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:

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!

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. ;)

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.

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.