A dress for Joce

 So I really enjoyed making this dress for Jocelyn.  It was so fun to make things with the fine tip paint.  It makes me excited to do some stenciling with freezer paper in the future. 

It does make me so happy to see the girls in dresses that I've made.  Totally thrilled!  Like all my hard work of staying up late and neglecting my housely duties has now paid off  :) 

Now I'm wondering if I could do one for me?  Nah...probally not. It would probally end up being a night gown if anything for me. I don't think I could get away with these colors like my beautiful girls do..

The first good smile I've gotten in a long time from her.  This is saying alot :)

Back view of the dress, I stenciled and traced on a bird design which doesn't feel like it belongs but I like it anyways.

Life doesn't get much better than this when they are paired up together with smiles.

2nd Aikido dress Sienna Style

Yes, it should be Jocelyn Modeling these photos.  But she didn't want to and didn't like it because she said the sleeves bothered her.  I tried to avoid anything itchy and sewing decorations on this one for her but on the sleeves I had to sew them down the middle because I didn't extend my sleeves pattern to be one way. 

So here is Madison the only willingly model.  I had to bribe her as well with chocolate chip muffins.  So I guess I should feel just relieved that I could get someone to wear it to put on here. 

Anyways I like this one a little bit better than the other one.  I made a braided belt to go along with it because Maddie requested an Aikido belt.  To funny :) Of course I didn't know that she would end up using it as a weapon like the Airbender she said.

Sienna Dress

 So I made my first 'Sienna' tee shirt dress that I've been working on a couple of days now. It would have probally been sooner but it being the weekend I did what I could with a small amount of time.  I really like it and I can tell that Maddie is excited to wear it to school tomorrow but I'm wishing i would have left off the decorative gold trim. Then Joce could have worn it, the one that it would have probally fit better with. Oh well, work in progress...I'm probally going to add another small layer to the bottom to fit her better for tomorrow..sometime in the night if I get a chance.

She insisted on doing that pose...

Then they all wanted to be in the photo shoot

Finally a Maddie give me a natural smile and pose picture.

Yes my daughter would enjoy modeling, I suppose.

Round Up of Things Mom Has Made

The girls love to wear skirts these days in the hot summer months.  It makes me so happy that on this day they both decided to wear my 'creations' to school.  Without even thinking about it they both picked these skirts and I had to take a 'shot'.  The first one is Jocelyn wearing a skirt comparable to the "Market skirt" that Dana Willard gave a tutorial for a while back.  I think this skirt was made last year and now it fits.

The second one is a creation I wanted to do to see if I could pull off making my own pattern to Ashley Hackshaws new Twirl skirt pattern before it came out.   It came out pretty 'twirly' but I am glad now to have the 'expert' pattern to go off of and see the correct way of things.  She also gives tips for knits and how to sew them. 

Beautiful Little Girl, Happy Birthday!

 A Little Preview of What I Made for Mila

Turning 3

Based mostly, with some modification off of this tutorial

I hope

 you enjoy

 many sunny days

playing on the beaches at Santa Cruz

Keep warm :)

Eclipse

Yesterday was such a blast with the Eclipse Midnight showing. 

Very memorable.  Just like this shirt I designed that I hope my friends didn't hate me too much for wearing. 

I've been looking forward to this movie for about a mnth so while I was waiting I had to do something right?

Thanks for putting up with me and my crazy shirt girls, it was fantastic to spend an evening out with you.

Can you feel it? HOT HOT HOT...oh yeah!

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Summer is here for sure...I can feel it!  Today's forecast called for 105 whopping degrees..

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What do you do on days when it's so hot all you want to do is stay inside?  Well wake up at the wee early hours of the morning and start sewing of course...


With every day getting hotter, I anticipate getting the kids out of the house and lettting them have some fun at the pool. 

Luckily, the gym that I go to is awesome and has a wonderful kids pool.  

The only downside is..I am and probally always will be self conscious when it comes to showing my booty. I've had 3 kids and it shows! 

So when Dana from Made came up with this Beach towel dress, I knew I had to make time to sew this.  It will get many days use and will fulfill the purpose of hiding things that need to be hidden as I have to walk through the gym by all those heavy weight lifting males. 

Beach Towel Dress

I really like it but for some reason it doesn't look as skinny and thrilling as it did on her.  I feel FAT in it for sure.  I'm hoping it's just the towel and not my fat booty.  But then again, I guess my membership could serve a purpose. To get me to look great in the ....

Beach Towel Dress