Guest book attendant dress

My last BIL on my husbands side tied the knot this past weekend.
I had the pleasure of making the guest book attendant dress, as well as the flower girls dresses.

guest book attendant

I forgot to take pics of the flower girl dresses, but hope to get my hands on one soon.

New bathing suit

So, I took the plunge this morning.  

 

I have been reading up on making bathing suits for a while now.  I had a pattern, and fabric, for over a year.  Today I finally decided to try it out.  

 

The pattern (McCalls 9374) had excellent instrucions on sewing with this kind of fabric.  It came together quite easy, and turned out great!

 

I did have to extend the torso for her, but that was a simple fix.

Now she is all ready for swimming lessons next week!

Sleep sacks

plain jane grey

I've been getting more and more orders for the bigger sized sleep sacks.  These are 45" long.

spice hoopla dot

forest animals

transportation

I recently ordered longer zippers for the bigger sleep sacks. 

Should make getting the child in and out a lot easier. :)

for the hubs

It isn't too often that I get to sew for my hubby.
He had a little problem though, and thought I could help him out. 
He had a vinyl/plastic case that came with his wrenches.  In the heat, the wrenches would sick to it, and they were hard to get in/out.  In the cold, they would fall out.  It was slowly ripping, so he came to me.

I used a high vis duck cloth, and used the old cover as the pattern.  We made a few changes with the sizing, and used an old drawstring from my stash... he rolls it up and ties it closed when he isn't using them.

Diaper bag

A firend of mine took care of my kids back in January while I visited family.  she is expecting #4, so I offered to make her a diaper bag as a thank you.

She picked the size, style, and colors, and here is what we came up with.  

The true color didn't show up until the last pic... so it's cuter in real life.

 new hardware for an adjustable strap!!

Dr Seuss sleep sacks

A customer ordered 2 sleep sacks, and wanted them made from the new Dr Seuss fabric line. 

The fabric is really cute... except the grinch... he's not so nice looking.  :)

Chenille Blanket

A few weeks back, I decided that maybe the chenille blanket wasn't so time consuming after all... I now had a handy chenille cutter to help with the tedious job, so I gave it another shot.  Cutting was super easy with my handy cutter... plus, there is less chance to accidentally cut though all layers. 

photos courtesy of Katrina

Edit: you can find a tutorial for the blanket here 
I find it works best to sew your lines 1/2 " apart- some tutorials say you can do them further apart, but it doesn't look or feel as nice.  
Also, DO NOT pre wash your fabric or you will not get the 'gathered" look.  
Have fun! 

Nursing covers

These 2 covers were made for a couple friends who either had, or are about to have a new baby. I'm sure they will be well used for the next few months.