teresajoy
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Did you hear that gasp all the way down there in Florida???? That was me and Lydia admiring your Marie outfit!!!! That is SOOO cute!!! And, Jacob has a way with colors!!Well, my little monkey has been sick so not much posting for me. It is constantly up and down trying to make her happy. The upside is she wants a lot of rocking and cuddles, which is not the norm, and I miss it!
I did get some sewing done. The diva is not posing so no kid in them.
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First time making buttons! I found these in scrapbooking stash so I didn't even have to buy any. They are not exactly the right color, but they'll do.
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Marie fabric I bought from. So cute, but it smells funny! Anyway, I only bought a yard so I couldn't make the skirt as full as I would have liked it. Interestingly enough, my eight year old son picked out the coordinating fabrics (fat quarters). He is much better with colors than I am!
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Made these bows from scrapbooking supplies. My husband said, they are looking like real bows!![]()
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The white peasant dress was scary. First of all it's white, and I do not have the perfect non-dirty child that Lori and Tom seem to have. Megan plays hard so I was worried about even making it. The fabric is "linen-like" whatever that means and is pretty heavy. I love the texture to it and we got an AG catalog today that had several peasant tops in the same kind of material. So I guess it's in! I am hoping she can wear it under several outfits, like Tom demonstrated. We'll see.
I am going to a sewing expo tomorrow through Saturday so I won't be on much, so I'll miss you guys but hopefully I'll learn a lot so I can share!

OOH, I can't wait!You guys, I was slated to do Jury Duty this week but haven't been called (tues. and wed.) so my daycare kids made other plans for the week...I just have myself and Norah! So I'm getting a lot of sewing done. I'll post soonly.
Wow all your things look so amazing, the most I ever sewed was a mouse pin cushion with my oldest DD at 4-H a few months back, and lets just say we won't be putting that in the fair this year, next time Mom will let her do it herself, it will probable look better!! I have been intrigued by all your great ideas and I think its somthing I want to learn....now if only I can find some time and someone to teach me, LOL! I would love to start with just putting some printed Mickey heads on some regular shirts and jeans, do you all think that would be doable for a beginner. I did use a sewing machine in high school home and careers class, but that was a 10 plus years ago![]()
I would agree that applique is not the best place to start. There are free learn to sew sites in the bookmarks (link in my siggy and in the first post). A nice simple skirt would be good to start out with. Something to just get you use to the machine. Peasant tops are pretty easy too. (free pattern in the bookmarks)
This outfit is cute!All the new creations look amazing! The Evil Queen jumper dress is gorgeous. The chocolate bunny looks good enough to eat. And since we are starting St Patrick's Day outfits, here is mine:
Portrait Peasant top:
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Simple Twirl skirt:
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And what happens when an almost 3 year old decides she should dress herself:
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I used a flannel material and I love how cozy the outfit seems. Mid-March is still fairly cold here, too, so I choose the fabric for that reason also.
I really like the way you put the contrasting fabric around the neckline! What a clever idea!!!
