A dress for Meghan

Well I finally finished the dress that I started for Meghan on her Birthday. The dress was made from an old dress that belonged to my mother. It was a brides maid dress of really pretty pink velvet. I made the dress without a pattern and I left it open in the back with a tie to adjust the fit and ribbon for the shoulder straps.

I then added the finishing details with silk flowers and some lace from a dress my grandmother made. I think it came out pretty nice.

I also got around to finally getting pictures of Meghan's room finally finished, well for now. When she gets older I'll do more, like perhaps a mural. But you can see the chandelier in a more finished setting.

I made her curtains when we first moved in about 3 years ago. I added the curtains on the side to add more volume but now I need to adjust the ones in the middle. I painted the walls and the boarder was stamped on in silver. A pretty tranquil feeling over all but not to pink due to the fact that the wall color is a light peach.

Boy's Birthday Gift

After much deliberation and searching the web for ideas on a homemade gift for a boy I had an idea. I will make slippers and an adventurers bag. So I made some boyish slippers from jean and flannel. The bottoms were made from a damaged shearling coat. I believe in recycling. Then I made the bag from jean and lined it with cotton. On the front I put a salvaged pocket from a pair of jeans. I then filled it with a flashlight, book, whistle, key chain, and a canteen.
I think that I will make some more after I make one for my son , he wants the one I made for a gift. In those I'll make available magnifying glasses, compasses, a map, and other explorer items that I can find. I'll make one for girls too. I think theses make a great alternative to over promotionalized items at the stores. Besides one could customize the bag any way you want.

pretty dress

Monday I got a call from a very good friend and she was going to have a 1st B-day party for her little girl this Saturday. I was more than happy to go. But what to get, hummmm.... I'll make a dress. I looked through my patterns and didn't find what I was looking foe and I didn't have time to fiddle with making one without, so I went on a search. I finally found what I was looking for and downloadable too. Well I downloaded the instructions, readable good, then the pattern, very very blurry. Some of the wording I couldn't even read and there were about 10 different languages too. Well I just cut out the pieces, oh by the way the were no seam allowances so I had to add them ,what a bother. Boy was I really glad this was a simple pattern. I need the pattern mostly for sizing.Any how I think it came out pretty nice with a bit of ribbon and a silk flower.

New Patterns

Last week I was thinking about the engagement party that I was going to and I realized that I didn't have anything to wear, Yikes what to do! Well, I couldn't get better incentive to make the pants and jacket that I wanted to make , oh say 8 months ago?! So I went to work on the pants first. I had purchased some nice olive green corduroy fabric. I laid out the pattern that I downloaded from Burdastyle.com and found out that the fabric wasn't wide enough. What a bummer. Then I remembered that I had 3 yards of jean material, perfect. So I went to work. Now please realize, I have never made pants before and the directions weren't the greatest. Yes there were no instructions on how to put in the pocket, so I tried and ripped out stitches a few times before I got the results that I wanted. After a few frustrating moments, especially when the kids were screaming MOMMY, MOMMY..... and taking a few breaks I finally finished the pants. Next came the jacket which was much easier. Needless to say I think my outfit came out pretty nice.