A Dress Please

Saga chose this fabric and quickly requested a dress. I added the chambray collar to soften the neon hearts. She often wears her dresses with leggings. That is why I made this dress shorter to give her more movement. I have to say I love the back of this dress. I always allow the girls to choose the fabric of their momma made clothes. Saga typically chooses the brightest and busiest fabrics. Her favorite dress that I have made is bright pink with a very full skirt. I know that I am fortunate that she enthusiastically wears what we make together. I want her to enjoy them, and dance around like a princess.

Front Button Dress

I have made four of these dresses for Saga. She prefers her dresses fancy, and wants to wear them to school everyday. She has more homemade clothes than not these days. I do buy knit shirts and leggings at the store. When I find plain knot tops I always stock up because they are getting harder to find.

I love the colors of this dress. Saga calls it the house dress because you can find these colors all through our home.

Time to Reboot

I haven't been here in so long. Look Elodie has changed quite a bit. Today is Saga's sixth birthday. I guess that is what started me thinking about this place. Time moves fast, let this be the memory keeper. My bon souvenir...

Elodie

There is a good reason for my time away. Here she is. We named her Elodie. Well, actually I named her and my husband was kind enough to go along with it. She is two months now, and a total cutie.

Okay, back to sewing. I have been sewing, but mostly out of necessity. Making tote bags as gifts and the sort. Saga needs some new summer dresses because she is growing so quickly. All the tops I made last summer will not fit me anytime soon. Belly be gone! So I am working on something new today. I did make a couple of knit maternity tops using the BBW 3835 pattern. They worked out well, and I will be cutting them up to repurpose the 3 yards of fabric needed to make them. Hope to post again soon with a new top.

Lounging Pants

Yeah, I finally got to sew this morning! I made these corduroy pants for Saga. I cut them out without a pattern, and luckily they fit nicely. After I went to Joann's for more corduroy and found that it was on sale for $3 a yard. So now I have a stack ready to be made into pants. This means I have plans to get up very early tomorrow to get a head start.

Pink and Fuzzy

Even though I got early and cut out a pair of pants for Saga I never got to them. Today she wore a little dress I made for her last December. It is more of a tunic now. The cutout is from a cloth napkin I bought at a tag sale 10 years ago. My husband told me she looked like a Viking baby in this dress. Okay, I see he has a point.

Here she is wearing it last January. She was proud of those new teeth you can see

I survived the move, but just barely. Most of the house is together except the sewing room which is filled to the ceiling with boxes. I hope to make a sizable dent in it this weekend, fingers crossed. We moved back to the town where I grew up. If you would have told me I would be living in this town again I would never believe you. This morning driving to work a packed bus of teenagers rode past. I knew they were on the way to my old high school. That was the same bus I took to school. Yesterday Saga and I went for a walk along the creek behind our house. I grew up along this creek. Saga loves birds, and the creek and nearby lakes attract many migratory birds. She had a great time bird watching, and I thought about how funny it felt to be back at this place. Strange, but comforting. I was the mom now, and I didn't have to think of an excuse of why I was late for dinner.