Christmas PJs in Nordic Holiday

 

For K*s Christmas Eve/Christmas morning pajamas, I made a sweet nightgown using Stitch ‘n Save by McCall’s M6633 (out of print now) view B in a size 6, hoping it would fit my growing girl for the rest of the winter as it was the largest size for the pattern.  The fabric is Nordic Holiday by Michael Miller.  Isn’t it just so fun and bright for the holiday season!  Ilove the reindeer, tress & little birds.

K* felt like the neckline was too low or gaped open or something and was always wearing a t shirt under it, so I cut a t shirt up one day and sewed just the littlest bit of the neck binding & a bit of the shirt onto the nightgown to make her more comfortable.

I did make S* some pj bottoms using the red & blue racer stripes from Sarah Jane’s children at play line, but no pics to show of them.

 

Olliblocks

Testing out posting by email tonight.  Here it goes.

 

 

Olliblocks from December.  This was one of our Relief Society craft night projects.  I made several sets to give as gifts to nieces and nephews.  Aren’t they so cute!

Girls, boys, careers and superheroes.

Modpodge to adhere the prints, two coats of wood glue to coat and seal them for playing with.

Photos

Well, I've been trying to load photos for newer posts off and on this year, but it's not working out.  Sorry it's been so boring around here lately.  I'll try and figure it out soon.

Emmeline Apron in Impressions

 

Emmeline Apron by sewliberated in Impressions Event Abbey & Solara prints by Ty Pennington with Kona Nightfall.

 

It was sort of a gloomy, cloudy afternoon when I tried to get some shots of the apron before picking S* up from school (early release for exam day).  Not very good at taking pics of myself either.

This is a Christmas gift for a friend, hope she likes it.  I think the fabric is much prettier than these photos show.

 

This time I did not use interfacing for the very top accent piece on the apron.  I think I like it better less stiff.  I also did not make the neck tie strips on the bias, I was feeling lazy/crunched for time, but they seem to be fine to me.

 

 

FHE: Honesty

Tonight we are going to use this object lesson involving salt & ice cream from Over the Big Moon for a family home evening on honesty.
 

 Like was suggested in a comment, I microwaved the bowl with moistened salt to thoroughly encrust it onto the bowl.  It took less than a minute for mine.
 

 

{picture from Over the Big Moon}

 

 

Dorothy & Tin Man

This year K* is Dorothy and S* is the Tin Man.

 

Dorothy

 

 

Pattern: McCall's 6313

(size 7, I lined the skirt and the buttons are just for looks)

Fabric from JoAnn's

Ruby slippers ($11) & Toto in basket ($7) from Gymboree

Socks from Target

It was easier to just wear a white t-shirt than make one.

 

For Halloween, we'll do low pony tails with bows.  It's been raining all day, so K* and I ran outside on the porch really quick to try and get a shot or two this afternoon.

Hopefully I'll get a picture of them together tomorrow.

 

Tin Man

 

The Tin Man has been very busy in the evenings this week and was available for a few quick poses right before bed tonight, which was later than it should have been (again).

 

Spray painted a funnel from Walmart ($1) silver.

Long sleeve tee from Walmart too.

Gray flannel and red felt from JoAnn's.

He'll probably just wear jeans with it for Halloween.

White Eyelet Baptism Dress: New Look 6043

 

For K*'s baptism I made the dress she was baptized in.  Now she wears it as a nightgown.  I think it turned out really sweet.

 

 

 

White eyelet from Hobby Lobby.

New Look 6043.

I lengthened it down to her ankles, it's fully lined and, like I did in her diamond eyes top, I made a size 6 with a size 4 neckline and an elastic loop & button back closure {from craftinessisnotoptional}.

 

 

White Doll Dress

My mom made this dress for K*'s American girl doll to match her new white baptism dress.

 

I think she did a great job making it match K*'s actual dress.

 

Lemonade Stand

 

For K*'s 8th birthday, I talked my father-in-law into helping me build a lemonade stand using Ana White's plans lemonade stand for Grace's town collection.

 

It took about 2 hours and 45 minutes from start to clean up to build.

I mainly stood there trying to look useful while my father-in-law did all the work; but it was fun to be a little bit helpful at times.  He built it just how I was picturing it, I'm so happy with how it turned out!

 

 

I had him modify the plans a little as you can see from the photos.  A 1x16 was used for the top and sides to give it a little more depth.  We cut the sides at 29" tall so that it is just under 30" high and can be used with a regular chair.  The shelves are 1x6's since we made it a little deeper.  The banner posts are 1x2's that are 6' tall.

It seemed to take a lot of time to fill in holes, sand, prime and paint over a couple of days as I had time at night or while K* was at school.  Maybe it was the drying time, it was so humid out.

 

 

 

I plan to make several banners, both paper and fabric, for various stands.

Ice Cream Shoppe, Bake Shoppe, Flower Shoppe, Café, Paper Creations....

 

All the banner supplies are from Hobby Lobby.  The font for lemonade is Frosty.  The letters are about 3" tall.  The pennants are about 6 1/4" not counting the tabs.  I cut it all out on my silhouette.