Updating...

I just looked through my photobucket of all my sewing projects that I haven't added to my blog just yet - wow, it's like 4 pages worth of sewing, basically everything I did in late 2006 and all of 2007. I'm going to be working on getting things added here soon, so bear with me. :)

Long time...

Seems like it's been eons since I posted anything here, but alas, only 16 months. I do still sew, but not nearly as much as I knit these days. I bought some fabric today to make jammie pants for both of the boys, and myself, so hopefully I'll have something to show soon. Maybe I'll get around to uploading pics of all my 2007 sewing - not that there's a lot, so it won't take long!

But until then, I'll leave you with this picture of my new flannels -

Sharks for Lucas, Pirates for Dillon, and Ladybugs for Mama. :)

One very happy birthday boy - Dillon's 9th

Yeah, his birthday's not until Tuesday, but as today is my Dad's bday, we celebrated both of them with family today. I've spent this past week working on these things for him, and was finally finished at about 2am today.

Skully curved raglan from Ottobre 1/03 - I tried this pattern to see how I'd like the shape of it compared to the 2/05, and I've got to say I'll be using the 2/05 after this. I really do not like the high neck shaping here. He loves it, and I never buy skull stuff, so it's extra special. I'd intended to make him black twill cargo pants to go with this, but ran out of time and steam.

French terry hoodie, from a late '06 Ottobre, made with many mods, and I'm wishing I'd lined it, as it's not very soft inside, and not as thick and warm as our other hoodies. Dillon wears a 134, but this pattern only goes up to a 128. I was so glad that my upsizing worked out well, and although the sleeves are about an inch too long, he's much like his mama and loves long sleeves. The dragons and kanjis are flocked/velvet iron-ons that he found at JA over the summer.

A #9 shirt for Dillon, he'll be 9 as of 8:55am the day after tomorrow. KS raglan pattern, and I drew the 9 freehand myself. I've been wanting to combine these 2 blues in a raglan for a while.

And my favorite, the GameBoy bag. My parents gave Dillon a GB Advance for his birthday. He's had a GB color since Christmas (my 17y/o cousin handed his down, along with alllllll the games and accessories he'd had), but had been dying for the GBA, so they got it for him, and I finally made the bag he's wanted. Gray twill, dragon iron-on, dragon cotton inner that's cured in my stash for as long as I can remember, lots of inside pockets that were hard to get pics of, and he's just tickled with it! He was actually more excited about the bag than the GameBoy!

Misc sewing stuff

A pair of tester pants for Lucas from Ottobre's recent issue. They're too big, but maybe he'll fit into them in the fall. Random gray stretch twill, and the topstitching doesn't stand out so much IRL.


















Thought I had it figured out, and went on to make two more pairs from the same pattern that do not fit him. Ugh.

Lucas asked for a tag on the pocket.

A big new bag for mama

This was a kinda-UFO that I finished last week in stash game. It's pre-patch cord/etc from JA that I've been hoarding since last year for this exact purpose. It came sewn together in strips like that, and I topstitched/quilted them to interfacing and thin fleece. I'm really loving this bag. I made it to replace a cute Avon bag that I drove into the ground last week, just cut to the same size as the old bag, and added a few inches to the handle length. I carry all my "stuff" to work, it will hold my lunch, knitting, water bottle and whatever else I for-some-reason need to haul around with me.

With a side of my unmade bed:


I intentionally cut the strips for the handles a bit crooked within the strips of the fabric, and I think it looks really neat... although I forgot to actually take a good pic of it.

Summer jammies and more

Ooga Booga for Dillon, monkeys for Lucas.

Undies for Lucas (did I already show these?), and a pirate sun hat for Dillon.

Gotta love my sister

I made Sarah a tank top from my beloved Ooga Booga fabric - she's originally asked if I'd make her a pillowcase with it, after she fell in love with Lucas's OB outfit. I wasn't quite willing to part with that much of the fabric, so I made this for her instead. I was too impatient to wait for her to give me her measurements, so I guessed, and it turned out perfectly. Think she likes it?



I also made her another tank from watermelon fabric, though I don't have a modeling shot of this one.