8 dresses , 4 girls, and 8 more doll dresses!

My friend has commissioned some dresses(well, jumpers) from me for her 4 gorgeous daughters.

She want's two dresses per child and, if there is leftover fabric, matching doll dresses (16 total) 

She did something AWESOME that has gotten me excited and my creative juices rolling...

She gave me "full creative liscence"!!!!!  She created a monster!  WHOOP WHOOP!

So, here is the fabric she handed me:

Here is the ribbon and thread she purchased:

#1

This is the fabric for "L" (leaving names out to preserve privacy)

She chose a muted Tan and a bright orange.

This daughter is too old for girly girl dresses, but to young

for revealing or too tight dresses.

This one will be a challenge

#2

This is the fabric for "K". She is an older young lady.  Her dresses

need to be lovely, modest, and fun! I have ideas brewing

for her dresses and am TOTALLY excited!

#3

This fabric is for "R".  She is an adorably beautiful little girl

with a funky personality. Her dresses can be slightly "little girlish"

but not too much.  I also have my ideas for hers, WAY geeked!

#4

Last, but DEFINITALY not least is the other "L" 's

fabric.  This little beauty is a ball of energy! She chose the

blue polka-dots and the watermellon seeds...and YES...I

have a vision of what to do for this one....CAN'T WAIT!

I'll post follow-ups as I finish them!  The challenge is finding enough fabric for two girl dresses AND matching doll dresses with just 3yards per fabric(6yd total per child) yet still keep them cute and original!

Today's Crochet Projects...more dishcloths! Craft a day #3!

I LOVE, not like LOVE....dishcloths!  They are the perfect project!  They're quick, easy, useful, and there are more pattern possibilities than stars in the sky!  Here are the ones I popped off today!

NOTE:  I'm cheating and making today's crochet post my craft post as well....gotta lotta sewing to do, no
extra time!

This one was simple, but adorable and fun! (love the pink/green camo!)

I made this one using a simple sc1/ch1 pattern, fast, easy , and cute!

I thought they looked cuter together!

Pictures do NOT do this one justice!  It is SEW cute!

I did a sk1, 2dc in next two, back post dc into skipped chain pattern on this one.

Then, on the last round, I: sk1, dc1, bp dc1,  all the way around.

My daughter wants me to make one with a bigger center for a barbie skirt!



Here's where I'm "Hoppin" today!

It's FRIDAY!! Time to meat new and interesting Bloggers out there in Blogville!  Here's where I'm Hopping from this week!

Fast Felt Puppet - Craft a Day #2

My kiddos LOVE puppets (so do I!), but, some of my ministry puppets just aren't able to be played with by little ones, so, I decided to make another one that they COULD play with! I'm sharing it here for my "Craft a Day" series for National Craft Month.  So here are the "ingredients" for the little puppet I "cooked up":

Felt, glue gun(and glue, hehe), ribbony stuff, magic marker, old buttons , and snaps

Here are the puppets I used as a pattern shape:

1.  I cut out the shape (larger for seam allowance) in two pieces of felt

(messed up on this one, had to do it again in green)

stitch it down all around(except the bottom) and turn it rightside out

2. Start adding pieces of felt, buttons, ribbon, etc.

3. Move stuff around and chop it up...get messy!

 3.  When you get it figured out, glue it down!

The kids call him "Mr. Police Man"!

We've added him to our collection!



Come see me at "She Wears Flowers"!

My bluejean bag/purse is being featured at She Wears Flowers (3/10/2011)!  Stop by Tammy's site and check it out!  You'll LOVE her site! I know I did....had to become a follower!!!

Crochet Dishcloths - National Crochet Month

Here are a couple basic crochet dishcloth variations I made from a pattern that existed in my cluttered head! I crocheted the one on the left and 80% of the one on the right while our pastor taught self defence at our ladies' meeting last night! ( Side note.....I payed attention,so, don't mess with me!! hehe)

They both look very similar, however, this one has double crochets and chain 3's

around the outside.

And on THIS one has single crochets and ch 2's around the outside.

When I am done with them, I have started doing something my friend does with

hers to make them look cuter.  I fold them in half, roll them up, then tie a piece of string around them.

TOO CUTE!

Fast Easy Silent Tissue Holder - Craft a Day #1

Ever been somewhere like Church, or the library and need a tissue, but the rattling of the plastic is just WAY to disrupting? I know I have! My National Craft Month project for day one is a great solution: The Silent Tissue Holder!

1.  Cut two pieces of fabric (one for the outside and one for the inside) at 7 1/2" by 6"

2. Cut one out of a thin batting or something similar at the same measurements for the lining.

3.  Cut two strips of ribbon or lace at 6"

I used an old fleece sweatshirt of my sons for the lining.

 4.  Pin the ribbon/lace on both 6" sides *NOTE* :  I pinned it backward the first time and

forgot to take a pic. after I fixed it!  SO.....pin the lace facing IN, not OUT!

5.  attatch ribbon/lace about 1/4 inch from edge with at straight stitch.

(again, the pic is backward!)

7.  Place the batting on the wrong side of the lining fabric.

8.  then lay the two on top of the other fabric..good sides facing each other.

(again...it's BACKWARD!)

9. Stitch together down 6'sides ONLY.

10.  Turn right side out.

11.  fold the lace ends over toward the middle (like a piece of tri-fold paper)

They should overlap so there is no gap on the finished product.

12  Stitch down the sides.

13.  Clip corners

14.  Turn right-side-out and fill with tissues...and VOILA....a SILENT tissue holder!



March is National Craft month!

How awesome is it that it is both National Craft AND Crochet month?  I have another post up with an idea for National Crochet Month, but on this one:  Celebrating National Craft Month!

To Celebrate National Craft month, I will be featuring a different blogger with an interesting craft (and a couple of my own) every day!  Sounds like a hefty goal, but I'm up for it, and there are SO many awesome bloggers out there....I'm travelling all over blogville this month, so if you have a craft/blog you think I should be featuring, post here with what it is, why, and the link and I will consider it!  I'm WAY excited to be visiting y'all in blogville!  Let's have some fun crafters!

March Madness and a Dishcloth Exchange!



March is both National Craft Month, AND National CROCHET month!  SO awesome!  So, let's celebrate!  Later I'm going to post a neat little craft Idea I'm working on, BUT, right now I'm working on a crochet Idea.....

Anyone up for a crocheted dishcloth exchange?  I absolutely LOVE crochet Dishcloths, they are so versitile and it seems there is always a new pattern for them somewhere. I would LOVE to do an exchange.  Post and let me know if your interested, If there are even 3 peeps interested, we can do it and have a BLAST!  If there's enough interest, I'll post some quick guidelines and we'll get started!



Guess who published my tutorials???????!!!!!!

I checked my gmail today, and guess what?   Allfreesewing.com published not one, not two, but THREE of my tutorials!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!  I haven't even been able to blog much lately, due to business and a naughty sewing machine!  I'm SO excited, and SO blessed!  If you haven't been to http://www.allfreesewing.com/ yet, you should definately take the time to visit them, they feature all kinds of patterns from tons of different sites and bloggers! Here are the links to my tutroials; Check 'em out!

Jean Bag/purse

Baby-Bib

Upcycled-Apron