Simple skirt – from Whipstitch’s Online Course
I recently took Rae’s advice and signed up for the Whipstitch online course “Sewing for Kids.” Actually, the course was offered right around when I was having my baby, so instead, she gave me access to all the online course material which I went through at my own pace. Who am I kidding? I’m still going through it!
Anyways, this is the first project from the course: a simple skirt! I made one regular one, and one double layered one.
As you can see…
I didn’t look at the hello kitty fabric close enough, and ended up making it upside down =( I actually sat there and loked at it before cutting to make sure I was doing it correctly, and somehow my scatterbrained brain did not interpret the design correctly. My husband, on the other hand, noticed it right away and his first comments when seeing the skirt were: “It’s cute! But you realize you made it upside down, right?” It is a running joke that I tend to dive into projects without planning first as opposed to the way he plans FOREVER before starting. Well…this is a direct consequence of that!
Luckily, R is not nearly as picky of a critic.
She pretty much likes all hello kitty, and ANYTHING to do with “The Very Hungry Caterpillar! (score on that fabric find!)”
I also recently bought some simple labels from Namaker.com. I wanted to do something cute with a design, but I couldn’t decide fast enough, and I really wanted to start putting labels on. So here they are, simple and to the point!
I think I’ll tackle the Pinafore next!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple
I’m playing a little but of catch up on the Daily Post photo themes. I used think I HAD to post by the next theme…but then I figured, why not? It is my blog, right? It’s amazing the constrictions we put on ourselves for no reason!
So anyways, here are a couple purple pictures!
Here are some other great entries!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth
This week’s photo challenge at the Daily Post is “growth.”
This is an image I took on the side of the road while out for a walk…but the way it is angled up makes me think of little kiddos reaching up to the sky and growing!
Check out some other great entries here!
Jellies
We visited the nearby aquarium for the first time recently, and realy enjoyed it! Here are some cool jellyfish we saw there.
I was mesmerized by the way they look in the black light. They are so beautiful…but also so eerie! They always make me think of the movie “Seven Pounds” – which them makes me sad and depressed =( So maybe I shouldn’t spend too much time looking at jelly fish afterall…
These were particularly cool – they are tiny! About an inch long, and they look like they have dozens of tiny lights in them.
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Dr Seuss Shirt!
I recently bought some really fun Dr. Seuss fabric to make some cool surgeon’s caps for L (pictures of those to come!), and had a little bit left over of each. I think it was a little less than 1/4 yard each. So, I decided to make a fun little garment for R!
I started off thinking I would make a skirt, but as you can see, it turned into a shirt. Once all the pieces were together, there wasn’t enough fullness to make a good gather. Plus, I like the way this turned out!
Luckily, so does she!
As you can see I kept it pretty simple: I just put the pieces together, cut out arm holes, and then made a casing at the top to put double fold bias tape through. That’s pretty much it! Oh – I also finished the arm holes with bias tape. But that’s really it!
I think it took me about 30 minutes – definitely worth it!
I think the impromptu things I have made make me the happiest! It is so gratifying! Actually I take that back – watching R pick the shirt out to wear and over definitely makes me even happier!
Hooray for Seuss!
Mystery Monday…and I’m Back!
I can’t believe it has been 6 weeks since I have written a post! It is amazing what having a baby, going to an Indian wedding, travelling to Florida, going back to work after maternity leave and starting kitchen renovations will do to you! Every evening I have “big plans” of what I want to do, but every evening I am EXHAUSTED and can’t seem to do anything but veg out and pump (barely!).
BUT…I’m excited to share a new idea I came up with:
MYSTERY MONDAY
I love taking abstract pictures of every day objects and seeing what I get. Thanks to a new found love affair with Instagram, I have discovered it can be fun to see what kinds of things people think of when seeing these abstract pictures!
So, I have decided to create a new series, as noted: Mystery Monday. Each week (hopefully!) I will post a picture of a commonplace item and see if anyone can guess what it is. Keep in mind, “commonplace” could be something that is seasonal at the time!
There are two ways you can participate:
1) Leave a comment below with your guess of what the object is in today’s picture
and
2) Make your own Mystery Monday post and link back here!
Please spread the word and have fun!
Here are a couple other “mystery pictures” you may have seen if you follow me on Facebook or instagram:
The center aisle of the subway train
A flip flop
My jeans
If you are reading this on Facebook, and if you can, please take a moment to open this post in your web browser and leave a comment here of what you think the picture is of. If you don’t have time then no worries – Facebook comments work for me too!
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