tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61385292207363779822024-03-19T00:23:59.489-07:00MOMLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.comBlogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-75854751128455316542015-06-18T18:59:00.001-07:002015-06-18T23:07:47.852-07:00A Year in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yes, this blog has been so neglected, but alas, Annee and I have lots going on in our lives, so priorities of family have taken over. No big deal. We both sew for sanity on a regular basis, and we still share pictures back and forth, but gone are the days of staged photo shoots and DSLR photos. It's iPhone pictures, bathroom mirror selfies, and nowhere near perfect shots, but sewing is still an outlet and has saved me on many occasions. To immerse myself in a pattern and project has kept my mind distracted and has kept me going through 2 moves, joblessness, living with parents (mine and my in-laws), and just the normal ups and downs of life and child rearing. I thank God daily that my hands can create, and that I have found a medium that I'm good enough at to feel successful and happy with my end products. </div>
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This is not a full years worth of projects, but pretty close. I would apologize for the not so perfect pictures, but I'm not sorry. I'm just happy that one day I can look back at some pictures of my products and remind myself of what I use to make. With no further ado…</div>
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I've strived over the past year to create the perfect t-shirt dresses. They are so comfy. I think of my dresses as equivalent to yoga pants and sweatshirt, but it looks nicer. But seriously are just as comfy as yoga pants if not more so. Who doesn't prefer dresses to pants?!</div>
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Grace got an Oliver and S Field Trip Raglan.</div>
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Perfect for a day at the beach. (We are now in Southern CA. An hour from the gorgeous beaches of Santa Monica. Maybe one day my dreams of living closer to the beach will come true. One day.)</div>
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This is the only picture I could find of another t-shirt dress I made and Grace is wearing a Bimma. I need more time to make more Bimmas because they are awesome. Hopefully it will happen soon, but it is summer time in SoCal and we hit the mid to upper 90s most days, so probably won't happen too soon.</div>
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I couldn't sew for a while after we got here (we moved last August), so instead I challenged myself to wear a weeks worth of handmade things. </div>
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T-shirt dress</div>
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Another t-shirt dress (design inspired by a Zara shirt - the back is all black)</div>
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Everyday Skirt with my 8 year old snapping a picture while we are rushing to get ready so I can take the kiddos to school and volunteer in one of their classes.</div>
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The Tappy Top. A free pattern I found on Craftsy?? I think?? Google Tappy Top. It's there. Totally easy and cute. I need to make another.</div>
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A Washi Dress</div>
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A Raglan T-shirt Dress</div>
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I made a quilt using my Anna Maria Horner scraps and an Anna Maria Horner quilt. I used only material I had on hand for the entire quilt except for the back. It turned out really scrappy and maybe too much for my liking but it's got voile on the back, so I happily cuddle with it.</div>
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I pattern tested for Hey June Patterns.</div>
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A Fall wall hanging using the modern maple pattern.</div>
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A Fall wall collage</div>
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Yarn tassels with Caravan Shoppe printable.</div>
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The finished quilt top Anna Maria Horner scrappy quilt. Sorry I don't have a finished quilt picture that I can find.</div>
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I made snow globes at Christmas time. I'm a little slow to this trend and probably the trend of snow globes are over, but I've never had a mantle to decorate, and I just HAD to have some, so I made 7. Haha!</div>
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I didn't decorate a tree this year because we are living with family. This is our ornament hangings for 2014.</div>
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I made the Purl Bee Christmas Tree Wall Hanging and then made up a Christmas wall hanging to go with it.</div>
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A Hide and Seek Oliver and S dress was made for Grace at Christmas time.</div>
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Many more banners got made in the new year. I opened an Etsy shop. More on that down below.</div>
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Love my Oh Fransson Pixel Heart Wall Hanging made for me with love from Annee. I love it so!</div>
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A Staple Dress</div>
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A SoCal winter t-shirt dress.</div>
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My Etsy Shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeOnMaple?ref=hdr_shop_menu">Made On Maple </a>is open and ready to provide you with wall decor! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeOnMaple?ref=hdr_shop_menu">Hop on over!</a></div>
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A table runner for my sister-in-law.</div>
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I'm an hour away from the LA fabric district. I REALLY wish I lived closer!!</div>
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A Tova Dress</div>
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Another SoCal winter T-shirt Dress (our winter is WIMPY)</div>
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Caravan Shoppe St. Patrick's Day decor</div>
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A Liesl + Co. Everyday Skirt. I LOVE this pattern. I want like 20 more.</div>
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The Lola Dress</div>
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Another Tova Dress.</div>
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Why should Grace have all the fun. I'm on the short side and kind of small, so I just sized up the largest size on the Ananda Yoga Pants and made my own. I've got another pair in the works. They make the best loungewear. </div>
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A Washi Dress and Hide and Seek Dress for this twiner look.</div>
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After I made Grace her big girl quilt and decorated the wall on her side of the room, George asked me when I was going to make him a new quilt. He acts like such a tough guy, but really he's tender on the inside and still likes his mom's handmade treasures.</div>
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I set to work on a Half Square Triangle quilt using Architextures by Carolyn Friedlander. I think it's a nice cool quilt for a growing boy.</div>
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I added some superhero prints from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/felixschlaterprints">Etsy</a> and the birthday poster from <a href="http://caravanshoppe.com/">Caravan Shoppe</a>.</div>
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One day when we are in a permanent place, I'll frame these cool pics. For now blue painters tape is my best friend for hanging stuff on walls.</div>
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Not a bad shared room if you ask me. As much as these two think they want their own room, I really think this room works well for them to have their own space to do their own thing but also they get to hang out while being in their own space.</div>
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I've been on an O&S dress making kick. This is the <a href="http://oliverands.com/product/OLV-OS037BR.html">Book Report Dress</a>. I made it while I was in Boston. I used <a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/">Anna Maria Horner's Dowry fabric</a>, and I love the look and so did my model.</div>
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This is the <a href="http://oliverands.com/oliver-and-s-patterns-dresses/OLV-OS043LD.html">Oliver and S Library Dress</a>. This dress looks more complicated than the Book Report Dress, but surprisingly it seemed easier. It's probably one of my favorite dresses I've ever made. I'm hoping I make another one soon. I used the Heather Ross Briar Rose fabric. It's so cute.</div>
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But maybe not as cute as my little model who added her own accessories. Sweet!</div>
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My Gs share a room and in order to keep them happily sharing a room I keep decorating and redecorating it for them. I recently added a *build* and *create* banner and bulletin board.</div>
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I was totally fortunate recently to pattern test a new shirt pattern for <a href="http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/">Crafterhours</a>. It was a fun experience. I'd love to do it again.</div>
