So here's my attempt at repurposing a pair of jeans. It was my first time working with denim, using a rotary tool, reading the manual for my sewing machine, and doing ruffles. As you can see, I haven't mastered sewing straight. Please be gentle, I'm brand new to this.
SO cute! I'll actually be attempting something very similar soon, so it's nice to see it worked out well for you.
Attempting to post picture of my DDs quilt... quality of pic isnt great since it was from my cell phone, but .... lets see if it even shows up here
I am always in awe whenever someone posts a quilt. I know they can be so time consuming. Yours looks great!
Love everything yet again. Thanks for the compliments about my shorts. I had so much fun with Andrea again today!! Here is the fantastic shirt from today. I haven't had time to cut the jumpstitches yet.
I am working on a bowling shirt for the outfit as well. Guess I should finish looking at it.. I am so confused right now.
Looks great! So do the shorts.
So our jumbo cat Winston finished the job - he's about a 5T:
I am going to make shorts from the neon green fabric I used on the back. The chiffon trim is from this - DH picked it up and asked if it was TOILET PAPER:
OMGah! I'm DYING over here Sandi! ROFLMBO!!! your model is just too perfect! But seriously, the Alice top came out fantastic and the Ariel dress/top is great too! And LOL about your DH wanting to use the chiffon as TP!
I think it has been a while since I shared some recent BG work:
And the last one, I sent shirts for Hoop Dee Doo:
This is the set where I had a "conversation" with my embroidery machine. It told me to use green when I was doing Bullseye so I went ahead and used green (thought it was supposed to be grass or something). Well, guess what, Bullseye ended up with grass-stained hooves!
By the time I realized what it was, I had spent too much time on the set to start over again! Argh!
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at least I haven't had an upside down applique...yet)
LOVE the BG items! The Hoop-De-Doo shirts are my favorite. And GIRL, you'd better be POUNDING on wood cause those sound like famous last words to me!
I spent my day with Amy as we embroidered a birthday shirt for her ds to match the shorts she had posted. My needle fell out in one of the later steps but thank goodness it didn't ruin the shirt! I have no idea how it fell out! The shirt is adorable so hopefully Amy will post pics of it soon.
I also went to
Walmart to get some fabric for the Dorothy dress I have to make dd for her play. The fabric was there earlier in the week but they are now redoing the fabric dept which they just redid less than a year ago and they hardly have any fabric out and it was GONE!!! The kind lady even looked int he back for me and no luck so now this weekend I have to hunt down the fabric. It was only $2 a yard at Walmart so I am so hoping the other Wally with fabric has it -- though Amy told me another Wally in our area is starting to carry fabric too ---YAY!!!!!
Thought you might be military and live near Amy and me and then we could really have some sewing parties! We didn't stay at SoG but went there to buy our tickets and the resort looked lovely and you can't beat the price]
UGH I hope you are able to find that fabric you need for the Dorthy dress. Oh and I WISH that I lived close to you, because getting together for a sewing party sounds positively DELIGHTFUL! But alas, I am far, far away (TX).
Easter egg hunt outfit for DD:
Oh all those Easter outfits were just too precious, but that one is my favorite! I just LOVE the fabric for the main portion of the skirt. Great job and I'm glad that you are getting back some more movement in your arm.
This is who I get to start making clothes for. Welcome Madison!
CONGRATULATIONS on your new little one! So sweet!
Okay since D wants to see my new baby, I am going to post it here and my PTR.
I love her she is so smooth in her stitches.
YAY for the new serger toy! Glad you are liking the new one!
So I finished another day... our 4th of July day
This was my first time doing a stripwork skirt but I love how it came out.
Oh gosh, your outfits just get better and better every time you post! You are seriously going to be the best dressed family there!
My pattern for the t-shirt dress arrived yesterday. I ordered some fabric but it hasn't arrived yet. The pattern looks super easy and I can't wait to start on it. I also got the kids version and when I get some free time, I plan to make a few things with that too. I have a couple of t-shirt that my girls outgrew and I want to play around with upcycling them into t-shirt dresses for my niece.
Oh hurray for the pattern getting there. Now if only that fabric would hurry up! *taps foot*
I finally finished my my skirt for myself this afternoon. I picked out the striped fabric, it's shimmery and has gold stitching, brought it home and realized it was a bit on the see through side. So I figured instead of finding something to line it with I would just make it reversable. I'm loving it so much I bought two more fabrics to make another reversable skirt! I love that I can dress it up or down and can wear just about anything with it, tanks, tee, dressier shirts. I apologize in advance for the horrible pics, I don't have a full length mirror so I put the hall mirror on the floor to get a somewhat decent pic of it in action.
LOVE it! Love how it's reversible too.
