Sadie has been on this kick lately...she wants to wear dresses every. single. day. Be still my heart! Oh darn, right? So I hopped to and made her this little number. I made it from a thrifted skirt (check out the before at the bottom of the post), which cost a whopping $2 or something. That kind of refashioning deal makes me giddy! ( I … [Read more...]
kids clothes week-pillowcase dresses
September 29, 2010 By 6 Comments
No, you're not seeing double. ;) And yes, I made the girls the exact. same. dress. I am aware of that. I just can't help it. and I really love the ribbon bow on the shoulder! They're just simple pillowcase dresses-I mostly used this tutorial-but my own hacked up pattern.I love the fabric! I got it on sale-$4 a yard-and I made both dresses with one … [Read more...]
kids clothes week-blue flowered jumper
September 21, 2010 By 11 Comments
I found this blue flowered corduroy skirt thrifting-and knew it would be perfect to refashion into a dress for the Sadester. Plus, it was like $1 or something...who can pass that up? I basically chopped off some of the skirt down the side, sewed that up, made some straps and covered some buttons, made a few button holes, and sewed those all on. … [Read more...]
orange you glad it’s fall?
September 16, 2010 By 25 Comments
Can you smell the fall in the air? Ok, me neither (not literally anyways), but it's right around the corner! I mean, come on, it's already September! Where did August go?! No fair that summer's already over. I was too busy having a baby to really enjoy it. But that's another story...a boring one. Let's get on to the cute fall clothes! Ok...I … [Read more...]
skirt to dress refashion tutorial
September 13, 2010 By 37 Comments
Sadie has turned into quite the little model. She dragged me outside to take pictures, and posed like crazy. Notice the hand on hip. Sassy! Okay, sorry. Got carried away with showing off my adorable daughter. On to the tutorial! Ask, and I will deliver! A tutorial for a refashioned skirt to child's dress. :) I picked this … [Read more...]
purple checkered dress
September 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
I kind of love this combo of purple and black/white.Soooo I had this onesie (purple of course), and it made it through Sadie's infant days unscathed, but Charlotte proved to be the better blower-outer of diapers. It was ruined from the waist down. At first, I was just going to toss it, but then I remembered this tutorial from Make it and Love it, … [Read more...]
some refashions of late…
September 6, 2010 By 26 Comments
First off- a huge THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by for Barbie week last week. I had such a blast making those clothes and tutorials-and I'm afraid I still haven't gotten sick of them yet. ;) If you have had trouble getting the pattern for the knit shirt, it should work now...but I'm an idiot novice at this pattern thing, so please forgive any … [Read more...]
another matching outfit
August 15, 2010 By 6 Comments
I first made these outfits with an updated family picture in mind-but they ended up being too matchy matchy, and didn't quite work with Rory and I's outfits. oh well! still cute. I'll post the other set I made when we get some pictures taken-hopefully by my cousin while we're in Utah! This little dress is for Charlotte-made using Smile and … [Read more...]
sadie’s flower girl dress
August 6, 2010 By 47 Comments
My goodness. gracious. great balls of fire. I almost gave up on this dress after making the practice dress. It was a bit frustrating. I'm glad I didn't, the second go around was much better. witness below. I know being prideful is bad, but I am pretty proud of this dress. HAPPY. happy with this dress. My mom always said to say that instead of … [Read more...]
practice makes ruffles
August 2, 2010 By 10 Comments
Here is the first attempt at Sadie's flower girl dress. Using a thrifted sheet...it needs some work, and I made the bodice a bit too big, but it's still a wearable dress.right? the bottom is crooked a teensy bit.... So what better to do than skip and spin to hide it? Sorry about our hideous play room walls. We're workin' on … [Read more...]