4th of July Bandana Outfit

I've wanted to try to make something out of bandanas ever since I saw them being used on other craft blogs.  I took inspiration from this project found on the blog Tatertots and Jello by guest blogger at http://demilunes.co/ and just made it my own. 

There are two pieces.  A skirt made out of a single blue bandana. 

As well as a top/dress made with two bandanas.  I can't decide if I want to make it just a top or leave it long so it can be a dress or a top. 



Put it all together...

This is the first time I've tried shirring/smocking.  Wow, so easy and yet gratifying.  Here is a tutorial for shirring.  Elastic thread is fun to use. 

Bird Mobile

Remember when birds were all the rage?  Owls, sparrows, bluebirds...they just seemed to be on everything crafty.  I'm a little late to join the party but I made a bird mobile.  I really did it because it goes with the theme of the room.  I love how it turned out. 

When a fan or the A/C is running each branch will begin to circle independent of the others.  I attached the branches using clear fishing string.  I found the idea here at Homemade by Jill.

Child of God

When I finish a doll and the extension to the curtains I will finally post a picture of the baby's room with all the details.  For now here is something I made for my little girl. 

I saw this project here. I love this idea!

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Matt and I made a t-shirt for him for his third birthday that is coming up.  It's still over a month away but I've been itching to try some freezer stencil tees.  I've got a couple more planned that I'll get done in the next month.  Here is the first one.  I got this particular idea from I am Momma Hear me Roar and her tutorial is here. 

Easter Ruffles

I made Easter outfits for my two cuties and I'm now finally getting my daughter's pictures up.  Here she is! 

I was inspired by Dana's ruffled skirt but went my own route on constructing it.  I liked her construction but it didn't make sense for a baby who won't be twirling around in it. 

There you have it!  More seersucker love later. 

The t-shirt dress and the "mini skirt"

 My husband says I look Amish in this picture above.  Ha!  I totally do.  

I've never worked with knit so while my mother-in-law was in town she showed me how to work with knit on my sewing machine by making me this dress.  It's a dress I've been wanting to create.  It's t-shirt sewn to some jersey knit material.  My machine doesn't have a place for a double needle but she was able to make it work with basting stitches and zig zag stitches.  

 Tie in the back.

The T-Shirt Dress

  I looked weirder in my smiling pictures so I'm stuck with this one.  

 The mini skirt

After cutting the t-shirt I had the bottom half left-over.  Luckily I have a mini person in my household right now and I used the left-over t-shirt to make my first knit project.  The hem was already taken care of so it was really just doing a casing and I left some space at the top for the "paper bag" effect.

Simple Skirt

 I found this tutorial on MADE.  Click here for tutorial.