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I joined the quilt club at church, and they asked me to teach a mini lesson on color. This is my homemade flannel board with color combo examples. I'm younger than most of the ladies in this group, but it's so fun getting together to just talk about sewing.</div>
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It's summer in the south and I need some cute new dresses to wear and stay cool. I'm still perfecting my patterns, but these are my first two takes.</div>
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Gracie Belle got a <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2012/12/geranium-dress-sewing-pattern-is-here/">Geranium Dress</a> in <a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/">Anna Maria True Colors</a> for Easter. Loved the dress and the fabric. Gracie Belle did request that I lower the pockets next time. Noted.</div>
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I went to a fashion show at Anthropologie, and they made these cute thank you fans. I might need to make some of these for some event some day.</div>
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I've always loved the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KurtKnudsen">Kurt Knudsen glass stars.</a> I helped a friend learn how to make a pillow, and she sent me a sweet star in the mail. The packaging was just as beautiful as the star. I might just need to collect these. Hint, hint, Italian.</div>
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Probably my greatest accomplishment this winter was the <a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/">Anna Maria Color Dive Quilt</a>. I made it for Grace's bed and it's made almost exclusively with Anna Maria fabric. I'm in love with this quilt. Absolute love with it. I might just have to make a king size one day.</div>
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I added some ombre purple hearts above her bed because purple is her current favorite color.</div>
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That's all for now. I've got a quilt laid out that just needs to be sewn, and some more knit to make some more dresses. Maybe I'll get them made and posted before fall. Maybe! Haha!</div>
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I've wanted an <a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/Patchwork.Prism.Quilt.pdf">Anna Maria Horner Patchwork Prism quilt</a> for years now. Honestly, years. I've even had all the triangles I needed for this quilt cut out and in stash since before I moved to Georgia. However, I just never had the time I needed to dedicate to putting a quilt together. </div>
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Then several weeks ago (or maybe it was just 3 weeks??) I had a trip planned to Boston to go and see Annee. As my luck would have it, Boston was predicting a major snowstorm, and my flight got canceled. I rebooked my trip for a week later, but "when life gives you scraps, make a quilt."</div>
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Instead of seeing Annee when I had originally predicted, I took a trip to Wal-Mart, and bought the cheapest felt they had and made a temporary quilt wall. For 2 days straight, because it was freezing here and we couldn't play outside, I sewed and sewed and sewed.</div>
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Finally I had my very own Patchwork Prism Quilt. I used almost exclusively Anna Maria Horner fabric. I have fabric from almost all of her fabric lines that I've used over the years, and they all came in handy helping me sew a rainbow.</div>
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Since it's been freezing, I decided to back this quilt with one of Anna Maria's Folksy Flannels. It's soft and warm and makes me just want to sit on the couch and cover up. And maybe take a nap or fall asleep for the night. </div>
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Don't you love my little blonde helper?!</div>
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I was supposed to be on a flight to Boston yesterday morning to go and see my Sew Sister Annee, but my flight got canceled due to snow storm Nika. I was pretty much devastated, and I probably could have flown out last night, but it just seemed like it would cut my already kind of short trip just too short, so I opted to just leave next week. A week delay. It was totally tragic and sad, and I made up for it by sewing my heart out all yesterday and today, and really I'm glad that I get to see Annee, and it will be so much fun when I finally get there, but sometimes patience is no fun. Oh well. Sew, instead of sewing the night away with Annee, I'll share something I made last week.</div>
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I saw this absolutely adorable dress on Pinterest. Their was no link to who made it and how they did it, but the description on the pin said "Music Box Jumper with sleeves." I immediately bought the <a href="http://oliverands.com/oliver-and-s-patterns/OLV-OS021MB.html">Music Box Jumper</a>. This is the year of Oliver + S, so I totally needed the pattern, and I needed to see if I could recreate the vision I saw. I'm not there yet, but this was my first attempt.</div>
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At first I didn't think this dress was much. I was kind of sad that it wasn't more like the image I saw. However, I wasn't going to let this dress just sit in the closet unworn, so I threw it on Grace for church on Sunday. Dresses are so much cuter on a model than on a hanger.</div>
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The only modification I made to the Music Box Jumper pattern was adding the sleeves. I had just sewn the <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2014/01/oliver-s-school-photo-dress.html">School Photo Dress</a>, so I added the sleeves from that dress to the jumper. I made no modifications to the Music Box bodice at all, and I followed Liesl's sleeve instructions from the <a href="http://oliverands.com/oliver-and-s-patterns/OLV-OS019SC.html">School Photo dress,</a> and it worked out perfectly.</div>
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I was nervous that the shoulders would feel short to Grace and she wouldn't like it because of the way it felt, but there were no complaints out of her at all. This dress is roomy and comfy and cute.</div>
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She played in it all afternoon. I would say that's a sign of a good dress.</div>
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My next attempt, I'm going to shorten it ever so slightly, try to lengthen the bodice a bit, lengthen the sleeves, and maybe just maybe try to alter the neckline in some way.</div>
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Hopefully the next post will include pictures of Annee and I sewing together!!</div>
Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-58578471435644394122014-01-26T10:31:00.000-08:002014-01-29T06:59:05.184-08:00Caravan Shoppe and Olliblocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After moving to the South, I went to go and see my friend <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/sevenpretty/">Summer </a>who introduced me to the <a href="http://caravanshoppe.com/">Caravan Shoppe.</a> I talked about it in one of my previous posts, and I've seen their <a href="http://caravanshoppe.com/product/olliblocks-all-3-sets/">Olliblocks</a> all over the internet, but I thought they would be too tricky or pricey to make. Then Summer educated me on how simple and inexpensive they were to make.</div>
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I think a normal person would have just done one or two sets of Olliblocks to see how hard they are and how long they would take. Of course I'm not normal, so I took on making 10 Olliblocks people (30 blocks). It was a bit of a labor of love, but seriously they are so cute and worth it.</div>
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I made two sets of the girls, the monsters, the superheros, the boys, and the animals. Each of these sets are a one time purchase (the starter pack includes the boys, girls, and animals), and then you can print them as many times as your hands desire to do all the many steps it takes to complete these darling blocks. On the Caravan Shoppe blog, they recommend using blocks from <a href="http://www.craftparts.com/wood-square-blocks-cubes-p-2644.html">Craftparts</a> online. I made one perpetual with blocks from Hobby Lobby, and quickly purchased 50 blocks from Craftparts because the quality of the Hobby Lobby blocks were horrible. I think I got a splinter from one of the blocks. My other hot tip is regarding Modge Podge. I was a school teacher many years ago, and I bought a bottle of Modge Podge that lasted me 4 years, and I used it for several different projects with my students. Modge Podge is to be used very sparingly. A little goes a long way. I've now made 40 blocks with the bottle I have, and it's still very full.<br />
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I love this little calendar and so do my kids. They like to change it. I think it reminds them of doing calendar time at school.</div>
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I'm sad I didn't get his eyes in this shot, but I think you can see that he's totally loving the Olliblocks.</div>
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For Valentine's Day I decided that each of my kids will get 2 Olliblock dolls (6 blocks). I couldn't just give them the blocks, so I made drawstring bags. This was another hot tip from <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/sevenpretty/">Summer</a>. She's just full of good ideas! This was the <a href="http://www.incolororder.com/2011/10/lined-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html">Lined Drawstring Bag Tutorial</a> I used, and it's fabulous!</div>
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I do 14 days of Valentine's for my kids, and I this will be day 14's Valentine. Now I only have 13 more to come up with. Thank goodness for Pinterest!</div>
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Off to trace an Oliver + S pattern. I only have 3 new ones to try, so I've got to get busy!</div>
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During Winter Break 2011 Annee and I met up at my parents house, where I'm currently living, to oohed and aahed over my 7 month old (then and now 2 1/2) chubby little man, Hank. While she was here we both traced the pattern pieces to the <a href="http://oliverands.com/oliver-and-s-patterns/OLV-OS019SC.html">School Photo Dress</a> onto freezer paper. I also remember her then talking of wanting one more little baby in her family. She's totally lucky and got two! Ha!</div>
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While Annee was here we also journeyed to Hobby Lobby and I found this hot pink and brown narrow wale corduroy on sale. I'm a sucker for hot pink and for sales, so I bought 2 1/2 yds for the School Photo Dress even though I didn't have the pattern with me and wasn't quite sure of the exact requirements for the dress.</div>
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Then 2 years went by. What?! How does that happen?! I actually know how that happens. Life happens. Darn time. Can we just stop it somehow?! I never used those pattern pieces that I traced and cut. A couple of weeks ago, Annee sewed up her own School Photo Dress, and I knew I could do it too. Sewing is such a mind game where you second guess your skill set and worry about things you haven't even come across in a pattern you haven't even read. I mean I've only sewn like 100+ dresses why would I not think I could sew this one. After seeing Annee's version, I quickly found my pattern check the fabric requirements, realized I still had enough fabric to make Grace a dress, and got my freezer paper and started tracing. No wasting time!</div>
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This pattern is rated 3 scissors out of 4. I've also sewn the Oliver + S Jump Rope dress that is 3 scissors (or is it 4) and I think this one is easier. There were just lots of steps, but nothing was super tricky.</div>
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I made the size 8 dress and was going to lengthen it to size 10 because these patterns tend to be short. However, I cut every body piece to the size 10 length except for one. Oops. In the end it was a good mistake because the dress is plenty long.</div>
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I also didn't make a single trip to the fabric store for this dress other than the one I took 2 years ago, so the lining is white. You can't see it, but if you stand next to Grace you catch a glimpse of it on the neckline. Oh, well. It's really not a big deal, but brown lining would have made it more professional which I'm totally trying to be. Wink, wink. Oh, but my model she is totally professional and kept her poses even when the wind blew her hair in her face. </div>
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All in all, I'm so happy with this dress. Even before I was finished with it I'd purchased another Oliver + S pattern because I was reminded while sewing this pattern just how well written and thorough Liesl's patterns are. I've joked with Annee that this is the year of Oliver + S, and I'm really hoping that's not just a joke. I don't have many more years of sewing dresses for Grace, so I really should take advantage of the time while I have it. Not to mention I have actually purchased 3 new Oliver + S patterns since I made this little number. Fingers crossed I actually use them and soon!</div>
Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-85230336553657102422014-01-14T09:55:00.000-08:002014-01-14T09:55:13.966-08:00Oliver & S Sailboat extravaganza...Liz, said I had something that would "blow your mind". I don't know if I would have billed it so highly myself, but since she said I'd be here, here I am! Maybe 2014 will see a great return to blogging?!! Certainly we never stop making, but finding the time and the balance with the making, and the life living, and the blogging, it just gets so complicated! <br />
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Dear readers, as you will recall, 16 months ago I had my second set of twins, bringing my total kid-count up to SIX. I keep myself busy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I dream of my bed and sleep, and sleeping for days on end, on a regular basis. But these babies are killing me with their cuteness! They serve as little toddling bundles of inspiration. I knew that I wanted to find more ways to make them "matching". It seems to amuse me to no end. And, I've had a hankering to challenge myself in the sewing world. To remind myself what my mind and hands really are capable of. <br />
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Enter, Oliver&S patterns. I've sewn my fair share over the years. Who hasn't. But I will reveal, that I am NOT a huge fan of the investment of time that they require. Liz and I have pages of texts back and forth when an O&S pattern is in the works, about how painfully long they take. True, the finished product is always spectacular (if you chose your fabrics correctly). True, the fit is always delightful. True, the sewing instructions are clear and wonderful. True, if the pattern involves a zipper and lining, you will likely be forced to do some dreaded hand-sewing as your last step! True, I swear off O&S patterns, only to come back to them again and again. I hope that someday I will get so totally speedy that I can just sew one without lamenting the amount of time it will require! So, that is why, in 2014 you may see me making them over and over again in an attempt to get faster! I can only keep sewing in my life if in fact, making a dress does NOT take twelve total hours of time! <br />
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Without further ado, here's what I came up with for my Dynamic Duo this past week!<br />
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Whenever I make an O&S pattern, I do search online first for bloggers who are sharing any details about the fit, pattern, etc. they discovered as they sewed. Since I am always searching for that info myself, I will add to the collective knowledge for a moment: <br />
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I did lengthen the pant pattern pieces. I lined up my pieces along their ankles, then I cut them apart about halfway between the crotch and the ankle. I inserted two inches, then pieced them back together. It turns out that was the perfect amount to add for Wally. They hit him perfectly across the top of his foot. But, I had to hem them pretty tight, and they might become too short pretty quickly. So, I will savor these pictures and have them wear these outfits again before too long. <br />
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That was the only alteration I made to the pattern. Otherwise, Wally is wearing all of the size 2 pieces. And Eleanor is wearing the 18-24 month. There was a pretty good difference between those two sizes, and my babies are about five pounds apart. The shirts are kind of hard to get on. They are narrow, so to wiggles their little arms up into the sleeves, isn't exactly fun. But once the shirts are on, I think they fit really well. I might add another inch or inch and a half in length to the shirts, next time around. But otherwise, I wouldn't change a thing. <br />
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Hope you like making button holes if you choose this pattern. In case you were counting, that is 16 buttonholes, and 16 buttons! I REALLY need to figure out how the Bernina will sew those buttons on for me. That took way too long one night. <br />
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You guys! I'm a huge fan of these ensemble. I will make them again. And, I am already contemplating turning Nora's top into a dress for the next go round. That would be so easy, and so cute, and many a sewers have done it before me. So I have lots of inspiration to draw from. <br />
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For the pant and skirt that is the Robert Kaufman railroad stripe. It's kind of a canvasy type fabric, with a touch of stretch. It's GREAT! Wally's top is a solid Kona. Nora's top is from the beautiful Waterfront Park line. <br />
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Anneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01784880599764118508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-29487806053973489732014-01-12T20:29:00.002-08:002014-01-12T20:29:14.914-08:00A New Year!!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's kind of hard to believe that the last post on MOM was in September of last year, but at the same time, it's not too hard to believe. </div>
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I closed up MOM's West Coast HQ at the end of November. My husband and I sold our little, teeny tiny house in Northern California and we've since moved to the South. Not Southern California, but the actually South. Georgia to be exact. It was sad and a bit hard to say good-bye to our friends and life in CA, but the upside is that the basement at my parents is bigger than my house in CA, and we don't just have to stay in the basement. Who knew space could bring such peace!?</div>
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I had an O' Christmas Tree for Christmas.</div>
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I also helped my kids to make these simple nativities. They were so cute.</div>