I have had a terrible time with the DISboards lately. Probably a week or so. Even before the change over. Way too much to quote, but love all the things I have seen. I have been making things slowly here. Mom and I made 25 pillow cases for GKTW last weekend. I made a pair of shorts for Christophers 2nd birthday (which is next tuesday) I plan to make a bowling shirt and then Andrea agreed to help me make a t-shirt for under it. So excited. He LOVES mickey mouse! So I decided to go with that for his theme!Just like his mommy
Happy Sewing!
That came out great! Hope your DS has a fantastic birthday.
I did this cute crayon tote:
My kids are grown and out of the house and there's no grandkids yet, so I've been making these for the great nieces and nephews. I sent a similar one to Justin for his Big Give.
Oh your little tote bag came out great!
Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared
Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by
S & J Harrison, on Flickr
I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much
And just for a little extra, I followed the twirly garden dress tutorial that someone posted and combined it with Carla C's jumper top for these sundresses for the girls:
Sophie sundress front by
S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )
The Cindy inspired dress is too cute! I really think you should consider renting out your mice! It seems that there are quite a few ladies on this board who would care to have a turn with them! Oh and I'm so glad to see that you took the shirred twirly dress and franken-patterned it with the simply sweet! I had the exact same idea (well, I'll also be trying to add in one other pattern too, but I think it's do-able). SO cute!
I want to thank everyone so much for your help over the last week or so. From big questions to small questions, I've had so many responses. You're all so helpful! If it wasn't for you I'd still be trying to get a lining in the bowlings shirts and I'd have wire wrapped inside my buttons.
I haven't posted much other than questions because I've been waiting to contribute a bit more first. I do want to say that the clothes I see here is just amazing. You're all so talented!
So, here goes... Until now, I've only ever sewn costumes for the kids. Nothing elaborate at all and they all had fur so the sewing was very forgiving. I haven't made a costume in years though so even my basic skills are weak. I got interested in making customs for the kids and participating in the Big Give when my kids were fortunate enough to have been chosen to receive a Big Give for DD's wish trip. Everything was so cute on the kids! A few months after we returned, I made my first drive across the border trip to the US to visit Joann's and a Walmart there that sells disney fabric (there's absolutely nothing here). I bought oodles and had great ideas... and then the fabric sat. Well, we're going to Disney again in May and I kept putting off the sewing saying that I didn't really know what I was doing. The week before Easter, I took the plunge and decided to find a pattern for a pillowcase dress... I figured that would at least be straightforward. Who would have thought someone could learn so much on something so simple LOL. I learned how to do french hems, I learned how to topstitch, I learned how to use my zigzag stitch... what a learning curve! But I made my first pillowcase on Good Friday and DD loved it so I was hooked. I made another pillowcase from Tiana fabric and then decided to do some bowling shirts for the boys and a matching top for DD. I'm working on another dress for DD but the Marissa pattern by CarlaC for this one... hoping to have it done tomorrow. And I still have a stripwork twirl skirt to make. I have fabric for another bowling shirt for DS4 but I'm not sure if it'll happen. Those Bowlings shirts took almost a week on their own! Boy they're intricate! You all were so helpful though!
Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle
This is the first dress I made for DD.
Here's the second pillowcase.
Here is the matching set
I'll post pics of the others once I finish!
Oh golly, it's hard to imagine you are new at this because those all turned out great! You seriously need to pat yourself on the back and I can't wait to see what else you create!
I'm almost finished with my skirt, I will post when I'm done. But I had to share real quick, I have job interview on Wednesday!!! I took a test two weeks ago and I made it through to the interview. There's still several more steps after the interview and if I make it all the way thorugh it won't start until mid June but I'm super excited. Although I have been enjoying these last few weeks of staying at home and having more time to sew but I really do need a job.
YAY for the job interview! Good LUCK!
Okay, so today was my actual birthday. I didn't really think I was going to get any extra birthday presents (because technically the new serger is supposed to be my present) but my DH surprised me with a gift card to Hobby Lobby. It was such a sweet and thoughtful gift, especially because he DESPISES going into that store.
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Sunshine
She loves looking at the frill on the front and saying "Pretty!". 
I love Hobby Lobby!
Any tips or tricks to make a better bow?
Especially like the wristlet. Might have to try that one!
Off to try to read about the shirt!
I have to make her feel like she had big part in making the shirt! I think she may just have her very own PE770 in the near future ~ though she told me she tried out a $3000 model at sew-vac! I also think the colors on the shirt look more vibrant in person -- looks washed out on her photo. And that design was from Just Peachy and she has nice thick stitches 
She is not that early so all should be well in that respect and hopefully the infection was caught early that all is well and easily treatable. 
