White Ruffley Skirt

I bought a cute blue and white polka-dotted shirt for Miss K last fall on clearance. She didn't have any bottoms that matched it, so I made up a white skirt on Saturday. Unfortunately, when I put the top and skirt together, they didn't look so great. But, I still love the skirt.
I made the top section with the elastic casing and then cut two rectangles for the bottom, one rectangle being longer than the other. I sewed cotton lace to the bottoms of both rectangles and then took the longer rectangle and sewed in elastic thread every six inches to create the ruffles. Then took both rectangles basted them together, gathered and sewed them to the top section. Pretty easy.
I really like how it turned out. I'm probably all kinds of stupid making a white skirt for a two year old. And even though it doesn't match the shirt I made it for, it looks really cute with a dressy t-shirt

Pink Shirt

I've decided that sewing shirts may not be worth it. They are just a bother, not nearly as much fun as skirts or dresses. Maybe I'm just not good at it. Who knows?
This is my latest attempt at sewing a shirt for Miss K. I altered a McCall's patterns and used elastic thread instead of putting in casings and then elastic. It was very full around the bottom and too short. Miss K is quite petite and she has a hard time keeping her pants up, so her shirts have to be long enough to hide the slouching pants and showing diaper. I added the bottom ruffley part with more elastic thread to help solve this problem. I think it turned out okay. I also think it's easier to buy a shirt at Target. Oh well.

Summer Skirt

A few weeks ago our family was at my parents-in-law home for our weekly Sunday visit. My 8-year-old niece was over with her family as well. She was wearing the most adorable skirt. I gushed over it so much that my sweet sister-in-law gave me the leftover fabric from her daughter's skirt. Hence, Miss K has a new summer skirt.
It was so easy to make, but I love how it turned out. The blog, Craftershours, is having a skirt contest and I'm thinking about entering this skirt. What do you think? There is nothing special about the pattern, but I think it came together so well. I also made little fabric flowers to put in Miss K's hair.

Crazy Jammies, Part 2

Diito to everything I said about Miss K's jammies. These are for Mr. E.

Crazy Jammies

It's getting warm. Miss K needed some summer jammies. I have been looking for some inexpensive knit for quite awhile. It is hard to find! I finally spotted some at Wal-mart. It was a crazy 70's pattern, happy with yellow and orange dots. I'm not sure I'd make a dress out of it, but for jammies, it was great.
Miss K loves any new clothes so she was happy with her new jammies. Not having sewn with knit a lot, it was a bit tricky. Plus, I'm sure my $2/yard fabric wasn't the best quality. They went together quickly and hopefully they will last the summer season.

BYU Quilt

Mr G loves heavy, fuzzy quilts. His favorite quilt is one I made years ago. It is denim on the front and flannel on the back and it is huge, at least a king size. He loves to sleep with it and it is an absolute pain to wash. For his birthday, I decided to make him a new, smaller quilt. Mr G loves BYU, so perfect - a BYU demin quilt.
I borrowed a handy little projector (I'm going to have to get one of those!). I traced the BYU logo onto the quilt, cut it out and then appliqued it on. So easy and quick! The demin back took a bit longer. I cut up old family jeans into squares and sewed them back together. I love recycling fabric! Mr G loved his quilt. Now I just have to quilt and bind it (didn't quite get that done before his birthday!).

Miss K's purple dress

Miss K has been asking for months for a purple dress. I've had a hard time finding cute purple fabric so I've put it off. I finally dug some fabric out of my humanitarian box (you know, fabric you're not sure you love, but still keep around for service projects). Once the fabric was sewn into a dress, I decided I liked it! I used a bunch of elastic thread and it went together so quickly. I basically cut a rectangle, sewed in my elastic thread, added straps and a ruffle and that was it. Miss K loves it!