I'm back! We had a great vacation with my dear friends out in rural Pennsylvania. We fed ponies, went for hikes, played in a creek, checked for ticks, talked and talked and drank wine and talked, and Malinda and I were able to squeeze in two long runs along my favorite trail through the woods in spite of my injured butt. To spite my injured butt might be more accurate, although I think I know who will win this one in the end.
So the hoochie question . . . I whipped up a dress before I left for our vacation. It was a crazy idea to sew a dress when I should have been packing AND it was Father's Day, but Devon got even with me by sending Cora up every 5 minutes with some silly question like, "Ask mama where she put the salt." (It was right on the counter in front of him.) Or, "Ask mama where the big container is hiding." (Ditto.) But is was doable craziness because I was simply refashioning a favorite t-shirt. I'll write up a tutorial on this one as soon as I can get some better photos, but here's a sneak peek:
Like my attempt at a hoochie mama pose? I think I look pained . . .
The dress turned out a little more "fitted" than I intended but it has grown on me (ha!). Devon thinks I should make six more like it!
I finished off Catlin's order on Monday evening (1 new skirt, 3 re-worked skirts, 1 dress and two tops) but I was in such a hurry to get it to her that I forgot to take pictures. Dumb dumb dumb. I'll try to find a way to snap a few when I drop her last thing off. I really want to show you the horizontal peating with contrast fabric that I used to fix a skirt that was too short. Thank you, Boden, for giving me another idea to steal!
My client Jen gave me a challenge a few months ago. She has an unused bumper (as does every other family with children) that she wanted to turn into something she could use. We decided on a pillow, and then Jen sent me a picture of a cute little owl pillow. So here's Owl #1 from the bumper:
I'm going to make two friends for this little gal this week as Jen likes things in threes, all slightly different. I based the design on a tutorial from Make It and Love It. The only problem with making things like this is that now Maisey and Cora want their own! I guess I know what I'll be doing with our unused bumper.
This week I'll be finishing up the owls and making a muslin of Spencer's six-panel skirt. Hope you all have a great week!
So the hoochie question . . . I whipped up a dress before I left for our vacation. It was a crazy idea to sew a dress when I should have been packing AND it was Father's Day, but Devon got even with me by sending Cora up every 5 minutes with some silly question like, "Ask mama where she put the salt." (It was right on the counter in front of him.) Or, "Ask mama where the big container is hiding." (Ditto.) But is was doable craziness because I was simply refashioning a favorite t-shirt. I'll write up a tutorial on this one as soon as I can get some better photos, but here's a sneak peek:
Like my attempt at a hoochie mama pose? I think I look pained . . .
I cut off my head in this one because I couldn't figure out how to get rid of that weird splog in the upper part of the picture. I love the 3-inch elastic on this because it makes me look like I have a waist (I don't).
The dress turned out a little more "fitted" than I intended but it has grown on me (ha!). Devon thinks I should make six more like it!
I finished off Catlin's order on Monday evening (1 new skirt, 3 re-worked skirts, 1 dress and two tops) but I was in such a hurry to get it to her that I forgot to take pictures. Dumb dumb dumb. I'll try to find a way to snap a few when I drop her last thing off. I really want to show you the horizontal peating with contrast fabric that I used to fix a skirt that was too short. Thank you, Boden, for giving me another idea to steal!
My client Jen gave me a challenge a few months ago. She has an unused bumper (as does every other family with children) that she wanted to turn into something she could use. We decided on a pillow, and then Jen sent me a picture of a cute little owl pillow. So here's Owl #1 from the bumper:
I'm going to make two friends for this little gal this week as Jen likes things in threes, all slightly different. I based the design on a tutorial from Make It and Love It. The only problem with making things like this is that now Maisey and Cora want their own! I guess I know what I'll be doing with our unused bumper.
This week I'll be finishing up the owls and making a muslin of Spencer's six-panel skirt. Hope you all have a great week!
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