Wrigley Fun!

Sometimes, I sew so much that I forget what I've done...the Creative Princess was wearing these tees recently and I smiled..because I really love them. They are fun, playful and colourful...everything a girl should be wearing (if you ask me!)

 You KNOW I love testing patterns! AND I'm always super excited when I get picked. It's not a foregone conclusion, there are lots of times I don't get picked and I don't apply for every pattern I see...just ones that I think will work for my crew here...

SO here it is Love Notions' Wrigley Raglan. Tami at Love Notions works really hard with her testers to make sure the fit is perfect. In fact, that's why I made 2 in the testing period this time around...there were some adjustments made and so I sewed up a second version to see how it worked on my girl.

 This pattern is another fun upcycling pattern. I seriously love that! I love that this was one of my mother's tees and now the Creative Princess can enjoy it...and let's be honest. It's appropriate for her age (she was almost 13 when I made it).

These next photos are from when after the adjustments were made. You can see, it's a little broader in the shoulders and the hood is a little roomier. This tee is from when we travelled to the Crayola Factory in PA about 8 years with my parents...it was my mom's shirt too!

She loves her new tees and so do I!

Enjoy!
Heather

Bloomin' Shorts!

We really love testing for Suzanne at Winter Wear Designs so when she asked about this pattern the princess and I were pumped! As my fabric selection is decreasing, I have been getting a little more creative in my designs! We were thrilled with the outcome of these!!!

I was digging through my upcycling bin looking for fabric to test this pattern with when I came across this Winnie the Pooh shirt that's been hanging around in there for sometime...the pockets are optional but I knew the Creative Princess would want to try them out so I spent a little extra time working these out...

So that we could get just the right placement for that cupcake...mmm

It was fun to put these together and the Creative Princess loved them all summer long since we don't have a/c. They were perfect for pjs...BUT she also loves shorties like these for under her dresses! These are the Toute de Suite Bloomer Shorts...go check 'em out!

Enjoy!
Heather

Sew Sorry!

I have been around...really...and working too, I swear! If you follow me on Facebook you would see that I have been baking quite a bit but I just realized the other day that it's been 2+ weeks since I last blogged! Oops! Again...sorry!

Over the holidays, I did some fun stuff for me...I finally took some time to learn how to use that serger that has been living here! I made some shirts for the boys.

This was the first one...it was for Sean...

Then I made this one for Sean and while I was doing that, I was working on the next one for Simon.
Simon was SO impatient! You see I had already finished something for both Sarah and Sean and nothing for Simon yet. He actually told me (non-verbally) to get back to work on it...soon I had to quit my assembly line style of work and just get his shirt done. It was pretty funny!
The boys love their shirts! I had a hard time getting Sean's into the laundry! He was quite pleased to see them back in action after I finished folding the laundry today! Oh and take a moment to appreciate the details on the Bugs Bunny shirt...it had the silhouette and signature on the back of the original tee, I changed it up and put them on the hood and sleeve.

I had so much fun making these! Wait till you see what else I made!

Enjoy!

Heather