Cowl-Neck Tee

This week I made a resolution to start using up the clothing items in my "alter-me and I will be beautiful" clothing pile.  This pile has grown to about 4 skirts, 5 tops, and various other pieces of clothing.  It may not seem like alot but being that I am working out of my bedroom for alterations and this pile is taking up my floor space.

So as an effort I went scrounging for some tutorials/ideas to alter some tees that I had stuck in the pile because I really never wear them as a result of the wide/lowcut neckline.  Well as I was stalking pursuing Katy's awesome blog: Sweet Verbena  (if you haven't checked it out, well, you should!...like right now) I discovered this tutorial:

(click the pic)

(among the other really neat tutorials she has...scroll to the bottom for a list of some of my favorites)

and then I thought "hmmm....that cowl neck adds extra fabric around the neck region...I'll bet that it would work just splended on those shirts I have at home!"

Ruffly Chenille Onesies

Hi folks!
As I'm sure many have seen there are quite a few ideas going around as to how one can dress up simple baby onesies.  Some friends of mine recently had an adorable baby girl and so I decided to try out an idea I'd had for some faux chenille applique.

I'd first seen the faux chenille technique over at Aesthetic Nest when she used it to make this baby blanket:

I first experimented with it in pillow form and loved the results so I wanted to experiment with it on a smaller scale in creating some texture to applique.

Below is the:

Faux-Chenille Applique Tutorial

Dress Conversion

There have been quite a few postings out there lately channeling Shabby Apple's sort of T-shirt/Skirt/Dress style which looks extremely comfortable and wearable.  I've gotten bit by the bug and decided to try my hand at it. This is how we turned out!

The top is a t-shirt I had gotten quite a while ago from Gap.  I love their t-shirts because thy are nice and long since I have a long torso to cover but I really don't wear blue shirts all that much since I just think it's kinda monochromatic when I wear blue jeans most of the time...seriously I think I have maybe 1 other blue shirt...

Flip-Flop Rescue

This summer we ran into a dilemma at our house. This dilemma arose when my lovely pooch took a liking to the straps on flip-flops.  We haven't caught her eating the bottom for some reason, only the top.  However when one has a face like this:

how can I not forgive her!

Anyway, she's gone through 2 pairs of my sister's flip-flops, a pair from 2 different friends of mine (luckily they were somewhat old pairs) and one of mine.  Now we wouldn't have a problem if people remembered to put their shoes up on the shelf since she is only about 14" tall...

A 2 dress week

This week was a two-dress week.

In the previous post I mentioned that my first project on my machine was a green dress.  Well here it is modeled by my lovely sister Emily!

This dress is made from Simplicity Pattern 4462.  I added the flower embellishments along the neckline using some of the same fabric the dress was made from along with some ivory lace.

Then because I hadn't had enough of this pattern (and because it fits really nicely; perfectly hiding the racer-back undergarment styles!) I decided to make another dress from this pattern.  I used two different fabrics this time with a satin floral print for the skirt and a brown knit for the top again.  The second time around I was able to construct the dress (from cutting to hemming) in about 4 hours.  Anything I am able to finish in 1 day is appreciated and ups the chance I'll make it again in the future.

Here it is!

The only problems that I ran into during the construction