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My yarn obsession turned in to making tons and tons of pom poms. I've turned the pom poms into garland,</div>
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Hank's room also got some needed decorations. I made an "adventures await" banner and stapled an extra large world map to two stained dowels. Now if only I could come up with a fun interactive way to actually use the map to teach my kids geography. I'll google that when I'm done with this post.</div>
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This little skirt has been with us for 4 years in a row now. I'd call that a sewing miracle!</div>
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Cookies were baked in the month of December. Have you tried <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2011/12/day-5-gingerbread-softies.html">Dana's Gingerbread Softies</a>?! They will change your life. I kind of want to make another batch and dip them in chocolate like she did. So tasty!</div>
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Using <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2013/04/parsley-pants-sewing-pattern-is-here/">Made By Rae's Parsley Pant pattern</a>, I wiped out Christmas PJs for my crew in record timing. This pattern is incredibly quick and super easy to sew. I will say that it's a tad narrow on the hips and bum, so I would size up for Grace if I make them again. George seemed to fit just perfectly in his size, but I have since made him a couple more PJs with the pattern and have lengthened them a bit. All in all it's a great pattern.</div>
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On Christmas night I decided that I needed to cover the window of the door to the backyard from our basement flat. I've loved this Anna Maria Horner fabric since it was first released as Garden Party. However, I never bought any and it went away and I had come to grips with the fact that I would never own any. Then she re-released the collection as Hand Drawn Garden, and I knew I needed to add it to my stash. I think this simple curtain was a great way to use it, so that I get to enjoy the large beautiful print every single day.</div>
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We were at her house for a playdate and Grace came down from Summer's daughter's room wearing a cape and said, "Mom, you need to ask Summer how to make this. I really want my own." How could I say no to that?! The pattern is from <a href="http://sewliberated.com/products/growing-up-sew-liberated">Growing Up Sew Liberated</a> and is super simple and produces the greatest little cape. Love projects like this! Nothing technically difficult about this pattern, but finding silky fabric 60 inches wide in the colors Grace wanted proved to be a little trickier than I expected, but I think I came close.</div>
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One month after moving into the new house, I had a functioning sewing room unpacked and waiting for something to be produced. This has been a move where I have wanted every aspect of my life to be simplified. This meant reducing my fabric and scrap collection by about half. During our three years in North Carolina, I stored a huge stack of fabric that were curtains in our house in Korea! When I unpacked that stack of fabric again here, I decided it was time to get rid of it, or turn it into something. I walked through every room of my house looking at the windows wondering if I could use them as curtains again. But finally, I decided it was time to live out a long held Sound Of Music dream, and turn those curtains into dresses!<br />
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I have three girls now! So, three dresses were on the agenda this week. Thank goodness for The Geranium (madebyrae) pattern that I have in sizes ranging from 0-3 months all the way up to a girls size 12! Not to mention I have made it a few times, so I knew it was feasible. <br />
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At the very top of the Summer Sewing List is "2 CA Pillows." I worked with the Young Women at my church and I mentored and befriended 2 girls who graduated in the spring and headed off to BYU a couple weeks ago. I was hoping to give them as graduation presents, but instead they became farewell gifts.</div>
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A year ago or so (I kind of wish that was an exaggeration but it's not) a friend of mine went to Paris on vacation. I dream of Paris. I want to go to Paris. My daughter wants to go to Paris. One day I tell her I'm going to take her. I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Okay, but my love and desire to see Paris really have nothing to do with this post, but I felt I needed to let it be known that one day I will see Paris in real life!</div>
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Anyway, my friend went to Paris, and while she was there she went to a/the fabric district and found lots of fabric. She said I would be in heaven. I'm sure I would be. While on vacation, this friend thought of me, and brought me back a 1/4 yd of Parisian fabric. It was seriously the sweetest random act of kindness.</div>
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So I went with a classic pattern, the <a href="http://store.annamariahorner.com/newallsetpas.html">Quick Change Trousers</a>. You can never go wrong with this pattern. I paired the Parisian fabric with some <a href="http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/sarah_jane/out_to_sea/a_pirates_life_in_white">Sarah Jane fabric</a>, and Hank was sporting his new pants several Sundays ago. </div>
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I didn't sew a ton this summer. Instead I threw all my energy - mental and physical - into creating a summer full of fun for my kids. They weren't signed up for one single camp. Not one. There were days when I wasn't sure how I was going to survive without a break from my darlings, but they'd go to bed, and I'd see them sleeping soundly and I'd fall in love all over again with the idea of having them all around me all day long. Then moments after I tucked them in for the last time at night, I would pass out from sheer exhaustion in my own bed. So, my sewing machine saw little action, and I was totally fine with it.</div>
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Grace's birthday shirt and skirt were made as well as two other birthday shirts not pictured here because they got wrapped up and delivered before I realized I should have snapped a shot of them. But two more shirts were made!</div>
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The last thing I made for the big birthday party was a fabric streamer garland. Is that what it's called?! I wanted a cute backdrop for for taking pictures. I had a friend come and take pictures of the party, and I think the fabric garland turned out so cute.</div>
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The best part?? All the fabric was from my beloved scrap bin. Such a great use for scraps. Too bad it didn't put a dent in my scrap bin though!</div>
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I wasn't really planning on making him anything, but he caught word of Grace getting a handmade outfit, and I could tell he wanted something too. I told him I was putting an anchor on her shirt, and he said he wanted one on a shirt too. Really it was so easy, and I love the look.</div>
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Grace got a <a href="http://www.olabelhe.com/shop/Kirstin.html">Kirstin Skirt</a> made with Liesl from O&S's Lisette fabric from JoAnn's. The blue looking stripes are actually small waves of water with tiny hot pink sailboats (sorry no close up). I found this fabric in the clearance section of JoAnn's. I knew I needed it, and the anchor shirt idea I had running through my brain matched the fabric perfectly. The Kirstin Skirt was discovered years ago by Annee. It's an oldie but goodie. It's funny because when <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-more-days.html">I first sewed the pattern</a> I'm pretty positive I thought it was so hard and tricky to figure out. Either I just remember how to sew it, or else my skills have improved since my first go around with it 3 years ago.</div>
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As soon as I sent my big kids off to school, I set up a real life sweatshop in my house so I could appliqué 8 shirts and sew 8 <a href="http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2013/06/pillowcase-doll-dress-tutorial-by-sugar.html?m=1">American Girl doll dresses</a> for a party I agreed to do in April. I live in an area where we have an education foundation that is funded by the parents of students and the community, and using the donations they pay for really nice things in our district - extra teacher, science programs, art programs, technology programs, etc. It's pretty amazing and overwhelming all at the same time. I'm NOT a big donor to the foundation at all. I live here, but most days I think I probably fit in better somewhere else. Anyway, last year I was approached to host a party for girls that were my daughters age. The party would be auctioned off at the big annual fundraising event, and instead of just being auctioned off to the highest bidder, as many parents as possible could buy into the party for a set price. My friend and I agreed to this back in April when life wasn't so stressful, and we even decided on the date of the Saturday after school got started. It was really the worst timing and it was so stressful pulling everything together, and sewing all that stuff made me feel seriously crazy, BUT it all turned out super cute, and the girls loved it. And, I was so thankful that I only had to sew for 8 girls. What if 20 girls would have bought into the party?!<br />
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After making all those dresses and shirts, I thought I wouldn't sew for at least another month. Then George came home from school saying that the second week of school was suppose to be color week. The poor thing didn't have a thing to wear on Yellow Day, and I couldn't let him go without. (J/K!!)</div>
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But I had this shirt in my stash for awhile, and Batman is cool and has yellow on it.</div>
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This little kid thought it was totally cool and was so happy I made it which made me so happy I made it.</div>
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So ended the summer sewing that all took place in 2 weeks.</div>
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Hopefully I'll have a post to show for September. Right now my sewing machine is getting a much needed break. I have some ideas cooking in my brain, and I'm slowly working on a quilt, so right now I'm not sure what if anything I'll have to post, but you just never know what is going to happen in life!!</div>
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I went to the Renegade Craft Fair this past weekend, and it was so inspiring. I by no means think I'm on my way to be a big blogger, but I have sewn a couple of things as of late, and I think I should share. So enjoy. It might be awhile before I come back out of hiding.</div>
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For the 4th of July I felt inspired to make my kids coordinating patriot wear. It turned out pretty darn cute if you ask me.</div>
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The boys got shorts and Grace got a skirt all from the same fabric that came straight from your local JoAnn's!</div>
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The boys got awesome shirts from Old Navy, and I made Gracie Belle a shirt using this <a href="http://www.ourgoodfamily.org/2012/07/no-sew-flag-shirts-diy/">sew free tutorial.</a> Perfect!</div>
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I was almost a firecracker baby (my birthday is the day after), and I think I'm going to turn the 4th into my favorite holiday. Any holiday that combines cute, colorful coordinated outfits with remembering the beautiful freedom that we enjoy in the USA, then I think it should totally be my favorite holiday.</div>
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Next up, I made a cute outfit for a friend who is about to have a baby girl. I love making baby clothes. They are so cute.</div>
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My friend likes butterflies, so I used <a href="http://store.annamariahorner.com/">Anna Maria Horner's Field Study Firelight Flowers and coordinated it with her Loulouthi Hugs and Kisses</a>. I thought the combination was perfectly suited for the new little one.</div>
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Lastly, I finally quilted this little number. I combined all three prints from <a href="http://www.jansdotter.com/shop/fabric">Lotta Jansdotter</a>, just cut 4 1/2 inch squares and sewed them together. Nothing super fancy, but I just love the way it looks. I had hopes of using it as a beach blanket. Summer's not over yet, so maybe it will get to feel the sand on it's back before school gets started.</div>
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Happy Sewing! Tootles for now!</div>
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Oh, hello all 2 people who probably read MOM still. Yes, it's been 6 weeks. I can't believe it's really been that long, but at the same time I totally can. We put our house on the market almost a month ago, so my sewing stuff has been packed away. I have my machine and some fabric, but it's not the same. If I want to sew something, I have to get my machine down from a top closet shelf (I'm short so that involves a ladder), and it kind of kills the inspiration to sew when you have to set up shop every time. On top of having to have my house extra clean all the time, I also took all my colorful decor and replaced it with more quiet, subtle "staged" decor which I think has stunted my creative flow. Don't feel sorry for me at all. I don't have it rough. I'm just explaining why it's been quiet here on the western front of Made on Maple. I mean I have sewn no less than 10 birthday shirts in the past 6 weeks, but sadly they all got wrapped up and delivered before I could snap a shot. Oh, well. I do have a little something to share for the past month and a half...</div>
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Right before I put all my things away, I made new pillows for my living room. My couch is not my favorite piece of furniture in my house these days, but I'm not wanting to replace for too many reasons that I care to share, so I decided pillows would make me not hate it so much. </div>
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I also tried making Flying Geese. I think this quilt style is so pretty, but I'm not sure I'm up to making a whole quilt with Flying Geese just yet. Although, I do kind of love <a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/2013/02/and-for-my-next-number.html">Anna Maria's Flying Gosling baby quilt,</a> sew now I just need a baby to sew it for. I used <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/tutorials/Flying_Geese-Make_em_fast-two_methods__D15.html">this tutorial</a> to help me make my Flying Geese.</div>
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Until I wouldn't give him the camera. He may have something to do with me not getting a whole lot of sewing time in during the day. But, he's getting so big and way too fast, so I'm not sorry that I spend more time playing with him then sitting at my machine right now. I'm not saying I'm done sewing (I have quilt squares cut out and waiting for me to get to them), but I'm not sewing every day right now. This will all hopefully change sometime soon but who knows when!</div>
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-51800456189139969862013-03-10T22:47:00.005-07:002013-03-10T22:56:51.605-07:004 Dresses in 10 DaysFor months I've been wanting to revamp Grace's Sunday dress collection. She has dresses, but most of them are knit dresses that she wears to school. She also has several skirts, but most skirts are school skirts too, and I just have been wanting dresses that are only for church. Yes, I know I shouldn't care so much about what my kids wear, and probably I'm totally vain, but I like clothes. John has also been told that I feel as though a girl can never have too many dresses. I don't think Grace needs to wear something new every Sunday (but I wouldn't cry if she did). <br />
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Now I can move on having confessed my sins of vanity.<br />
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Like Annee said last week, we exchanged some texts and by the end I'd taken on the dare to see if I could sew 4 dresses in 10 days. I'm not one to turn away from a dare, and in fact, I dare say, pun intended, I work better under a deadline and pressure. I needed the motivation to get me behind my machine, and boy did this challenge do just that.<br />
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And, drum roll....I finished 4 complete dresses in 10 days. I can't remember the last time I sewed 4 things in 10 days let alone a small collection of dresses. I'm hoping that I can keep my sewing mojo going because I have visions of new pillows and pants for George and maybe even another dress and or skirt for Grace, etc. But, before I get ahead of myself, here's the rundown 4 dresses I sewed and my review of each pattern.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Review: This dress is out of print and is highly coveted. I'm not sure why the girls of Sugar City stopped selling this pattern, but from what I've gathered in chat rooms, maybe it was just more than they wanted to take on?? This dress is not for the faint of heart, and you might make yourself crazy if you try to make this all in one day. Also, I skipped all hand sewing except the buttons. The pattern called for hand stitching all of the trims - sleeve trim, yoke trim, and button bias trim. My hands would be crippled if I dared to take on all that hand sewing. While this was a total labor of love (and maybe a swear word or two), I'm in love with the results. I want one for myself. I think this look is to die for. Using the shot cotton took it to a whole new comfy level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And that's a long wrap. Sorry this is so long! I'm off to bed early tonight. I do have pillows cut out, so maybe you'll see a whole new look in my living room soon. Stay tuned!</span></div>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-85150773377875117002013-03-03T17:22:00.000-08:002013-03-03T17:40:54.736-08:00What I loved about February...<span style="font-size: large;">1.</span> Liz magically showing up at my house at the beginning of February!! It was the most amazing 24 hours of the month. <br />
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She is like a great big dose of motivation. Everyone should have a Liz! She helped me FINALLY finish Wally's "Inside Out" quilt.<br />
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Eleanor's had been done, but never photographed:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2.</span> My heart tree. It's March, and I can't bring myself to put it away yet. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3.</span> My little girls (who hardly seem very little anymore) turned 8! For some reason, we were rather stumped as to what to give them. When suddenly it struck us that what they would love more than any "toy" would be a dedicated space all of their own. A special little "reading nook". It was the funnest birthday present I've given in a long time. We took a picture late, late at night before my husband and I crawled into bed having finished making birthday magic:<br />
