I've been busy! Not that I'm ever NOT busy, but recently I've had the sewing bug or a transient "obsession" as Loren so lovingly refers to it. Our dining room table has been filled with my Bernina, my (relatively) new serger and lots of fabric. Most are for gifts, so hopefully those of you on the receiving end have either already received the gift or don't read this so the fun isn't spoiled!! So that means you, Lindsay Cashen, Jillian Wehmeyer, Baylie Brooks, Josephine Valgus and Alison Biggs don't read until you get my package!!
For real, please don't:)
Here is a skirt for a niece with a pattern I just made up:
this pretty rolled edge is courtesy of the serger!
And these are some more dresses made from old men's shirts, but using a different tutorial, found
here.
And a newborn gown from
this tutorial...
T-shirt before:
...and after
Last for today, pillows I made from a bridesmaids dress...roughly following
this pattern
So now I need to work on my case presentations for school. So hard when there is pretty fabric calling my name...sigh...
Happy Halloween! This year Kate was Cinderella. She had been asking and asking for a Cinderella dress, so I broke down and made one for her. It was quite a project, when I realized half way through that the fabric store had cut my fabric short and I didn't have enough. When I went back, they were out of the original fabric, so I got one that was close and got a sparkly organza to overlay and hide the color mis-match. I think it actually turned out even cuter with the sparkles! Plus, Kate loved the "sprinkles" on the skirt.
...these cute photos were hard-earned. 
Andrea is my good friend from childhood- she and her husband moved to Iowa City when I was in dental school so her husband could also attend dental school (he is going to be a pediatric dentist in CO). They had their first baby, Evan, while we were living there. They met up with us in Iowa City for Beedoh's wedding at the end of August. It was so great to get to see them, even if it was for only a few minutes! Andrea is an absolutely amazing photographer (remember the photos from when Kate was 3 months old), and I was dying to have some more done. Kate, however, had other plans. We met with Andrea the morning of Beedoh's wedding. I made Kate's dress, purchased a new outfit for me and had Loren under strict orders to look good. Unfortunately, Kate was in a TERRIBLE mood. She was whiny, clingy and generally difficult. Andrea's photos don't appear that way, but man, they were hard-earned! I'm hoping we can maybe talk her into another session when we are in CO for Christmas!!
