up for a quick visit over her spring break from teaching.

The dress is based on Leila and Ben's Sweet Dress pattern in size 10, and the band design came from my Banded Peasant top pattern.

A Village Frock for Easter

I did it!  I finally made a Village Frock!

This dress is intended for Dolly's Easter dress.  I'm not sure how I managed to get it together with the house, but I did.  I'm tickled with how it came out.

Tiny Toes

Since I discovered craft blogs a few years ago, there have always been a few tutorials out there I have wanted to try. This is one of the them...Bitty Booties by Heather Bailey.

For my nieces

My brothers and I do a gift exchange each Christmas, and we always give to each other's children. It's easy on my side of the family...I only have two nieces (so far)! My darling sister-in-law gave me a few suggestions: a winter dress for the youngest and a dolly and me outfit for her older girl.

Pajamas are coming...

I'm slowly getting thing finished up for Christmas.  I've been hurrying to get things done before my time is taken up with framing the new house. We give our children new pajamas to open up on Christmas Eve.

Printed Fabric Patch Tutorial

For each Hogwarts student, a patch was affixed to designate the house they belonged to. I wanted to make a patch for my kids' costumes, and the easiest way I figured to do this was using my printer.

Kids Clothing Week

My goal for this week is to make these lovely fabrics into pajamas for Kids Clothing Week.  Anyone else playing along?

Snow White Dress, which almost didn't have a happy ending!

When I cut out the fabric for Big Sister's new Jump Rope Dress, I also cut out a dress for Baby using more of my winnings.  I used the Puppet Show Pattern, which I've used previously, only cutting it in dress length.  While the red dress was a breeze to put together, I had nothing but problems putting together the Snow White Dress, as I call it.  (Don't the colors kind of remind you of Snow White?)

Some weekend sewing...

If you've read my blog for a bit, you know that sewing is a way I that I deal with stress (I realize this makes me a bit unusual).  As I listen to the soothing sounds of my sewing machine, my heart stops it's frantic beat. My mind slows down a bit as it concentrates on even stitches.  Here is what I made on Saturday:

Banded Peasant Blouse Tutorial, Part Two.

Are you ready to finish up your blouse?  I love how polished these blouses are.  I hope you're having fun.  There are so many different ways you can dress them up or embellish your top.  If you're just tuning in, pop over HERE for part one.

Banded Peasant Blouse Tutorial, Part One.

Well, this became a bit bigger than I planned on, so I'm breaking it into two parts!  I hope you'll find it helpful.  To begin, go HERE to download your pattern guide.  I relied heavily on indietute's peasant blouse as a base for this pattern.  Please be sure to visit Charity's blog.  She has some wonderful ideas.

Kids Clothing Week, Dressy Stuff

All of a sudden it seams Big Sis has sprouted. The dresses (HERE and HERE) I made her last year were getting tight, and it was time for some new dressy outfits. I raided my stash to make her a skirt and sundress.  KCWC motivation to the rescue!

Kids Clothing Week, Pajamas

We needed some summery pajamas around here. So, with KCWC motivation, this was one of the projects I wanted to tackle.

Kids Clothing Week, Day 1

Today I tried out my pint sized version of the grown-up peasant blouse...but I have to rename it if it's going on a child!  So, here you have: