XBOX 360 Controller Pillow

or, Joe’s Birthday Present!!!

He loves it

Smashing Smock – With Sleeves

I am completely amazed with Anna Maria Horner’s book, Seams To Me. I just finished my first project from the book, a Smashing Smock. Except, I don’t wear sleeveless shirts, so I added sleeves. I also appliqued a big pink flower. It’s bright, it’s loud, it’s summery! I love it.

On the hanger

On me (the color is off in this one. It really is as bright as the 1st picture)

Flower power!

I found it extremely simple to alter the pattern to fit me. I have read that the original size of the pattern(medium) ran small, but I altered it just fine on my first try!

Score!

Some people moved out of my building yesterday & left a whole bunch of junk that they didn’t want. There wasn’t much good stuff, but there was a messenger style bag that was bleach stained on the front, but otherwise good. It had a ton of zips & I grabbed it.
Reclaimed zippers/hardware/etc. is right up my alley, so I brought it inside & started deconstructing it.

I got a 9in zipper, two 14in zippers, an 18in double zipper, a 35in zipper, a d-ring, two plastic buckles, a little clippy thing, the strap & two pieces of nice, durable black canvas.
Woo hoo!!!

Who knew trash could excite me so much?

Bookmarks!

I have a Threadbanger Pen Pal. Her & I decided to make each other bookmarks in addition to our letters.
If you are Maria from the Threadbanger forums stop reading now!
If not,

Spring Cleaning

The urge to clean everything has swept over me today. I woke up this morning by nagging thoughts of cleaning my closets. Which then made me want to wash walls & whatnot. So even though it isn’t very sunny out (thankfully I’m not missing a gorgeous day for this!), I am in a spring cleaning mood.

I have to figure out some pleasing wall decoration for our bedroom. We have 2 huge blank walls & I’d love to do something fancy. Maybe fabric wall decals again, but I’d like something big.

Off to google search wall ideas & then I need to tackle the closet!

Kitty Apron

I decided I needed an apron. I am constantly wiping my hands on my pants when I am cooking, so I made this from a sheet(green), part of a curtain(cream), & I modified this pattern.
I used just the front center & front side pieces, shortened them a lot, & modified the side where the sleeve would’ve went.

This is me wearing it (please don’t mind my dirty mirror):

BurdaStyle Sewing Club

Click the picture above to view the 136 Sewing Clubs in the US.
I decided to be the leader of the Providence club, although it doesn’t seem like there are any interested parties, yet.

Would you like to join?

Dresses

Here is the princess Jasmine dress on my daughter

And, this is the baby doll dress I made

Go Go Power Ranger!

I picked up this Power Rangers sheet at Savers for 2 bucks. I wanted to make something wearable with it, but me & making clothes (for me) are having some issues.

My previous makeup bag was on it’s last leg anyway(and kind of small), so I made this awesome makeup bag. I am super happy with how it came out!



The lining is my Spoonflower fat quarter. I call it ‘Heidi Hearts’ because my best friend calls squiggily hearts ‘Heidi Hearts’.

Joe says he was “too old” for Power Rangers, even though I am one year older than him and I loved them!

Princess Jasmine Sundress

I just finished this adorable sundress for Tatyana, based on the aforementioned Hot Hot Heat dress I saw on BurdaStyle. I used a twin sized fitted sheet that used to be her Aunt Kristine’s. I am going to also make a similar dress for her baby doll. I still need to take pictures of the last baby doll dress I made. I also need to take pictures of Tatyana in this dress, which I will do on Saturday.

I couldn’t get good light in the house & it’s windy today, so the pictures do not do it justice.

The back has a full seperating zipper. Perfect for her, since she is picky(or lazy) and hates pulling on anything or pulling anything down over her head.

This is a close up of the bust detail. Obviously since she is only 8 there isn’t much ruching. I added cute flowery trim with lace & an orange heart button.

I love it!!