Abby's New Dress

I brought home my new baby yesterday--a brand spanking new computerized Brother sewing machine!  I had outgrown my old basic model.  I love, love, love my new machine! 

Today I made Abby this dress.   She put it on and immediately started spinning around and saying, "I'm like a princess."  Cute!

Can you see the pretty scallopped embroidery on the bodice?  That was thanks to my new sewing machine!

I had never done ruffles before and now I'm not sure I want to do them again.  But the ruffle sure does look cute at the bottom!

I made this dress using a cheapy Butterick See and Sew pattern and some inexpensive quilting fabric from Joann's.

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Booster Seat Re-Do and a Super Cute Abby

Here is the Graco booster seat I recovered today.  Like yesterday's car seat, the cover was looking pretty gross.  I used the same fabric from yesterday so I would have a matching set in my backseat.  All of the other moms will be so jealous! 

This is my darling Abby helping to model the booster seat. 

Her big sister was at school and couldn't model it herself.

I  didn't have a pattern and cut the old cover apart to sort of make my own pattern.  That made more of a mess than I had planned, but it all worked out pretty well.

Here are are booster seat and car seat side-by-side so you can see how well they match.

Here are are booster seat and car seat side-by-side so you can see how well they match.

And here is that promised close-up of the fabrics I used.  I tried to convince Claire to pick out pink and blue fabrics, but she insisted on blue and brown.  Now that I've out everything together I actually like the color combination.

Hmmm...what should I make next???

Car Seat Cover Re-do

A couple of years ago a neighbor was getting a divorce and moving out of her house.  She was cleaning out her garage and asked if I wanted her dirty but still in good condition car seat.  Abby was an infant, we had a brand new convertible car seat in the garage, and knew we'd need another one soon.  Always the cheap one, I gladly took the seat.  Of course, Matt looked at me like I was crazy when I brought it home.  Then again, it did look like this:

Eeeeeewwwwww, could anything be any uglier???

So, in an attempt to make it look suitable for a little girl, I ordered a custom made car seat cover from a lady on ebay.  At the time, I wasn't terribly confident in my sewing skills.  While the cover was nicely made, it never fit right.  It was baggy and slipped around.  I did like the pattern--a purple Hawaiian print.

Convinced I could do better coupled with the fact that the cover was starting to look stained and ugly, I studied the old cover, altered it with pins here and there, figured out what needed to be changed in the design, and then ripped the whole thing apart.  I figured I  could use the old cover as a pattern for the new cover. 

I was actually impressed with myself!  The cover turned out beautful!!!

This picture doesn't do the fabrics justice.  The inside fabric is aqua with brown accents.  And the outside fabric is brown with an aqua floral.  I'll try to take a picture of the fabrics tomorrow when there is actually light in my living room.

Tomorrow I'm going to attempt to cover Claire's booster seat in the  same fabrics.  It's a Graco booster seat so it's a bit more complicated than the Cosco ones that just have a rectangle-shaped cover.



Look What I Made Today!

So, what did I do today?  Well...

First I finished an organizer for my friend's sister who uses a walker. 

 I don't usually do reds, this one reminds me of Target, but I think it came out cute.

Then I made myself a linen skirt.  I love skirts but can never find any that I actually like or fit correctly. 

So I'm going to start making my own.

And I also made two lunch bags.  Aren't they cute?  The one on the left is for me.  And the Tinkerbell one on the right is for my two year old daughter, Abby.  I made one for Claire, my eight year old, too, but she took her lunch to school in hers.

Excuse the clothes sticking out of the drawer in the last picture.  That's my husband's dresser and I gave up years ago begging him to get his drawers to close all the way.  I secretly laugh when he bumps his leg on the corner of one that is sticking out.  Evil...I know!

Hi!

I am  obsessed with craft and sewing websites and so often I wonder why I'm too lazy to post my own pictures.  So, seeing that I'm a teacher on spring break with waaaaaaayyyyyyyy too much time on her hands this week, here's my attempt.  I'll get some pictures posted as I  finish some projects.