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Jane's dress is a <a href="http://www.simplicity.com/p-5389-toddlers-childs-dresses.aspx" target="_blank">Project Runway #2320 (for Simplicity)</a> pattern I picked up at Joann's a few weeks ago.<br />
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I love the finished product. The Anna Maria Horner <i>Field Study </i>fabric may also contribute to my feelings about the dress, but the pattern gets some credit too. I was very excited about the contrasting yoke detail. The pattern comes with several different sleeve options. I let Jane choose the option she wanted. Including my girls in the design process is pretty essential at this point for them to feel invested in the final product. She loved those sleeves. I would never have guessed that! <br />
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She's already worn it to school and to church, so that means it's a success. With so many pattern variations, I think I could make it a few more times before I get tired of it. Good pattern find!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5.</span> An Olive&S Sew-Along that Liz and I had, after I dared her to sew four dresses in ten days! <br />
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On February 27th, Liz texted me a picture of the four dresses she wanted to make, and had already laid out and selected all of her fabrics! I was sew impressed. I asked her when she thought she'd be done with them. She texted back, "in a year". I texted back, "I dare you to make four dresses in ten days". And that's pretty much all you need to say to a Markos (Liz's maiden name!). I think before that day was over, her first dress was cut out. I think she's on day 7 or 6 (counting backwards), and she has already completed two dresses! She's totally going to make four dresses in ten days. <br />
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But for fun, I joined her on Friday night for a O&S dress sew-along. We each worked until midnight local times, and had a dress by the end of it. <br />
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I used an all time favorite AMH LouLouThi fabric, paired with an orangy/red shot cotton. I made the dress in a size 10. Just as a reference. Ruby has requested three new spring dresses (luckily this one counts as #1). We have the fabric and the requested pattern for the next one. But we'll see when we find the time. I am not Liz, working on a dare. I'm just a new mom of six, lucky to get a shower every other day :) </div>
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This concludes what I loved most about February.</div>
Anneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01784880599764118508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-52623757521860885932013-02-26T22:35:00.001-08:002013-02-26T22:35:35.914-08:00Is it too late to talk about Valentine's Day??I know we are almost hours away from the end of February, but I would be slightly remiss to not document all the things I MADE here at MOM West coast for Valentine's Day. This is usually not my favorite holiday as I kind of think it's a Hallmark holiday invented as another reason for people to buy cards, candies, etc. Who cares where my lackluster attitude came from, this year I decided to change it.<br />
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Copying an idea I found on Pinterest, I found these cute mailboxes at Target in the dollar section. Then I headed to my local Saver's thrift store, and found 3 mismatched candlesticks all made from different materials (ceramic, wood, glass). Then I spray painted the candlesticks black and mounted my mailboxes on top. (Sorry, no cool before and after pictures!)<br />
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Then I selected, printed out, and assembled 14 days of Valentines for my kids. </div>
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Looking back I should have probably done 14 different ones for my hubby, but I guess we all know what I'll be doing differently next year. (Don't worry he didn't get forgotten all together!) If you are interested in finding more Valentine printables and card ideas, you should check out my <a href="http://pinterest.com/lizbalena/valentine-s-day/">Valentine's Day Pinterest board.</a><br />
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About a week before Valentine's Day, Annee asked me if I'd seen the <a href="http://oliverands.com/blog/2013/01/valentines-day-heart-ornament-a-new-free-pattern.html">Liesl's, from Oliver and S, heart ornament free pattern</a>. I told her I'd pinned it just a day or two before she texted me. She told me she was going to try to make one, and I decided I needed to jump on that bandwagon too, so away I went to my scraps. Hot pink, and apparently pink, are my favorite colors to have in fabric, so I actually had a nice variety on hand of Valentine's Day color fabric. This project is a simple one, but it is kind of deceptive when it comes to how long it might take you to make these. I think I did it in a day, but only because Grace ended up being sick, so we were home literally all day. And I mean, what are you supposed to do when your oldest is sick and you can't leave the house. Sew! In the end, the time it took to make these, was totally worth it. I love my Love Tree and will enjoy pulling it out every year.<br />
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Somewhere in the midst of the daily Valentines I packed a bag (we travel light), and headed to my house in the South with my 3 little ones for a much needed vacation. Since I was so close to Annee in North Carolina, I planned with her husband to pull off the biggest surprise I've ever dreamed up. It went off flawlessly, and my Sew Sister was totally surprised. We only had 24 hours together, but that didn't stop us from organizing her patterns, finishing one of her baby quilts, going to dinner, finishing a top quilt and backing, and talking and laughing. Annee told me I could just show up at her door whenever, and I plan to do it again, but stay longer next time. And I might just have to repeat the surprise it was so darn fun!<br />
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Okay, next up for me is a dress for Grace. I've got patterns to choose from, I've got fabric staring at me while I sleep, so now I just need to find the energy to get the job done.<br />
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-58566169663795401142013-01-25T08:48:00.000-08:002013-01-25T08:48:35.931-08:00Wrapping up maternity leave...<div style="text-align: center;">
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here's a picture from September when they were just two weeks old:</div>
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It was nearly 8 years ago that I had my first set of twins! Here are all my twins together, taken back in November:</div>
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As awesome as it is to have two sets of twins, that's not all. I had two singletons 13, and 11 years ago. Bringing my total kid count up to 6! That's right. I am now the proud mother to six lovely children:</div>
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And in these past 20 weeks, not only did I birth this second set of twins, but I also allowed my oldest son to turn into a teenager. And if you thought having babies and toddlers was hard, just wait until you get the pleasure of entering the world of Middle School with your child. And watching them grow up into a mini-adult, but still they need you almost more than when they were a baby (if that is even possible!). Plus, my two oldest are boys. A teenage boy, and pre-teen boy. If I thought nursing infants every 1.5 hours for two months straight was crazy, these two boys of mine could eat every hour, on the hour. </div>
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In short, I've been a bit busy for the past twenty weeks. </div>
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But things are starting to settle in. The babies have gone through a sleep training boot camp. I finally got my evening back because they go to bed at 7pm and stay asleep most nights until 1am for their little night cap. Along with their new skill of night time sleeping came the skill of daytime nap taking. I am starting to get a collection of hours during the day when the house is once again QUIET. It's magical. I will never be ungrateful for peace and quiet ever, ever, ever again. </div>
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And through it all, I've dreamed of sewing almost everyday. Sewing is my creative outlet. My way of letting off steam. My way of sorting out the pieces of the day. My way of forgetting all my failures from the day. My way of making order out of chaos. And I've missed it sew much. </div>
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In October, I did turn my little babies into owls for Halloween:</div>
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Other than those two simple projects, all sewing has been on hold. On hold while I have worked so hard to survive, and find my footing. </div>
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I am so excited that 2013 has proven to be a good year of sewing, so far. The long dreamed of baby quilts that I conceptualized while I was still pregnant, are coming to life! </div>
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This is the Plus Sign and the <a href="http://cluckclucksew.bigcartel.com/product/inside-out-pattern-130-pdf-version" target="_blank">Inside Out quilt pattern </a>from Cluck Cluck Sew.</div>
