Happy 9th Birthday W and Some Sketchbook shirts too

 

The small guy on the left just had a birthday a few weeks ago. He turned 9! Well we had his birthday party early, as in on Superbowl Sunday,  but I made his shirt a tad late. But better late than never, right?

 

When I bought the fabric for W's shirt I bought a bit extra than what the pattern called for. I try to do this in case I miscut anything while sewing. W had seen this fabric online then I found it of all places Hobby Lobby and knew I needed to make W a birthday shirt from it. G wanted one too so I had to fussy cut out two size 6 for both boys.

 

I used a favorite O+S pattern to make these tops. I have made around 20 Sketchbook shirts now. I am sure I can make these in my sleep. I really love this pattern and so do my boys.

 

W wanted a label made out of the salvage too. I think it's cute but don't tell him that I said so. ;)

 

 

I even had enough fabric to make little guy one too. Not bad for 3 yards of fabric. I not sure if he likes the shirt or just his picture taken but he sure was smiley!

 

I paired it with his Christmas Sketchbook pants. I am wanting to make him some more pants like these. They have the suspenders on them so they are great for our almost crawler.

 

The fit of this shirt is still great but there in no putting a button under those little chubby cheeks now.  I do love those cheeks!!

 

W had a Superbowl birthday party on the 3rd. He loves football. I made him an ice cream cake football cake. I was very nervous about making this. The frosting was freezing to the cake before I had it smoothed out but he really love it.  It made all the work on it worth it.

 

The inside has layers of cake and ice cream, yummy!

 

I found these on the day of his party at the dollar store by the house. These were a big hit with all our kids.

 

His party was the easiest to make too. He wanted all take out food which was great for me! A no fuss party with lots of football. :)

 

 

Happy Birthday W!! We love you!

 

Sharon

Crossover and Ruffles

 

This year I have been trying to stay ahead of the seasons in my sewing for the children. The first thing so far I have made for hot weather is a Crossover Ruffle dress for Sweet pea. I made this a while ago, as in before my serger was "fixed" by my now 9 year old little boy, but that's another story....

 

 

This is a very simple dress to sew and the ruffles add that bit a girly girl to her dresses that we both love. This is a McCall's pattern that I have had for a few years now, one of the first patterns that I ever bought for Sweet pea. She is now in the largest size and will be too old for the ruffles bum so I will enjoy this last year of that. : )

 

The fabric is Nicey Jane, a favorite of mine. The ruffles are very simple to make too. I used my serger and made a narrow rolled hem. I sure do miss my serger friend. sniff, sniff

 

Another great thing about this pattern is that as she gets taller it will fit great as top too. Her dress from two years ago looks great as top now. I do love clothes that fit for several years.

 

Here is the back of the dress when she is playing....

 

and the back when she is showing off her ruffles and being silly. I do love toddlers!

 

I have herd that 3 year olds are so much fun taking pictures. This is the other pictures I took that she didn't quit smile as she would. Her posing for her picture to be taking. hehehe Too much fun!

 

 

Happy Sewing!

 

Sharon

 

PR and P week four Valenties Day

 

This week's Project Run & play theme is for Valentine's Day. I was thinking about making lace dress when I started thinking that the perfect dress for Sweet pea this year is the The Sweet pea dress I made her a few years ago. It's been a while since I made her a dress from my own "pattern" since I have been sewing with the O+S pattens. My own isn't as nice as the O+S but still I love it!

 

The fabric is eyelet, so sweet for the holiday with a satin pink bow on the dress. The bow is a premade one that I had bought marked down when I made her first dress two years ago that I had put up. Instead of buttons this dress has a zipper, something fun to try. I am not that good at putting in zippers as buttons but I have really gotten much better!

 

The sleeves are the eyelet fabric too, the dress is fully lined seeing how the eyelet fabric is very see through. Since I cut the fabric out on the edge there is no hemming this dress anywhere so a bit of a time saver. 

 

Sweet pea loves it too! It has pink on it. ;)

And for My Aunt, yes I got her up. No it wasn't easy but I won! hehehe

I wish she would let me put her up more but she hates her hair fix. sigh

 

The front bodice of the dress is a solid white strip of fabric with pleats in it. It's a bit hard to see here though. I love this bit of detail!

 

Maybe a bit easier to see in this picture?

 

I saved my favorite picture for last, this one on the bottom. Today she was so happy and smiling that she didn't take one bad picture. :) Then again she also wouldn't sit still so this made for lots of fun. I love my little girl!!

 

Want to make dress like this? You can find my tutorial over here

 

 

Happy Sewing!!

Sharon

As Close to Snow as We'll Get!

