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Friday, April 11, 2014

Spring 2014 KCW day 3 and 4

Do you ever start a project that you are super excited about, that you have been dreaming about for months, and it flops? This project was one of those occasions at first. I started to sew this bad boy up and I hated it. Not the pattern, I love the sally dress, it was the fabric combination, namely the denim. I don't know if it was the color of the denim or what, but it made the dress look a little country to me, which is not typically my style. I was halfway finished with sewing it and well, I didn't like it at all.

The top was like this big ugly sea of denim... I was stumped so I spent the rest of the day mulling it over and pulling every trim out of my stash in hopes of saving my beloved creation. Nothing was doing it for me.

So I decided to just own the country chic and keep chugging along. I finished the dress and decided to add some buttons. I had these cute round beauties picked out when Z baby wandered into the room. She started to look through the button basket and found these heart buttons. It was love at first sight for my baby girl, and honestly who was I to say no to a little more, well more...

I threw it on her this morning to take some pictures, still not loving it. Then she kept it on and we went about our day. I walked outside at one point this morning to her standing in the garden digging in her little dress and guys, I fell in love. Sometimes I forget that this little three year old could rock a paper bag! ;)

Love this little one so much in her little prairie dress.

And let's be for real, these pockets are PERFECT for bug catching!

Cheers,

Rach

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Spring KCW day 2

Today has been crazy guys. Like I can barely hold my eyes open. All I am going to say is terrible twos + a bad injury for our beloved doxie, Pippy, that required immediate surgery + normal day chores= an exhausted momma. Anywho, the day is done. The two year old is sleeping. Pippy is home safe and sound all sewed up and the family is fed and clothed. Sadly, the only person who got to sew today was the vet. Luckily I finished up a second little number yesterday.

Z-baby needed some summer pj's.

I used Seamingly Smitten's Sadie Grace Pajama pattern.

I used knit instead of woven fabric and chose to omit the keyhole front and tie closure.

She got to pick the fabric and would NOT take it off all. day. I love when that happens :)

Okay guys I need tomorrow to be a little more sane and I need to get some sewing done... Can you make that happen for me please?!

Cheers,

Rach

Friday, October 25, 2013

KCW :: Day 4

I can hardly stand the excitement because I FINALLY have a finished garment to show you! Did I say "a" finished garment because I should have said TWO finished garments!!! I am so ready to get these two off my sewing table because I have some knit fabric that is calling my name!

Did I tell you the story about the time I tried Zade's almost finished Goldilocks Halloween costume on her and she cried because she wanted to be something different!? Where I would usually get really frustrated with the situation, this time I was a little heart warmed because she wanted to be a bear like mommy, daddy, and sissy. Sweet girl! Thankfully the crisis was adverted by a little addition to the costume.

We added her own secret bear in a pocket.

Needless to say she now LOVES her costume. Whew!

Here are a couple pictures of our finished Goldilocks costume.

(don't mind the pajama pants :)

I also finished up her skinny jeans.

They are a little baggier than I envisioned, but I could not make them any slimmer because the fabric was to thin. Guys, it was so thin (CHEAP) that after I sewed the entire pant up, and serged the seams for strength, they ripped TWICE while pulling them up for the final fitting. I am a little scared to throw these bad boys in the wash because I am pretty sure they will fall apart. Instead of being to sad about it I am going to count it as a lesson learned in buying cheap fabric (and call it a muslin for my sanity!) I love love love this pattern though and I will definitely make it again with a better fabric choice!

They got Zade's silly face seal of approval! I am off to make some leggings for the baby now. Ahhh, I cannot wait to sew with knit and I cannot believe I am saying that! :)

Happy sewing,

Rachel

Thursday, October 24, 2013

KCW :: Day 3

I got in some major sewing time yesterday evening and almost finished Zade's skinny jeans!

I have got to hurry and go finish while the girls sleep! Sorry for the short post.

DOn't you just love KCW!

Happy sewing,

Rachel

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

KCW :: Day 2

Whew! I finished Zbaby's costume. That really was a load of fun but I am so glad it is knocked out of the way!

The skinny jeans are cut out! Now I am off to start sewing them up. Faux zip fly or functioning.... that is the question of the day.

Happy Sewing,

Rachel

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

KCW :: Day 1

This is not going to be a very impressive post because I did not finish anything yesterday. But I am really excited about what I did accomplish!

I finished the top of Zadie's Halloween costume! I know it is probably silly to be as proud of this as I am but everything turned out exactly like I imagined so far and that so rarely seems to happen!

I got my skinny jeans pattern taped together. To stay on key with the sew along I also should have cut the pattern pieces out but crazy me forgot to measure Zbaby before she went to bed.

Cheers to a hopefully finished costume tomorrow and being a little closer to some cute pants!

Happy sewing,

Rachel

Sunday, October 20, 2013

KCW :: THE PLAN

It's that time of the year again... time for the kids clothing week challenge which basically means you commit, for one week, to sew one hour everyday for your children. I love this challenge because I always get so much more accomplished when there is a little pressure involved! I am going to be live posting what I accomplish for a little extra motivation and I will be instagramming (@thebrownabode) my works in progress too. So here is the wish list of what I would like to accomplish next week:

Halloween costumes

One costume is just going to be a little altering of an old Halloween costume, making a monkey a bear. The other costume is going to be a little more time intensive. I need to make a sweet dress for my little Goldilocks. I am planning on using the sally dress as a jumping off point and just kind of winging it from there!

Skinny jeans

I have wanted to make Peek-a-boo pattern's skinny jeans for a while now. I even bought the most perfect material LAST YEAR. I finally bought the pattern a few weeks ago and if that is not enough incentive Amy from nap time crafters (the pattern designer) is doing a sew-a-long next week. So I am planning to have this going on as a side project each day.

Leggings

I just bought a load of cute knit material at a local fabric shop ( for 3 dollars a yard!!) that I need to turn into leggings for my girls. Since it does not get that cold here leggings are the PERFECT winter staple and neither of my girls have quite enough. I will probably use the go-to leggings patterns for Z baby and I may try out the fancy pants leggings for the little love bug.

Extras

If the costumes happen to go much quicker than I anticipate and I have some extra time I wouldn't mind also making
* a bimaa sweater
* Some undies for the girls
* Maybe a simple zermatt swing coat

Honestly, my girls already have a TON of clothes because they are the youngest cousins and I have really generous friends. But Z is beginning to enter the "between sizes" phase where she is a 3 in the waist still but a 4 or 5 in the length, so it will be nice to make her some really comfortable clothing. Also, she recently started to ask and get REALLY excited when I make her something so it is just fun. My littlest love bug has caught on to her sister's enthusiasm and she really likes when I make things for her as well. That is enough motivation for me. Besides what girl truly has "enough" clothes?!

                                                 Happy sewing,

                                                         Rachel

Monday, April 29, 2013

KCW finally

I ran out of time to sew at the end of the week but not before I finished up two more pieces.

The Popover dress is a free pattern from Oliver + S. The patterns is very simple, a quick sew, and a great dress to showcase a fun fabric. I liked how the dress turned out but I was a wee bit scared that the ties would bother Zadie. Good thing my worries were unfounded because Z-baby LOVES this dress. She needed to wear it the minute she saw it. The girl rocked it too!

I was happy to finally find a place to showcase this amazing fabric. Tula Pink's Saltwater fabric line is my favorite on the market right now and I have been hording a little stash. Don't you just LOVE the submarines on this print?!

I also finished a pair of Elegance and Elephants bubble pockets shorts. Can I just tell you how much I adore this pattern! They are so cute, hardly use any fabric, and have an elastic wait...SQUEAL! I foresee many pairs of these bad boys in my future!

Isn't the contrasting fabric so stinking cute! Well that is all I managed to finish this round of KCW and I must say I am rather pleased! If you missed any of my other posts this week here they are: Ottobre Tangerine top and the boardwalk skirt.

Rach

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