** I picked the winner of the Doli Tank pattern yesterday and emailed her, but I have not heard back. Be sure to check your spam folder! If I don't hear from my winner by Friday afternoon, I'll pick someone else.**
In case you didn't know, I am an energetic seamstress and a lazy blogger.
Anyway! It is Kids Clothing Week! Yay! This kind of marks a blogging birthday for me. I've been blogging in earnest for a year now. Not bad! The only two things I've done for longer than a year are be married and be a mom. Well done me.
For day one of Kids Clothes Week, I started a lot of things but only finished one. A Skater Dress made with some of the fabric that I got at Sir's on our Day Out when the Boy Scout was sick. This was the first time I actually did the arm bands (I follow directions so very well, you know.)
And I made this one in an 18 month/2T size. It fits perfectly! The 3T/4T was a bit too long and while this one may not last all summer, it will get a ton of wear right now. It is actually in the wash pile with ketchup on it as I type.
Elizabeth loves it. And I love it because the chance of unintentional moons is slim. This is the only pattern in existence that I can still make her a 2T in and it fit. Everything else is a 3 or sometimes even a 4.
Day Two featured a little less time, but I did finish up what I started the day before.
The original skirt came from the ether I think. I know that I did not buy it for me or buy it for my pile of recycling things. So I have no idea where it came from. But, it is pretty adorable as a sunsuit.
I also don't know if it is going to fit. Being patternless, I'm really second-guessing it right now. My hope is that it is going to fit and look a lot cuter on Elizabeth than it does on the hood of my car. I did manage to hold it up to her and I *think* it is going to be okay.
I started by making a dress - shirred top and straps. Then I followed this tutorial on how to turn a dress in to a romper. Well, sort of followed it. Again, with the following directions and just not doing it most of the time.
Then I polished off a couple of more Doli Tanks. Following directions is just not in my makeup this week, it seems. I just tugged too much at the bindings and got some wrinklies and bubblies. But, that doesn't change the cuteness or the wearability at all. And Elizabeth is already fond of the purple and white. She may take come convincing about the black and orange - but thankfully summer lasts until November here.
And today, Day three is Shorts-ageddon. Shorts-isbord. I made a bunch of shorts! The brown, pink, and purple are knit. The others are various forms of wovens. ALL of them are recycled from other things. Yay! For five pairs of shorts for $4!
There was another pair of shorts but it had an unfortunate accident involving a mud puddle and a gust of wind. So no pictures of those until they are washed. But, they original pants from those were free, so that doesn't add a cent to my $4 total.
Gosh, I love being cheap! Don't you?
Well, the time has come! I'm so excited about this. And I will admit freely that if you click any of the Buy It Now links in this post, I will be getting a cut of the sales. I don't *DO* stuff like that, right? Under usual circumstances, I'm all about not taking money for things that I've not done any work on. But y'all! SERIOUSLY.
By all means, read all the post below because Jenny at The Southern Institute worked really hard to make every bit of this amazing and bring all this awesome stuff together. But I'll be Captain Practical right here. Think about the number of gifts you have in a year. Birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, the holidays. Now, consider this. Every. Single. One. Of those events will be covered by this pattern pack. Every last stinkin' one!
My mom decides to travel more this year? She'll get a suitcase. Father's day? The Boy Scout is getting a Star Wars lunch bag. Someone has a baby and they get a bunny. There's a whole flock of little girls in my life and none of them have to have the same dress. My awesome sister? She can have her pick of tops or cowls or dresses. And for me? Replacing more throw-away wrappings with gift bags that will be used until I'm old and grey(er).
It's as easy as falling off a log - build an impressive, modern pattern collection that is infinitely useful in one fell swoop for WAY less than the cost of feeding the family at a fast food joint one time.
Then (and how I missed this I will NEVER know) there's a giveaway. A giveaway is so much fun - with very little effort you stand a chance to win so much neat stuff (I neeeeeed labels!)
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Today is the 1st day of the 1st ever Sew Fab e-Pattern Bundle Sale and giveaway, sponsored by The Southern Institute and Fat Quarter Shop!
Over the past eight weeks a lot of behind the scenes work has taken place to bring you this amazing bundle of ePatterns from several of the top pattern designers and bloggers in the sewing and blogging world. The result is a bundle of 18 PDF sewing patterns that you don't want to miss.
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Now let me tell you a little bit about the giveaway!
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