My sister, Renee, has three beautiful grand daughters. I decided they needed a sundress made by their Aunt Kimberly... so this is what I did this evening. Mady is the oldest at 18 months... She is very tall and slim for her age... she takes after her daddy. I made hers extra long for our little lady. Jocelyn is 7 months old and little Brinley is just 3 1/2 months old.
It is pretty awesome, when you consider it came after the violent thunderstorms we had last evening. How can you not have a great day when it starts off like this?
This is a quick and easy dress or shirt if you prefer. There is a picture step-by-step above... I'm sure more than you will need. If you're a seamstress, I'm sure the picture will do the trick. You might need the fabric measurements below. If you are new to sewing, If you can sew a straight seam, this dress is for you. No zippers or button holes required.
This finishes off the last of the little bucket hats I purchased... Of course I had to make dresses to match them... come on now.
Gideon was so in love with his little sissy.
You were so tiny and new, he wanted you to hold his hand... and you did.
He even had a kiss ~ just for you.
We're all so happy it's your Birthday and can't wait to celebrate with you tomorrow.
Just look at you... getting to be such a big girl...
Happy Birthday ~ Sweet Ashelyn!
Everyone is up for a challenge. Here is mine to you... Please take a moment to write a little note to our Soldier, PFC Steven "Doc" Smith, who is serving in the Army in Afghanistan. If you would like more information, go HERE. I cannot tell you how proud we are of Steven and his fellow soldiers serving on our behalf. I would love to here from you if you have a moment to drop him a line... or if you want to send comments my way, I will print them off and include them in my next letter to Steve. Thanks all, I know I can always count on my blogger family... ps, If you have a family member serving as well, I would love to here their story also.
Misty has always loved "Dot to Dots" as she called them. She was very pleased when she saw I had acquired this pretty purple polka dot fabric.
These little sundresses make up so quick... Two in one night! Woo Hooo!!! These are for Miss Ashelyn's first birthday, so grandpa says she cannot have them until she unwraps them on her birthday. Whatever?!?!
I Won the Clementine Charm Pack by Me and My Sister for Moda in the weekly give-away. Now how funny is that when I just made Ashelyn a dress from some of that very fabric? I love it, it's all bright and happy and will make a charming little runner for a Christmas gift. Thank you, thank you Missouri Star Quilt Company!
I love, love, love this little dress. The rosette can be used as an add on for the dress or it can be tacked on to a headband. I lined it with felt on the back so it's nice and soft and looks nice even from the back.
I had enough charms left over to make four, yes ~ FOUR ~ trivet/hot pads. How cool is that?!? I still had two charms left... maybe a coaster? Just kidding... I'll save them for a later project.
I just whipped these little cuties up... who would'a thunk they'd be so cute? I am lovin' them. Yeah, yeah for repurposed polos... fun, fun! I sure hope Misty loves the set as much as I do.
If you want to purchase one... just click on the picture above and it will take you to their site. They are pretty awesome collars... I had the pretty little pink floral one all picked out for Miss Boo, she would have looked awefully cute in it... but Miss Zoe' will look pretty, pretty too... and she is certainly deserving also... poor little thing is in morning... she keeps scratching at the door to be let in the house so she can look for her little sister. I know they miss her too. It's been a quiet few days without Boo to give us kisses and wake us up to be let out, and bark like a crazy mad dog at the squirrels. I'm pretty sure the squirrels were the culprets that lured Boo into the road where she met her fateful end. Dang them squirrels... I'm gonna have Zoe' and Dueter get'em.
Here is a little sundress I through together for Miss Ashelyn yesterday evening. You can't really tell by the picture, but the background of the fabric is a dark chocolate brown. I loved the graduated polka dots... love, love, love polka dots which will be very evident when I finish her other little dresses I have planned for Miss Things big 1 year birthday... doesn't even seem possible. One week from tomorrow Miss Ashelyn will be 1 Year Old... makes me just a little sad, It goes by so very quickly.
So Natalie at the Missouri Star Quilt Company did a tutorial on these earlier in the year. What a great use of some worn out or stained t-shirts. I made this one out of a VolCoM Polo shirt. It got stained in the laundry so it wasn't being worn anymore... now it will be adorning my arm when I'm off to the Aldi's for some grocery items... so Thank you Miss Natalie. This was a very easy fun idea for re-purposing a t-shirt. Next on the agenda is a dress for Miss Ashelyn from a used Polo.
I added a box pleat at the bottom... oh, then I turned one of the sleeves into a pocket. I have the pocket flipped to the outside so that you can see it better.
Here is the final bag.
This is a step by step collage of how I made my next bag. I squared off the bottom and cut a flap off an old box to size and then placed in my completed bag to use as a bottom... nothing fancy, but it works.
