So Frustrating !

So the grandkids decided they were spending the night last night. At about 7pm the oldest one says. "oh yeah..I don't have an outfit here to wear to school tomorrow" I think "no problem" and head up to the sewing room.

The other day Honey and I were thrift store browsing and I found this adorable men's shirt with sea shells and sand dollars print fabric. It was too small for Honey but I bought it anyway, thinking I'd turn the shirt into a skirt for myself. Instead I used it last night for DGD #1 and her new outfit.

We turned the shirt into a skirt, then took a left over piece of fabric and used that to make a sea shell applique on a white Tee and used another left over piece for a matching headband. She went to school happy as can be today in her brand new outfit....but I forgot to take PICS !! Someone shoot me now please LOL

New Clothes for the DGD #1

So yesterday DGD #1 shows up with this super short, hootchy mama, denim skirt on. Her Pappy and I were not pleased and I informed her that before she went home that skirt would either be in the trash or redone into something I would let her leave the house in

Sooooooo, we cut the bottom hem off the skirt and I added a 6" ruffle of cute heart fabric that matched the printed hearts on the skirt. Then I took a RTW tee shirt and using the same heart fabric did a reverse applique heart on the shirt. She now has a "new" outfit out of an old skirt that was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAY too short !

She loves the new look and is thrilled that her Pappy approves too !

So Sorry :(

I'm so sorry I've been such a crappy blog host lately. I try to keep up and post daily but this past week has really kicked my butt and I've been behind in everything. Including sleep !

Things should be back to normal soon and then I'll be back to posting on a regular basis :)

For now though here's a quick pic of a cute little shirt I just finished today. It's a size6, ruffled bottom, rolled hem edges and shirred neckline. I then embroidered a celtic horse design on the front :)

Oh yeah, the light threads in the embroidery design are glow in the dark :)

So behind !

I didn't get done what I wanted to get done ! But since I didn't get that done, I did something else :)

Make sense huh ? LOL My plans for today were to do a bunch of photos for my website, but my camera is being moody so that didn't happen and since the camera is acting up and the video cam battery is dead...the tutorial didn't happen either.


I know, you're probably wondering what the heck I DID do ! Well let me tell ya, I did a lot :) I drafted a new t'shirt pattern for the youngest grandkids, I drafted a roll up purse organizer pattern, and I drafted a new shoulder bag pattern. GO ME !!

What ? Will you ever see them sewn to completion ? Perhaps LOL I'm hoping to have a shirt done tonight and then tomorrow I'll play with the other two.

Summer Flip Flop Dress

Spent this morning sewing with my DGD#3 ! She dug this fabric off my stash pile and insisted she get a dress from it...so off to the sewing table we went :)

Although it's 30something here today and they're calling for snow tonight ( UGGH ) She insisted on wearing this when it was done, so we tossed a t'shirt on underneath so it's not so "summery" today :)

It was really simple to do, the dress is made from a nice knit with flip flops all over it. I did a rolled hem on the top and bottom and then shirred about 7 rows around the bodice. A couple ties over the shoulders and we were good to go :)

See I did something constructive today !!

My grandson came over to spend the night with me so we did some sewing for him when he got here :)

First up we made a fun pair of camo fleece lounge pants....Believe it or not, he really WAS excited to have his picture taken !

 Close up of the pants....

and of course no pair of lounge pants is complete without slippers to match !

and the slippers on the cutting table right after we finished them :)

I also did a t'shirt to peasant top project for myself today, but have no pics of that yet :)