Some of my finished projects-

Where has the time gone? It is comming to the end of April.
Soon school will be out and summer has finally arrived..
Here is some of my recently finished projects-

I just last night finished this wonderfully Buzy Care Bear dress for my Mandi. Do you think the ribbon tones down how busy it is?? I think it gives a break in the pattern very well. I understand little girls love every thing about bright colors and patterns, but me not as much....

I know your dying to know what I have it hanging on.. ( You probibly haven't noticed it at all) Let is back up a week or so-


I had been reading about making your own dress form. Since I do most of the sewing for the girls at night, I NEEDED a form !!!


Simple Instructions-

Step One- Find a fairly happy child and put her in a tee shirt (make sure the shirt doesn't mean anything, cause the child will not get it back)

Step Two- Start wrapping the duct tape around her using 1 foot pieces. Try to get it snug, but not too tight... Child NEEDS to breath!! When finished wrapping the child will look something like this-

Boy, she looks soooo happy??? (every minute she was saying " Mom, are we done?? I can't breath...")
I put the blue electrical tape around her to help when putting it back together... you'll see.

Step Four- VERY carefully, cut up the back between the child and the teeshirt/tape mold. When totally cut, child will slide right out!

Step Five- Retape the mold together using the blue tape as the markers to line up with. (The tape will help you not to put the mold back together crooked)


Step Six- I put a child coat hanger inside it for hanging and I also added a piece of cardboard taped cross wise from the chest to the back so the mold wouldn't collapse.

See isn't she happy now???? (She could breath again!!!)

I also finished a elastic shirred top for Beka-

Did you notice the ribbin I used came to a "v" in the back. It keeps the straps from sliding off!!!