Made a skirt!

The fabric for this skirt was originally 10 dollars a yard, clearanced to 5 dollars, then clearance went 50% off, then an addition 10% off total purchase, so the fabric cost me $2.25. Then I got some lining for 1 dollar, so realy 90 cents. The zipper was the spendy item- somewhere arounf 3- but with a 50% coupon a dollar something. Pretty cool. I made up the flouncy part- the pattern for it I mean, obviously I didn't make up the idea! I already had the pattern for the skirt, but I wanted to do something a little more fun than plain Jane, - I love this skirt. And it's funny because teh fabric was one of those kinds where at first glance you think, "euw that's ugly," but then you give it a second look in that stack of fabrics and invision the future of a cute skirt, and suddenly- you find a treaure in a pile of ugly fabrics. And the skirt totally matches my glasses! Pink and black.

This picture reminds me of mom, she always does back views. And it always looks so funny looking at a picture of someone facing a wall, like they're being punished.

Doll for Ruby

So I have Jake's family for Christmas, so I am making Ruby a doll. This is what I've made so far. I think she's done. If I do anything else- I'll add some tights or shoes or something, maybe a bow in the hair, otherwise you've got the idea of it. This one- I don't know if you can tell in the pictures but the face has more definition. She has a tiny nose, and cheekbones, and eye indentions. Amy Heid. taught me last night. And then- the skirt- I used the scraps from my quilt to do that, I didn't even have to piece it. When I straighted out the sides of my quilt, I ended up with 1-2 inch strips and i thought it could come in handy later for dolls- I'm so glad I saved them.

Burp rags for baby shower

A girl in the primary had a baby boy, so I made some burp rags, double sided, one side print, one side solid. It was fun.

Anna's Doll

She does have another arm it's just covered by the hair.



This is the doll I made for Anna. I wanted it to be more trendy. Giving the dolls to the girls was so much fun! They loved them. And Aliese said, "You made the dolls just like us, I like old fashioned, Anna likes rocker, and Gracie's a baby." It was so fun. Can't wait to make more for the other kids.

New Sewing table and end table

I got a REALLY awesome purchase. My in-laws gave Mike and me a cash gift for our anniversary. 100 each. YOWSA. Perfect timing- our Wal-Mart is closing out their fabric department- so of course what does Wal-Mart do? DISCOUNT!!!!!! AMAZING deals- I got yards and yards of ribbon- CUTE ribbon- for like 12 cents a yard! I got fabric for a quilt (fabric that I had previously seen, wanted, but wouldn’t buy because of the price); I got fabric for some aprons, some presents, and for doll clothes. SO EXCITING- I spent I think almost 40 dollars total and got a haul. THEN, I got a closet hanger extender, much needed- so happy. THEN- I went to value village and thought I’d look around- what do I find? An amazing desk- L-shaped, with laminated type counter tops. Perfect for a sewing table. I have a sewing table- but it’s HUGE, HEAVY, and need I say HUGE again? It’s just way too big- takes up way too much space- so this is just wonderful- so we got rid of the old- and moved in the new- it was 25 dollars- but I had a coupon that brought it down to 20. So it was a spendy littler bugger, but worth it. THEN- I went to the dollar store and I bought packs of plastic cups and custard cups- got some wood from the Heidimans-(they had extra) and I screwed them onto a piece of wood- to hold all my stuff- My other desk had drawers- this one doesn’t- so I had to find a place for all my junk, like glue sticks, crayons, markers, screws, nails etc. So I screwed them on- and labeled them and I just LOVE it. So cute and organized. I just wish I knew I were going to be doing this- because then I would have coordinated my boards that I JUST did, so they don’t match- anyway- it’s totally awesome- but I haven’t even gotten to sew on it yet because I’ve been working so MUCH! I have been working so much, and whenever they need someone to cover extra hours they call me- so I haven’t had any free time. I would like to have the desk out in the family room, and I could just put the smaller couch in the sewing room where the desk is- but Mike said it would look ugly. I just like being out in the family room- I feel a part of the world- there’s sun shining through the window- the sewing room is just gloomy.

While I was there I also spotted a really cute end table. We’ve been needing one for the family room- has really cool carvings and shape- so I’m going to paint it the green of the hutch or the blue in the frames- can’t decide which- Amy Heidiman pointed out though that all my furniture is black- but I don’t know. Anyway- I’m so excited to paint it- except now I have the anxiety of “gotta brush up on my Spanish”.

My apron

So- Rebecca made me an apron for my wedding, and I LOVE it, and I wear it everyday when i eat, (because I'm so clumsy) and ofcourse when I cook, so it gets dirty alot- I decided I wanted more like it- I bought a pattern, and ofcourse it wasn't what i wanted so i took it back and I just copied the pattern from my sister's apron. I LOVE IT. I tried to make it look retro- hence the bright blue- I really love it. THEN- I also made a little kid apron-which I still need to put pockets and some ruffles on, (but I was too excited so I had Ahna put it on). I made a little kid one because Ahna comes over and makes cookies alot and she gets so dirty, and when Ruby my niece used to live here- she made cookies with me alot too- and she would get dirty- so I decided- I don't care if I don't have any children- I need a little kid apron! I really love this apron because it doesn't weigh on my neck- it lays nicely on my shouldders- and I don't even have to tie it in the back- it's perfect. And by the way- the fabric was 2 dollars a yard- 50% off- 1 dollar- then 30% off special employee discount so it was only 70 cents! I paid more for the piping/tape than I did for the fabric!

Dress

I found the fabric for this dress in the clearance section. 4 dollars a yard- waited until the clearance went 50% off- making it 2 dollars a yard. I only needed 2 yards. Plus my employee discount 15% so I this dress only cost me $3.40. Anyway- I LOVE this dress. I really love those long summer dresses to the floor- but they're all halter tops- so I made this one- I love it.