Happy Turkey Day!

I just wanted to say that I am thankful for my family and friends near and far. I love you all! We are so blessed this year and have much to be thankful for. I wish you all much blessings as well!

And as a side, I realized I didn't have anything "Thanksgivingy" for baby girl to wear so off I went to JoAnn's yesterday afternoon. I was going to buy some of their Thanksgiving cotton on sale, but I saw this whale corduroy and couldn't resist. And besides, now she can wear it all winter long rather than just one day. I was going to add a strip of grosgrain ribbon to the front along the empire, but it made it seem too dressy and I thought I'd get more wear out of it as a play-jumper rather than a dressy jumper. This was super easy to make. I eyeballed another jumper she has, made a pattern and went to work (hint for any new sewers- always cut symmetric stuff on the fold)! I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I only wish I would have had snaps in a coordinating color (all mine are turquoise,purple, jade, etc or the standards red, navy, black and white) rather than the covered buttons, then I could have made it adjustable. C'est la vie! I'm pretty happy with it!
Here it is:

Where have I been?

Getting older! I had my B-day on election day. Oh well, such is life!
I've been sewing with knits lately! And it isn't so bad! I made a dress and lounge pants. The dress I used a pattern for but tweeked it (I'm not a pattern fan), and the pants I made my own pattern for. I have to say, the dress came out HUGE! I was using the infant size XL, but my almost 5 year old fits into it (as a top)! She'll grow into it eventually though. And can I just proclaim that I LOVE bias tape (you'll be able to tell when you see the dress, that was most of the tweeking on my part). Why hem when you can use bias tape instead? Baby girl is on the tall side so I didn't want to hem the length (that's not where it's big, it's big around the chest). Next time I make that dress I think I'll only have buttons on the top though and have the bottom be all skirt.

I don't have a serger but I used my machine's overlock stitch and set the speed to rabbit and pretended I did!

The lounge pants I really like. They look SOOO comfy (and were so easy!). I want some! The fabric came from Alyson Clair's (the famous Portland designer) studio scraps. I'm not sure what the fabric is made of but it's so soft and flowy, perfect for the pants! Thanks!

Here's some pics:

Dress:





Pants:

The morning after

Good Halloween. Kids had fun (except when it was time to go to bed) and got way too much candy. Sugar highs, yippie!
Here's some pictures:

Before:


During:


My what Big Teeth you have!:


Don't eat me!:


Morning after: