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.

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.

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

A custome just sent me this picture of the Tana Tutu Dress she made for her granddaughter's 3rd birthday. I love the added rick rack around the bodice, applique and matching bow.

Tana Tutu Dresses

Here are some pictures from an awesome sewer who works and makes samples for a sewing shop that is now selling my patterns on CD. It's Sew Blessed in Hahira, Georgia.

These are some of her adorable creations using the Tana Tutu Dress Pattern. Check out her flickr page to see some other precious outfits.

Thanks Ivey for allowing me to post these precious dresses.

Check out Nanoo Designs Facebook page for a few more Tana Tutu Dresses and other customer creations.

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

I got this picture today in my email using the Tana Tutu Dress pattern. What a great holiday look. The embroidery is from Embroidery Garden. It's called Sweet Christmas Monogram Set.

This came out so cute. Thanks R for sending me the picture.

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

Another great customer creation from LM using the Tana Tutu Dress. It a great treat when I open an email with a customer picture. This one is so bright and colorful. I'm sure some little girl will have fun wearing it.

This is what she said:
"Here is my latest creation from your delightful pattern! These are all so terrific. "

Tana Tutu Dress Customer Creation

This was made by a customer for her granddaughter using the Tana Tutu Dress Pattern. Thanks Kathy for sending this picture.

Tana Tutu Dress - Customer Creation

Here is a customer creation using the Tana Tutu Dress pattern. I saw the outfit on Sew Forum and loved it. She used the 6" tulle on the roll instead of the bolt. I've used the tulle on the roll for the last few I've made and it works great.

A great idea to add matching bloomers and a barrette to complete the set as well as the emboridery. Thanks Debbie for letting me borrow the picture from Sew Forum.

Embroidery Fun - Tana Tutu Dress

I've been sewing and embroidering alot this weekend. It's been fun. Here are some of the items I've done.


How I Roll was a free design from Embroidery Garden. I thought it was adorable.


This onesie is for a friend who just had a baby girl a couple of weeks ago. When I told her about the design, she gave me the onesie to try it.

I bought some tshirts and onesies to practice on and made a couple for gifts. This one is for someone who is expecting a girl.

This one is for another expectant mother that doesn't know if the baby is a boy or girl.

The design takes about 13 minutes to do and fits in a 4 X 4 hoop. I experimented with different color combinations to match the fabric.

I am changing the Tana Tutu pattern a little. Instead of the tulle on a bolt, I am using the tulle on the 6" rolls. I find it is easier to work with. Since I was making another dress, I decided to add some embroidery on the front. This design is part of a set called "Ballet Cuties" from BunnyCup Embroidery designs. I changed the colors on this one also to match the fabric .

Tana Tutu Dress

I having fun with my embroidery machine. Here is the Tana Tutu Dress with "Tutu Cute" embroidered on the front. I'm still learning so the font probably wasn't the best choice. I think I needed something a little thicker to show up better but it was fun and I was satisfied with the results.