Three's a charm- Lil Boo x 3

Well I'm hooked. These are just fun to make. This is the third one today heres number one and number two.Megan had this old shirt I cut up and used the scraps from Judy's test fabric (one of her favorite summer shirts)and some leopard poly knit from who knows where. It's kinda silly but I like it. Love the colors. Now I'm tired and need a nice bubble bath.

Lil Boo Take Two- refasioned for Sophie

This is the remake of the Lil Boo dress my daughter Nicole of Cole's Creations made Sophie but did not fit her. I added the fabric to the sides and took off the red binding and replaced it with the matching fabric I added to the sides. It's not as cute as the original dress but it's cute enough.

Go Big Blue- Lil Blue Boo for Sophie

This is Lil Blue Boo's Recycled T-shirt Halter dress pattern. My daughter made this dress for her 4 month old Sophie. Who's lets say is very healthy as my Grandmother would have said. It was way to tight on the belly. So this is it with 1/2" added to all side seams which will add two inches around the tummy. Sophie isn't in town today so no shots of her in it. Hoping it will fit her chubby tummy with added width. My daughter is just starting to sew and this pattern uses old t-shirts to make little dresses. You actually use the bottom of the t-shirt's finished hem for the bottom of the dress so no hem is required. The fabric is an old University of Kentucky T-shirt, some cotton lycra leopard print from fabric.com I ordered last year and some scraps of stretch lace and UK fabric from some boxers I cut off years ago. It's a quick pattern and very very very easy for beginners.

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.