Burda 9596 - Thrifty Threads #18

This is the third time I've made this coat and at this point I think it will be my last!



I am so happy to be finished with this! I've had it in the queue since October. That's 3 months.



Melissa is very pleased with it though and thinks I made it really quickly. She didn't see me work on it until I was finishing it up.



I always like the lining to have a bit of punch. Red flannel to keep her warm. This time, though, I used a satiny lining for the arms. It is difficult to get an arm out of a coat with flannel lining.



I bought the denim at the thrift store for $4. It is hard to see on the photos, but it is a really nice denim. I spent about $6 on the lining fabrics. The pattern is one I've used before. So about $10 for a Sunday coat. I think it will last her for 2 winters. If not, I have two more girls to wear it out. :-)



Please excuse the terrible photos. I was playing with my camera settings to get a decent photo in dusky conditions. It is dusk all day here right now. Really.

Quick Change Trousers - Thrifty Threads #17

Last month I got the book Handmade Beginnings by Anna Maria Horner. So far I really like it! (BTW I didn't pay for this book. I bought it with my Swagbucks. So this really is a thrifty threads!)



To start I made the Quick Change Trousers. Very easy and came together perfectly. I opted to use a much less daring colour palette than is shown in the book.



I used an old skirt of mine for the denim and an old shirt of my husbands for the lining. I think it came out cute.



I had another pair all cut out from an old pair of pants and some flannel. As I started sewing I realized that I had cut 2 left legs! I'll try again soon.

Pants for Sophie

In December I made the girls nightgowns but Sophie's was a bit short (=cold) for our winter weather.  I didn't have enough scraps to make pant so she was wearing them with some other clashing pj pants until a great friend told me she had some of the fabric in her stash!  Yea!  Not the green but I think the different colours looks cute :)

I just cut around another pair of her pants for the pattern.

"Look at my shirt"

"I can bend in them too!"

"Thanks Mom!"

My curtains are finished!!

You don't know how good that feels!! After finishing the first set I lost my motivation to get the next ones done but I wasn't sewing anything because I felt I had to finish these first! So they're done, hung and we really like them and the privacy we now have.

It's very difficult to take pictures right out a bright window but I tried...

Now I can move on to other (more fun) things! Yea!

On my Design Wall

A Psalm Book Cover

When we opened gifts last month the girls all got nightgowns and Lukas wasn't left out in the handmade gift department. He got a Psalm book cover. And was very happy with it!

I was going to embroider his name in the canvas band but didn't have time so it stayed like this.

Hopefully now his Psalm book will stay in good condition!

Quilt Top Complete!

I've had this project in the works for quite some time. You can read about the start of it here. It's still not finished but it's one step closer.

Thanks Karen Marie for helping me put it together. You're the best!