Halloween Skirts

Halloween Skirts
$15 each or 2 for $25
Sizes: 12m, 2, 4, 6 & 8
Choose from:
*Vintage Jack O'Lantern
*Five Little Pumpkins
*Happy Halloween
*Candy Corn

Trek Skirts and Aprons

The Youth in our Church Stake recently went on a Pioneer Trek and I had so much fun making these cute skirts and aprons for a couple of girls.

Patriotic Stars and Stripes Dress

It has been a very crazy and busy month at my house. So I am just getting around to share my Daughter's cute Patriotic Dress that I made. She loves this dress, especially since she can twirl. My Husband loves that it reflects our support to him with the Air Force ABU print a part of the dress. 
And now to decide what to make the left over ABU print, since I over estimated how much I would need...

Patriotic Skirts

This years new Patriotic Skirts:


2 Tier - Quaterfoil and Floral

 3 Tier - Stars and Stipes

Spring Skirts

$15 each
Available in sized 12 mths, 2, 4, 6 & 8

Yellow & Gray Bunnies

Mint and Gray Floral

Red and White Daisy Onesie Dress

A few months back, I was asked to make two onesie dresses.  In the request I was asked to make them slightly roomier through the bottom, as the baby that would wear them had a harness she wore to help correct hip displacement.  The customer requested for one of the dresses to be pink and to surprise her with the second.  With Christmas being around the corner at the time, I found this adorable red daisy fabric and just had to make a red one.

I loved the color of the dress and again included a removable bow on the dress and a headband to complete the outfit.

 The great thing about the detachable bow, is that it can be turned into a hair bow later on.

$4 for the bow only

$20

$5

 Here is the pink onesie dress that I also completed.  As you can see I don't always make the exact same thing twice.  This dress had a slightly different removable on it.  Plus the matching headband was different.

$20 dress only

$4 for the bow only

$5

Thanksgiving Skirts and shirt appliques

I can't believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Our family has decided to do Thanksgiving a little differently this year.  We are going to visit family and have a large Brunch instead of the traditional Turkey Dinner (I will prepare one later in December).

Since my girls are still young and enjoy me dressing them up in festive outfits, this year I am making Thanksgiving skirts and Turkey appliques (that I will once again baste onto shirts as I did last year).

Here is one of the cute Skirts I am making.

I am also happy to make one for you too.  The skirts are $12.50 each**.  You can select from the 6 fabric choices below.

 I am also have these cute Turkey appliques that can be added to your child's shirt.  Each applique is $5** (ribbon may vary).

I also have Turkey Bows available.  They can be found here.

**Shipping is an additional $3.50 for the skirts and $1.50 for the appliques.  

I accept payment via paypal.  Please leave me a comment with your paypal if you wish to order.  

Thanks!

Apple Dumpling Costume

With Halloween coming the end of this month, I am preparing my Children's Halloween costumes.  Although I told myself that I did not have time to make costumes this year and told my kids that we would pick them out at the store.  I find myself making them.  My Husband actually prefers Homemade Costumes over store bought.  As I got out the Halloween Decoration and Costumes, I came across the first costume I had made for my oldest daughter.

I had made her an Apple Dumpling costume.  It was her first Halloween and I really wanted to make her a costume, as my own Mother had made most of our Halloween costumes.  I went to the Fabric Store one evening with my daughter and perused the pattern books and came across an Apple Dumpling Costume.  Being that my daughter was only 7 months old at the time, there wasn't very many costumes in her size to choose from.

I spent several evenings working on her costume, but the end result was adorable.  She was so cute, and I am sad to say that it was never worn again.  My other 2 girls were summer babies and therefore this costume was a a bit too big for a 2 or 3 month old.  Maybe one day it will be worn again.

Pink and White Onesie Dress

I recently had the opportunity to help plan a baby shower for a neighbor with our Activity Day Girls (ages 8-11).  It was so much fun and I had the pleasure of making another onesie dress.  This time I picked a pink fabric to make the dress. 

