Ruby's horse outfit

My little sweet Ruby loves horses so she needed a horse outfit. I got the fabric especially for her at Joann's. I used Simplicity pattern 2483. It was very easy to follow. I lined the vest with this adorable flannel and she wanted to make it reversible. I just added buttons to each side and now I'll be making a skirt to match this. She picked out this vintage button from the buttons I won on Deb's giveaway.

Dress from a pillowcase

This little dress is from Simplicity 7988 and made from a pillowcase (just enough for a size 4). The facing for the armholes is from white fabric. Then I added the bow from some lace and added a little button. I hope a little girl from Haiti will love it.

I just had to add a little bow for the first dress I made. I added a little vintage button on this one.

Dresses for Haiti

A few weeks ago I saw this article in the paper and decided I wanted to help out. I've been wanting to do something like this. This is a few miles from me and will work out great. Their goal is to make 100 dresses. So far they have 75. I've got 2 pillowcase dresses that didn't sell on Etsy and I finished this dress today. The white borders are from a thrifted sheet. I used McCall's 5694.

Sweater bag

I found this great tutorial from Make it and Love it for a sweater sling bag. Mine did not quite turn out as great, but it's okay. I've found 4 wool sweaters for .99 each at Goodwill. This is a great winter bag. Check her out.

Tips for Easy Sewing

You never know when you may need some help. I found this at Goodwill last night for .99. As you see the original price was .75. The copyright is 1968. Here's a few of the pages. Lots of tips on how to look slim and tall or short and rounder. Some pages show necklines that flatter your face and some tips on pattern sizing. But different than today.

Skirt from a shirt and scarf from a sweater

I did some upcycles this week. This was an XL men's shirt (.99). Of course I don't have the before picture. I never seem to get that. I based it on this tutorial.I had started on these scarfs last Feburary before Vickie died. I had all of my .99 sweaters out and she wanted me to make her one from a pink sweater I had bought. I never made that. I just cut these collars off the tops of sweaters and there you have it. Just added some cute buttons.I got the idea from this tutorial.

Dress to a skirt

This dress was really beautiful. It was Vickie's and I really wanted to wear it. I am very long waisted and she was short waisted, plus it was tight at the top.

So I cut it just above the waist ( about 1.5 inches).

Then added this vintage binding my Mom gave me to the top edge.

Now it is a beautiful skirt and fits me perfectly. Maybe I'll get a picture with me wearing it later.

Love it.

Halloween and thrift finds

My girls on Halloween. The vampire and the witchI haven't done as much thrifting lately. But I did find this rooster that I couldn't live without. The rooster bell came from an antique store.

Ruby's pumpkin and Layla's new doll

Ruby has Layla's eyeball balloon from her birthday party and it's still up. I carved this little pumpkin for her and we put in a battery votive candleLayla is so proud of doll we both made. It was made from one of my old tops and some of her favorite fabric for the skirt and top. We also made one for Ruby, but she took it home before I could get a picture.

2 more fat quarter bed linens

JUST REDUCED PRICES ON MY ETSY ITEMS. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT.

2 of my bed linen bundles sold very quickly yesterday so I decided to add 2 more.

6 of the pink bed linen fat quarters 9 of the yellow fat quarters ( there were some tiny flaws in 3 of the linens)

Fat quarter bundles on Etsy

Finally decided it was time to sell some of my favorite vintage sheets. They are 18 x 22 fat quarter bundles. This is the yellow bundle. SOLD The blue bundle
The yellow and pink bundle. SOLD

Layla is 7

Wow. What a weekend. It was a busy one, but so much fun. Saturday Ruby got to go to a friend from school's birthday party. The balloon lady made a beautiful crown for Ruby. Layla wanted a bat. She did her best to create one for her. Oh yeah, Layla is a vampire.

Later that evening we went to a school event called Barnaroo. They had live music and lots of food and games. Lori had Layla's birthday party there. Yesterday we had a family party with a few neighbor kids for another party at my house.

Gown refashion

Made a gown for Ruby from Butterick 4910. It was super easy to make. Made from a moo-moo (that's what my generation called them). see below.The fabric is very pretty and silky. My girls love silky gowns. I thought it would have been enought to make 2 gowns. But only one.

More monsters

Finished some more monsters. I had a request for 4 so I did sell 4 this morning. I'll just make more. I'm having a good time with them. Thanks Jamie.

Little Monsters

Layla and I made 2 needle holders. They are really too easy. This pattern was in Sewing for Children book.

Here's the little monsters. I did the sewing, but Layla did help with the decorations. Layla's birthday party is next Saturday and we are making these to give away as party gifts. Some of them remind me of The Pirates That Don't Do Anything.

Great finds at Goodwill

All of my items are from Goodwill, but not the same one. I got all of this great thread. Some are wooden spools for $2.00. Ruby loves unicorns, so she'll like this in her room. It's a 5x7 picture for $.99.

This pressure cooker was $14.99. If it works that would be a great price. I am a little scared to use it. It's called Maid of Honor. Don't know how old it is. I have 14 days to take it back.

These $.99 shirts will be monsters from our new book called "Sewing for Children". Maybe this weekend.

I love my sheets. They were even 1/2 price. The yellow one looks a lot like this pink one and this blue one.

More crafting pictures

Ruby designed her own necklace. She gave me the materials and told me what she wanted. She's going to be a little designer.

Project every weekend

I got this new book called Sewing for Children. It has some pretty simple instructions with a little guidance from an adult. This weekend we did the yo-yo necklace.
Layla picked out everything and I helped her make the necklace. She made it for her friend's birthday. Then she made this sewing box from a tin. Well, we followed the directions, but the lid won't fit after the fabric is put on. She's also giving this to her friend.