Easter Skirts

 

Hopping Down the Bunny Trail!

 

The girls wore their new Easter Skirts to school today.

 

 

Aren’t they cute?

 

 

The best part is that you can make this….

 

…from this.  (Kitchen Towels from Target.)  Awesome right?

 

I can’t take credit for this idea.  Ashley from Lil Blue Boo posted this cute tutorial for making the skirt.  Go check it out.

 

I’m glad that I added the rick rack to the bottom.  It just finishes it off a bit.  My girls are tall so I also added a pink waistband for some added length.  As you can see, one is as bit taller than the other so her waistband piece is a bit longer.

 

The girls were good sports because our photo shoot was as bit chilly!

 

 

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Hoppy Happy Easter!

How to Make Your Own Printed Ribbon: A Tutorial

Here is a quick and simple way to make your own printed ribbon.  Truth be told, I took the pictures for this tutorial last year and never got around to writing it so here goes. 

Materials:

Ribbon 7/8” Wide

Transfer Paper

Scissors

Iron and Ironing Board

Computer and Printer

 

For this example I wanted to make my girls some ribbon with their preschool logo on it so that they could show some school spirit.  I found the image on-line and then saved it as a JPEG.  Next print out your image and check to make sure that it will fit on your ribbon. 

 

 

Now copy your image several times in rows across the page.  It is best to have your page in landscape so that you can get longer strips.  I did this test run on regular printer paper.  If everything looks good with your test print, print it out again onto the transfer paper.  Follow the instructions on the back of the package.  The most important thing to remember is that you will need to PRINT YOUR IMAGE IN MIRROR IMAGE! 

 

 

Now carefully cut apart your strips.

 

Iron the strips onto your ribbon and peel off the paper backing.

 

 

Viola!  Lots of beautiful ribbon for making hairbows!

Go To Dress

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Have you seen the tutorial for the "Go to Dress" on the Train to Crazy? It is super cute and makes a super cozy knit dress. I have been eyeing it for awhile and wanted to make one. I even happened to have some of the exact same fabric that Andrea used in one of her dresses. I hope that she doesn't think that I am a "weirdo" for copying her. :) What is it they say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."?

 

Anyway, I love the end results and the girls looked so cute heading off to Kindergarten today. The tutorial has lots of pictures and very clear instructions. It would make a nice first time project for sewing with knits if you have been wanting to give it a try.

For more details on sewing with knits, see my post HERE.

 

    

Happy Sewing!

Cowl Crazy

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So I went a little "Cowl Crazy" over Christmas.  I made them for just about everyone!  It all started with the Cowl Knit Along over at Luv in the Mommyhood.  I made one for myself and then I just couldn't stop. 



Here are my mom and sisters modeling their cowls.  These are all the Breckinridge Cowl.

Here are my sister in-law and two nieces modeling their new cowls.

                 Breckenridge Cowl 

Speedy Cabled Cowl and Speedy Cabled Beret

Quick Cabled Cowl

I also made one for my aunt and for my husband's secretary.  I haven't knit in about 6 years and it was nice to get back to it.  Even when I used to knit it was only very basic scarves and maybe one or two hats.  I think I even have a half finished blanket still lying around somewhere. :)

I have been trying to branch out and try new things like cables.  I am currently working on a hat that involves some lace work.  Hmmm... we'll see how it goes.

If you are interested in getting started with knitting here of some web sites that I have found very helpful.
Knitting Help and The Knit Witch both have some awesome knitting videos.  If you come across a stitch in one of your projects that you don't know how to do just look on one of these sites and there will most likely be a video for it.  If not, I have found Youtube to be very helpful.
Ravelry is full of awesome free patterns for just about anything you can think of.  I love that you can type in the type of yarn that you have in your stash and see what others have made with it.  There are also tons of knitting groups that you can join on-line.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Happy Valentines Day! 

In my last post, I shared some cute dresses that I made for my girls for Valentine's Day.  It was the first time ever that I was actually prepared and had them ready two weeks early.  That NEVER happens.  I was so proud of myself until....  My girls came home last week and excitedly announced that they get to have Pajama Day on Valentine's Day!  That'll teach me. 

Of course that meant that sure enough as usual I was sewing the night before.

I just made some simple flannel pj's and the girls actually painted these shirts themselves.

I first saw the idea on the cover of this month's Family Fun Magazine.  Then Dana at Made had the brilliant idea to paint it onto a piece of scrap fabric first and then sew it onto a shirt.  That way if you mess up in the painting portion you don't ruin the whole shirt.  Then just cut out the heart shape from your scrap fabric and sew it onto your shirt.

It is a super easy idea too.  Just use a glue stick to stick a paper heart doily to your shirt or scrap of fabric.  Paint and let dry or use a hair dryer to speed things up and peel off the doily.
Like I said the girls painted these themselves and then I just went back over any missed spots.  The secret is to put the paint onto a plate and then just dab the brush in the paint and then dab it again all over the paper doily.  NO BRUSHING!

I think they came out pretty cute!

Of course I had to make up a couple of cute hairbows too!  :)

Here are my kiddos getting there goody bags today.  Just simple little things like notebooks, silly puddy, treats, etc.  and they are so thrilled!

 

Tonight's dinner will be eggs with pink heart shaped pancakes!
The hubby has a board meeting tonight so he won't be here.  Waat Waa!!  :(

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Dresses

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I found this really cute idea for Valentine's Day dresses on Pinterest.  I just love them!  Best of all, they require very little material.

Before                                                   After

Just take some extra large men's t-shirts and some scraps of fabric from other old shirts and you can make these adorable dresses.

There is a full tutorial on Make It and Love It.  Go check it out and be sure to browse around this site a bit.  There are lots of cute ideas to me found.  She also has a cute Valentine shirt idea for boys that I think I might try too.

I love the sweet little ruffled hearts and so do my girls.  The only change that I would make would be to make the ruffled heart about 1 1/2" bigger on all sides than the cut out heart shape.  I only cut it about 3/4" bigger and I wish I had a little more wiggle room.  Other than that I would follow the tutorial exactly.

The following photos are what happens when I tell my girls to pose however they want. :)

Happy Sewing!