We're Ready for Disney!!

I finished sewing Megan's Disney World outfits with 4 days to spare... yeah me!! (I really thought I'd be sewing through the night right before we left). So here it is:

Megan will wear this over her clothes at meals.

Pattern: Child's No Tie Apron from YCMT

Fabric: Mickey = Wal-Mart, Red Mickey Head = Hobby Lobby

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Animal Kingdom

Pattern: Top = Bowling Shirt by CarlaC from YCMT; Pants = Easy Fit Pants by CarlaC from YCMT

Fabric: JoAnn

Embroidery: HeatherSue at etsy.com

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Magic Kingdom

Pattern: Pants = Easy Fit Pants by CarlaC from YCMT (top purchased)

Fabric = JoAnn (pink) and Alexander Henry (kids)

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1900 Park Fare

Pattern: Top = Molly Peasant Top by CarlaC from YCMT; Pants = Easy Fit Pants by CarlaC from YCMT

Fabric: JoAnn

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Epcot

Pattern: Top = Faith Double Layer Top from YCMT; Pants = Easy Fit Pants by CarlaC from YCMT

Fabric: JoAnn

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Crystal Palace

Pattern: Under Shirt = Molly Peasant Top by CarlaC from YCMT; Over Top = Apron Jumper from YCMT

Fabric: Blue = JoAnn; Winnie The Pooh = Wal-Mart

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Princess Dinner @ Norway

Pattern: Top = Emma Swing Top from YCMT; Pants = Easy Fit Pants by CarlaC from YCMT

Fabric: JoAnn

Embroidery: DivaDoodles

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Jacket

Pattern: Uptown Girl Jacket by Make It Perfect Patterns

Fabric: JoAnn

And a couple more items I couldn't get pictures of on the dress form (becuase I left them in Megan's room and didn't realize it until she was already in bed.)

New Fabrics

No new sewing to show... 1 week until Megan's Disney trip and I'm still finishing up a few things.

So in the mean time I'll show off some new fabrics in my shop:

Crayon Aprons & Burp Cloths

I'm knee deep in sewing clothes for Megan's trip to Disney World. So I haven't really had much to show off lately. (I'll save all of the Disney clothes for one GIANT post before our trip - if I'm not sewing the night before we leave - or when we get back.)

I did manage to finish 2 more crayon aprons a week or so ago. One of our local quilt shops - Sunflower Quilts - hosts a monthly Show-N-Tell and I'm going to be showing the crayon apron for November. I already had the cupcake one in Little Sis size, but I wanted to make another one in fabrics from Jill's shop, so I made the Big Sis size in barnyard fabrics.


And you know the saying... in for a penny, in for a pound... well I decided to make one more in the Mommy size so I can show all three sizes in the pattern.



And look at my little ham...


I was trying to distract her one evening while dinner was cooking so I asked her to try the apron on. Well as soon as I had it tied on, she pointed to my camera and ran over to our "picture spot".

And even though I really should be sewing for our Disney trip, I couldn't resist playing with some of the Riley Blake Wanna Be A Cowboy fabrics that came into the shop recently. I made 2 sets of these burp cloths for some soon-to-be-arriving baby boys. I can't wait till I have time to play with the pink colorway and the new Flower Bucket fabrics!

Nie Nie Skirt

As soon as I saw this skirt at Quilt Market I KNEW the Apple collection from Timeless Treasures would be perfect for this pattern.





The pattern came together easily... you just have to have a good method for creating ruffles! The only change I'll make next time is to gather the longer strips in sections - I never did break a gathering thread but I kept living in fear that one would break and I'd be back to the starting point.


In case you're looking for the pattern and/or the fabrics, you can find them in my etsy shop!

Lack of Focus

I just can't seem to focus lately. Looking at my sewing table I realized that I have 5 "current" projects in some state of completion... a Nie Nie skirt cut out and partially sewn; a 2-piece top set cut out; and 2 crayon aprons cut out and partially sewn. I don't think it is a matter of tiring of a project before it ends, but rather I'm just too excited about the next project to keep from starting it before the previous project is complete. I think I have a whole week without any evening meetings so maybe I'll be able to focus on finishing at least a couple of these!!

I did finish Megan's Halloween outfit last week. We aren't going to do a costume this year... I know... bad mommy... but we aren't going to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood, and I really don't want to deal with the crowds at the city Halloween event, so I just couldn't see adding it to my ever growing list of projects

Pattern Review - A Thumbs-Up and A Thumbs-Down

Thumbs-Up

After months of having JCasa's crayon wallet in my etsy favorite list I finally purchased it. A few days later I was shopping at WalMart and found a remnant piece of Mickey fabric for a couple of bucks - perfect for the crayon wallet! So as my early-rising child (and I do mean early - like 4:30am) was watching cartoons on a Saturday morning I put this adorable crayon wallet together. What a great pattern! All of the steps are clear and there are pictures for each step. I love this pattern so much that I'm thinking about making them a party gifts for Megan's 2nd birthday party.

Thumbs-Down

I loved the pictures on YCMT of the Weekender Tote so I decided to make it for myself to take to Quilt Market. Maybe this wasn't the best pattern for my first time making a bag, but I don't think I'll try this one again... I found the directions were not 100% clear for all steps (I ended up cutting excess fabric that I didn't need due to some confusion I had in the directions), and I thought my machine was going to revolt with all of the fabric and batting (I ended up not top-stitching the top of the bag becuase I didn't think my machine could handle all that bulk). I do like how the finished bag looks, but it didn't stand up to everything I needed it to do (putting my DSLR in the bag was too much weight for the straps to handle without showing some strain.)

Fall Quilt Festival

I've been working on clothes more than quilts lately, so for the Fall Quilt Festival I'm going back to a quilt I completed earlier this year.




For probably 10 years I collected cat fabrics whenever I found them. I had no idea what I was going to do with them. But once Megan came along I decided to make a baby charm quilt with them. At first I was going to use 90 different prints for the quilt (yes - I really have over 90 different prints in my "cat" stash) but then my aunt suggested I use 45 different fabrics so that the quilt can also be a matching game for Megan.



Megan really LOVES this quilt! Almost daily she will pull it out, lay it on floor, grab a pillow from the sofa and rest with her favorite stuffed animals.