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I used my fat quarter collection of the <a href="http://dsquilts.com/" target="_blank">Denyse Schmidt </a>Free Market Fancy reprint that I bought sometime over the summer. </div>
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I hope to get these quilted and bound next week. But I cannot think of a better way of celebrating these past 20 weeks than with two completed quilt tops! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the World Eleanor Anne!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the World Walter John!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's to hoping Maternity Leave is over. And here's to hoping I get to resume creating things to showcase on MOM! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*</span>Felt numbers and letters are courtesy of my Sew Sister and Best Friend, Liz! As are the #1 and #2 onsies. Eleanor was born first, and Walter was born second. Even though Walter is about three pounds bigger than his little big-sister. </div>
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Grace has worn nightgowns to bed for years. However, it's winter time here and while we do live in California, we live in an old and sometimes cold house. When we wake up in the morning, it's chilly. Grace requested more pajama pants, and I agreed. For some reason I have it in my head that pajamas should come in sets (pants and matching shirt), and this time was no exception. I got the idea to make a Scrappy Patchy Heart shirt for Grace, and I thought maybe you'd want to make one too. Sew, here goes!</div>
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A variety of scraps</div>
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Pinking sheers (*optional, but I highly recommend them)</div>
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A heart template (Bust out your 1st grade drawing skills and make yourself one!)</div>
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Next, cut your scraps into long rectangular pieces using your pinking sheers. You don't have to use pinking sheers, but I don't hide my seams when making my scrappy patch, so using my pinking sheers will cut down on the fabric fraying. My rectangles are about 13 inches long by no more than 2 inches wide.</div>
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Then sew the scrappy rectangles together. I overlapped the rectangles about a 1/4" and then sewed about an 1/8" from the edge of the rectangular piece that's on top.</div>
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A couple of the scraps I used come from Sarah Jane Studios, and I love that the one fabric I have says, "just stay little." It's exactly what I always say to Grace.</div>
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Okay, here's what my patch looked like before it took on a heart shape.</div>
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Okay, now take your scrappy patchwork, lay your heart template on it, and trace approximately a 1/2" from the template border. The template is roughly the size of the heart you want to be seen on your shirt. You're tracing a larger heart on your scrappy patchwork so you'll have something to sew your shirt to.</div>
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Next you'll want to cut out the knit inside the heart you just stitched. Just be sure to not cut the scrappy patchwork layer. Cut carefully!</div>
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I trimmed the knit to about an 1/8" away from my stitched heart border.</div>
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Then I found my model, and I asked her to try on her new shirt.</div>
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And, of course, her new pajama pants too.</div>
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She was totally happy with both of them.</div>
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Happy and willing to model. It was perfect.</div>
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She asked if I she could wear her pajamas to school. I think that means she likes them.</div>
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I'm hoping to show and tell a little about how I make my pajama pants. I have finally figured out what my favorite pattern is, and I have a system that makes pants a very doable project in a limited amount of time. Should my mothering duties allow, I'll find time to organize a little how-to.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shared pictures from this blog post over on the new Made on Maple Facebook page. If you're on Facebook, you should like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MadeOnMaple">MOM's Facebook page</a>. You'll get a little sneak peak of what's to come!</span></div>
<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10060506925580348939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138529220736377982.post-10536397242912625642013-01-18T19:15:00.000-08:002013-01-18T19:15:16.082-08:00Another Hannah Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently got some of <a href="http://comfortstitching.typepad.co.uk/comfortstitching/2011/10/a-walk-in-the-woods.html">Aneela Hoey's A Walk in the Woods fabric</a>. It's absolutely adorable. I know a lot of Aneela Hoey's fabrics tend to have the same look with small storybook like drawings, and maybe that gets boring for some, but I find it so charming. I might also feel a close connection to Aneela Hoey because I believe she has less space to sew in then I do, and she creates beautiful fabrics, embroideries, patterns, and books. I like Aneela and all that she does.</div>
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I recognize <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-hannah-dress.html">I just made a Hannah Dress, </a>but I liked the style, and I thought it would be cute for Grace to wear this one like a tunic over jeans. She thought it was a great idea too. I think Grace was smitten with the little birds to be honest with you. They are so darling.</div>
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It was FREEZING when I took these pictures, and Grace hates getting out of bed on cold mornings like this. Luckily she was willing to quickly dance around the backyard, so I could snap a few pictures.</div>
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The grass has a white-ish look because it's covered in frost.</div>
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It's Friday night, and I'd really like to make Grace and George pajama pants. George doesn't care that he didn't get a dress, but if I make pajama pants for Grace I have to make them for George. George has tons of pjs, but Grace mainly has nightgowns and during our cold nights she needs pajama pants. We'll see if I'm feeling ambitious enough to bust them out tonight. Pajama pants can be so simple, and I have a cute idea for a shirt to go with them.</div>
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Off to put the little ones to bed. I'd so much rather be sewing then trying to get my kids to sleep!</div>
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It's January, and I really don't have much I have to sew. I mean I never have to sew anything, but there's no special occasions, no holidays, no birthdays, or any other pressing reason to be sewing something. Sew, when I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2012/06/open-wide-zippered-pouch-diy-tutorial.html">Noodlehead's Open Wide Zippered Pouch tutorial</a> that comes in 3 sizes, I thought what the heck! I'm going to make all three just because I can.</div>
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I have no real idea what I'm going to use these for. I mean I know I'll probably use them when I travel, and maybe one will end up with all my make-up in it, and I'm sure my kids stuff will be put in one or more of these at some point in time. But, really I just wanted to own three pretty bags.</div>
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Pretty bags that all fit inside each other.</div>
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For Christmas my <a href="http://www.bluesusanmakes.blogspot.com/">sister-in-law, Blue Susan</a>, generously got me a signed copy of <a href="http://store.annamariahorner.com/nanmaneno.html">Anna Maria's Needleworks Notebook</a> AND 2 <a href="http://www.sisboom.com/blog/">Jennifer Paganell</a>i fat quarters. I'm not sure I'm going to pick up needlework, but the projects in Anna Maria's book look like they want to come and be a part of my house, so who knows. As for the fat quarters, I put them to good use in these nesting bags. Can you tell which two are from the same designer?? The medium and large bags' floral fabric are Jennifer Paganelli. The small bag's floral fabric is a <a href="http://portabellopixie.typepad.com/">Sandi Henderson</a> fabric that I found last time I was at <a href="http://www.lowpricefabric.com/">Michael Levine's in LA.</a></div>
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Also, as a hot tip, I went ahead and made freezer paper patterns for all the different size pouches. It's 3 rectangles per bag. All the pattern pieces took me about 30 minutes to measure, draw, and cut out. I think this step is worth it should I ever want to make this pouch again.</div>
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For the sewing schedule tonight I'm suppose to be tracing out another <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-hannah-dress.html">Hannah Dress</a>. It's only 8, so I have plenty of time to do this, but I'm feeling so tired. Hopefully I forge ahead despite my exhaustion. I'm tired of being tired all the time! (I know this probably means I should go to bed earlier, but there is no fun in that, so I'm not even considering it as an option.)</div>
