My Chirstmas Kitty- Mr. Finnegan

Look at my new baby chocolate siamese kitten. My whole family and my brothers family went together and got me Mr. Finnegan because we lost my little Miss Kitty from kidney disease. We had her for almost 12 years and adopted her as an adult. I usually wait months to replace an animal but having this new kitten a few weeks after losing Miss Kitty was actually very helpful with missing her. He's so fun to watch. He plays/annoys Huckleberry all the time. But he really was missing Miss Kitty so the new kitten helped Huckleberry too. The last picture is of Miss Kitty.

Cowgirl Boots for Sophie Simp 2278

I made these little boots out of pink cowgirl minkie from fabric.com from

Simpliciy 2278

. I used leather scraps from fabricmart for the soles. Really quick and easy. Now I need to make her a matching outfit. How cute is this picture of Sophie in her little tutu her Mom made her.

MOB Pictures

I accidently published my last post before I added the pictures.

Mother of the Bride Suit

I made a suit with black/white/blue boucle from fabric.com. I was going for a retro look but felt I channeled my inner Aunt Bee. I used Vogue 8123 for the jacket but added a lining. The skirt was an old pattern for a straight skirt which I also added a lining to.

Kourt's Birthday Dress McCalls 6240

Made McCalls 6240 view C for my niece Kourtney. The fabric was from Joann's. It was quick and easy. We ended up adding a shoulder strap to cover her bra strap. Sorry the pics aren't very good they are from a phone camera.

Wedding was Perfect

Judy's wedding was just beautiful and everything went great. The dress looked so pretty and she looked perfect in it. It was such a bear to make but I couldn't have been more pleased with how she looked on her wedding day. I've never put so much work in anything I've ever made. Judy had a friend make a custom pattern but it came with no directions and no patterns for the front overlay. I had a hard time getting the poly chiffon to pleat but with tons of ironing and some steam-a-seam to keep the pleats from puffing out I managed to get the look Judy wanted. The front was the problem I had. I draped right breast and was able to make it look fitted and was happy with it. But the left side because of the direction of the pleats just wouldn't conform and fit to the bust. I took it apart 5 times trying differnt things. I even decided to start from scratch with a different pattern that had long ties that wrapped aroung the waist. I had made the new bodice and was attaching the long ties that wrapped over the bust and around the waist. When I got the bright idea of using the ties from the second bodice and attach to the waist of the original bodice so that I could get the fitted look on the left side of the bust and still use the bodice I had worked so hard on pleating. It worked like a charm and everything finally came together. All the aggrevation and hard work was worth it when I saw her in it. She loved it.

"The Joker" Halloween Jacket

I've almost finished "The Joker" Halloween Jacket for my grandson Dylan. I used Simplicity 2513 and added length since it's suppose to go to the knees. Still need to press it and hem it. Ordered the material for the vest and waiting to get it. Got my mother of the bride outfit cut out and found lining fabric to match so need to start on it.