Sunday, November 27, 2011

Halloween bag and luggage tags

I don't have a picture of the Halloween bag, but I did make one! I basically used the cloth grocery bag pattern that I had made previously, but this time I used skeleton fabric. It made a rockin' Halloween bag that can hold a ton of heavy candy. Always a win as far as my son is concerned.

Today I made a luggage tag that my daughter claimed. We are going on vacation soon and I was looking for a quick and easy project to do on this long Thanksgiving break. This was both. The only trouble I had was not having a teflon foot and sewing on the plastic. It was doable but not perfect and if you look too close you can see I sewed it on a little bit crooked. It serves its purpose, though, and my daughter is pleased so that's all that matters, right?

If you're interested in making one or a few of these, you can find Morah's tutorial here.

This first picture appears cut off on one side when I insert it onto Blogger (click it to see it full-sized at Flickr), but you get the point:

Luggage tag

Luggage tag

Luggage tag

Sunday, August 7, 2011

birthday shirts


birthday shirts, originally uploaded by pearljamfanatic.

It's annual birthday shirt time once again. They picked out their own applique fabric and then I went to work. It's been a long time since I've done it so it felt strange at first!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Spring tunic and leggings

This is the same pattern I used in my previous post for the monkey pajamas. The only difference this time is that I used elastic in the hem of the top as the original pattern called for. I like how the back is longer and curved -- it makes it interesting and different than what you would normally see in a store or something. This time, I also shorted up the neck elastic a smidge to avoid gaping when she bends over. I'm glad she likes it, as she is getting to the age where she is particular about what she will wear sometimes. ;)

April 2011 007

April 2011 008

Sunday, April 3, 2011

I used a set of Nick & Nora monkey jersey sheets that I got on sale at Target a while back as fabric from which to make some pajamas. Here is the first set done. I used #34 from the 1/2010 Ottobre, "Flower Fields" tunic top in size 128, and left off the elastic at the bottom hem. The leggings were from the 1/2009 issue, #32, also in 128 cm. Other than leaving the elastic off the hem of the tunic top, I made no adjustments.

PJ set

Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Skirt

I haven't been sewing a whole lot lately due to business with work and well, just life in general. I've mainly been doing repair jobs and Girl Scout patches.

However, the girl and I decided that she wanted a festive skirt to wear for St. Patty's Day this year and I had some pretty good fabric in my stash for it. May I present her new skirt, made especially so her brother won't pinch her today. I used the Rendondo skirt pattern and a rolled hem on the outside to attach the panels.

St. Patrick's Day skirt