Baby Girl Sundress

Today’s project was a cute sundress that I found a tutorial for online.  This one was super easy to do!  Here is the tutorial that I used.

I changed two things from the directions.  I added bias tape to the hem and used the same bias tape to make the straps.  I love the little birds on the fabric! So cute!

Baby Jean Skirt

I have 6 days until I am induced and have to pass the time somehow… so sewing it is!

I found a very simple tutorial online to make an infant jean skirt and it looked easy enough so I decided to give it a try.  And it sure was easy peasy!   I found the tutorial at KojoDesigns.  It was a guest post by Jill.  Here is the tutorial that I used to make this cute baby skirt.

Now I just need a cute lil model to put it on!

Baby A’s first UT dress!

I’ve had this fabric remnant for a while now and never knew what to do with it.  I knew I wanted to make something University of Tennessee related but never found the right project.  The fabric remnant was just a little too small to make me something.  So when we found out baby was a girl I knew exactly what to make!

I used New Look pattern # 6576.

I didn’t add the appliques, just sewed the dress without them.

And it came out super cute and it was super easy!
Here is a picture of my finished product!

I am so pleased with how it came out!  Now I have to find other cute things to sew her in 6 days before she gets here!

I made another wallet!

Remember the wallet I made last year?  Well I made another one this weekend.  It was so much easier doing it the second time around, since I was familiar with what I had to do.  Last time I made a black and white one to match my black purse, this time I made a brown one since I had gotten a brown Coach purse for Christmas from the hubs!  This time I used a different snap closer than last time and that was much easier as well. 

If you would like to view the tutorial that I used just click the link to the last time I posted.  Here are a couple of pictures of what it looks like!

I love how it turned out and I’m please with my fabric choices!

Baby Shower!

One of my good friends is due in February and a small group of us hosted a baby shower for her last month.  It was a lot of fun and I got to make some really cute stuff for the precious little girl that we are all anticipating.  I got to make the momma to be a three tier diaper cake, baby booties, baby legs, a ruffle butt onesie and a couple of bibs and birb cloths.  It was tons of fun buying all the pink cute girlie stuff!

Here are pictures of the things I made.
Diaper Cake

Booties

Baby Legs

Ruffle butt Onesie

Bibs and burp cloths

I also made the favors for the party.  I found a cute recipe online and had to give it a try!  They were really easy and quick to make!  They are little pink pacifiers!  Here is the link to a recipe that is identical to the one I used.



It was so much fun making all this cute stuff!

Jewelry Pouch - Tutorial

I got a neat book at the library yesterday that had all sorts of organizational items to sew. I came across a cute jewelry pouch that seemed easy enough to make. I didn’t like a few of the things that it suggested so I changed it up a bit and added a couple of things too. I also learned a way to sew a zipper that I never want to use again!

You’ll need your cast of characters (a.ka. materials):

Cut 1 of each:
14” x 7” piece of fusible fleece
14” x 7” piece of fabric
6.5” x 7” piece of fabric
2.5” x 7” piece of fabric
3.5” x 7” piece of fabric
4.5” x 7” piece of fabric
8.5” x 7” piece of fabric

4” x 6” piece of fabric
5.25” x 6” piece of fabric
5” Zipper (I used a 6” one and cut it donn)
4” velcro
42” double-fold bias tape, .5” wide
24” of grosgrain ribbon

Once your pieces are cut out it’s time to start!

Take your 8.5” x 7” piece and fold back along one side of the 7” side, 1/2” and press with iron. Now attach your zipper along the this edge using your zipper foot. Next take your 6.5” x 7” piece and fold back along on side of the 7” side, 1/2” and press with iron. Attach this piece to the other side of the zipper. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this “easy” way to attach a zipper because I decided to try the way the book showed to attach the zipper. Something about basting then attaching the zipper along the baste then take the baste out and voila your zipper is there… um no it was not that easy!

Anyway here is the zipper attached the “hard” way ---

I seriously should have just done it the easy way, they way I already knew how but I thought I’d try a new trick… and I failed miserably. I think the zipper looks horrible! But oh well!

Now round the four corners. Set aside for a minute.

Now take your 3 pieces (

2.5” x 7”, 3.5” x 7”, 4.5” x 7”) and turn and press under 1/4” twice down one of the 7” sides.

Now top stitch each piece using 1/8" seam allowance.

Now take the piece with the zipper and place the largest piece at the bottom (the bigger/bottom side), then place the medium piece on top of that piece and finally the smallest piece on top of that.

Using 1/4” seam allowance sew the sides and bottom sides of the three pockets.
Now round the corners.
Next mark lines on the pockets at 2”, 3.5” and 5”. And sew along those lines.

Set this piece aside.  Time to work on the small jewelry pocket.

Take the 6” x 5.25” piece of fabric and turn under and press 1/2” on three sides.  Turn under and press 1/4” then 1/2” on the remaining 6” side.  Topstitch with a 3/8” seam on the top edge.


