Carolin's Dress

or "Taking photos of a 2 year old"

Scroll down to next post for our giveaway!

Hmmm, shall I stand pretty like a lady?

Or should I just jump up and down like normal?

"Are we almost finished?"

"Twirling around is so much fun!"

"Point? Okay, I'll point at you. This is fun!" Getting them to focus on something else usually keeps them still enough to get a quick photo in.

"I'm getting cold now."

"Hurrah!"

"Is that the air up there?" No kidding, this is exactly what she was saying when I took this photo.

"Run back and forth? Not a problem, Mommy."

I love this little girl so much. Full of life and mischief. We had a fun photo shoot. Can you tell?

Pattern is Burda 9702, size 2 but the length is size 3. She's pretty tall for her age. As with most Burda Patterns, it fits great and came together very nicely. I like the apron with the dress but not so much on Carolin. She has a funny figure right now (stick legs and a big potbelly) so the apron hangs kind of weird. Besides the fact that she keeps taking it off.

The post is part of Sew and Tell Friday over at amylouwho.

And one more thing. I just want to thank you all for the comments on the quilt I posted last week. It was so much fun to read them all. I couldn't respond to all of them, but I do appreciate them.

Pattern Giveaway

It's Sew Mama Sew's (now famous) Giveaway Day, and we are happy to participate! We have 2 patterns to give away to two people.

Thimble Blossoms Wild Thing Pattern (60x68"quilt)


Fresh Vintage Issue #13 (Includes a quilt pattern, a scarf pattern and many other interesting tidbits.)


The Rules:

Leave a comment. Please tell us what kind of sewist(er) or quilter you are. Are you the type to follow a pattern or do you just "wing it?"

If you follow this blog, please leave another comment letting us know that you follow. Scroll down and check out some of the things we make. If you like our style then feel free to follow our creative pursuits.

We'll leave the comments open until Dec 7 in the morning. Then we'll randomly pick the winners.

Edited to add: Make sure your email is in your profile or put it in your comment!

Paper Crafting & Star Tutorial

I have children who love to craft. The table is always full of coloring pages, drawings and cut up papers and fabric (they have a lot of fun with my scraps!). The other week I showed them how to make 3D snowflakes that I found from this tutorial. She nicely reposted it this year so I didn't have to go searching through the archives :). My 5 and 6 year old caught on quickly and had a lot of fun!

Here they are, hanging in our front window!My husband also showed them how to make 3D stars and here's a little tutorial on how to make those:

Take two squares of paper the same size. You can get creative and use fancy paper...we just used regular old computer paper.
Fold them both horizontally and diagonally, both ways.Cut down the horizontal lines to within about an inch and a half from the centerFold over all eight triangles to the diagonal linesOverlap the triangles you just folded and glue or tape downGlue your two stars together (or use double-sided tape) and... Ta-Da! You've got a cool 3D star to decorate your home!
Then you can decorate them however you like. Glue and glitter, stickers, plain old colouring as my kids like to do etc.

Have fun!

Mod Sampler Quilt Along

It's finished! It's finished!



I took part in the Mod Sampler Quilt Along, oh so long ago. I made my slightly larger so it would fit nicely on a twin sized bed.



It took almost 9 months to finally finish it. It sat in my WIP for almost 6 months waiting for the quilting. I finally had a push to get it done becuase Carolin is going in a big bed.



The back is a thrifted sheet. The polka dots make me happy.



Quilting is a random meander over the whole thing. White thread. I am writing very short sentances today. Not sure why. I love this quilt. I'm so glad I'm finished it though.



All of the fabrics (excluding the white and the binding) are from Sandi Henderson's Ginger Blossom and Farmer's Market lines.

Today's finish is part of Sew and Tell and Fabric Friday.

Thrifty Threads #6

Fall Outfit from Ladies Sweater and Skirt



I wanted another outfit for Melissa for church. She has a jumper, but it is getting too short, and, if possible, I like to have two outfits to switch things up a bit. I wanted to make a dress, but there wasn't too much money left in our clothing budget this month. So I had to rely on my inner thrift and make more with less.



I took a trip to the local Bibles for Mission thrift store where I scored a ladies skirt and top for $3. (I also scored a perfect pair of jeans for myself!)

I used a shirt pattern to kind of remake the top. I was able to use the sleeve as is except for making it shorter and also bottom band of the shirt, so no hemming was needed. It was very quick and easy. I think I will do it again. The skirt was pretty much totally remade, except for the bottom hem. I used the hem of the original skirt.



Flower Brooch to match. It's removeable so I don't have to wash it. I found the tutorial at Sew Blessed.

The Winner

We had 28 ladies enter the giveaway. Thanks so much for entering and leaving comments about what you were making for Christmas or Sinterklaas. Are you wondering what I'm making?

Um...

Nothing. Not one thing. I am taking the year off. Last year I made my children all a handmade gift including a twin-size quilt and a lined jacket. So I feel justified in not making anything this year.

So why do I feel guilty?

Anyway, there were 28 comments and there are 37 followers. I added the two numbers up, that's 65. So I when to Random.org (really, there is such a site!) and asked for a random number from 1 - 65. Totally easy.

Here are your random numbers:

13 Timestamp: 2009-11-25 05:08:52 UTC


Number 13 is Pokey! I will be emailing you for your mailing info.

Giveaway

Thank you! We've been having fun blogging about our sewing and quilting these past three months. Your comments and encouragement make it so much more fun. We're not sure exactly where we are going with this blog but we have some ideas...



A while back I mentioned the order I received from Connecting Threads. I'd like to give away these five fat quarters which I received free because of a mistake they made in shipping. (I'd love to give away more, but I'm afraid of what the shipping would cost me.)

To enter the giveaway please just post a comment about any handmade gifts you are making for Christmas this year. If you are a follower you will have an extra entry. Giveaway ends Tuesday evening.