pattern review: prairie girl

I just completed the cute Prairie Girl pattern from Favorite Things. I used Alexander Henry's Aviary print in green. I originally wanted to use the pink and white fabric, but I already told my sob story.

So about the pattern...I bought this originally because I love the look of the shirt. There are also so many different options included in the pattern, that you can use it a few times without making the same thing over and over. You can make a shirt, or dress or have ruffled sleeves, plain sleeves, or none at all.

I made the shirt with plain sleeves. It was a fairly easy pattern to follow. It's definitely for intermediate sewers. I only say that because it assumes the sewer knows things like understitching. If you are a beginner sewer, you probably could still tackle this one with the help of the internet to define a few things for you.

The only bad thing I could find about the pattern is that it's kind of hard to sew the dickie on. The pattern gives the option of sewing snaps to snap the dickie, sewing the dickie directly to the shirt, or buying a cami to go underneath. I don't think the cami underneath would have worked for me b/c the shirt would have opened up too much at the top, but I think that just because I'm a bit large in the bust area. I did manage to sew the dickie on in such a way that it doesn't look bad.

In all, I really liked the pattern and the way the shirt came out. I think next summer, or maybe later this one, I'll tackle making the dress.

I'll try to remember to post a picture of the finished product later, but it's currently being washed since it was lovingly worn for the first time today.

for daddy

Happy Father's Day!

I got the idea from here.

busy busy

The divine Miss Mattie Mae was baptized a few weeks ago. She did a great job and didn't even cry. Her brothers however were extremely cranky, but immediately got over it when they discovered there was going to be a party (with cupcakes) following Mass. Some very sweet and generous people at our Parish held a very lovely party in honor of Matilda's big day, which brings me to...
A tablecloth and napkins I made for the lovely woman who threw the party. The set is for her kiddie table that her grandkids use. I used the oh-so-adorable Dick and Jane fabric. I love the laminated cotton! I have also been working on several other projects and have even completed some! Someday I'll possibly get around to taking more pics!
Last but not least...summer weather is finally here. This is me enjoying the great breeze just after working a bit in the garden.

mosaic fun

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

1. Elaine Davidson - Worlds most pierced woman, 2. Chuy's, 3. The Passage, 4. ♫ YO Yo yo, there's no place like a green penthouse... so i told the genie i wanted to be well hung. ^o^ ♫ nah... wildlife from singapore♫, 5. Cheeky hobbits, 6. water droplets in the shower - o.k. bokeh, 7. "Dreamland", 8. heaven by the spoonful, 9. Aurigid meteorite #1, 10. Serenity 1, 11. Calm Nature Scene12. Not available

aaarrrrggghhh

I made my first big boo boo. I was cutting out fabric for a shirt I was making. I had some gorgeous fabric. I mean I love this fabric and thought it would make a great shirt. Well I made a boo boo while cutting and didn't have enough fabric to remedy the problem. So I was going to order one more yard...no problem right? Well, it's sold out everywhere. I ended up having to order 3 yards of the green version of the fabric to make the shirt. I guess I have extra quilt fabric now.

king for a day

Liam asked me to make a "king hat" for him. I did the best with what I had. He sorta looks like the Witch King of Angmar now. He also requested a super hero cape. I'm going to attempt something like this. The pose in the picture is a sleeping king, in case you were wondering.

i heart the internets

Dare I?! Three posts within an hour!!

I just wanted to share some things I've found on the tubes. First, I love this idea that Jesus' favorite, aka Annie, has come up with. I found her blog via Wil Wheaton's blog. I've been trying to keep up with being grateful, but some days I just can't get to the computer.

I am also going to attempt to send a shirt to African Kelli. I wanted to do a care package last year and never got around to it. I'm going to send a shirt this year dag nabbit!