A NEW SIGNATURE

     Lately I've been HTML playing with my blog.

I want it to look as good as all those other professional bloggers SAHM's out there. 

I want to actually want to post to my own blog.  The process is long. 
But worth it in the long run I believe.

cotton v/s twirl

So today I made this cotton dress instead of the what the pattern called for on the knit and I really like it so much. 

But...no luck getting a model. 

How do women ever grow up to want to be a model if they hate it so much as a child? 

Oh well I guess there must be some kids out there that like it.  Maybe the models we all envy come from the toddlers and tiara's show, that's got to be it.

Sewin' up a storm

Lately, I've been wanting to sew something every day.  My latest thing was looking in the blog world to find a good bloomer's pattern for the dress I made about a couple weeks ago on here. I made a pair on my own but I definately don't like them as much as the diaper cover on the made blog that I follow.

The other outfit I made is from the sienna dress cut down to shirt size with a twirl skirt I modified to fit a newborn.  I hope both will fit when the baby is first born.
When I had all my kids I remember not having alot of things when they where teny tiny but loads of stuff once they got out of that 8 pnds phase.
I think I'm making up here for what I didn't get to do when I had my girls :) Because I still don't feel like I"m 'done'.

Feeling guilty now over for a while

I sew so much for the girls. 

I'm so glad that I got to make these pants for Tristan today. 

I bought this fabric about a month ago, it's a shame I know.  I fully intended on making them.  He loves blues clues and everywhere we go if he sees "The Paw Print" then I get to hear about it.  I was so excited when I saw this fabric because I thought they would make good lounge pants and Tris would love them also. 
Then I got off task as usual.  But today back on, hopefully.

He says he really likes them and I love them because they actually turned out that they covered his whole diaper bum. 

Here is my picture shoot with Tris. 

I'm loving his new pearly white teeth, they show up so much more now that he has those 2 big teeth in the front.  Poor guy.  Dumb allergies!  So glad that they make stainless steel crowns with white on front,yeah!

Okay this pic is kinda out there but as you can see in the next pic he was play hitting himself in the head.

No worries, not hard, just being silly!

Baseball T

So here is how Friday went..

Good :)

She was happy and so was I.

Here is a thrown in pic of Tristan insisting on being in a photo as well.

Next project = baseball tee

So I got an email from Madison's teacher saying she would like the kids to dress up in baseball themed clothes this Friday.  I can't wait to make Madison a baseball shirt with her school number on it!  The sienna dress is perfect to compare with your  basic t-ball shirt.  I actually found tutorials online and they were the same design.   So hopefully after a quick trip to the gym today, I'll get to work on it.

I also have a new favorite t.v. show.  I love Covert Affairs with the Piper Pibalo(sp?) chick.  It's so good!  It airs every tuesday at 10:00 p.m. on USA network.  I would definately recommend starting from the beginning episodes online and then going from there.  Normally I'm not into shows like CSI and etc..stuff like that... but this show is about Annie working for the CIA and thats all I can tell you for now.  It's hush hush, lol.  Check it out. The secret guy that this is plotting about.  OMG!  I'm even thinking the totally smart-geeky blind guy, Griffin should hook up with Annie.  His smarts makes him totally cool :)

Baby, Baby

  My friend Danette is having her 3rd girl in a couple of months.  I really wanted to make her something cute and that would actually fit when the baby is born. 

If not then maybe by 6 mnths time or so.  I saw this cute idea with pleats and decorative stitching on one of my sewing shows that I watch and I knew I had to do something comparable to this. 

This is the Sienna t-shirt pattern made with knit on the neckline but the body is not at all knit, which I didn't think about until I had this cute little baby done.  The poor baby might not even be able to wear it because it doesn't stretch on the body at all besides at the neck. 

I'm debating sending it the way it is for a test run or changing it to be open neck on the back somehow.  I don't really feel like I have enough expierence to do this successfully right now.  So I'm either waiting until I have an idea pop in my head or see a tutorial on how to do this and fix it. 

Here is the tutti fruity fabric that they sell at Joann's that is also good for shirring cute little dresses for summer.