Now to attach the velcro piece.  Center and pin the velco (the hard part) to the top of the pocket.  Sew in place.
 

Set aside.  We are going to work on the top flap of the pocket. 
Take the 4” x 6” piece of fabric and pin the velcro (the soft part) 1/2” from the bottom making sure it’s centered.  Now fold the flap in half with the right sides together (the velcro is ‘inside’ now).  Round the corners and stitch the sides and down to the center making sure to leave a 2” gap so that you can turn it.  Cut excess bulk before turning.

 

Make sure that the opening is closed and top stitch all the way around the flap.

Now take the piece with the zipper and small pockets and make sure that the smaller part of fabric is at the top and the pockets are on the bottom.  Pin the pocket to the fabric above the zipper, 1/2” above the zipper making sure it’s centered.  Sew it on using an 1/8” seam allowance.

Next take your (small) pocket flap and lay it on the velcro make sure it lines up correctly.  Using a 1/8” seam topstitch it in place.
 
***I realized that this is where I should have added a lining to the zipper pocket since I had added the fusible fleece.  So you can cut out a piece of fabric that fits from top of the zipper to 1/2” below the top pocket.  Stitch in place at the top of the zipper.***

Now place this piece on top of the piece with the fusible fleece, wrong sides together.  Sew all the way around using 1/4” seam allowance

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Now to make the bottom of the zipper pocket, stitch along the top of the small earring pockets making sure not to touch the pockets.

Sew the bias tape around the edges of the bag.


Last thing we have to do is attach the ribbon.
Turn jewelry bag over and center the ribbon on the end with the earring pockets with 8 inches hanging off the edge.  Stitch in place making sure it’s centered.
  Now fill it up with cute jewelry and go on vaca!



I love it!  Does it look familiar?  Well it should!  I made it with the same fabric as the flat iron pouch I made!  I like how it looks like a set!  Now I need to make a makeup pouch and I’ll be set!

Doggie Pillow

Captain loves laying on our pillows in our bed so I thought it was be neat to make him his own pillow.  I got a cute dog printed fabric at Joann’s today for his pillow.

I went online and search for a dog bone.  I printed it off and cut it out.  This will be my pattern for my pillow.


I used this pattern to cut two pieces of fabric.

I placed them like sides together and sewed around the edges making sure to keep the bone shape.  I left about a two inch hole for turning and stuffing.  Then I cut excess fabric and turned it.

Next I stuffed it with Poly-fil and hand sewed the hole closed.
And here is my finished project.


Here is Captain modeling his new pillow, which actually is turning out to be a toy.  He won’t stop playing with it. ::sigh:: Guess I’ll just have to make him a bigger rectangular one.


Oh and notice my new cutting mat!  I got a rotary cutter as well!  I used a birthday gift card and a 40% off coupon and got a good deal!  I really wanted to use my 50% off coupon but apparently that one isn’t valid until tomorrow and I didn’t want to have to come back tomorrow so I just used the 40% one.  I love the ease of the rotary cutter!

Here’s the one I got.

UT Reversible Dog Bandana

We love football here in our house and are always screaming at the t.v. on Saturdays.  I wanted a way for our sweet (fur)baby to share some team spirit.  I haven’t gotten around to actually buying him doggie jerseys yet so I thought I’d make him a little bandana out of UT fabric that I had leftover from when I made my husband a laptop sleeve.  If only I had FSU fabric.  ::sigh::

Here is a tutorial on how I made it.

First I measured around my puppy’s neck:  12”

Then I cut two squares rectangles (two different fabrics or the same, for the front and back of the bandana) 12” by 10”.
Then folded it in half and cut diagonally from the corner to the bottom.
 

I now have two triangles, one black and one patterned.

Next I went to my trusty computer and printed out a decal of the Tennessee T.

Now I layed my orange fabric on top of it and traced the T on the fabric.
This is what the tracing looks like.


Then I cut out the T and placed it on the black triangle.  Pin it in place.
 

Then I used a zigzag stitch to sew the T on the black fabric. (which is very tricky with the small curves of the T… I think it came out alright.

Then I made the ties.  I cut two 2” by 7.5” rectangles.  I ironed them in half lengthwise and then ironed each side into the middle.


Then topstitch all the way around the ties.

Now I sandwiched everything together.  I put the black piece face up, then the ties on top of it facing the middle and leaving about 1/8” stick out, then the patterned piece face down on top of it.
Then sew all the way around leaving an opening for turning.

Cut excess fabric off and cut the corners for turning.

Then I turned it and ironed it flat making sure to iron the hole that was used for turning.
Last I topstitched all the way around the bandana, making sure to close the hole.
And ta-da!  You have a very cute reversible bandana for your furry friend.
 
And here is my puppy, Captain, modeling his new duds.


As you can see my puppy is small, so you can modify the lengths to make it fit your puppy.