Sewing — Unruly Art Class

The to-do list.

I don’t know about you, but I tend to say yes to everyone. Even if they don’t expressly ask, I offer a yes. I’d love to do that for you, I can do that, oh, let me do that…

I did a lot of that when I was home visiting friends and family a couple weeks ago. I’m not put out by it, I love to give gifts. Plus, it gives me experience just in case I ever want to start selling again {I’m coming back soon, etsy}

So, before my memory gives out on me, I thought I’d [...]

4th of July Dress in Action

I couldn’t ask for a cuter model. Here is little Ava in the Independence Day Applique Dress. She is such a cute, sweet little girl and I’m so glad the dress fit her. Now if we can get her brother to keep his hat on his head The tall girl in the above pic is my girl, and that handsome man next to her is her boyfriend. The kids are his neice and nephew. Aren’t they precious?

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I don’t know about you, but I may be hooked on applique now. It [...]

4th of July Dress and sunhat

My daughter babysits for two kids. A little girl named Ava and her younger brother Kana. This weekend they’re going to a huge family reunion, so I made Ava a sweet little 4th of July dress. But I didn’t want Kana to be empty handed. The solution: a matching sunhat for Kana. I can’t wait to get pictures of them wearing these together. They’re so cute!

Anthony’s Bucket Hat

So, as I’ve mentioned on this blog in the past month or so, I’m trying to make some stuff to take on our trip home to PA for various neices and nephews who know have all started having their own kids since we moved to Texas. The girls are easier for me, because I love to make sweet little dresses. But I’ve seen so many sunhats lately including this one from Oliver & S, and they looked easy enough that I could figure out how to make one, so last night I gave it a try and I love the [...]

Weekend Wrap Up

This has been such a creative time for me. The 3 months or so since I’ve started to learn to sew kid’s clothes has been the most excited I’ve felt in a long time. I’ve tried sewing in the past based on YouTube videos and the like, but until I took the Home Ec class from LeighAnn of Freckled Nest along with a couple other contributors, including Rachel Denbow from Smile & Wave. That started the bug to really learn how to sew properly. Since that online class, I’ve gone from fudging together tote bags, to sewing nicely finished [...]

Twirly sundress for Ashley

As you may already know if you’ve visited my blog before, all my family and friends are in Pennsylvania. We moved to Texas nearly six years ago. When I left, I left behind two baby goddaughters (along with everyone else I’ve ever known). They’ve grown so much since I left, and since we’re coming up on a visit back home this month, I decided to make a dress for each of them using my new sewing skills. So far, I’ve done a dress for Devy Dev:

And today I finished take 2 of a dress for Ashley. The first [...]