Been a little while

Bit by bit

Slowly I am getting my projects done. I have managed to do 3 bandana dresses, a stuffed owl, a bill holder and a new purse for myself. LOVING my new purse, the fabric I had been admiring for a while but the price put me off, till it came up 50% off! How could I say no??!!

I also got a tea pot cozy done for my mother in law, since she expressed a frustration with the one she has. Not too sure if it's going to fit though, a little worried about that. Even though I measured. :S

Picked up a simplicity pattern as well, once again for the girls. I find sewing for them way easier than myself. Specially since I'm smaller than most women. Still a fairly simple dress, but more pieces than I have done before, hopefully I can get it all right.

That's all that's on the go right now, more to come soon.

On the go

As of right now I have a rather large list of things on the go. Bill holders, dollies, and bandana dresses..lots to choose from and no motivation!

But here are a couple things I have gotten done...

birthday invites = crafty mommy work

New year, new projects

As expected I didn't get much sewing done over the holiday...way too much running around to see family and last minute shopping! I spent way too much time blog surfing over the past two days, and I found my self a couple projects to get started with.

First is just a simple little pocket to keep bills in. Super easy, and within moments of posting a picture to facebook I was asked by two people to make one for them!


Next is one I'm really excited to start. So excited I went out after work last night to get fabric so I could start first thing this morning. This little girls ruffle sleeve top tutorial looks fairly simple and super cute. Off I go to get it started....

...a few hours later and I got one done! I ran out of elastic to make the second, so I will be stopping once again at the fabric store on my way home from work. This is how my first one came out.

Growing purse collection

I decided pretty much as soon as I got my sewing machine that I wanted to make a purse, and after days of google searching tutorials and free patterns I came across the wildly popular Buttercup bag from Made By Rae. I ended up being super happy with the end product and have continued to make them as gifts and for myself. I even took the next step and bought the pattern from her etsy. (First etsy purchases for me as well!) Figured she deserved the credit, and it also came with a bigger size and the rights to sell. Thought that may be handy considering all the compliments I had received on my new creations. I also attempted my hand at making a clutch by following this tutorial. Aaaaaaanyways, on to the pictures ......

From the get go

I will start by adding pictures and links for the things i have made so far. Nothing fancy, or overly hard. This way I can avoid frustration and continue to enjoy sewing.


My first quest were simple dresses for my girls...made with a store bought pattern. Super simple, the girls love them, and I have made a few more as gifts.

Next were some sock monkeys made by following Web*goddess' wonderful tutorial.


Now comes my first blog inspired clothing task, a simple skirt. Credit goes to Two Little Banshees, for a super easy tutorial.


I used this tutorial by Three bears to make little boxy pouches to which I added some ribbon so i could attach it to my girls bikes so I wouldn't have to carry any more pine cones, rocks or other trinkets home.



Then my oldest daughter came home with a birthday invitation so I thought I would attempt to save some money and come up with something creative, A cape for a 4 year old boy.


By now I had accumulated quite a bit of scrap fabric that I couldn't just toss out so these are what I came up with. Something to cover my sewing machine, out of sight out of mind for little fingers. And a little ruby doll



With that I came across a wonderful pattern for purses, which I will make another post for since there are a few. And that brought me to halloween, a week before to be exact. I decided I wanted to make a mermaid tail for myself. This is what came about with a simplicity pattern.



















That pretty much brings me up to date on my sewing. Now with Christmas right under foot I can't find time to look for another project, let alone have time to make one. Hopefully Santa brings me some nifty sewing/crafty things to occupy my time in the new year!