We do not get much winter weather here, at least not in the last two years, but on Friday we had some sleet. With the kids it might as well had been snow! They had so much fun playing in it. :) 

 

It was a bit slippery and bit of fun to throw at each other. W was the only one who was outside for just a few minutes. He said it was too cold and went back inside.

 

Here's Sweet pea sporting her O+S clothes. He coat from last year still fits and the After School pants are still her favorite. I do need to make her and the boys winter hats though....

 

Sweet pea had lots of fun sliding round the front porch, she called it ice skating. hehehe

It was a very fun while it lasted! (and yes G is wearing his pj's outside playing in them)

 



 

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend too!

 

Sharon

Pattern Busting! School Days Coat for Prince C!

 

One of my New Year's resolutions is to sew through all the patterns I have bought and was gave to me. It's been real fun starting at them on the shelf and day dreaming what they will be when I sew them up but time to put them to use!

 

First on the list is the Oliver + S School Days coat. I was lucky to find this pattern in the paper print a while ago but it can now be bought as a PDF for the Oliver + S website. I made baby prince C one first seeing he didn't have a proper winter coat. My grandmother sent me this wonderful box full of lovely fabrics including this wonderful heavy weight plaid flannel. It works perfect for a coat. I lined this with royal blue fleece to keep little guy warm. (From my mom) and finished it with buttons my grandmother sent me a bit ago. I just love these buttons!

 

The pattern is rated a three scissors out of four but to my surprise it was really easy to sew, it was just a lot of pieces to sew together. It was so much fun watching this coat come together!

 

My first thought before I made this was to make the bigger size of 18months but with the help of the wonderful O+S ladies I decided to make the 6months size because this pattern tends run on the bigger size. I am sure glad I did make the smaller size too! This is big on him but not bad. I do hope it fits this next winter too. I really think it will too if he keeps growing like our other kiddos did.   

 

I think the colors really suit he well too. He loves the soft outer fabric. He kept felling it after I tried it on him. He has good taste in fabrics too. ;)

 

Say aaaaahhhh!!

 

I had to add this one photo of him, see his two bottom teeth. :) He has a new top tooth too!

 

I will be making a few more of these too. Sweet pea has ordered one with some Pink corduroy with light pink fleece lining. (Thanks grandma again!!) and W and G want one too. I will make Sweet pea's up first to get just the right size for the two middle boys. The are skinny minis so I am sure the 3T will fit them I just need to add length to the sleeve and body of the coat. So I'll have too see. 

I am not sure if I mentioned that this coat has an awesome lining in it!! I really love this part of the coat. It was so neat sewing this part. It's my favorite part of the coat I think. :) 

Happy sewing!!

 

Sharon

Sewing that last for longer than a Second

 

Remember this jacket?

It was from her Christmas outfit this year. When I first made I didn't think that it would go with much of her clothes seeing how most of them are pink. Much to my surprise it goes so well with a skirt/shirt outfit that I had made her last year! 

 

The skirt is the same pattern as the jacket, the Sunday Brunch from Oliver + S. I added 2"s onto it so it would fit her longer. I am so glad I did this!

 

Don't you just love this face!

 

The top is a black Hopscotch top that I made from an old dress sitting in my closet that I never wore. It did make a cute little top better than it did a dress.

 

 

Here is a picture of Sweet pea when I first made the skirt for her. Wasn't she just a cutie? :)

Happy Sewing!

 

Sharon

Happy 3rd Birthday Sweet pea!!

 

Happy Birthday to our little girl! We can't believe your 3 years already. Where did the time go?

 

 

She is already growing into a beautiful little girl and is no longer our baby. Such a sweet little girl too. God has blessed us so much!

 

 

For one and only girl I had to make her a very special birthday dress. I had bought a while ago some floral print in Sarah Jane Children at Play line and saved it just for this. One of my go to patterns and one of Sweet pea's favorites the Oliver + S Bubble pattern. I added 2" to the front and back skirt to give it more fullness to the skirt, other than it is perfect as is! I finished it off with pink velvet trim ribbon. Sweet pea loves it! She even wore the dress to bed last nigh. :)

 

We just had a family party, but with our family it's still a big party! She had so much fun with her brothers.

 

I made her favorite "Pink Princess treats" complete with Cinderella shoe cookies and silver princess crowns. These were way easier than trying to pipe out a Lego ninjas head. ;)

 

She wanted a pink princess cake so I decided to make a pink 3 tired cake with roses piped over the whole thing finished with her princess crown. When she seen her cake she did this gasp. (I pretty sure this means she loves it.) It was followed by her having to show everyone in the house her cake. I sure if I just made this it would have been more than enough for her.  

 

I made her cupcakes too with silver sprinkles and some "princess cookies" as she calls them. These cookies were gone quick!

 

It was a wonderful birthday!

 

Happy Birthday Sweet pea!!