[with love Heidi]

Clothes for yourselves, Tamara and Meleliza! Exciting

I’m mending a school jacket that got caught on a fence, three big rips in the back and two small in the fleece lining. I’ve fixed the back ones, and have the lining and re sewing the hem to go. I’m still trying to decide on my next project.

[Masha Richart]

Today I broke a five-day no-sewing streak. Man, that felt good. I sewed a Sewaholic Renfrew – my first. I’m not in love with my first try and am rather unmotivated to try again, when I already have fitted the Plantain to work for me and could easily add the cowlneck that drew me to Renfrew to that pattern.

TOok stock of the girls’ spring/summer wardrobes though, and have found that they really don’t need any new dresses (unless they shoot up several inches between now and then, which is possible of course). They could use some new short-sleeved tops, a skirt or two, and some playground shorts (I’ll be putting my Playtime leggings pattern to good use yet again). So maybe I should start there.

[Mama_Knowles]

roundtheworldgirl, my two littles still fit in almost all of their last summer clothes too. Caspian has worn his sailboat pants ever since he was 6 months old-now 19 months. But all my kids are skinny minis. His tops are all to short though so I sure I will make him a few. Sarah has also requested a few dresses too. I am really hoping to sew a bunch for myself this year.

[Tamara]

How’d you like the look of the new lisette pattern Sharon? Isn’t it a great look? I am thinking about both sizes so my big girl can have one for her.

The list is just getting longer and longer…..

[with love Heidi]

The dress looks like a grown up fairy tale dress! But I hate the jacket 🙁 at lest the pictures and I could not see a line drawing. I think I don’t like the jacket be case it would hit at totally the wrong spot on me, but I could see Nicole’s girls in it!

[Masha Richart]

Sharon, are you starting to get addicted to selfish sewing? I definitely am! I have all the kids home today – illness again, still, forever, ugh! – and am plotting what I might be able to make good headway on during nap time.

[with love Heidi]

I’ve started another faux chenille blanket. The first was so convenient to have around for easy relaxing sewing. If I had a few minutes here and there I would sew a few rows and cut them. It was lovely to have a non thinking project running in the background of my sewing?

[thearkansastraveler]

Just finished the Art Smock from “Little Things to Sew.” I am so thrilled with it! Pictures here: http://the-arkansas-traveler.blogspot.ca/2014/02/the-fanciest-french-iest-little-art.html

Next up: The bubble dress. I can’t wait…

[Tamara]

I think the jacket could be a handy one and could work depending on what you would team with it. I personally wouldn’t wear it with the dress because being a pair, it would just accentuate the area I would rather not accentuate. But I think it could look good with a pair of jeans. And I do agree- a grown up fairy tale dress, hence the desire to buy both sizes so that I can have one and Imogen (with another inch or so) can fit the other.

I got my paint and floor today for the sewing area and am looming forward to getting it sorted before mid week so that I can (hopefully) sew my diplomat dress in my new space! I need to try the fairy tales on the girl come to think of it and have fingers and toes crossed they still fit her as she will need one for this party next weekend. I doubt I will have the time to make a new one this week.

[with love Heidi]

Flooring and paint, Tamara! How exciting!

That’s a gorgeous art smock!

[Tamara]

Yes Heidi I can’t wait to get going on it – hoping Sunday evening maybe?

And yes the smock is gorgeous! I do love the classic quaintness of fabric featuring alphabets!

[Mama_Knowles]

It’s is pretty great Tamara! I think I’ll have to run up to JoAnn’s next month to pick it up. : )

Yes it RTWG! I have my muslin ready for one of my dresses while the good fabric is right eyes view for petting. I using Robert Kaufman cotton lawn for the lining and Palos Verde voile from Cloud 9 for the outer fabric. To make it better I received my Deer and Doe patterns yesterday! I think the shorts are very first after I get both Chantilly dresses done.

[bren5kids]

I didn’t know there was a new Lisette pattern, I really like it! I like the jacket, too. I’d be inclined to leave off the ruffle and slightly lengthen it, and I wonder how it would look in a soft, drapey knit.

[meleliza]

I bought it today @Joann – full price! I liked it so much. There was a simplicity sale last week, but of course they only do that before they have the newest patterns. There is a pile of fabrics on my coffee table and several tabs open to fabric stores on the ipad as I try to decide what to make it from. I have a swatch of pink linen from Harts that I like a lot, but it’s not quite substantial enough for the jacket on its own, but with a little cotton batiste underneath, I love it. There’s some stretch twill Kitty and I both like in a rosy pink that’s on sale from fabric.com right now. Maybe we’ll have matching jackets for the spring. I think I’ve just about settled on what I want for her Easter dress, but I’m also in a little of a holding pattern until I see the new Oliver+S release!

Fortunately, I have a communion dress and an unconventional Easter smocking project for other little girls to keep me busy while I think pink.

[bren5kids]

I am in the middle of sewing the Prudence jacket from Shwin & Shwin and am just shaking my head at the horribly drafted pattern. After fiddling around with the collar for awhile I finally just re-cut and shaped the whole neckline and collar area, it is such a bewildering mess! It probably made it seem worse that I had just sewn Field Trip cargo pants and Art Museum pants, they were a joy and delight to sew! It made me realize all over again that O&S patterns are worth every penny that I spend on them. I will end up with a cute Jacket from Shwin with a bit of work and frustration, and completely ignoring their horrible instructions, but the process isn’t nearly as enjoyable as smoothly sailing thru an O&S pattern.