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.

Fourth of July

Well, I'm late SNSing, and I was late sewing as well. I was making these at 8am on 7/4, and I swear they took way too long, almost till 11am. But they fit well, although the undies legs are a bit too long for my taste, I'm not sure how that happened.

Striped C/L from Suz, solid interlocks from JA I guess. Curved raglans and BBs. Stupidly, I only ordered a yard of the stripes, so the backs of the shirts are the same solids as their sleeves. Lucas actually had the nerve to ask for yellow sleeves. I don't know what is up with that kid.

Tinkerbell meets the ShaSha Dream bag

I made this for my cousin's bday, she turned 12 and is apparently a Tink fanatic, so what's a good sewing mama-cousin to do but sew her a bag? Her dad's bday is 2 weeks after hers, and they always take a trip to a destination of his choosing, and it's Vegas this year (I think they're there right now), so I thought the bag should be a bit bigger than the tut calls for. Here's a link to the tutorial that I used.

I had to do a LOT of fussy cutting to get things to even out on this bag, and get as many Tinks as I could. She's got other fairies along with her, so I made each inside pocket from one of them.


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Back




















Side















One inside pocket w/ribbon key clip, the other side has the same pocket with a different fairy on it












Matching keyfob

There's also a removable base in the bag, which is just fabric sewn around some thick cardboard. It really needed the support to keep the shape of it when you throw a wallet inside. The closure is velcro, as I somehow lost my stash of mag snaps.

June 2007 sewing

I sewed a lot of jammies and tank tops in June, so here's a bunch of them:

Surfboards jammies for a trade with another sewing mama. I made these for her son, and she made a striped & embroidered shirt for my Lucas.

Summer jammies for Lucas -

And tank tops for my boys -

Baseball matchies...

After making a comment this past week to my coworker that I was tired of making matchy stuff for the boys, what do I do but make matching tanks for Dillon's end-of-baseball-season pizza party yesterday. I let them pick the fabric, so it's their fault, lol. I really LOVE this pattern though! It's KS 3389, I think, pretty much just a tank, but with raglan shoulder insets. After making about 6 of them now (the others are waiting to have their threads clipped, will SNS soon), it occurs to me that I could have saved myself $8 by just using my other KS or Ottobre raglans and not making sleeves, but sometimes I just have to learn the hard way, I guess. At least I feel like I've gotten my money's worth out of the pattern now.


This was taken mere minutes before he fell off and hurt himself. YES, he has a helmet and does wear it, but claims he cannot drink water with it on, so it was on the ground for this picture.

Injured and overly-dramatic

Lucas (4.5y/o) fell off his bike yesterday afternoon, scraped up his left elbow really well, and screamed bloody murder for a good 25 minutes before he'd even let me LOOK at it. I only got the bandage on his 2" x 3" scrape by begging and bribing with M&Ms. When Dillon saw it, he said "Wow, Lucas, that looks like you need a sling", as Luke had been cradling his left arm like a sling would. I was inspired, and remembered Shea's SNS for her niece a week or two ago, so this morning I sewed this up for him. I think it turned out pretty cute, he's been wearing it all day (although I did tell him it would not be worn to school tomorrow, I feel silly with a kid in a sling, but with no cast), and is now laying in bed in it, and Dillon's asked several times for a sling of his own.

He looks like he's in a lot of pain, no?

A model - n- show

I ordered this adorable Ooga Booga outfit from an online friend for Lucas, and it's so damned cute! He thinks it's pretty awesome too.

Mama's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow...

We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo,

How about you, you, you?

Lucas and I went to the Baltimore Zoo with his preschool today, and brought along our friend Emilee. Of course I had to make him a shirt, and this ribknit from an online friend was perfect.

Surfboards matchy-match

I got this great surfboards knit fabric from another sewing mommy last year. It looks SO good with orange, I really like this combo! I need to make the boys some matching undies, lol.

And Dillon wanted me to show this pic as well, lest you think that his brother is anywhere close to being as tall as him. They wanted to show off their new ON flip flops. Have you ever tried to teach a 4y/o to walk in flipflops?? HILARIOUS!!

Finishing and modeling

Finally finished a pair of PJs for Lucas that I started last fall. He wore them to PJ Day at preschool today.




And the boys modeling Tshirts made for them by my friend Shari.

It was a nice thought....

Mia sent pictures of her little preemie guy with the outfit I made for him. She's right - nice thought but the poor kid is totally swallowed by these clothes!

He sure is a cutie, though. :)

Sweet little baby outfit....

I swear I felt like I was making doll clothes.
Ottobre 58s for a friend's preemie who is just over 5lbs now.
Hopefully he will have grown into them by the time I get them to Michigan!



A few more baby outfits for a few friends and my cousin's DD: