I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Sewing Projects on Feb 25th, 2018
I started this on Superbowl Sunday 2012, intending to have it done for when Susie moved into a big girl bed out of her crib. But she moved into a toddler bed and then shared the full size bed with her sisters. Finished it a mere six years later, just a month after she moved […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2016
Aragorn (inspiration) Arwen (inspiration) Eowyn (inspiration) Galadriel (inspiration) None of the girls knew about the girl characters in LOTR, having only read The Hobbit, but as soon as we told Susie she could wear a pretty dress and wield a sword, she was all in. Elizabeth got a necklace and Janie got a crown, so […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Oct 31st, 2015
Posted in Elizabeth, Janie, Sewing Projects, Susanna, Tommy on Dec 23rd, 2013
We did our family Christmas on Saturday morning since we’re flying to Missouri today. The kids were excited to wear their matching pajama pants. No surprise this year, because I had to take them with me to JoAnns to pick out the fabric. And the Mullers all joined us via googlechat to watch the kids […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Mar 14th, 2013
Back before Christmas, when I was really on a shirt dress roll, I got this great idea to make dresses for our friends Claire and Adelie (who we were conveniently going to visit right after Christmas). After all, I’d made more than enough for my girls. How handy to have another pair of sisters to […]
Posted in Sewing Projects, Susanna on Mar 13th, 2013
One of Susie’s current obsessions is pockets. She is happiest when wearing multiple articles of clothing with pockets, but since it’s currently 81 degrees, we’re not wearing pants or hoodies. So I revisited the Sweet Little Dress pattern and used one of my too-short maternity shirts to whip up a quick little dress with pockets. […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects on Feb 8th, 2013
I had to take a break from sewing to focus on other things, but Derek kindly cleared off his desk for me last weekend and has let me leave my sewing machine up in our room. I’m hoping to clear out my pile of mending/sewing projects before the baby comes. First up was attaching a […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects on Dec 5th, 2012
After putting all my sewing stuff away Sunday night, I decided that I really did want to try one more shirt dress while it was all fresh in my mind. So I pulled everything out again during naptime Monday and totally blew off cleaning the kitchen, sorting junk in the garage so Derek can pull […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Sewing Projects on Dec 3rd, 2012
Since I had my sewing machine out this weekend, anyway, I thought I’d take my Sunday afternoon to whip up a shirt dress for Elizabeth. I found this tutorial for turning a man’s dress shirt into a little girl’s dress, and I’ve been saving Derek’s worn out work shirts for months. Well, they were pretty […]
Posted in Sewing Projects on Dec 1st, 2012
Just in the nick of time, I finished our Jesse Tree advent calendar. I got the idea a couple years ago from Christina, but since this is the first time we’ve ever stayed home for the month of December, this was the first year it was worth doing something formal for Advent. I started working […]