Gnomeville A-line top and Bubble shorts

I absolutely love this fabric! Love, love, love. It. 

Cut gnomes watering plants, working in the yard with mushroom houses, and hanging laundry...what's not to love? They are just so dang cute. And the Christmas version...gah!..even cuter!

I searched Pinterest for ideas about what to make with it. I finally settled on an idea. A cute A-line top, Peter Pan collar, and matching bubble shorts.

I drafted the Peter Pan collar myself to match the neckline of the A-line top. I used the First Day dress (MADE) A-line dress and top version to make the top. I found a free Peter Pan collar to work off of and then modified it to work for this outfit.

My kids like to ruin a potentially good photo op by making silly faces. I still love it.

The bubble shorts are just the KIDS shorts pattern (MADE) and widened the legs so that I could gather them to get the bubble effect. 

I would have liked them to be more bubbly, but it works for me. 

And the whole thing looks adorable on my girl, who was less than enthused about wearing it. Maybe I should stop asking her to try things on when she is doing something she likes? Nah. That is one of the perks of parenting. :)

Love.

Peppermint Swirl Dress

I have been saving this fabric for about a year now for just this purpose. Other things came up and I just now got around to making this dress. Also, there was quite a bit of prep work and it just seemed daunting to me. It needn't be. Everything worked out great!
(The Peppermint Swirl Dress from Candy Castle Patterns.)

One adorable dress, and kid.

So much fabric!

Another thing my dress-lovin' girl likes is a dress that can twirl. And this is the perfect dress for just such a thing. 

She has a little growing room as well so she will get some use out of this dress. 

Even if you are sitting, the dress is beautiful! Love these photos.

My dress-lovin' girl should be very happy with awesome Mommy-made wardrobe for the summer.

I have a few more outfits that I have made for her to share as well. I am very excited about them because they are awesome!

Stay tuned!

Simple knit dress: Brown dots

I just love this adorable knit fabric. Brown with white dots. So simple. So cute. I knew instantly it would make a wonderful "First Day"-like dress. 

The top is like a t-shirt and the skirt is mostly a circle skirt. I didn't have much fabric to work with, so I just had to make it work. And it did!

It goes perfectly with cowboy boots. Fun!

This whole outfit just screams simple country girl. 

Good thing we live on a dirt road. It goes well for a country girl look.

It is a wonderful, all around, great dress to play and jump in.

Just remember, you can always run home little girl.

The Long Dresses

As much as my girl loves a dress, she will ask for a dress that goes all the way down to the floor, you know, like princesses dresses do. Well, ok, I can do that. So I did.

Neither of these dresses sport the best sewing job. Practice is definitely needed in this area. A happy girl is a happy girl either way.

She now has two knit, long dresses perfect for the warmer weather. I have one happy, happy girl.

Happiness in a dress.

Summer Chevron

I love the easy simplicity of this whole dress. As much as I would love it if my girly girl would wear skirts, she prefers the dress. What is a sewing mama to do?

So, I attached a skirt to the bottom of a tee and voila! Instant dress.

I cut off a couple of inches from the bottom of the tee so that the skirt piece would be in the proper place.

I love it so much!

And so does she!

Reliable Internet

Just checking in. I swear I have projects to post, but the schedule has not worked in my favor recently for reliable internet access, thus making it hard to post or look at anything online. 

Anyway, things in life are winding down. The end of school countdown is on, which means my downtime will be filled with kid time. Not so bad. There are many summer plans in the making already and the wait is on. 

Enjoy the sunshine (finally!) and have an awesome week!

Random Kid Moments #6

They busy-ness of life is in full effect. Lots of projects going on, school finishing up with lots going on there as well. Summer is approaching quickly, with lots to do as well. All in good fun though. I have more to share with you with what I have been sewing and creating. I will share as soon as possible.

For now, I will leave you with these tidbits from my munchkins...

Only hearing pieces of a conversation between my kids...

Girl: ...and it doesn't have makeup anymore. I'm too pretty for makeup.

Me. LOL

Girl: What? That's what Daddy says!

Me: I know, Honey. He's not wrong. :)

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She also said the other day on the way home from church that she felt like she was going to be married. Hmm. Apparently she will marry one of the kids from daycare who is five years old. Lately she has also been saying that she wants to have two babies growing in her tummy. Twins. Both girl babies, and that she is going to stay home with them. 

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The boy is learning a difficult lesson about making choices. We have been unhappy with some of his behavior at school. He got yet another note sent home, this time about having a difficult time talking and playing. I told him he was free to make any choice that he wants, but that he was not free from the consequences of that choice. He is not happy about his consequences at the moment. Hopefully it will be a lesson learned. 

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