Sewing for Granddaughters

Life has been crazy this summer. My father was in a serious car accident and when he left the rehab hospital he came to stay with us. He finally was well enough to go home last week so life is much calmer now. I've sewed some during the last three months but not much. So I've been going to town the last week. Here's a couple of things I made the Granddaughters. I made Emma two gymnastics outfits the brown skirt set was two Jalie patterns 2006 is the top and 2796 is the skort. Love the little skort it has a pocket in the side for a ipod and you can put shorts or panties under the skirt. I also made her Jalie 2797 but left off the skirt and cut the body of the leotard as one piece instead of putting the seam at the waist since I wasn't adding the skirt. Just used some swimsuit material left over from a past projects for both. I'm working on some little A-lines for Hailey and Alyssa. The pattern is Burda 3026, I changed the back from a button closure to a back zip and lined it so the applique wouldn't be scratchy. Hailey has very sensitive skin. I got the jungle prints from fabric.com a year or two ago. I appliqued the lion from Planet Applique and the monkey from Sewing for Sarah. I've finished Hailey's but haven't gotten a picture of her in it yet. And last but not least is a little dress made from scraps from a project my daughter Nicole made for Lucy for baby Sophie. I wish I had a picture of her in it but still waiting on it. It's Simplicity 2572, I just used three cordinating prints in lieu of using all one fabric. I also used bias turned to right side in lieu of suggested method. I'm glad my Dad is home and doing well with help from a friend from church. I'll be starting on Judy's wedding dress soon and want to make her some things for the honeymoon also. So lots and lots of sewing needs to get done in the next few months. She's getting married Novemeber 20th and it's creeping up quickley.

Three's a charm- Lil Boo x 3

Well I'm hooked. These are just fun to make. This is the third one today heres number one and number two.Megan had this old shirt I cut up and used the scraps from Judy's test fabric (one of her favorite summer shirts)and some leopard poly knit from who knows where. It's kinda silly but I like it. Love the colors. Now I'm tired and need a nice bubble bath.

Lil Boo Take Two- refasioned for Sophie

This is the remake of the Lil Boo dress my daughter Nicole of Cole's Creations made Sophie but did not fit her. I added the fabric to the sides and took off the red binding and replaced it with the matching fabric I added to the sides. It's not as cute as the original dress but it's cute enough.

Go Big Blue- Lil Blue Boo for Sophie

This is Lil Blue Boo's Recycled T-shirt Halter dress pattern. My daughter made this dress for her 4 month old Sophie. Who's lets say is very healthy as my Grandmother would have said. It was way to tight on the belly. So this is it with 1/2" added to all side seams which will add two inches around the tummy. Sophie isn't in town today so no shots of her in it. Hoping it will fit her chubby tummy with added width. My daughter is just starting to sew and this pattern uses old t-shirts to make little dresses. You actually use the bottom of the t-shirt's finished hem for the bottom of the dress so no hem is required. The fabric is an old University of Kentucky T-shirt, some cotton lycra leopard print from fabric.com I ordered last year and some scraps of stretch lace and UK fabric from some boxers I cut off years ago. It's a quick pattern and very very very easy for beginners.