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Dress a Card

The fusion of card making and fashion sewing! This is a Note card that I have sewn using the Islander Sewing MyStyle Greetings. The little dress is made scraps of left over fabrics. Blue silk dupioni has been used for the dress. Black Sparkle lace with bats on it left over from a halloween costume is used for the under-dress. Gold and red trim and a little black bow with a pearl bead at the waist. A blank note card that I glued some decorative paper on to and the dress form. I actually did sew this little dress on to the cards dress form. This was so much fun to make and hopefully the person I made it for will appreciate the thought.

My Fortune-ate Valentine

These were made by making a 4.5 inch circles and glueing pipe cleaners to the center so that when folded the fabric would keep its shape. I inserted my own personal fun messages and placed them in a serving bowl. I wanted to put them in Chinese food carryout type boxes but just ran out of time to make them.

I gave these to my husband and Valentine to open one each day or a couple a day, his choice.

Blizzard Feb. 2, 2011

The first photo was taken yesterday, Feb. 1st, 2011, just as the blizzard was starting. The second photo is a picture of my car around midnight and yes there is a car under the snow. The third photo is my neighbors cars early this morning, Feb. 2nd, 2011. The news said we got about 15 inches of snow in my area, but the areas south of Milwaukee got around 20 inches. Some of the highways have been closed and most business's are closed for the day. Even our emergency vehicles have had issues with this weather! FUN, FUN, FUN!

Colette Bloomers ROCK!

These bloomers were made for my 21 year old daughter. The fabric is a navy blue cotton mix with white ribbon down the front to coordinate with the white bows at the leg openings. Lots of fun to make and so easy! Pattern is free from Colette Bloomers Pattern

Work Out with Master Kim

This is my son working out with his Master that he has been with since he was 6 years old. He actually participated in the Jr. Olympics at Atlanta GA a couple of years ago. He has worked so hard to get to this point. He is a third degree blackbelt. Normally people do not know what he has accomplished as he does not brag or tell anyone about this part of his life, but I felt as his mother this is one time I will make the exception and do it for him. If he see's this he may want me to take it down, so watch it while you can. LOL

Feliz Dress Sew-a-long Project

I am doing a sew-a-long on the Feliz Dress by Farbenmix and will be posting pictures as I go through the steps. Here I have posted the fabric that I will be using for this dress.

Owl Birthday Dress

I just wanted to share some photos of my new creation. I made this dress for a little girl that my daughter nanny’s for. The pattern I used is by Farbenmix / Studio Tantrum, The Feliz Dress. It has two layers with a pinafore on top and a dress under which I embellished with ruffles. The upper back section has four rows of elastic that is decorative as well as convenient for putting on and taking off. The tie in the back also helps to adjust the dress as she grows.

The owl fabric was purchased from JoAnn Fabrics and the brown check fabric was purchased from Chez Ami in their fabric section.

The dress form that it is on is for a size 4t and the dress is a size 6, so it looks a bit large in the pictures.

My Crazy Valentine

This is the Valentine that I gave to my crazy Valentine this year. I found the tutorial at http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=4778 . I used a khaki linen for the outer envelope and the insert and I used a cotton heart print fabric for the lining of the envelope. I tried my luck at hand stitching my Valentines name on the outer envelope so it looks like it could use some help. I used my embroidery machine to do the lettering on the insert “I LOVE U” and then hand stitched some old heart trim that was given to me off of freecycle.com. Oh and a red button for the closure of the envelope.

Family photos taken on Wednesday December 23, 2009.

Family photos taken on Wednesday December 23, 2009.