Category: Sewing

Happy Veterans Day! Today I have a really special project to share. And since I grew up an Army brat, this one is near and dear to my heart.

Usually I share projects I make for my friends. But this time I was contacted by a friend who was making the bag for one of her friends. She wanted some help on construction so I documented our process to share. I love this idea and I’m completely excited with how it all turned out!

These totes are all the rage with military wives and Moms and with an ACU jacket and a few hours, you can have your own!

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For months now Sofie’s been obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake. She’s got tons of “Strawberry Cake” toys and they’re the most treasured playthings in our vast collection. We record the show on The Hub and she spends a decent amount of time every day lost in her own little world, playing with her “friends” and asking me to visit Berry Bitty City. As her love for Strawberry grew, I knew she’d be excited to emulate her for Halloween. I started planning the costume in my mind this summer and as the weeks have grown closer, I’ve been itching to get it made. I finally caught up on my orders this week and was able to give my girl the outfit of her dreams!

It was ridiculously easy to make, taking just a few hours, and I love that it’s real clothes, not a cheap, overpriced store-bought costume that either a) doesn’t go in the washer or b) falls apart after several rounds of laundry. But my favorite thing about it is how happy it makes my girl.

She’s been wearing it all week, fighting me over any reason I ask her to take it off. She wants to sleep in it, wear it to preschool, and show everyone she knows that she is now her beloved Strawberry Cake.

We argued a bit about whether she was going to have a hat (which she REALLY wanted) or Strawberry’s hair bow (which was more what I was thinking). But I’m a sucker for my kids, so she got her hat.

Making this costume was very inexpensive and really fun. In total I spent $17, and still have about 1/2 yard of fabric left over!

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Or maybe Thanks-ween?

How genius is it to have one garment for 2 holidays? A friend of mine came to me with just that request for her daughter for this holiday season. She sent me an example of a dress she loved and I created this reversible dress for her daughter to wear on Halloween and Thanksgiving this year.

I created the pattern for the dress myself from one of Sofie’s knit dresses. I love the shape it took!

I haven’t posted much in the last week, but I have been catching up on my sewing! I’ve got several great posts to share in the next few days as we count down to Halloween. How is it already the end of October?

I love when I have ideas like this one, that come together so perfectly. I decided what I wanted this skirt to look like, cut the pieces, and it took me just a few hours to get it all done–and I was basically making it up as I went along.

But, I LOVE it. And so does Sofie!

It’s got a side zipper hidden by an adorable over-sized bow.

I swear she likes it, she just also likes to give me sassy attitude!

I like the way the high waist looks on her scrawny little frame.

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I’m still here! And still 657 weeks pregnant. Okay, okay–38.5 weeks. But it feels like a lot more! While we’re anxiously waiting on our last sweet girl to decide to make her grand entrance, I’ve been busy getting things around the house ready for her imminent arrival.

We were giving the girls a bath the other night and I realized that Chloe was still using our hooded baby towels. Since we’ll have a much smaller person needing them very soon, I needed to get her new bath towels. Sofie uses a hooded towel someone gave us, and though I think it’s meant for the pool or beach, we use it for bath time. And she LOVES it. So I thought Chloe needed her own big girl hooded towel, too!

I made it in the same style Sofie’s was done in, but personalized for my little honey. I got Sof to model it for me, though, because Chloe’s still super tiny in it (and was napping during the photoshoot).

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