kcwc days 5, 6 & 7

For kcwc sewing days 5 and 6, I worked on a second baby blessing dress (for a friend).  There are just a few finishing touches to do, like sew on the buttons and snaps, hem the skirt, and finish the sash.  Which means ... I should be posting the pattern and tutorial soon.  Yay!

 

For day 7, I made a pair of Big Butt Baby Pants to coordinate with the floral kimono.  The pattern is by Made By Rae, and is available for purchase HERE.  I love this pattern!  It is really easy and the pants are too cute.  I made the version with the fold-up cuff.

 

Phew ... the Kids Clothes Week Challenge was inspiring and motivating, but a real challenge.  All that sewing!  I had trouble sticking to just one hour a night (once I start a project I just go, go, go).  So while I don't think I'll keep up this pace, this challenge really helped me get back into a sewing groove, and I have all these new ideas swimming around in my head.  And stacks of fabric that need attention.

Thanks, Elsie, for the motivation!  I'm looking forward to the next challenge.

kcwc day 4: floral baby kimono

In the words of my mother-in-law, this fabric "spoke to me."  Does that ever happen to you?  Another kimono was not on the agenda for day 4, but as I sorted through fabric for my next project, I saw this floral print.  And it asked me to please make it into a kimono for my newest little friend, Harper.  I am powerless against my fabric's demands.

The fabric is Solitude by Kokka.  Pattern again from Habitual.

kcwc day 3: baby kimono

 For kcwc day 3, I sewed up a simple baby kimono using a free pattern from the blog, Habitual.

Very cute, although the 0-6 month size is no match for my sumo baby - she is almost overflowing the little top already.

No worries, I'll just make another in the next size up.  Definitely in a more feminine print.  I have a yard of Amy Butler's Lotus Morning Glory that would be perfect for this project (of course I remembered it after the fact).

This is a great pattern, because it can be easily modified - I can see it in long sleeves, sleeveless, as a dress, lined for cozy fall jacket ... endless possibilities.  And how cute would it be in a knit? 

kcwc day 2: baby lounge pants

I kept things really simple for day 2 and made little baby lounge pants.  I used a sweatshirt fabric and hand-appliqued the little jersey heart.  I didn't bother to hem the legs - they'll curl up a bit when washed.

Comfy, cozy ... just like baby clothes should be.

 

I drafted my pattern using a pair of Ruby's store-bought pants.  Learn how to do it HERE at Made (hmmm ... maybe I should rename this week the Made tutorial challenge).

kcwc day 1: dana's 90 minute shirt

My project for day one of the Kid's Clothes Week Challenge was Dana's "90 minute shirt" from the blog MADE.

I don't know why it took me so long to try this out.  It is ridiculously easy and cute, and there is nothing I love more than a plain t-shirt.  I foresee several more of these tee's to be added to Oscar's wardrobe.

Find Dana's Pattern Making Tutorial HERE and the 90 Minute Shirt Tutorial HERE.

kids clothes week

I just committed myself to this, so hopefully I'll have oodles to post soon. If you want to play too, go HERE.

embossed blog cards

So, a couple of weeks ago I won a really fun giveaway at 30 Days - a custom hand-lettered stamp by the Letter Girl!   Since I am a renter, I decided to have a stamp made of my blog address instead of my mailing address.

It came today:

How fun is that?

As soon as the babies fell asleep, I dusted off my old stamp supplies and made some blog cards.

Have you ever done embossing with a heat tool and powder?  I hadn't done it since I was in high school, but I happened to have all the stuff in my craft stash.  The tool looks like this:

 And then you also need a stamp pad, embossing powder, and the stamp of your choice.

You stamp your paper, and quickly pour the powder over the design before the ink dries.

Then dust off the excess powder ...

And use the heat tool to melt the remaining powder.

The resulting design has a nice raised effect, and if you use a metallic powder, kind of shimmery.

My favorite card was made using purple ink and a translucent powder - the gold was a little too blingy for me (especially on that crazy paper).  Nice and simple.

To be honest ... I don't have much use for blog cards.  Occasionally someone finds out I blog and wants the address, so it will be handy to have a few of these stashed in my wallet.  But it is not that frequent of an occurance. 

So my question for you is ... what ELSE can I do with my fantastic new stamp?  :)

Ruby's blessing dress

 

It is done (phew!) - and 3 days ahead of when I absolutely needed it, which must be some sort of record for me.   I stayed up into the very wee hours of the morning sewing, only to receive an unwelcome wake-up call from Oscar at 5:45 a.m.  Why does that always happen to mamas? 

Point being, I am quite tired, so more details later.