A Baptism is on the horizon.....

Addie will turn 8 next month.....

I can't believe it!!  Time is going

Way....tooo....fast!

I remember holding her in my arms

for the first time.

As she was handed to me in the recovery room, I remember my mom saying:

"Oh, Meg......".

Yep, she was a sweet little baby and is such a sweet little girl.

I am making her dress for her baptism. (gulp)

When a little girl gets baptized in our ward,

she usually wears a pretty white dress for the confirmation

and to church the next day.  So, of course that is what Addie wants.

I tried to talk her into a different color, but NOPE.  She wants white.

She told me we should go to the DI and get a wedding dress,

then I could alter it to fit her.  "You know, like you did for my Halloween dress....."

Um, not what I had in mind. LOL!!

I don't want it to look like a wedding dress, but I'll do my best

to make it pretty for her so she'll be happy......

 

 

I got a stiff taffeta, some sheer fabric for the overlay and some pretty white flowers to go around her waist and maybe one or two on the sleeves if I have enough.

Here is the pattern.  I have had this pattern for a long time and haven't even used it.  I am sure I bought it on sale for $1.50 just to have...........well I am finally using it!  I will make her dress like the yellow one with the overlay on top.  Dresses are actually quite easy to sew.  Sometimes the bodice and sleeves can be tricky, but once you get that done, you are set.  The skirt part is a breeze!  I already have it cut out and am almost done with the bodice.  I would like to get it done soon so I can take her picture in it to display at her baptism.  I hope it turns out and I hope it is fancy enough for her.......LOL!  My Addie likes to be fancy.

Blessing Dress....

All done! I loved this fabric so much for two reasons. #1 It is eyelet and I LOVE eyelet. It is so pretty, and dainty, and simple and just plain lovely. #2 Notice the bottom of the dress was already finished for me! No hemming! The dress and slip underneath poking out, was actually very simple to do. The bodice was the hardest part, and that wasn't even that hard. The fabric of the dress was pretty delicate, so I had to make sure I didn't have to unpick anything or else you'd be able to tell.

I decided to add a little something around the middle so I bought a bit of grossgrain ribbon and attached some ribbon with the cute little flowers on it. I may or may not have used a little sewing glue for that part. Hee hee hee. I am really glad I got it done. I wanted it all finished before she came. Ahhhhh. Mission accomplished.

Lookie, Lookie......

(I don't know what in the world is wrong with my camera, or what exactly is the problem, but I have not been able to upload any pictures on blogger for at least a month. Every time I try, it takes forever and ends up giving me an error message. So, I just tried uploading one picture at a time instead of them all at once and it seemed to work, although it did take a lot longer than usual. I am using a different camera so maybe that has something to do with it???)

Anyway, I had posted about all the things I was going to make for the new baby, but realized, first things first. The crib we have used for all 3 kids bit the dust when we moved into the house we live in now. I guess that crib couldn't take anymore abuse! Having someone in it for 8 years solid (we have kept each kid in there as long as possible until we have accquired an alternate place to sleep, LOL) and being taken down and put back up like 5 times (yes, we have moved that many times) finally caught up with the poor little crib so it is gone. We haven't purchased a new one yet, but I know the one I want. It is in my online shopping cart as we speak. We don't actually NEED it for at least another month or so, and we have been spending our money on things we need right NOW.....like food.....gas.....other things! KWIM???!! :) Ah, the joys of the self-employed! It's all good! :) Anyway, I decided to make something the baby will need sooner and made this:
You can make them out of whatever fabric you want: fleece or whatever. I chose cotton so I could use it in the spring and possibly summer and not roast the poor child. I love polka-dots, btw.

I found the idea online and whipped it up in like 30 minutes. So easy! You just need a yard each of coordinating fabric then just sew around the edge. I attatched ribbons in the middle and tied them onto the handle. I also made a cover for the handle that is much softer on your hands than that plastic. I just used velcro to secure it on so you can take it off if you need to.

I found that fabric at Hobby Lobby and I love that it is bright, and not really babyish at all! This would make such a cute gift for someone so act surprised if you get one from me! :) P.S. I am done with the blessing dress and will post pictures soon....if it works.

I want to win this....

http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-halloween-skirt.html

I love these. I want to win one. I want to make one if I don't win one. So dang cute. I think I need to sew something today.......

