Happy 5th Birthday Ivy!

Today we're going to a birthday party!  My friend's daughter is turning 5.  Here's what I made for a gift:

It's the Warhol Dress.  Dana has the free pattern here for sizes 6-12 and 3-4 years.  I had to draft this pattern myself using her instructions because I needed a size 6X for the birthday girl.  The ruffle was my own add-on, it needed a little 'pop'.

I really like the yoke on this dress which ties on one side.

Materials used: interlock knit from JoAnn's and I used my Silhouette to make the iron-on transfer.

Ivy, the birthday girl, collects bikes so I thought a bike graphic would be cool and original for a dress.  Then I made a last minute tote with her name on it and added a few books.

It was fun to do some girly sewing for a change.

More sewing for Tiny T

I've finally gotten around to sewing some clothes for Travis lately. Here are the pants I made for him using this tutorial. I love the big patch pockets on these. I think these would be cute in a striped fabric, like a train engineer.

Right now I'm finishing up a pair of guitar pajamas for him too. I'm on a roll! I will post those when finished. Hopefully my new camera will be here by then. It's challenging enough photographing a moving toddler!

one of his poses...

"I'm done with getting my picture taken now,

... go away."

90 minute shirt

Here is my first attempt at the 90 minute shirt. I found the directions on this blog which I now love! She is doing a month of posts all things you can make for boys. With 3 boys I have been so excited to check what she posts each day.

I love these colors on my little redhead. I can't wait to try another one.. I noticed one sleeve is shorter than the other! oops! This is great practice for using the serger on knits. It is made from an old T-shirt of my husband's, which I think is a great way to recycle.

Celebrate the boy!!! Check out these blogs:


The other completely awesome blog that is featuring boy projects every day in Feb: