So has it really been that long?

Where did January go?  Really!  We were so busy, but I managed to make a bunch of clothes, finish up some UFO's (unfinished objects) and clear off my sewing desk.  Oh, and I sucessfully managed to run my hubby and his hobby out of the sewing room!  So it's all mine now!  Theo Rama came to visit for awhile, so he got some new duds, and my Grandmother turned 90!  Whew, I managed to fill that month up!

Once I kicked the hubs out of the sewing room I rearranged my fabric.  Which was a bad idea because now that it's all out in the open, you can really see how much I have!  When it's stacked in piles on the floor and shoved into the corner of a closet, you really can hide a lot!  Once I figured out how much I had, I set to work sewing some of it up so it would all fit on the shelves.  I decided to start with the bulkiest stuff to make the most room.  The bulkiest things are french terry, sweatshirt fleece and fleece.  Prime jacket making materials!  So that's what we got!

Two jackets for me from the 5/2011 women's Ottobre magazine. These are a great fit and pretty easy to put together so I made 2!







Each of those jackets took 2 yards of material, which was super bulky and left a big void on the shelves!

PS- in case you don't believe me here are my knit fabric shelves...

Before:



After:



The girls each got a hoodie. I made one of these before so I already had the pattern traced and ready to go! Plus, I knew the girls would love them!

Pattern:
4/2007 Ottobre # 34.

Nin got hearts:



Kk got bunnies:



Pow! Another 2 yards gone! If you are counting that's 6 yards down...

Then baby Avie got a new coat. I made her one of these in the past and since the child never grows, I could still use the same pattern tracing since it still fit her. I just had to lengthen the sleeves.

Ottobre 4/2010 #7



Look at this, I even fussy cut the pockets so each one would have a cute little elephant on it!



Here she is, not so happily modeling it.



There were also school dresses. I mean, only my kids are asking their mom to cut up their brand new school spirit shirt to make it into something else.



Leggings:





And an outfit for KK. Which you can't really see here. She picked it out of my most favorite Ottobre mag and asked me to make it for her. How could I say no?

1/2009 Ottobre: tank, skirt and leggings



Closest matching zip that I had!



Pockets!



The bad thing about this outift is that the tank needs to be ironed before she wears it because the hem is not large enough and it flips up in the wash every dang time! And you know me, I cannot let her go to school with it flipped up. It's the ironing OCD coming out in me....

Randoms

It seems a lot of my time lately has been used making random items for presents or that my girls need.  They aren't in need of a whole wardrobe so they get pieces here and there.  Probably not a good way to build up their clothing selection because then it's hard to match pieces.  So then I have to make leggings to match a shirt, or a shirt to match a pair of pants.  But I digress.....  Here are a few randoms that were recently completed!
A basic shirt for Nin.  She likes to layer in weird combos.  But there are bigger fights for me to deal with, so she just wears what she wants as long as it is weather appropriate!  She does pick some doozies though!

Mamu Sabrina as a shirt.



Another Sabrina but color blocked. The owl fabric is actually a tank top I picked up at Walmart on sale for $.97 last fall! It was a size girls 16, but I often look at clothes as fabric and not as something that my girls can wear. If it's a fabric I like I will often just buy it and cut it up!



Mamu Sabrina as a dress! Made with cute fabric from the Roxy clothing line that I bought at Girl Charlee.





There is a pink hood in the back but she didn't want to put it up because then it would cover up her feather!

Another cute tag!


This is the outfit that matches the dolly dress! Yet another Sabrina for a gift. Made with an upcycled t shirt I picked up at Goodwill.



Matching leggings!



Here is the doll dress, remember?



Oh, and the rest of the 10 dolly dresses that I cut out. My girls didn't know about these so they got them for Christmas.



And finally, another Mamu Sabrina. I guess I should have just named this post, the Mamu Sabrina lovefest. Maybe it wasn't so random afterall!