Genevieve's Dress

This sweet little number is another trade dress. Sweet Grocery Bags is making me a sweet little bag. I can't wait!

And I lined it...I'm pretty pleased with how that turned out. There are many cute fabrics I've been tempted to use, but wasn't happy about the fabric's thickness. Well, if I line them it's not an issue. Though I don't usually keep lining fabric lying about. This dress is partially up cycled, as I used a sheet that I'd had cut up for some other project before.

Fresh off the needles

Most of this top and flower band were completed while I watched the Olympics. It's always good to have a little project to keep your hands busy when your mindlessly glued to the television.

This is another trade project, and should have a spectacular turn out. The fabric is bold and colorful, and it certainly was a color combination I would have been unable to pull together without such inspiration.

Snow Cap

I intended this to be a winter cap for Peter. It's made from a nice merino wool yarn, same yarn from the wool soaker I made last month.

However, it turned out too big, and is likely to become a gift for someone older and bigger.

I had Peter try it on and he declared that it was too itchy. Well, guess I'll have to get him something like silk...or cotton...and try again later.

Baby Hats

Two more hats I made while driving home from our road trip.

Soaker Shorts

I started these during my last trip to Palo Alto last month, and finished them on the way home from our recent trip to Palo Alto. I don't really know why I decided to make a pair of x-large wool soaker shorties...but I did. The color change pattern is one I found in a knitting book, apparently a pattern the Greeks used. It reminds me of the Mad Greek in Baker, CA...and makes me yearn for gyros, and all that yummy cucumber dressing, slathered all over the pita bread...mmmmm.

Snow Hat

It occurred to me that this winter we'll be moving to a place that actually gets cold, and maybe a bit of snow. I'm kind of inspired to get a jump start on my winter gear stash.

This turned out a little goofy, but she likes it anyway.

Coming along...

Yeah, I got a dress done today! But that trip to the post office, let me tell ya! It nearly killed me. It's soooo hot outside! And then they wouldn't let me used the priority tape on my priority package!

Normally, I box it all up before I leave the house, but I didn't have a label, and I wrote the address on the a card that I intended to seal up in the box...and I suppose the moral of the story is, make my own label and just seal up the box before I leave the house. The post office label isn't worth the roll of tape they'll charge me when I get there...and I sure as heck wasn't going to go home for tape. Did I mention the kids weren't behaving very well?

So I don't feel ready to re-open my store to custom orders yet. But I suppose if folks pay via pay pal, and I can click and ship, and never have to step foot in the post office again, that's fine by me.

While I was away...

I came up with a special headband for this turquoise dress I'm making for someone who did me a hugh favor. This is the sort of thing you'll get if you say...safe my life. ;) While this knit in the round dress was an interesting experiment, I'm not sure I'm ready to switch over my methods. The sock cast off didn't work out as smoothly as I would have liked, and while it's fine for this dress, I think my old method is probably better. It just depends on what I'm going for.

And I finally procured some ABU (Air force Battle Uniform) fabric. So this first dress will be for my niece, whose daddy is in the Air force.

Though, I've been sort of sick so these dresses might take a while longer before they're totally complete.

Not for Sale

....but I wanted to show you what I've been working on over the last couple weeks. I've been working on improving my dress pictures so my customers could get more clear, dress focused images.

New Begining

This is a little experiment...see if I can mix it up a bit and use a different technique. It should look the same when it's done, wait and see.

What is it? Try and Guess.

Vacation Notice

I'll be out of the shop for a couple weeks. I won't be taking on any custom orders for the next month or so. Dresses are still on sale in my Etsy Shop, but I will not be shipping until July.

I'm off on vacation now. See you when I get back!

Paisley Halter Dress

Just finished this cute little number for a repeat customer. There will be one more dress with this fabric, but I haven't decided what kind just yet.

Blue Circle Dress

For the big girls, I've got a new dress in my shop. It's a halter top in blue on a lovely sateen cotton skirt, with a fun print. This dress is too big for my 5 year old, as you can see, so it's obviously a size 6X to 8 girls/ youth size. So for all those looking for something for your big girl, this dress is for you!

I've done a couple other dresses with this fabric before. The first was long sleeve (which isn't the best use of this fabric, it's really better for spring and summer). And then I did a short sleeve. I have more of this fabric, but I don't have all that much yarn to offer a full range of top options. So if you like this dress contact me to see if I have enough yarn to make the dress you want.

The Little Devil Dog Cami Dress

For the little marines out there, I've created these two dresses. I have more of this fabric. However, it seems like the print is darker than most of the Marine uniforms I've seen around here. So if anyone happens to be a subject matter expert on Marine uniforms, please let me know if this looks right.

And does anyone know what a Devil Dog is? Initially, my husband said, "oh it's a little Jar head dress." Then he quickly added, that wouldn't be a good name to go with, and he suggested Devil Dog...a term I've never heard before. Certainly, this is uncharted territory for me.

Black Lace Back Cami Dress

This is the dress I made instead of the pink Halter top I'd planned. I decided that since I was adding a large ruffle to the skirt the top needed a bit more support to hold it all up in place. The lace back Cami is perfect for this sort of construction.

Pink Halter Top

Originally I planned to match this 4T Halter top up with a dress. Then I decided it wanted to be a baby doll shirt instead. Oh, it goes so well with these pink pants!

Fun side Project Update

I've been working...no, that's not accurate....I've been doing other things and not working on my daughter's snow white costume. Today I put the practice costume together real quick before we headed out to town for her Skate lesson. This is just the practice dress, to help inspire her during practice. The fancy one will have shimmer fabric and puff sleeves.

Coming Soon!

A Marine Camouflage print Dress. The fabric arrived today, and the yarn that best matches is brown. I have several skeins already on hand and I'm planning on making up one of these dresses as soon as possible.

I also received some Air Force Print fabric, but it is not suitable for dresses because it's a nylon laminate. I knew that it was suppose to be 100% nylon, but I didn't not realize it would have a laminate side. This fabric would be more suitable for making bibs, diaper covers, aprons, and anything else that requires a water proof side to it. So the Air Force Dress will have to wait till I can find another source of fabric.

It's kind of difficult to tell with this picture, but it looks like (in real life) either the light tan or pale teal green yarn would go with the Tiger Stripe Air Force fabric.

These fabrics are not easy to get a hold of.

Halter Top Shirt

This is the first Halter top that I've completed. I could stand to work on this concept a bit more, but for now you can find this top listed in my shop. I had planned to have my youngest model this for me. But she didn't want to today, so I had to get my eldest...

This is suppose to be a 2T, but as you can see, it fits a 5 year old too! She's just really skinny. I'm trying to fatten her up, I promise I am!

A fabric sample of my stash

I've got a new match...now I wasn't really thinking this was the right season for this fabric...and it's a rare mama who finds this sort of print appealing, here it is Jen.