Finished Product

So this is the best pic of me wearing the dress I made-unfortunately we were in a bit of a time crunch to drop the kids off before the wedding so we forgot the camera-had the hubby take this with my phone...so sorry it's blurry :)

I learned a lot from this project...and yes ofcourse I'll share it with you.

-Always make a tester dress on something like this-I did that and it helped me adjust the pattern for fit

-I didn't use a pattern for this dress-sometimes it's best to pick a piece that you like and draft a pattern off it it.

-This was one of the first times I used elastic thread for the back to create a tight fit-I LOVE IT-really easy to work with and very useful to create fit.

-Line the dress-I was in a bit of a hurry and didn't want to take the time-ofcourse I had a heck of a time trying to find my slip the day of-but luckilly found one but still far from ideal.

-I need to adjust the fullness of the dress-yeah I kinda look preggo(I AM NOT), but I think that sometimes just goes along with my body type(AKA chubby).

All in all it was a great learning experience and I was proud to say that I made my dress when people mentioned that they liked it.

P's New Curtains

So it took me 7 months but I finally have curtains up in P's room that I love....see I told you I already had a project done with these. I have quite a few ideas to finish up the decorating in the room loosely around the birdhouses-I don't want it to be a matchy matchy space so we'll see how that goes.

Have a good weekend and don't forget we're closed tomorrow!

Finished Product

Here's a pic of the tunic from last night, next time I'd tweak it a bit, make it longer, one size smaller and shorter sleeves(I have already made them shorter than the pattern-but maybe a bit more). My husband kept saying that he couldn't believe I made it-it's a good feeling to see my sewing skills improving :)

Also sidenote from the post yesterday about the financial planning/budgeting...we didn't buy into doing any program, we just got the book are are using it as a guideline...I personally don't see how buying into a financial "program" would make sense for some in a tough financial situation since they most likely don't have the money to spend on that in the first place. :)

Duvet or not to Duvet?

When I first Saw this patten in the Daisy Janie collection I knew I wanted to showcase it in some sort of home dec application-at the time I was thinking curtains, but after thinking about it for a little bit-I decided it would be even better as a duvet cover. I've found duvet covers to be a great and fairly inexpensive way to change a room around without having to paint or do anything major.

This duvet came together fairly quickly and it's a pretty easy project-the only issue that I had is that it is a large amount of fabric to be working with so I learned it was best to pin, pin and pin some more to keep everything in place while sewing. I also decided that instead using buttons for the closure I'd experiment with snap twill tape-glad I did-LOVE it! Well except for trying to sew it on, but I think I prefer this to buttons and it gives you a better finished closure in my opinion(again take it with a grain of salt).

I've had this project finished for a couple of weeks, but have been waiting for some Monaluna fabric to come in to make pillows to go with it-but I couldn't wait any longer, so here you go!

Unfortunately the pic is a little blurry-I have my camera now, but the USB cord has disappeared-did I mention that my son has entered the hoarding phase of his life? I'll download a better pic when I find it.(I found the cord-yeah!!!!!)

Feeling Inspired

I hung these fabrics today-some just came in and some have been here for a few weeks, but playing around with the combinations gave me such great ideas and now I only need a bigger house, an endless budget and a handyman.....

I also made this little dress for P last Saturday-I think it's going to be the dress she wears on Mother's Day. I originally had another print where the scooters are, but it just wasn't working out and I ended up ripping it out and found this scrap I had left(which reminds me I need to place an echino order)

Have a Happy Mother's Day Weekend!