A homemade scripture bag...

Since Sasha is getting baptized on SATURDAY, Will and I have her some scriptures of her very own for her birthday last week. I wanted to get her a cute scripture bag, but couldn't find any that I liked. Most of the ones I saw at the stores looked, um too old-lady-ish. Some of the girls in YW's have darling ones that were made from a placemat. So, I found this red one at Walmart and got to work.....(sorry I cut off Sasha's head in this. It is Saturday, and well, I didn't do her hair......it looked kinda messy........)

I just sewed up both sides, sewed on the handles, which are just ribbon, sewed on the ribbon all around the entire thing, glued a flower on and ta-da! All done in less than an hour. Woulda done it faster but had some onlookers that occasionally needed some attention. Funny how wherever I am, it is the place to be and here they all come to watch me. Ha ha ha. The cost was less than $2.00 for the placemat, the flower I had already, and I did buy both spools of ribbon but did not use much of either of them, but all in all, it cost me about $3.00 to make this and I love it. FYI, Walmart did not have much of a selection at all! Good thing Sasha likes red..... :) It would be fun to make some of these puppies out of fun placemats found wherever you can find them! :)

Simply Sewing Something...Part 2

Allrighty, I did it! It was meant to be made out of "stretchy knits only", or so the pattern said. But, hey, I made it work. I ended up having to line it since I did not use a reversible fabric like knit is, but luckily I had done something similar when I made Sasha's Dorothy costume for Halloween. So, it was not too hard and I got it done. Now, to make Addie something to match.....

p.s.
If anyone reading this wants help sewing, I would love to teach you what I know. I am not a perfectionist, and things don't always turn out quite right, so if you're ok with that, come on over and we'll S--E--W!!

Simply Sewing Something...

My friend, Annie posted some stinkin' cute dresses she made for her stinkin' cute daughter and I was inspired to sew some thing for my girls. Annie has a eye for fabric and for putting them together in a way that is just awesome. I found these and thought of her. I am loving the green and orange together. Sasha and dug through the clearance table at Walmart and found these and the best part is that they were either .50 or $1.00 a yard!!!

Sasha fell in love with this fabric. Sorry it is so blurry. It reminds her of her McGuffy readers that she reads to me every day. They were written in 1879, originally, and have the neatest, old fashioned pictures in them.

Well, I made this yesterday afternoon and love it. It is the same pattern I used to make her Easter skirt, but I only put on one ruffle this time. I am working on a little shrug out of the green fabric that ties in the front. (If I don't post it, that means it didn't turn out and just nevermind......)

I am just loving the orange and green tied together with the ribbon. I love polka dots. I love sewing. For me, it is very theraputic to create something. When I have a lot on my mind and want to shift my thoughts somewhere else, I find myself wanting to simply sew something.

I LOVE IT!!

Sasha's Easter skirt got worked on today!!

Oh, I love how it turned out!! The ruffle was kinda tricky since it was the first time that I had done one that size: a lot of pulling of the threads and inching my way through all that fabric. I can't wait to get started on Addie's dress now. Yes, I have procrastinated, which I say I never do. I have had this fabric for a few months, knowing it was going to be for their Easter dresses. Well, Easter is comin' up, so I better get crackin'!! Anyway, I am happy with how this turned out! Hooray!

p.s.

Yes, Seth is wearing his swimming suit today. It snowed this morning.....I dunno. I guess he is ready for summer. Me, too, Bud! Me, too!

Here I go again....

We went to Quilted Bear last weekend because Will has one by his office and he needed to do a bit of work on Saturday. We tagged along since I knew there was that awesome store close to his office. He dropped Sasha and I off and I saw some cute things I knew I could do myself! They were charging $7.99 for a pillow just like the big ones I made for mere pennies. I got some stinkin' cute reminant fabric from Walmart and put them together, stitched a ribbon on, stuffed them and there ya go. I put them out for Valentines Day. Yay!

I saw a dress like this in a booth there and I loved it! It is so simple to make! It has ribbon for ties and I put a little bit of glue on the ends so it won't fray. I bought the fabric at WM from the reminant rack and paid like $1.00. I love brown. I love pink. I love polka dots.

I tried it on Addie and it is really cute. I think I shall make some more......