Dress to Skirt Refashion

Finished skirt with purchased dress.

I bought the dress (below) from Savers, a local thrift store.  The top was a little immodest for our taste, but I knew it would make a super cute skirt!

$3.99 with 50% off, made it only $2.00!!

Here is the back

I cut off the entire top...

folded over the edge to make a casing for the elastic.

A friend of mine suggested using the top as a pocket on the skirt. 

I think it turned out darling.

Polka Dot Elephant

 Polka Dot Elephant

I made this for my sister's new baby, and delivered it to her during my December 2010 Hawaii trip. 

I used Simplicity 2613 with polka dot minky fabric for ultra softness.

I also added the "p.s. I love you" tag

My sister loved it so much, I'm not sure the baby is ever getting to play with it!

Piggie and Gerald

Elephant and Piggie

Hannah LOVES these Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems.

so we set out to make our own Piggie and Gerald

 Here's Piggie...

 and Gerald

 of course they are not exact, but I am not creative enough to design something myself, 

so I used the Simplicity 2613 pattern.

I think they came out pretty close 

don't you think?

 Hannah has her own set, but these were a gift for a very special girl who turned one a few days months ago!

Emergency Pocket Kit - Round 2

My sister Jenny requested another Emergency Pocket Kit that I had made for her.  I didn't realize how hard it would be to find square potholders!  I went to 5 different stores, 3 of which were kitchen specialty stores.  They had rectangles, ovals and mittens... no squares.  I finally found the 2 above at a thrift store. Thank goodness!  

I seriously wanted to keep the red flowered potholder for myself!

It's the perfect colors for my kitchen :)

But I caved and made them both for her.

She's going to love them!

Tutorial here

Vintage Baby Blanket

Finished Quilt for Aliyah!

Originally I was going to have this quilt ready for my sister when she came to visit in August.  It didn't get done in time, so then I decided I would make it and have it ready before the baby was born.  It didn't get done in time for that either!  I finally got it done in time to take to Hawaii when I went to visit baby Aliyah and Stefanie in December.  Better late than never, and my sister loves it too!  

Pattern is "Vintage Baby Quilt" by YoYo Mama Designs and fabric is Moda "Love U" Jelly Roll.

The jelly roll made it SO easy to cut out 196 2 1/2 squares.  I took multiple strips and lined them up on my cutting mat.  Since the jelly roll is fabric already cut into 2 1/2 wide strips, I only had to cut them in one direction.  I have enough squares to make 2 more blankets!

To make the quilt, you need to draw on the background fabric with a washable fabric marker.  Mine did NOT come off all the way when I washed it!  I'm hoping after a few washes, it will come off entirely.  

Of course you can't see the blue lines unless you're up close. 

I absolutely love the little frayed edges!

and the binding...

and the backing.

I think my favorite is the p.s. I Love You!!

Nursing Covers

Designer Fabric is a Must!

My sister had her baby in November and asked for a couple of nursing covers.  I found a quick tutorial on Diary of a Quilter and used that.  The only changes I would make is to cut the ties 3" wide instead of 3.5" and to use the 1 1/4 D rings.  I felt the 3/4 D rings were too small.

The nursing covers went together very quickly!  

Here's the finished edges of both nursing covers.  

 Not surprisingly, nursing covers don't photograph well.  

Here's the best shot that I could get ;)

"Lil Blue Boo" UNLV Dress

From this....

to this!!

Hannah has been wanting to watch a "real" basketball game with her daddy for a long time! Jeff bought season tickets for the UNLV games, and today was Hannah's first chance to go with him. I thought it this inaugural event deserved a special "One-of-a-Kind" UNLV dress. I bought the Recycled T-Shirt Sienna Dress pattern from Lil Blue Boo, and found 2 UNLV shirts at the Thrift Store. The Red one had holes in the front right where the Rebels logo is, however I still wanted to use it for the ruffle and sleeves.

Grey Shirt - $4.99

Red Shirt - .99

Pink Shirt - .99

Total - $6.97

A great price for a One-of-a-Kind dress!

Closeup of the neckline.... I'm sure some of these stitches popped when I put the dress over her head. The neck was a tad small for her!

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!

At the game - She looks GREAT!!

And, I still have enough red for another set of sleeves and a neckline. I also have the long sleeve from the gray shirt with Rebels printed on it. I'm planning on using this as a ruffle on the next one :)

Halloween Costume

Cute fabrics from Etsy

In the beginning of October, Hannah and I went to Joanns to look at costume patterns. We looked at princesses, fairies, and all other girly costumes. Hannah decided she wanted the princess costume....

and since the patterns were only .99 each, I decided I would also buy the fairy costume.

We came home and Hannah saw this pattern.

So that what I made for her! We are not sure *exactly* what she is, but we've narrowed it down to Court Jester/Joker/Harlequin

I don't think it really matters, since she loves it! Happy Halloween!

p.s. I also made the mask, but it doesn't work too well with glasses.