Look what I've made!!!!

I've been sewing up a storm and I wanted to show you a bit of it!

1st-  I've made a roman shade for the kitchen window- the window is huge and slides from right all the way open to the left. I didn't want a normal set of curtains as they will be in the way and will get wet. 

2nd- I made a baseball style shirt for Mandi out of my husbands old shirt.. (Thank you Wardeh for this tutorial)  I knew she would love it cause it says "Rock Star" across the back. The only thing was it had a slogan for alcoholic drink on the front... I tried everything I could think to get it off- rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, blow dryer, and mineral spirits. NOTHING was getting this off!!!!  So I did what I thought was a good thing- I put that part of the shirt inside out!  I swear I couldn't see it (My husband said he could tho )     I was so excited after a few minor issues such as sewed the sleeve on backwards, broke the strings on the ruffle, and sewed on the ruffle with the seams facing out.. whoops... It was COMPLETE!!!!!


(I swear I couldn't see it...)



 

3rd- I made a skirt for complete with belt for Beka. I found it in this book -

It was fairly easy to make. I used a pair of jeans that she had gottin just about to big for, but with the seams for the legs ripped out it gave her more space for her bottom to fit!  Woo- Hoo !    (Note to self- do NOT put the pretty lace on the bottom of a skirt at knee length.. She came home from school with rug like burns on the back of her knees... )   I even made sure that the skirt followed the school rules of shorts underneath. I made a pair of white shorts out of one of my sons old tee shirts and sewed them into the skirt!  She was soooooo happy!

    

So that's what I've been up to.

Thank you for visiting my piece of life..... Jenn

Skirt Tutorial....FAIL

Well I started to make the skirt from the left overs from the last pants makover.... 
I had it pinned- sewn- then I realized I didn't pay as close attention to the waist measurements as I thought...  It was a might (Alot) bit small...  :(
Measure twice ( or three or four.. sometimes five ) times before cutting!!!!
Sorry for the tease on the skirt..
 I will post pics of the one I made with the blue denim (pants posted already)

The girls new clothes!

Recently in the past few years I've lost and gained and lost a bit of weight.. I have now decided to part with all those large items of clothing... so off I go making kids clothes again. (They grow soooo fast!) I found that with one pair of 1-2x elastic waist paints I can make a pair of capris and a skirt. Woo Hoo!! It was simple!
Please keep your sense of humor, I will try to recreate how I did it. ( How come I never think to take the pictures while I'm making stuff???)

Take a pair of larger sized pants and lay them over the pattern. (I used a pants pattern, but I lined up the bottom hem where I want the pants to fall on the child)

(I used a totally different pair of pants to show this, sorry for any confusion)

I chalk outlined where the pattern would be. I absolutely hate cutting patterns up. Notice the bottom hem is right where it would be on the childs pants? I will not have to hem these!

After cut out it will look like this- (without the elastic)

I found a easy way to make the crotch seam-
Take one pants leg right side out and place it inside the leg thats inside out .. so both rights side lay against each other- is this making sense?? Then stich together.

When you finished that then pull the leg out of the other one and make the casing for the elastic! I used 1 inch no roll elastic- cause thats all I have at the moment.

A brief pause for story time!

I was showing my daughters, 5 and 7, how and why I was making these. This pair was for my 5 y/o. I let them watch me measure for them. Cut them out. My Beka had to try on one leg after I cut them out. She looked silly but I wanted them to understand how the pants were made. When I sewed up the crotch seam I showed them on a pair of my 7 y/o's shorts what the seam was. After I was done sewing it up I handed it to my Beka to turn them right side out.. She flipped them in a hurry and insisted she try them on... I'm like " well ok if you want to...) While she was putting them on under her night shirt, I leaned to my 7 y/o and wispered-
Me- I wonder when she will notice somethings missing..
Mandi- What's missing?
Me- You'll see..
Mandi- I know what's missing- Elastic!!

Then Beka came out and held up her shirt with two hands for everyone to see her new shorts!
THEY FELL DOWN!!
She quickly picked them up as I asked her whats missing..
Her answer " BUTTONS!!!"
" Mom you forgot to add buttons!!"
I reminded her the elastic hadn't been added..
She said not to let her try on clothing until its finished next time!


Finished Product-

Here it the pair I made a few days ago-

This will be what I have left from the old pants-

With in the next few days, I will show you step by step how to make a skirt with this.......

Getting back into the swing of things-

We have finally settled unto a new routine.. new state, new house, new schools... We have finished most of the needed things for the house- We got new carpet and got the whole house painted and guess what??  I Got GRASS!!!!!  We had sod layed a few weeks ago and its comming in nicely! 


It went from this-

To this-

We even bought the windmill and had it shipped from Texas.

In the next few days I will take you on a before and after tour of the house and all the work we've done, ok?

Another Boys shirt to Mandi Dress!!

The dress I made a few months ago- the plaid one- my Mandi wears weekly (she tries to wear it every other day, but to no avail... ) So I picked up a boys size 16 old navy shirt at my local Goodwill. I thought maybe my boy, might wear it.. ( hehe, I knew he wouldn't... The shirt is MINE!!!! but had to give him the choice) I saw this blog this morning on bluebirdlucys blog.. I thought the lace was so cute!!! I had to try it!!

I think Mandi will love not only the color but the lace.
What do you think??

Beka's new dress-

Well, I 've just about got the sewing/craft room set up at the new house. The first thing I needed to make is new clothes for Beka. She seems to be growing like a weed. I decided to make a peasant dress with some bright material that I had. I also added some elastic around the chest area cause it needed some definition. What do you think?

School starts already

Well, school starts her in Florida today for 2 of my children (the third on Wed.) I cant believe how fast time flys... :( Did you notice Dan is wearing the vest we made? The skirt Mandi is wearing I made from a Moo-moo I picked up for $10.. I got two skirts and one shirt out of it. Don't you love the colors?? Well on the homefront- painting is just about done, carpet being put in as we speak.. YA!! I'll keep ya'll posted as we go.. Jenn