Bottom's Up!

This post is dedicated to all the bottom's I have made lately. 

A skirt for Nin.  In this shiny pink glittery denim she picked out at JoAnn's.  I even made yards and yards of bias tape for the hems!

Pattern:
Ottobre 1/2012
#36 in size 140



Fun little Farbenmix tag



Poor baby Nin. Momma made her stand outside in the cold for 5 seconds to take a picture...



Theo Rama got some shorts in a cute dino camo twill.



cargo pockets on the side for all the things toddlers like to collect. Like rocks, bugs, sticks, paper, crayons......  Many of which I have found in my washer. 



BTW- those shorts are one of my most favorite things I have made for him. I know I say that about everything! But this time I mean it!

And skirted leggings for Nin. If she would quit growing I could quit making her things and focus on other kids for awhile. I made her a pair of these last summer and she loved them. In fact, she wore a hole in the knee of the leggings the very first day. But they got a lot of use last summer. Nin likes to wear skirts but she also likes to play hard so attached leggings are great for her!

Ottobre 3/2011 #20. Making 4 takes practically the same amount of time as making 1....





That's enough talk about bottom's around here.

Fat Tuesday

Although the girls didn't know what Mardi Gras was, I made them shirts anyway!  They happily wore them to school.

The best part, is that I used 2 shirts we already had on hand so I didn't have to sew anything! 

Valentine dresses

I am a little behind in posting the dresses I made the girls for Valentine's Day.  I started out making 2 of them in the Farbenmix Henrika pattern which makes a very adorable dress.  Once I had them finished, KK took one look at hers and decided that it wasn't pink enough to work for Valentine's Day.  Oy.  Why do I put up with such nonsense! 

I may spoil the girls a tad bit because I made her another.  It pretty much uses the same fabrics as the first dress but I guess has enough pink in it. 

Nin's dress (which had enough pink!)



KK's dress (the blue under the skirt is actually another skirt that she had on underneath)





And the "not pink enough" dress, which she has actually worn. Just not on Valentine's Day.

A custom order

The reason I had to get my embroidery machine working is because I got a custom order for a baby outfit that included a tutu and a onesie with the little girls initial on it. 

What a fun order!  I cut 3.5 yards of tulle to make a little tutu.  Aack, it was so cute!



Then I started with the onesie once I got my machine running! I wanted a dark pink oneise to match the tulle I used in the skirt. But I couldn't find one, so I just decided to dye one. I bought 2 just in case!!





Then came the zebra applique.



And I also made 2 bows to match, because I just couldn't stop myself!! I ended up using the headband bow because the little girl doesn't have a lot of hair!



What a fun project!

My machine is back in business!

Guess what I got working again this weekend!  My embroidery machine!  A brand new machine and it sat on my desk for months because I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.  All it was, was a tiny piece of thread stuck down in the bobbin case.  A tiny thread about 1/2 in. long giving me all that grief!!  So once it was back on track I made an owl dress to test out an applique.

The tale of the polka dot shirt

There is a very cute tunic in the new Ottobre magazine that I wanted to make for the girls.  So I cut out one for Nin in polka dots and one for KK in cute flower fabric.  So Nin wants to wear hers the next day and this is the arguement that ensued.

KK:  why does Nin get the polka dot one?
Me:  Because I made it in her size and the flower one is your size.
KK:  But you always make her polka dot clothes.
Me:  Really?
KK:  It's not fair.  Sobbing, whining and crying.......

At this time KK stomps off and starts yanking clothes out of closets to prove her point.

KK:  See look at this Nin has way more polka dot clothes than I do.  You always make her more polka dot clothes.  It's no fair.
Me:  Geesh, you caught me.  That was my plan all along.  I discriminate against you and polka dot clothing. 

They will fight about anything! 

Pattern:  Ottobre Magazine 1/2012
#37 size 140







The  unloved floral top!



Look at those snaps! They match perfectly!!

Oh baby!

