A Bubble Dress...Tutorial?

Well this isn't really a tutorial, more like a walk through or something.  And it might be completely lame.  If it is, please tell me so I can never do it again!  lol

Kessa's been asking me for quite a while if I would make her a dress with the above Tink shirt, so yesterday while I was waiting to hear back from a customer about the item I was working on I thought I'd try making her a bubble dress with this.  

So I dug through all my knits and picked out some other fabrics that coordinated well with this shirt.

Then I just start cutting.  I cut out squares and rectangles and lay them all out on top of my pattern to get a general idea of how many pieces I need (except I didn't have a pattern for this style!  lol)

After I've got what looks like will probably be enough cut out I start sewing them together.  

Once I got to this point I decided I wanted it a little longer so I sifted through my stack of scraps and found enough to make another strip at the bottom.  

After I added that I measured my bottom band and started sewing it on...only to discover that I measured incorrectly and it was, in fact, too small.  So then I added a little bit more to it (but didn't measure this time...) and it ended up too big!  lol.  I tried it on Kessa and it really does need fixed...so I'll post pictures of the final product after it look more normal!  ;)  

And now...I'm off to see what else I can get sewn whilest the littles sleep.  

Happy Thursday!!!  

Wow!

So it's been forever and a day since I've blogged eh?  I've been keeping busy in the customs department though!  How about a few quick pics of some of my favorite customs?  I mean, really, who doesn't love eye candy?!

Yeah....not gonna like, I wanted to keep this one for my little guy, I LOVE the way it turned out.  So bright and funky!

What's that?  I've been gone from blogger for so long you don't know about twirl skirts for three?  Yup, mommy, daughter, and dolly can ALL match in style and comfort now.  This set flew out of the shop in a few hours, but I've got more coming up!  

and my way cute daughter sporting the new fall style.  LOVE.  LOVE the kid, love the dress, love the Robots shirt she picked, LOVE!!!

and a custom in the fall style.

Ok, that's it for now...but come back tomorrow for some random thoughts about my little girl turning FOUR!!!!!  (how did that happen?!)

Birthday Girl! (s)

Yup, the first week or two in August are busy busy in our family!  First, Kessa will turn 4 on the 3rd, then Grace will be 1 (how is that possible?!?!) on the 6th and Tim and I's anniversary is on the 9th!  

So, while we're gearing up for lots of fun, the girls and I went out and took pictures of their birthday dresses (which are also available as custom orders in the shop!) for their invitations.  

These dresses actually aren't upcycled.  I caved and bought knit yardage so that I would have enough to make them matching dresses.  

heheheh, Grace is in LOVE with the balloons!  Pretty sure nothing she gets for her birthday will hold a candle in her eyes to these things.  he!

And I just HAD to share this one.  Classic Kessa.  Cracks me up every time I look at it!

I am a...

Twirly swirly girly skirt fan!  And my daughter is too.  You can expect to see a lot of this style in the shop in a few weeks.  My daughter has worn it for at least part of the day every day since I've made it for her.  She LOVES to spin and twirl in it and show me her "ballerina spin."

 The fact that her doll has a matching one?  Pure and simple icing on the cake.  This pattern is by Little Blue Boo and is totally amazing...and there are adult sizes!

And there's a new listing up in the shop...pop on over, check out the name, and then leave your guess on the facebook page as to what children's movie/book the title is from for your chance to win a BFD buck.

Purple Power!

I switched out the thread on my serger to purple a few days ago for some customs and I'm having fun making up some other items too.  (And in case you still haven't visited the facebook page and happened to miss out, if you order something with purple thread by tomorrow you'll get 10% off!)

However, with all the new stuff I've been sewing I'm MOST excited about the new pattern I got to test out today....I've been waiting for this pattern for MONTHS and Ashley at Little Blue Boo, as always, has made it worth the wait!  I got the pattern this afternoon and I whipped out a doll version for Gabby (our Bitty Baby) and Kessa.  They're sooo cute and Kessa LOVED the twirl in this twirl skirt.  In fact...I think it may need a warning label sewn into the inside that says something like, "Warning, may cause excessive twirling.  Wear only in open spaces"  hehe!  Be expecting TONS of these in the shop in the next few weeks....and even more on my daughters!  lol

Sadly, I don't have any pictures of them yet, but with all these new clothes we sometimes have a hard time finding just the right color nail polish to go with them...

but after much searching, and check with all the girls in the family...

we usually are able to settle on one!

Tomorrow is our freezer cooking day, so we'll have a busy day, but then a full freezer!