Pillowcase.....SHIRT!

Here is another sewing project for my little girl.  Like I have said before, a friend of mine runs a business out of her home making pillowcase dresses.  Well, I don't think she sells these shirts, but herself and her daughter have a couple of these and they are so cute!  This is the same pattern for a normal pillowcase dress but at the bottom, instead of just a normal hem, it has elastic in it so that it hugs the waist area and becomes a shirt instead of a dress.  Cute, huh?  Another friend of mine does the hem at the bottom identical to the top and puts another ribbon in the bottom hem and then ties it and it becomes a cute little shirt as well with an extra ribbon.  Does that make sense?  Hope so!  :)

Hope you enjoy this cute little creation and remember, it is always homemade!

"Jean" Skirt

Seriously, Pinterest.com was the best idea ever!  This is yet another Pinterest project.  I pinned this back in the winter, knowing that come summertime I would be sure to be making this for my little girl!  I cut off some old pants that still fit her in the waist but were too short.  I then added two ruffles to the bottom hem.  I made this in about 20 minutes!  She loved it!  She is a true little girl...she loves clothes and especially ruffles.  She plays with them when she is just sitting and she hates to take clothes off!  She gets attached to them...it is quite hilarious at times!  The link to the tutorial I used is below.  I made my ruffles a little longer than her measurements because I needed a little more length than what her measurements allowed.  What makes this great is that you can make it to fit your needs.

www.maryjanesandgaloshes.com   Search "From High Water Pants to Super Cute Skirt"  She has a step by step picture tutorial.  Have fun! 

Hope you have a great day and remember, it is always homemade!

Pillowcase Dresses and Bloomers

Here is another sewing project that I made for my little girl for this summer!  So cute and so easy!  I followed two different patterns...one for the dress and one for the bloomers.  The links are listed below.  I do not have a serger (yet) :-) and so I really liked this girl's tutorial because she made this dress for someone to copy that didn't have a serger.  She finishes the seams with a 1/4 inch seam before she even starts the "making" of the dress.  It was super easy...seriously it took about 20 minutes from start to finish!  I went with her suggested measurements for the 2T/3T size of fabric and you can tell that the blue polka dot dress is a little too wide but it still is very cute and she will grow into it better as she gets bigger.  The black print dress I made several inches slimmer and it is perfect.  I also made it longer as well.  You can make it as wide or long as you would like.  I suggest making one in some fabric that you don't really care about and then change the measurements accordingly if needed.  Here are the links to the tutorials.  The dress pattern is on a blog and I have included the video regarding the making for the bloomers.

Pillowcase Dress:  www.sewlikemymom.com/easiest-pillowcase-dress-ever/

Pants Tutorial via YouTube:

                                                                        PART 1

PART 2

Hope this helps you make these adorable dresses and bloomers.  I am sure there will be more in my future!  Have fun and remember it is always homemade!

Tunic Dress Pattern

Seriously, this dress looks like a hard pattern to follow and accomplish, but it was so easy! I made it within two hours...next time, it will not take as long. I think I am going to try and slim down the pattern and make my daughter some long sleeve shirts for the winter as well...I will let you know how that goes. I think it will be easy to change the pattern to fit my needs...that is what you want, right? I changed the pattern in two ways...I cut the arms short to make it a nice dress for the summer and then I added the pleated ruffle on the bottom. When I finished the basic tunic dress, it was a little too short for my liking so, I decided to add the ruffle. I am still working on how to do ruffles and so this one is more of a pleated ruffle appearance. At least it is more even than my first attempt at ruffling! ;)

The pattern is on blogs.babble.com and if you search "dress patterns" a website comes up that says "25 Free Dress Patterns"...this is the link that you need to click on...You then click on the tunic dress and it will take you to the tutorial. It is an awesome tutorial with pictures at every step!

I hope you have as much fun as I did making this dress! It turned ut so cute and when she wore it to church services this past Wednesday night, she got many compliments! She was soooo cute in it too! Remember, it is always fun and always homemade! Have a great week!

First Project on the NEW Machine!!!

This is my first project on the new sewing machine that I bought 2 weeks ago with all of my birthday money!!  Now, this is the most simple of all projects that are sure to be done on this machine!  You buy the fabric already smocked...all I had to do was the back seam to connect the fabric and the two straps.  I bought this fabric at Walmart on sale!!!  That is the best deal ever!!  I did not plan on buying this type of fabric but when I saw it, and it was on sale, I just had to buy it!  I also made a hairbow to go with it using the same fabric.  The picture of it is below...

To see a YouTube tutorial for this hairbow, just click on the video below...  I did mine a little different than hers.  I actually used hot glue as I brought the sides into the middle.  I also added the flower on top instead of a button.  Make it your own creation!!



Hope you all have a great day.  It may be a sewing project instead of a paper craft, but it is always homemade!!