I don't know what it is about baby clothes!  They are so cute and tiny!  Kind of like babies!  Anyway, I finished up some baby items for no particular reason.  Some are for baby Avie but the other set just hangs on my garment rack. 

Avie got a tunic out of the new Ottobre magazine, 1/2012 #17, and some matching leggings from Otto 4/2004.



Isn't this fabric so sweet! As soon as I saw it, I snatched up 3 yards from Girl Charlee!





And then there is this little jumper! Swoon!

Jumper is Ottobre 6/2009 #4 and the t shirt underneath is 1/2011 #4. Both of these are about a size 3 mo. They are so tiny!

Upcycles

I love upcycling!!  I frequent Goodwill looking for cool t shirts!  You can quit laughing at me now!  Here are some recent finds. 

Supergirl!



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Do you like candy?



Or how about Girl Scout cookies?

Pajama-rama

I have a confession.  I never make pj's for my girls.  Seems like a waste of time and fabric considering that they just wear them to bed.  I make them wear old t shirts.  Please don't turn me in!!  They seem to have a never ending supply of t shirts that they manage to collect from random places, like parades or Washburn University basketball games.  So that's what they wear..... 

For reasons that even I don't understand, I purchased a pj pattern from a co-op last summer.  I was pretty excited so I cut out 8 pairs of tank top/short pajamas.  I started sewing them assembly line style and didn't get them done before Stash Game last fall.  I can't complete them during Stash Game because I would barely get any points for them since they were already half sewn.  And by the time Stash Game was over, it was too cold to wear them to bed, so they sat for months and months and a few more months.  Even though it is still too cold to wear them, I wanted to get them finished before Stash Game this month and get them off my desk. 

So the last weekend of January, I set to work to finish them up.  I mean all they needed were hems and elastic in the waist, shouldn't be too hard!  But about an hour in I remembered why I never finished them.  Pay attention folks, this is important!  Sewing 8 pairs of pajamas in an assembly line is BORING!!!!  My sewing ADD was screaming at me to give them up until spring when they could actually wear them!  But I managed, barely, to get them all done.  And now they sit in drawers until it warms up.  Boo!! 

Here is what one set looks like. I mean if you see one set, you know what all 8 look like...





Then, I had another bright idea. Back in the beginning of January when I realized the extent of my fabric stash, I went on a cutting bender and cut out like a gagillion things. The girls had received some nightgowns for Christmas and they like wearing them so I cut 4 out. As long as I was torturing myself with the other pajamas, I may as well add 4 nightgowns to the mix, right?

So I dug them out of the pile and finished them. These weren't so bad because there were only 4 and I finished each one before I moved on to the next.

These were well received! They have been wearing them non stop!!







All of these pj's are from one pattern, Kwik Sew 3025. I can safely say that I probably won't be making any more pj's! At least for a long time!

Theo Rama

I made Theo some new duds while he was visiting.  That way I could have him model.  Since I don't typically see him in the clothes I make him, I wanted to take some modeling shots.  Which is easier than it sounds.....  But more on that later.

I made him 2 pairs of pants out of corduroy.  Same pattern, Ottobre 4/2011 #9.  In size 86.  PS- I actually made 3 pairs of pants but I gave one away, and it was identical to the khaki cords. 





Lots of tags on these!



Helicopters!



More on the pocket in the back



An action shot?



Blue cords that were made to match a super cool new shirt! I even topstitched in lime green!





back pocket with a cool rocket tag!



Another action shot?



2 Ottobre shirts! Super fab watch fabric from Girl Charlee!



At this point modeling was getting harder and harder. I resorted to bribery. It went something like this:

Me- Theo please stand here so I can take your pretty picture.
Theo- No.
Me- Pretty pleaaaaasssseeee, you look so handsome.
Theo- No, dont want to.
Me- Pppppplllleeeeaaaasssseeee!
Theo- No, Kewwwy, don't want to.
Me- Please, I will give you a piece of candy!
Theo- Ok.

I win!





And that's all I got!