Gingham summer apron

My apron for tie one on. Theme is gingham summer.




I have a stack of thrifted pillowcases waiting to be used in projects. I decided it was time to use one for an apron. I cut open the two long sides of the pillowcase and left the short end stitched together. That became the center of the apron skirt. I found a coordinating blue gingham in my stash to use for the bib. Waistband and sash ties were made from blue chambray. Apron is trimmed with jumbo size white ric rak.

I chose blue gingham for this project because to me summer means blue skies!

Tie-dye T-shirt... drawstring pouch!

For the purse project I made a drawstring pouch from a pink tie-dyed t-shirt I found at the thrift store.




I used a medium weight interfacing to give the bag some body, and lined it with a white t-shirt I found in the back of my closet. It's trimmed with pink bias tape and the drawstring is made from pink grosgrain ribbon.

Havana nights apron

My apron for tie one on:




For this theme I wanted to use bright colors, flowers, and ruffles. The large ruffle is made from aqua colored eyelet fabric. The waistband is aqua polka dots on cobalt blue ground. The center of apron is an iris floral print in aqua, cobalt and lime. I added the little corsage flower to the waistband because the apron said it needed something festive to wear to the night time dance party in Havana. Corsage is made from a silk flower backed with a long gathered piece of lime green lace and attached to a safety pin.




Oh look! It's reversible:

More catching up

Some blue bloomers:




Made from a vintage pattern to go with at little summer top I purchased on sale at Kohl's:




I made these in her current size thinking she could wear them through the first half of summer. But she has had a recent growth spurt and I will be lucky if she gets one wearing out of them. Anyway, I hope to make more of these bloomers (in a bigger size natch) to wear under her summer dresses.

Then we have orange bear:




Made from a wee wonderfuls pattern for a little friend that moved away whose favorite color is orange.

Catching up

Still have not figured out how to fit blogging into my schedule. It's usually the end of the day before I have time to get on the computer and then I'm too tired to write coherently, much less make proper links. Will make more of an effort to work it into my schedule

Here are a few things I've been making for Chatterbelle recently.

Zucchini bear:


She calls this bear, Zucchini, for no other reason I think than she likes to say the word. I made it from fleece she found in the remnant bin at Walmart (I was actually shopping for ric rak). She thought it would make a soft and cuddly bear. Then she declared that it should have red ears and paws. So this is what I came up with. She designed the face, but I added the eyelashes by fringing the yarn mouth where it met up with the eyes. She likes her dolls to have big smiles. Smiles are important to Chatterbelle.

Blue jeans:


I used Butterick 4176. The pants on this pattern have side-seam pockets. For fabric I recycled a pair of my mother's old capri length jeans headed for the donation box. After picking apart the side seams, and ironing the fabric pieces, I laid out the pattern pieces so as to incorporate the hem. The side-seam pockets on the capri's were a tad skimpy, so I cut the pattern piece down to fit. After they were finished, they seemed a little baggy, so I undid the waist, cut it down an inch and restitched the waist. Chatterbelle likes them and wants me to make more.

Birthday bunny:


And finally, A Wee Wonderfuls bunny to give to a little friend who was having a birthday.

Tote from curtains

Here is my tote for the purse project. It's made from two different vintage valances. My goal for this project was to showcase the novelty print because I love it so much.

Kitty gift

Here is a kitty made from a wee wonderfuls pattern

It is a birthday gift for Chatterbelle's little friend. Her favorite color is red and her family has a black cat. Chatterbelle decided the mouth should be purple. I think it was the right color choice.

Fluff bids a fond farewell to kitty.




The first thing the birthday girl did after removing Kitty from the gift box was to remove Kitty's shoes. Gotta love the little shoes...