 I added a checked pink and white elastic to the waist and then a detachable white flower.  I also added a cute bow and button to the back (but forgot to take a picture of it).

$20

Here is a close up of the white bow.

I finished the ensemble off with a cute shabby headband.

$5

The only sad thing about making these cute onesie dresses is that I have never actually gotten to see one of them on a little baby (in person or picture).  Maybe one day...

Infant Onesie Gown/Dress - Black, White & Blue

I made another Infant Onesie Gown and matching headband for my new little niece.  I just love all these people around me that are having baby girls, because these gowns are so much fun to make.

This time I used a Black and White fabric print and then added a tiny "Pop" of baby blue to it.  Once again I made it so the bow on the dress is removable for washing.

$20

A close up of the bow on the gown:

 Matching Headband

$5

Turkey Shirts and Bows

A friend of mine had pinned a pin on Pinterest that had Turkey Shirts on it.  I then found a great Tutorial on The Ribbon Retreat Blog for some Turkey Shirts and bows.  I thought these would be a great to make for my girls for Thanksgiving.  I contacted my dear friend and asked her if she wanted to get together and make them, and she was as excited as I was to make these cute shirts.  I packed up my sewing supplies and ribbon and headed over to her house one day to make them.  We had so much fun putting them together.  The tutorial had the great suggestion to just baste the turkey's onto the shirts, so you could still use the plain shirts in your child's wardrobe.  I loved this idea and love that I can add them to bigger shirts next year as my kiddos grow.

$5 each

 I also made a turkey headband for my littlest one using feathers instead of ribbon for the turkey feathers.

$6 for feather Turkey Bow or $8 for Headband

Here are the links to the Tutorials:

Turkey Shirt

Turkey Bow

Wedding Dress Sash & Hair Piece

I had the great privilege to help my new Sister-in-law with her wedding ensemble.  She wanted to wear her Mother's wedding dress, but wanted to make some alterations to it.  She had me remove the sleeves and to make the dress more modern we talked about adding a sash.  I took on the challenge to do this task, even though I had never made one before.  The sash turned out fabulous and I also made a hairpiece for the bride out of the left over satin and added some lace and feathers.  The bride was beautiful on her special day.

Fall Pillowcase Dresses

Since my Brother was getting married and she wanted the color fall orange for her colors, I decided that my girls fall pillowcase dresses I made them 2 years ago (and still fit) would be perfect for them to wear to the wedding.  The night before the wedding as I laid in bed, I remembered that I still had fabric left over from these dresses and hoped that I had enough to make one for my baby girl.

The next morning I woke up early and went to my fabric stash to see if I had enough and to my delight I did.  I spent the next hour making my baby girl her own fall pillowcase dress.

Infant Onesie Gown/Dress - Blue & White

I have seen cute Onesie Gown/Dresses on Pinterest and Etsy since my baby girl was an infant and wanted to make one for her.  Due to lots of things going on in our lives at the time, I was never able to make her one.  I recently received an invitation to a Baby Shower and since the new baby is to be a girl, I decided that I would finally make a Onesie Gown/Dress.  I found a couple of Tutorial links on Pinterest, one at Banana Bear Blog and another at U Create.  

I loved the finished project. I made it so the bow on the dress is removable for washing.  Now that I have made this one, I hope to make a Toddler one for my little girl.

20 gown only

 I also made a headband to match.

5

Holly Hobbie and Dorothy

Here are some cute costumes I made in the past for my girls:

Holly Hobbie:

At the time I made the Holly Hobbie Costume, my then 5 year old daughter was really into watching the new Holly Hobbie movies.  So I found a pattern(s) on ebay and purchased them.  The first pattern I purchased said it had been cut and all pieces accounted for, but when I set out to start laying out the pattern, it was missing all the pieces for the dress, so I then used this Simplicity pattern I found on Ebay:

My daughter was so excited to be Holly Hobby:

Dorothy:

This same year, my then 3 year old daughter wanted to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, mainly because she wanted red sparkly shoes.

I used Simplicity Pattern 4139:

She also loved her costume: