The baby's fall/winter wardrobe begins.

Cotton velour sweats with an impressionist rose applique.


More velour sweats with a dachshund applique. The dark parts are a scrummy chocolate colored velour that didn't photograph well.


Shirts. Can you tell I like this style?? I need to find a different shirt pattern for her now, lol. The first one was made with a Gymboree blanket, baby was gifted the blanket and pants from the same line. It's an older line that wasn't coming across ebay very often, so I chopped the blanket up for the shirt. The "GIRL" applique was on the blanket too, I just reappliqued it.


Penguins interlock.


Brown/cream floral jersey.


Blue euro floral ribknit.


Red/oranges floral jersey, I love these colors on her!


Sleep sacks, the spots are sweatshirt fleece and the stripes are tee shirt jersey. Great for keeping her covered at night.


Vintagey flannel robe and matching washies.


Velour leggings and stretch terry tunic. Just the right length so it doesn't interfere with crawling/climbing. I have some more prints that will coordinate with the green leggings, I'll get a few more tops out for her.


Pants! Black velveteen, dark blue denim, and canvas stripes.


Jeans, different pattern that came out really wide.


More jeans. Same pattern as the other jeans, but I took the outseam seam allowances off.



Up next is my tween boy, but I've barely put a dent in his needs. Lots of black, skulls and skateboards. I'm raising a punk!

the dress that was rejected

I made this for dd2 on a whim. The pattern and fabric were calling each other. She doesn't like it.
:P~ I considered trying to bribe her into wearing it, then I remembered that pile of her clothing on my kitchen counter, waiting for a soak in Oxo-Brite, and wondered why on earth I sewed so much white for that particular child. Anyone wanna buy a size 3t dress??? *snort*

Unders.

These are for someone else's kid. Height of a 4, width of a 3.


These are for my kid. A dd! Height of a 3, width of a 2, and after seeing them on her I could have done width of an 18 month. The 2 width is still saggy on her bum. She keeps saying she likes the boys boxer brief undies better than the girlie style, so I adapted that pattern to be more girl friendly. The bum and cod pattern pieces were merged to be one long piece, thus eliminating the seam that would be going across her girl bits. I also made the legs longer and hemmed them instead of putting a strip of ribbing there like the boys.


My kids each have their own tag or ribbon color for marking things. This is 2yo dd's current tag.

squishy soft baby shower gifts

It's a very good thing these will be too small for my youngest dd by fall. They are just as soft and squishy as they look! Size 3-6 month/62, for a baby due next month.

These are the nursery colors, I didn't have any shabby chic flowers to applique on, the euro flowers are pretty cute though! Silky soft velour.






The dress and leggings are a stretch terry that washes up just as soft as velour.




I wanna reach out and pet it, and I made it! lol

couple cute outfits, getting caught up on orders!

This was for a swap on a sewing board. Five piece mix and match set. My notes said "No pink" and "loves butterflies and metamorphosis." Would you believe I didn't have a single butterfly in my stash?? I have three girls! So I dug through some batik scraps and freehanded this applique. The sides of the skirt are held up with ribbons, it can be let down to an a-line skirt.


These go with the above set.


Ahoy there me hardy! This is for a customer. My 4yo boy had an order put in for one like this before I got the pictures taken. Good thing this one is too small!

the skivies that took two weeks

Thankfully baby is sleeping better now and I'm starting to get caught up. :P Between her wonky naps and my serger throwing a fit these took two full weeks to get finished. I gave up by the time I got to the waistbands and skipped the serging.

6 skivies in my boys' favorite style, with enclosed waist elastic so no elastic touches skin, and every seam topstitched down, cotton/lycra blend jersey fabric, size 6 short. Every detail is a custom request. Yup, I'm raising skivie snobs.


This set for my ds nicknamed Moose. When I ran across moose tags I couldn't resist!

My first doll

Why did I wait this long to start making toys?? These are fun to make! Pattern from Bitofwhimsyprims on Etsy. Body, "hood" and appendages are flannel, her face and hair are jersey (tshirt). Face is machine stitched on with a skinny satin stitch.

the squid

My Lawyer (big ds) picked out every fabric for this from my scrap box, and chose where they'd be used. He's worn most of those fabrics in some form. :) Pattern from bitofwhimsyprims on Etsy. The squid has been named General Grievous and was lovingly tucked under his arm and off for adventures as soon as I cut the thread that sewed his last eye. He's been to the backyard, his boy's bed, and errands with us so far.