Swimsuits for Ella and Lucy Kwik Sew 3605 & 1339

My Granddaughters came to visit and had grown out of thier swimsuits so whipped them up some new ones. Ella's is Kwik Sew 3605 and the fabric is from fabric.com a couple of years ago. Lucy's is an OOP Kwik Sew 1339 and the fabric was from fabric club I think. The frog applique is from JuJu desgins and the hearts where cut free hand and appliqued by machine zig zag. They love them and they were lots of fun to put together.

Vogue 1224 Tracy Reese for Megan & KS 3811 for Sophie

Like everyone else I liked the look of this pattern Vogue 1224 by Tracy Reese. I saw it on Erica B's blog and GiGi Sew's blog and just had to make it for one of the girls. I showed to Megan and she loved it. I happened to have a piece of fabric I had ordered for undies that she liked and wanted me to use. It was very bright yellow and purple print that I was a little leary of. I not only had enough for the dress but also enough scraps to cut a little matching onesie out for Megan's daughter Sophie with Kwik Sew 3811. She's not sure she's in love with it but she's going to wear it. Sophie's onesie was cut out with a 6-12 months width and 12-18 month length. It's a little snug in the sleeves so I'm going to remove them and either make it sleeveless or replace with larger sleeve. The Tracy Reese dress goes together so quickly. I like the way it isn't tight in the front but is more fitted in the back. My daughter Judy and my daughter in law Liz both want one in thier size. I'm glad it was simple.

And a picture of Judy wearing Vogue 8679.

Kwik Sew 3675- Way too Big

I made this dress for Megan, thought it would work well since she's nursing. I went by her measurments but it's huge on her. I guess I just wasn't thinking and used her full bust measurement to choose the size. Poor Megan wears a 34F when she's not nursing so you can imagine how big her bust is with nursing. It just was way to big. I'm hoping it will fit someone else. I'm going to make it again in a smaller size. The material is a Rayon Knit blend from fabric.com.

Kwik Sew 3593 Teacher Clothes for Judy

This makes up pretty quick. Made the neckline an extra small and the rest a small. It runs pretty loose so took a little out of the waist to give it a little shape. She'll wear it with a belt. Used a poly knit from fabric.com I bought a long time ago. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures with that busy print but the back isn't gathered, only the front. I like that they didn't add extra fabric in the back like some shirts like this one. I have this cut out in the tunic in red with longer sleeves for the fall.




Kwik Sew Pattern 3593

Lots of finished dresses on Mothers Day

Got all the girls dresses finished for Mothers Day celebration. Judy is in a mixture of Kwik Sew 3758 and an old Gap T-shirt that was to short for Long Tall Judy. She had wanted one of these dresses since they came out last year but couldn't find one that wasn't to short. She loves it. I made the skirt per the pattern and took a pen and marked on the t-shirt where I wanted the skirt to be and just sewed the elastic to the shirt in lieu of making a t-shirt per the pattern instructions.Here's pictures of Sharon and Liz in thier finished dresses. Lucked out they loved them to. Now I need to make Megan a new dress she's feeling left out. Had a wonderful Mother's Day dinner that everyone brought something for. Yummy and I didn't have to do anything. Perfect Day.

Judy's Little Black Dress -Kwik Sew 3778 Number 2

This is the one shoulder version of Kwik Sew 3778. I used some black knit that I think is ottomen knit. It's very soft, medium weight with a ton of stretch and it's got a ribbed like look similar to corduroy. She'll wear it with a belt. It only took about an hour from start to finish to make this dress. The changes I made were to add length for long tall Judy and additional 1" to front to help cover her bust -a quick and easy FBA. A picture of Huckleberry with some new fabrics I got from fabric.com.

Liz Summer Dress -Kwik Sew 3778

Just another quick and easy summer dress for daughter in law Liz. This went together very fast. I added a self fabric belt because it just needed something. I used my coverstitch machine for hem. Used clear elastic at armholes because this fabric was so soft it needed something to beef it up before I turned it under and topstitched it. I also topstitched the neckband to keep the seam allowences from popping out. Fabric is from Fabric Mart. I believe it was a rayon knit. Here's a picture of Megan and Sophie all tuckered out from taking an hour long walk and then playing with the cousins. Sophie looks like a little angel sleeping on top of Mommie.

