Christmas Gifts For My Little Nieces

For Christmas I made my 3 yr old nieces a few things. It's Christmas/Birthday gift not because their birthdays are anytime soon, but I generally sew for them and I won't be sewing much with a new baby. The dress above turned out the best but gave me the most problems. I was nearly ready to give up. Drove me right crazy. I used the In The Garden dress tutorial by From An Igloo. 

This is the dress for the other little niece. Kelly has a dress the same style and this 3 yr old lives in town so they can wear them together in the summer. Both of them will like that. This is another From An Igloo tutorial - the One Hour Sundress.

I also made matching skirts for Kelly and the two little girls. 

I looked at the Ruffle Bustle Skirt on Punkin Patterns that she made from this pattern by Lil Blue Boo but I didn't have any knit fabric. I found another pattern (that I can't find now) that I looked at the picture on the front and with some help from these I came up with these skirts. Flat in the front and all ruffly in the back. For now I don't have any good pictures but I'll post some when I can.

I may do a tutorial on how to make them one day.

And last, I made them patchwork aprons and oven mitts.

I made the apron using this pattern from Living with Punks, and the oven mitts as well, but I can't find picture of them!! Oops. 

 was totally guessing as to whether they would fit and poor Zack was my model a couple times (he wasn't too thrilled to try on the first dress) but he's five and so I just made it too short for him but not too much and the aprons were about a size too small so I figured they would be ok. They were fun projects and since a lot of it was scraps (and thanks to mom for all the lace!) I spent $8 on 2 m of the butterfly fabric. That's it. And more white thread but I needed that anyways.  :D 

Quick and Easy Aprons

 

This is a project I've wanted to try for a while. All you need is a fat quarter of one fabric and 1/2 a yard of another. I made the first one (the one I'm modeling) for my sister's birthday, along with a set of matching scrappy coasters.  Oh, and don't ask what the heck I'm doing in this photo. That's what you get when you hire a six year old photographer!

The tutorial is from JonaG.

I liked this one so much I made a couple more, and I have another one in the works. Pardon the photography, the six year old photographer was too busy playing barbies - and taking pictures of myself, by myself, not so good.

This one went to my sister in law with a set of coasters.

 This one **$15 to a good home** TAKEN!

Reversible Bag And A Frilly Apron

This reversible bag is from The Best of Sew Simple book that I borrowed from the library. It's so easy - 4 pieces, that's it. The fabric is Flora and Fauna by Patti Young. I am definitely making more of these.

I had scraps left over and wanted to make something to keep for myself -- but what? And then I saw  this apron. Perfect. Isn't it fun? 

Have a great week. Take time to be creative. It's a great stress reliever, and I have some of my best talks with God over my sewing machine or paper and scissors.