Happy Easter

Wishing all of you a wonderful blessed Easter. 

Here are my grandbabies in their Easter outfits.  The girl's dresses were made using the Marley Dress Pattern and I added Karen Capri's.  

Christmas Outfits, Customer Creation and New Years Wish for you

The last day of 2011.  Seems like this year went by so fast.  For me this has been the "Year of the Babies".  Starting in January with the birth of my first granddaughter and then later the birth of my twin grandbabies (a boy and a girl) in April.  Babies bring such joy in a family and we are so blessed with these three little ones.  I did manage to do  some sewing and hope to work on a couple of new patterns in 2012. 

I wish you all a very blessed and prosperous 2012.  I know there may be some who have had a rough year.  I pray that you will trust in God and know he is there for you in any circumstance.

These are five outfits I made for my grandchildren and two others that are like family.  They are made from Fabric Finder's corduoroy.  The girl's dresses are an adaption of one of my patterns and the boy's made using The Children's Corner Johnny pattern.

This is a Tana Tutu Dress made by a customer.  This little girl is so precious and the dress is so adorable on her.  I always love getting pictures from customers.

Riley Top and Karen Capri Pants with a little something extra

I've always liked to try different things with patterns so they can be used over and over and have a different look.  For this outfit, I combined two patterns - Riley Top for the top and Karen Capri for the pants and added a smocked insert along the bottom of both.  I'll put a turtleneck under the top for cooler weather.  I thought this would be a good fabric choice for Fall and into the Spring. 

LSU Dresses for my granddaughters

I managed to find a little sewing time to make these two LSU dresses for my granddaughters.  I know I have neglected blogging, facebooking sewing and designing.  It's been a busy year with the 3 grandbabies.  They grow so fast and I try to spend as much time as I can with them.  For that reason, I am going to put the pattern designing on hold temporarily; at least for the rest of this year.  I have so many ideas for patterns that I hope to begin trying in 2012.

Dodie Sundress With An Added Ruffle

This was made using the Dodie Sundress Pattern with an added ruffle.  The red fabric is Robert Kaufman print called Metro Market.

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

Here is another customer look from the Tana Tutu Dress for the fall.  Great owl fabric.   Use of rick rack instead of ribbon as trim is a great option to change the look.

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

A customer sent this today using the Tana Tutu Dress Pattern.  I love the use of rick rack in place of ribbon as the trim.  So cute.

More Tester Pics for the Dodie Sundress Pattern

This is the Dodie Sundress made by Nicole at Cole's Creations.   

She added some buttons and trim to the bodice to give it a unique look.

The original draft was shorter so she added a ruffle for the needed length.  The final draft will be longer.

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Dodie - New Pattern Coming Soon

I've been very busy lately.  I now have 3 grandchildren - a girl born in January and twins (boy and girl) born at the end of April.  Along with loving on the new babies, I have been working on a new pattern.  Of course, it's named after one of my grandbabies - Dodie.  It's a sundress in sizes 1 through 6.

It should be ready for testing next week.  I'll post when it is available.

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Sunny Wrap Dress - Customer Creation

I got these pictures in my email today from a customer in the UK. She used the Sunny Wrap Dress pattern and added the ribbon and button to the front. The dog print fabric is too cute and the wide polka dot ribbon add a great touch to the look. This little girl is so cute and seems to like her new dress.

Dress for my new granddaughter

Bishop style dresses are one of my favorites especially for infants. I decided to pull out the pleater and make something special for my new granddaughter. I added the little shoes and bow to complete the look. This was my first attempt at shoes but the pattern I purchased on Etsy was very easy to make. The first pair were too small so I made another a couple of sizes bigger and they fit.

Model in the Marley Dress Fall Look

One of my special little models wearing the Marley Dress used on the cover. She added the blue jean jacket and boots for a fall look.

Marley Dress/Quilt and Exciting News

This was my last item for 2010 - a tshirt quilt for my daughter who is having twins. I am trying to finish up the projects I have started and this was one of them.

I started off the year with this Marley Dress to be used as a sample. I fell in love with the bright fabric.

The most exciting news this year was the birth of my first grandchild - a girl. Being a grandma is awesome!!!1

Christmas Marley Dress

A Christmas themed dress I made for a gift using the Marley Pattern. The fabric is by Riley Blake.

Marley Pattern Tester Pictures

Here are some of the pictures from testers of the Marley pattern. Thanks to all the testers for the great comments and pictures.

Marley Cover Photo Shoot Pic

Here is one of the pictures from the recent photo shoot for the Marley Cover. Thanks to my friend, Joni, of Joni Chustz Photography, who not only took the pictures but also supplied the models. Her little girls are just adorable.

Looking forward to this weekend because I get the pleasure of babysitting for these two. Can't wait. Will be lots of fun.

Short Vacation now back to Working on the new pattern

I spent a long weekend in Las Vegas this past week. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time. Here are a few of the pictures.

There were beautiful fall decorations in the casinos.

Dessert at the Bellagio. Yum!

Elvis times 2 and me.

We visited the Pawn Shop where Pawn Stars is filmed.

Since I got back I have gotten most of the tester comments and some pictures for the new pattern, Marley. I will be working on revisions this week and weekend and taking a few more pictures for the instructions. The pattern cover will be next then I'll put it all together to make available to sell.

The Marley pattern will have lots of options to change the look. I am looking forward to seeing what customers do with it. I've gotten many pictures of items made with my patterns and the talent, creativity and ideas are awesome. I love getting pictures and hearing from customers.

Thanks to all my customers and internet friends for making this business so enjoyable.

New Pattern Coming Soon

My new pattern, Marley, will be sent to testers soon. It's a dress in sizes 1 - 6 named after my first grandchild, due to be born in mid January. I'll post a picture soon.

Karen Capri Top and Betsey/Joey Shorts

I'm so blessed to have such precious little girls to use for models. Besides being my model , this little one is like family. Love her!

She is wearing the Karen Capri Set and Betsey/Joey Reversible Shorts. The fabric is from Ikea.

Karesa Dress

The Karesa Dress was named after my niece. Here she is showing the dress she made for her niece's first birthday. Although she hadn't sewn in awhile, the dress came out great

Here a couple pictures of the little one in her birthday dress. Isn't she the cutest?