Summer wardrobe

My girls are in need of some summer clothes.

Bailey wears a uniform shirt to school and probably won't want to wear that over the summer (:

And Chloe grew over an inch in the last month!

Here's some of the dresses I made from the Lil Blue Boo pattern.

The more I make, the more I love that pattern!

Are you making any summer clothes for your kids?

Guess what I've got for you...

I'm done!

I need some of you few brave souls

to try out my tutorial

and give me feedback.

Hope you like it!

Click Here
for the tutorial.
and here for the pattern pieces.


New Updated Link:
Click here to get it all.

Ode to the Bloggers who came before

thank you to all

my dear blogging friends who have

written tutorials before me.

Oh, it must be

a work of love

to share these ideas with others.

I did not foresee

the confusion and befuddled state

I would be in

just

trying to explain

what I did.

P.S. Perhaps my tutorial shall be done this week.

If I manage not to distract myself from the confusion.

xxxs

Em

A girl with a new Bag

I finished my first backpack.

I am thrilled with the results

(mostly because some very choosy small people have asked me for one)

and Chloe wants to wear it all day long.

I am working on the tutorial

and hopefully will finish that up this week, too.

I hope you're excited about making one!

P.S. to Stephanie:

I was hoping I could make one of these for Maile.

For our little trip coming up.

And by hoping I mean that I am halfway through with it

and she'll be getting one anyway.

xxxs

Em

Backpacks

I wanted to make a backpack for my girls to use on vacation.

Something that could hold things that would keep their attention

yet cute and girly enough that they'd want to wear it.

Because let's face it, I have girly girls.

This tutorial was over at U Handbag.

They have some pretty cute bags there and the backpack tutorial

looks pretty well written.

I'm not sure about the drawstring closure for my girls, though.

And checkout this adorable backpack pattern

I saw at my favorite sewing store.

Alas, the book was over $30 and although full of adorable patterns

there weren't many I would have used.

You can check it out here at Melly & Me.

This is one adorable backpack.

Apparently a cultural icon in Japan

as all school children wear them.

Found it over at Babesta

but considering the $400(!!!!!for a kids' backpack!!!) price tags, I'll have to pass.

I found a cute pattern at

Made By Rae

and only $6

And isn't this cute?

A little scrapbook album in the shape of a backpack.

If only I was a scrapper.

Instructions over at Scrapbook-Crazy

All very cute.

But not quite right.

So I'm making one.

Winging it.

Jumping in the deep in of the fabric pool.

And I'm working on a tutorial to go with it.

For you.

Because maybe you'd like to make a backpack too.

Wish me luck!

PS this isn't on my spring to finish list

but it's way more fun (:

Sushi

Bailey's favorite food is sushi so when I found this fabric

I knew she had to have a sushi dress.

I used another ModKid pattern, Kyoko

(another fantastic pattern)

and Bailey is in love.

(She HAD to pose with her little play sushi)

Orange You Glad

Bailey's been very into knock knock jokes lately.

I guess it goes with the first grade territory.

Check out the skills the girl's got:

Knock knock

Who's There?

Bob

Bob Who

Bob oh Bobby Bob Bob

HAHAHAHAHA

I laugh every time.

So Orange you glad I chose this fabric?

Makes me so very happy (:

It's Sandy Henderson.

And the pattern is Frida from ModKid.

I love ModKid patterns.

Really cute and her instructions are phenomenal.

If regular patterns make your head spin,

try one of these.