Two, two, two posts in one!

What do you get when you take a perfectly toasted marshmallow and smoosh it between two chocolate digestives?

Mmmmmmmmmm, happy Wubby.

Daddy liked them too.

Now for the sewing...

I wanted to make Wub a maxi dress. I had this beautiful polka dotted batik fabric in 8 different colors and no clear plan of what to do with it. So....

 I used the red to make bias trim for the straps, the pink to make the bodice, orange lime, teal, blue and purple to form the tiers of the skirt and more red bias to finish the skirt. Visible in the next pic...

the brown I used for the bodice lining. I really think I'm going to stick with black to stitch in cme labels. I like it better though I don't hate the red for this.

I used the halter sundress from IndieTutes for the bodice. I know I've been going on and on about IndieTutes but there is a good reason for it. I did make one minor variation from the tutorial by topstitching all around the top edge. I just like the way it looked.                                               

I'm not 100% happy with the cme sprout tag placement. I lined it up straight with the orange strip but I should have aligned it to the bodice. It comes across a bit wonky.  But again, I don't hate either. The skirt is basically a twirl skirt of which there are roughly half a million tutorials out there for. I probably used a bit of all of them for the construction. For me a tutorial on gathering was the most helpful thing. Because I had a limited amount of fabric, I modified the normal formula of each tier being 1.5 times longer than the last and used 1.33 instead. (If you decide to try something like this you most likely won't have limitations like all of your fabric is in fat quarter form so you can just ignore that 1.33 if you want)

There are a few things I would do differently next time. I would remember at some point before the skirt was halfway constructed, that the seams from where I sewed the strips together really should have been zigzagged. I also will  most likely trim the seams where the skirt tiers come together just to remove some of the weight from the skirt. Very happy with it though.

And so was Wub.

The end...

P.S. When we were dyeing yarn to make dryer balls we made beautiful rainbow yarn which Chloe named Neighbours. This is a very neighbourly dress.



Shorts!

I made these

More CME Mommy Made

A twirl skirt and a shirred peasant blouse






The bandage on her forehead is more vanity than ouchy. She bumped her head at the babysitters and was inconsolable until a Littlest Pet Shop was applied. Reminds me of Erin.

There's a LOT going on in This Picture

The haircut is remarkably straight considering the age of the subject.

I'm extremely happy with the shirt. I've made her tie tops before but this is definitely the first sleeved thing that's turned out right.

Thanks to IndieTutes for the tutorial.

The big girl panties? Well, she's sleeping in them because she hasn't wet the bed since she was about 18 months old. (Unless you count night two of BGP experiment. S'alright her sheets needed a wash.) We're hoping to spark her interest in wearing them all the time. Potty training is so much fun!

Clothes I made for Chloe

Mad Crochet Blog

There's been an explosion at the pattern factory!!!

She chose the outfit herself!

Top to bottom: pink and white diagonal stripes, pink and brown harlequins, orange and pink paisley, lime green abstract floral, kiwi figural print of mice, presents and stockings, sittting on a candy cane stripe afghan and yes, there are penguins on her socks.

Halloween Fabric at Spoonflower.com

http://www.spoonflower.com/explore/89336

When I was 13 or so I desperately wanted sprigged muslin with teeny frogs on lily pads instead of flowers. I knew that the vast majority of people would only see sprigged muslin and miss the frogs completely. The idea of hiding in plain sight appealed to my sense of humour greatly.

Sadly, there is no such thing as frog/sprig...

Or is there?

Spoonflower.com is a print on demand fabric store. You can design, upload and have custom fabric printed for as little as $18.00 a yard, $11 for a fat quarter and $5 for an 8x8 swatch.

For me, the idea of making something for Wubby that no one else has (or even can have) is massively exciting. (I know, I know. Honestly, this is the only thing I'm baby competitive about so gimme a break.)

Plus it's forced me to learn new computer skills so I can make better fabric designs.

Viva la Spoonflower!

Chloe's present to the doctor's office

Monkeys Go Bananas March 16, 2009

I'm sew crazy!

Okay, so I've been extremely vocal about my dislike of sewing. However the darling baby clothes on Etsy and this tutorial made me want to try. I may be addicted...Doesn't she look cute?

 

 

 

What are you waiting for?

7 days past
It's not your room because that is done.
Blanket? done
Diapers? done
Your own individual birthday? done
Bassinet set up?
Funny monster hat like mommy's?
Thank you's from the baby shower?
Apartment clean?
Mommy to lose her mind?
Done, done, done, done, almost there.