MMM Day 10

Wow 10 days! I honestly didn't think I would make it this far. I am so proud of myself. But there will be NO SLACKING from here on out. Well except for this post where I tell you I wore a shirt you have already seen. :)

Its a terrible picture where I look like I am thinking a bit too hard on a world problem. But  the shirt held up wonderfully in the wash and I love how minty the polka dots are! Tonight is camping and with that brings its own special set of me-mades, and my momma is coming into town to visit for Mother's Day so I will see you on Monday!

MMM Day 8 and 9

Tuesday I wore this brand new maxi I was so excited about to ice cream and fabric store perusing with my Mom. My husband says its the ugliest color he has ever seen, but it brightens my day!

Tuesday night I was making a dress for someone I know (posting about that later) and I thought hey! Since I have this pattern out I may as well try it out on myself! So I reached into my stash and got out one of my favorite vintage sheets ($2) and whipped this beauty up. I wore it to church wednesday and it was a big hit!

Sorry about the kinda fuzzy picture iPods don't make the best cameras. Well that's all for now folks. Stay tuned for the rest of this week!

MMM Day 7

So Monday was a work around the house day, and me and the munchkin went to Girl Scouts that night.
I decided to wear a top that is not made by me but is homemade. My husband likes to go to auctions and sometimes he stumbles upon a stash of fabrics or notions and he gets them for me. (isn't he a sweetie?) This shirt I found in a big bag of scraps. I guess the person didn't like it after they made it, oh well I love it! Its extremely comfy and soft.

MMM Days 4, 5 and 6

So it's been a busy busy weekend for me. Friday was Oaks Day and I wore my Martha dress. It's the red one I made from my great grandma's pattern. Sorry no photos. Sat was Derby Day and I wore a new dress from Maurice's to a party with friends, but never fear I wore a me-made. I made these pajama pants (yet to be photographed) that are wonderful! Sunday I wore my yellow checkered shirt and some jeans. Sorry about lack of photos. I will be doing better this week.

MMM Day 3

Well no happy half smiling pictures of me today, because today's creation is a total wadder. Awful the color and cut and pattern all amount to a whopping pppbbbtttt.
I thought I would try out a front buttoning pattern and I had this cheery yellow in my stash, and I thought why not I will add these huge flower buttons. Well here is the wreck:

Hideous? Yes. 
Did I wear it out in public? Oh Yes.
(To be fair it was to pick my daughter up from school and I didn't get out of my car.)

This shirt is now to be used only for yucky outside projects that require a 'do not care about' shirt.

MMM Day 2

Day 2
Today was a run around day so I threw on some jeans and this new top I made from fabric that was gifted to me! I know the picture is fuzzy, but those are not polka dots they are Easter eggs!

 I had some trouble with the arm holes of this particular pattern, they were too small so I had to cut them a bit bigger. I have noticed that on most all of my vintage patterns the sleeve seam is almost off my shoulder. In some of the shirts I cant raise my arms! So I just cut the armhole bigger and that seems to help.

MMM Day 1

And here it is! I am so excited, I have been sewing up a storm for this day and I am so excited to show off my creations!
First up is a top that I made from a vintage Butterick #8786. And I will say I am in love with this top. Its super easy to make and sews up like a dream.

Pattern

Front

Back

You will probably be seeing alot more of this top because its just so fun and easy to make.I made this in about 2 hours including buttonholes. I don't know what I was so afraid of they are sooo easy!
Well thats all for today! See you tomorrow!

My Poor Easter Dress

So I was uninspired to make my Easter dress this year, so I procrastinated (who me? Nooooo) and didn't get started till Saturday afternoon. I used my now TNT pattern that I used for the Birthday and Purple dress, and whipped this up in about 3 hours.

The only picture I have.

So I get up early Easter morning so excited to put on my new pretty dress! I drive to church and park the car and just as I am walking in the door I feel a cold breeze on my back. So I feel back there, yup my zipper is popped. So I throw on my jacket quickly and hustle to the bathroom. I remove my dress and take a look at the zipper, I notice its off track, I think Okay thats an easy fix. I fix it and put the dress back on. As I am walking up to my sunday school class I feel that breeze again. And I give up. As soon as I sit down I text my husband to bring me a new dress. And that is the saga of my Easter Dress.

Me Made May

I Katie of Miss Emily's Closet sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '12. I endeavour to wear 1 handmade thing each day for the duration of May 2012.

If you would like to sign up too Here is where you can!

So its been a while......oops!

Well I kinda forgot about this itty bitty blog while I was slaving away at work. But that's all over now and I am free to start working on all the projects that I put on the back burner.

To start off I made a few things during my prolonged radio silence.

1st up My Birthday Dress!

Here is the inspiration for the dress, I am not sure where I found the picture but its probably Mod Cloth.

This is the finished project! It is the same pattern as my Purple Dress but I lengthened the bodice and instead of darts I did soft gathers in the front. I made the shoulder seams deeper and that solved the problem I had with the other but I think I still need to take a pinch out of the front bodice to prevent gaping.

This is the dress that I made for my daughter at her request for World Reading Day aka Dr. Suess' Birthday. Emily wanted to be Cindy Lou Who. And the dress had to be 'soft pink' I added an embroidered apron.

Well that's all for now......