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Back in October after KCWC, I <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14929146@N05/8085813541/in/pool-1293871@N23/">found this smashing dress in the KCWC flickr pool</a>. I followed the link in the description and found the link the pattern that was used. It was the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/74856995/pdf-pattern-xl-hannah-dress-for-6t-10t">Hannah Dress</a> by an Etsy shop in Thailand and was a PDF pattern for $5.95. Pretty sweet deal!<br />
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For whatever reason it has taken me until this week to finally move this dress to the top of the sewing priority list and get it done.<br />
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As far as the pattern goes, you get what you pay for. I had to do a lot of front end work because the pattern didn't include seam allowances. Sew, I pinned all my pattern pieces down to my fabric, and then I laboriously measured 1/2" away from every edge BEFORE I could cut.<br />
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Cutting this beauty out took me close to 2 hours. Granted I was distracted a wee little bit finishing up <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/">Downton Abbey Season 2</a>, but all the same, this step in the dress creating took longer than expected.<br />
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Next up came the sewing. I was bound and determined to have 3 blog posts this week AND a new dress for Grace to wear to church on Sunday, the Hannah Dress being the dress in consideration. Last night, even though I was so tired and could have probably collapsed into my bed at 8 and slept soundly all night, I forced myself to sit at my sewing machine. Funny how when I do that, I'm rarely disappointed. Last night was no different.<br />
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I'm so happy I sewed this dress last night, however, this pattern lacks a TON of written instructions. There are 21 short sentences to this entire dress. That's sleeves, a collar, pleats, etc. The saving grace of the pattern is the pictures, but even that wasn't quite enough at times. Luckily I kind of know what I'm doing, so my knowledge of basic dress construction was called on to help see this little number through until the end.<br />
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If you look at the pattern, she does add a closure to the bodice which I omitted. I didn't care for the look of it. The dress I found on Flickr had a zipper added to the bodice, and I just wasn't going to go to that trouble, and I wasn't sure it was going to look right. In the end I didn't do anything. I'm not sure how I'd fix it should I make another one, so for now the dress will need a shirt or tank top under it.<br />
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Grace did think it was super comfy which is pretty much the number one factor in making her clothes. She also seemed to not mind my fabric choices which at times can cause some tears.<br />
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While this dress is definitely a summer dress, I think it looks fine with a long sleeve shirt, leggings, and boots. However, we did a FAST photo shoot seeing as the high today is barely going to be 50 here, and for us wimps in California it's just cold!!!<br />
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Off to make pizza and to get the crying baby from his crib. Never a dull moment. I feel like Grace needs more handmade clothes in her wardrobe. I just need to figure out what's next. Maybe even just some simple Lazy Day Skirts would be a nice thing to add to her collection. Who knows, maybe I'll feel really crazy and set out to finish the Oliver & S pattern I drafted ONE YEAR ago. Too bad I'm sure I'll need to redraft the pattern.<br />
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Over a year ago, <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2012/05/month-of-quilting.html">Annee created her beautiful Patchwork Prism Quilt</a>. I've been a little envious of it ever since. However, since I know how labor intensive quilts could be, I decided to take a short cut and just make the pillow. Anna Maria created <a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/AMH-PPQ-Sham-Variation-1.pdf">THIS free tutorial</a> based off of the<a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/Patchwork.Prism.Quilt.pdf"> Patchwork Prism Quilt Pattern.</a></div>
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While bouncing around ideas in my head as to how I should make the pillow and where I should put it, I realized that I really wanted to change my duvet cover on my bed. Remember when I made <a href="http://madeonmaple.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-curtians.html">these curtains? </a></div>
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I still totally love them, but both of my duvet covers are too loud to go with the already loud duvet covers I have. Then I found my new bedding at West Elm, and I then I realized that the Patchwork Prism would look so fabulous sitting on such a mild background. (Fabulous in my opinion. Wink, wink.)</div>
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I have a pattern all cut out for a dress for Grace, but I need to go and get diapers. I think diapers might be a little more important, although it's on my list of things to do before I can go to bed to cut out the dress. Here's to hoping I get it all done!</div>
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The Master bedroom has been in a sad state of affairs for several months. While I really am grateful just to have a designated space to sew in, it's quite an eye sore having my sewing stuff crammed on my side of the bed. I must not complain though. I used to think having to sew in the laundry room was a hardship. This is my punishment for not being grateful for what I have. (Just kidding. Kind of.) Lesson learned. I'm happy to have a space. I just need to make it as pretty as possible. Sew, I thought I should look at a wall full of pretty things while I work. Hence, the new wall collage. I used to have Bs on this wall. It was nice, but I was getting sick of it.</div>
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I first laid out on my bed (probably should have done it on a surface that isn't so busy but I did this activity while all my kids were roaming around me). I made three rows with 4 things in each row. I found that made my wall collage balanced. I've had some of these pieces up randomly on my wall for a while, and I knew random placement wasn't what I wanted. So I made a grid like shape. However, I didn't want everything to be the exact same size in each row and each column. It's kind of a pattern, but not really a pattern. See?</div>
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My wall includes several pieces of art that Grace made at school last year. I've been moving the four pieces I included from one pile in my house to another. I've wanted to hang them, but because I know we'll get more artwork this year, I didn't want to buy frames for them all. I think having some framed pieces and some not add an eclectic element to the wall which is kind of my style. (If I have a style. And probably I'm more an organized eclectic which is kind of an oxy moron.) The piece below is probably my favorite.<br />
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I also didn't want to have just square pieces in my collage. I threw in 2 Bs, a round clock, and a bicycle. The round clock was my wedding present from Annee many moons ago. Sorry the picture is blurry.</div>
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Below the collage, I added a couple of new storage items to help keep my sewing space looking neat and tidy when I'm not using it. It also helps me keep fabric in my sewing space as opposed to storing it all in the laundry room. I sew at night, and Henry sleeps in the laundry room, so it gets tricky selecting fabric in the dark with a flashlight. As you can see, I used every darn inch of wall space getting the 2 cubby wall expedit (an Ikea purchase) to fit. </div>
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Remember how I said the kiddos were roaming around while I was working. George was slightly bored by the time I started taking pictures. So sorry little guy. Guess it's time for school to start again.</div>
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I also added a mini cart that has 3 drawers which is also from Ikea. I'm hoping to get more organized this week with school starting up again, and I'll have this cart better set up with sewing supplies. For now it's actually rather empty, but I have high hopes of it holding my needed supplies, and then hiding them quickly when I'm done working.</div>
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The sewing wall with my not so helpful helper waiting for me to entertain him. </div>
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The sewing wall.</div>
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Now off to sew.</div>
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Oh, and I'll be back soon to share a project I started and completed last week. It felt like the good old days of having an idea, starting the project one day and seeing it through until it was done. Actually pre-Henry days I would have finished the darn thing in one night, but post-Henry I don't think I've started and finished a project in 2 days. Anyway, my new project goes with some new bedding that is set to arrive tomorrow. I'm sew excited! Stay tuned!</div>
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