Sharon made her first dress. Kwik Sew 2630

I've been teaching my daughter in law how to sew. We have a lesson on tuesday while my grandaughter Emma Daisy is in cheerleading class. It's been so fun. We started working on this dress a couple of weeks ago. It's Kwik Sew OOP pattern 2630 and we used rayon knit from fabric.com and lined it with a flesh colored knit that was in the stash from who knows where. We added ties and lining. We bound the neckline and armholes instead of turning under the edges per the instructions since when Sharon tried this it wasn't working with the lining. I don't have a picture of Sharon in it yet but will put one up later. I also put a picture of Judy in the beach cover/ dress I just finished.

Work in Progress -Pattern Mix

I started to cut out another version of New Look 6936 but didn't pay much attention to how much fabric I had. Didn't have enough fabric to cut out the bodice so started looking for dresses with a bodice that could merge with the bottom of NL 6936. Used an old OOP Kwik Sew 2630. I have it half put together but when Judy saw it she was not in love with it. She thought the dress was to grown up for her. I showed it to my daughter in law and she liked it so now I'm going to finish it up for her. Just need to hem it and finish the armholes and neckline. I got the fabric at Wal-Mart for $2.00 a yard, I should have gotten more considering it had panels but was thinking of a skirt when I picked it up. Next up Kwik Sew 3505 a beach cover up. Here's a picture of Alyssa Grace giving Huckleberry some love, he was not feeling the love in return.

Kwik Sew 3657 & Kwik Sew 2405

I'm working on Kwik Sew 3657 for me. I started working on it this morning before work. I cut the neckline at a 1X and took the armholes out to a 4x. The neckline is still big so will have to cut it down if I make it again. I took our two inches in the sleeve length but still cut off a couple more inches after trying it on. It's suppose to have elastic casings at arm but I think that might not be comfortable so I'm going to finish it with self fabric bands. I used a rayon kint from fabric.com and I really like how it feels. I was afraid it would be clingy but it's not at all. I had to cut 7" off the length which isn't a surprise since I'm a hair under 5' 4". It's a little big under the arms but not sure if I'll bother taking it out. I had a bunch of the material left so I cut out a couple of pairs of panties for Hailey. She has a full bum and it's hard to find panties that are comfortable for her. I used Kwik Sew 2405 and used some light pink elastic at legs and waist. It seems a little high waisted will see how it fits her. Can always change it up as needed. I look mad in the picture but I wasn't? I'm one of those very chipper happy peppy people in the morning.Hope you and your families have a wonderful Easter.
Update on my daughter Megan: She's doing very well now. She did have to go back into the hospital for a few days but she's doing really well now. Her husband got a job a few miles from us and they have moved back home. We are so glad to have them so close and we are enjoying having Sophie and Megan so close. She can't have more babies for three years but I figure it might take her three years to think it's a good idea to have the next baby after all she went through with Sophie.

Kwik Sew 3720 Batwing Shirt for Judy

Hi, I know it's been awhile but my brother has been sick and I'm just not one to sew when I'm worried. He's doing much better so here's my newest creation. This was more or less a test. I tried to add length by slashing the pattern across the frong for length but that made it not line up on the curve across the front. So I just added length to the bottom waistband. Well she liked it but it didn't work because the band that was suppose to be on her hip was almost at her waist. She put on a belt with it to pull it in at the waist but it is just to short in the body. Hopefully it will fit one of my daughter in laws who are 4" and 5" shorter than Judy. Not a big deal these were both remenants so not out anything. I actually started cutting it out wrong (the brown was suppose to be at the bottom and the print at the top) but didn't have enough to recut it and just went ahead and cut it out in reverse. It's a cute top and will make it for again but figure out how to add length to it for her. I would recommend this pattern. It's quick and easy. Thanks Judy for letting me take your picture with no make-up. It matches much better in person than it looks in the picture.