Reindeer Names

Been seeing these on pinterest & etsy.

Decided to make my own.

Canvas is 12 x 24 and 1 1/2 inches thick

Font is Mufferaw cut with my silhouette, red & gray vinyl.

Silhouette reindeer shape Design ID #22960 baby reindeer by Hero Arts

Coated with a think layer of modpodge

Halloween Costumes 2014: Little Red Riding Hood & the Big, Bad Wolf

Little Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Wolf

Little Red Riding Hood was sick with a confirmed case of the flu the week of Halloween, so sewing the costume was more last minute than planned due to extra snuggles and not being sure if she'd even need it.  But things were looking up on Halloween and she went to school.  Friends and a cousin even joined her for trick or treating that evening.

McCall's 6187

Adjustments to the bodice: made the bodice 5/6 width but 7/8 length.  Added at least 3 inches to the height of the bodice front for modesty/coverage (who wrote this pattern for little girls and what were they thinking on the lowness of the neckline?!?) and added an inch or so to the back bodice neckline.  Skirt adjustments:  I added fullness and length to both the skirt and the apron.

Sleeve adjustments: I lengthened the sleeves to be around just above her elbows.

The hood is lined.

Main fabrics are Riley Blake:

Black on Black Basics

Country Girls by Tasha Noel C3645 & C3642

The lace, ribbon, rick rac, white fabric and red fabric for the lining are from Jo Ann's 

The Big, Bad Wolf.

Brown hoodie ordered online, felt pieces glued on.  Easy.

Idea from Between U&Me

Instructions from Martha Stewart

Fall Activity Day Crafts

After General Conference, we had the girls each prepare to briefly share about their favorite thought or talk from Conference.  We ate treats and munched on popcorn to help them feel more comfortable and then decorated this quote from President Uchtdorf.

In November, we made thankful trees.  Each day until Thanksgiving they were to write on a leaf something they are thankful for and glue it on the tree.

We also did this in our family and my kids loved it!

I used my silhouette to cut out all the flowers, leaves, and tree trunks. 

The tree trunks are two trunks slid together and held with tape; one trunk with a small slit a couple of inches long from the top and the other trunk has a slit starting a couple of inches down from the top and goes to the bottom {that probably doesn't really make sense typed out, does it}.

Other activities we've had over the last few months:

Physical fitness activity with several stations of physical things to do as well as a discussion about being healthy and safe when exercising, stretching, cooling down, etc...

Examples of some stations: dribbling basketball, shooting basketball, jumping jacks, jumping rope, sit ups, push ups, planks, dribbling a soccer ball around a cone and back, lunges, moguls/ jumping the line, etc...

The other leader and her husband built frames and stapled chicken wire to them so that the girls could paint them.  We gave them a few small clothes pins to hang pictures & notes on them.  Sure wish I would have thought to take a picture.

Our Christmas activity was watching the movie Christmas Oranges (the movie showing the illustrations from the book) and bringing treats to share and eat while watching it.  After that we had an ornament exchange {under $3) and read right/left stories to pass the ornaments around the circle.

Lily Bird Studio Pink Dress in Spotlight

 

Lily Bird Studio pattern testing of the Pink Dress pattern July 2014.

Size 9, tunic length.

Fabric is Michael Miller Spotlight.

 

 

Happy Ever After Fabric Doll

 For my sweet niece’s first birthday, I used the Riley Blake Happy Ever After Princess Pocket Pillow Panel to make a little doll dress up quiet book.

I keep wondering if my little K* isn’t too old for one also, it’s so cute!  I bought a few panels, there’s a brunette also, and a couple of the prints so there will be a few more of these in the future.

 

All the fabrics are from the Riley Blake Happy Ever After line except for the pink flannel I used on the back of the dresses, it’s from HobbyLobby.

 

Sorry for the badly lit pictures, I had just finished sewing on the button (I waited ‘til the last minute for that little detail for some reason) and we were headed out the door to the party.

 

 

Grrrr….  That little pucker in the middle bugs me, but I’m trying to get over it.

 

 

A super cute version can be found at On The Mend.

 

 

Oliver + S Bedtime Story PJs

 

Oliver + S Bedtime Story Pajamas pattern.

Size 8, made with short sleeves.

Fabric form JoAnn’s.

Matching PJs for my sweet K* and her cousin M*.

 

 

Oliver + S Patriotic Ice Cream Tunic

 

Patriotic Oliver + S Ice Cream Tunic.

Size 8.

Fabric is Robert Kaufman Freedom, blue stars on white.

I added a couple of inches to the length after sewing it up, the seam is disguised by the red ribbon.

 

 

Kyoko in Blossom

 

For K*’s Easter dress this year, I used some fabric I’ve had in my stash for a few years and ModKid’s Kyoko pattern.

A pattern I’ve had for several years and am just now getting around to making.  Why did I wait so long!  I LOVE it!!  I think I’ll try and make a top for K* soon.

The main fabric is Blossom from Annette Tatum’s Little House Collection for Free Spirit.  The solid pink fabrics and ribbon are from JoAnn’s.  I made a size 7, K* is 8 1/2.

Changes I made:

The skirt is a little fuller than the pattern calls for, basically two widths of fabric and an inch or two longer.

The sleeves are shorter.

I lined both the bodice and skirt and attached some tulle to the skirt lining to add to the fullness {and twirling fun}.

The ribbon ties are also longer.

 

This picture is actually an iPhone pic from Easter day.

 

We’ve been super busy after school each day since I finished it, so I finally just took a few pictures quickly after church today {Mother’s Day}, nothing fancy like the birthday party dress, and called it good.

 

This iPhone picture is from the day I finished it. The dress was done on Friday before Easter.  Saturday morning I finished the sash, so this was the first look at it all done on K*.  It was the day before Easter, but somehow since the sash was all I had to sew that morning, I felt like it wasn’t the last minute like many projects end up being.

 

 

Sleepover PJ Pants in Sam I Am

 Pajama pants for my Sam.

He LOVES them.  Who wouldn’t love something made with fabric that said your name over and over and over though!

He goes through all the variations: Sam I Am! {loud & proud}, I Am Sam, Am I Sam? and on and on.

 Fabric: Green Eggs & Ham Red Sam I Am by Dr. Seuss Enterprises for Robert Kaufman

I saw this fabric online and was happy to see it in person while in Utah visiting family {and fabric stores J}

Pattern: Oliver + S Sleepover pajama pants.  Size 12.

I really like the leg proportions {not too balloon-y} on the Oliver + S pajama patterns compared to some of the big name patterns I’ve used for him in the past.

Sam I Am font: Minya Nouvelle, cut out with my silhouette in vinyl to use as a stencil

Fabric paint: Tulip Soft in Red {Velveteen}.

I followed the directions using an iron to make the letters velveteen textured like and didn’t like how it started to make them curl, so I’d probably not do that step in the future.

White shirt from Target.