Clearly it is not Day 2 of KCW but I'm still sewing away and am looking at the week in terms of projects. I would have had another one finished last night only to discover that I only had enough I wanted to use for the skirt to do half a skirt...I called the fabric store and was told they still had it so I sent hubby there today to pick some up. (Ladies...that is love...a man who will go to the fabric store, deal with the fabric ladies and look through bolts and bolts of fabric for you). They didn't have it :(   So tonight I have to rethink the fabric choices for that dress. I was super excited about it which makes it even more disappointing....but I digress

Awhile back I made Miss A a gorgeous cowboy dress. It is one of my favorites. I had a request for a sibling set that was cowboy inspired but she didn't want the kids to look like Jessie and Woody from Toy Story. Here is the result:

I love this combo! The dress is a mix of 3 patterns, modified into one glorious dress. The straps and back each have elastic to get a better fit and longer wear, the skirt is full enough to twirl and I just love the vintage-ish buttons...sheriff stay inspired. The fabric is Michael Miller Horseshoe Red and  Lil' Cowgirl Blue.  I used a cow print that I had in stock.

Seriously, how can you resist this adorable print?! I had originally wanted to use the cow print for the suspenders on the shirt but it didn't look right. The brown looks so much better.

Tonight I'm going to work on a couple of Izzy tops and some leggings for Miss A who is growing WAY faster than I would like! I'm running out of pants long enough to fit her...I can't wait until it's warm enough for crops and dresses :)

Kids Clothes Week Day 3- Keeping it simple

I had planned to post a dress today but I'm not quite finished it so I went with some very simple ties for a friend's gentleman. I can't wait to see these on him in his Valentine's Day picture.

See you couldn't wait either. My cuddly little buddy Luke's momma took these adorable photos:

And because I can't forget his equally gorgeous sister, here is one of stunning Miss Lila

I think a little boy in a tie is just sharp! Case and point:

Isn't he handsome? I just love my little guy (and he's usually pretty good with posing too...) 

Ozzy has a collection of ties but I'm on the hunt for a longer pattern for him. He is too tall for the pattern I usually use and my last two attempts at making the pattern "fit" him did not work out so well. For the tie above I used this pattern from Sharing the wealth for the neck tie and this tutorial from Lemon Squeezy Home for the bow ties. They are all on elastic because it's easy and I think that I get a better fit that way.

Fingers crossed that the kids will be well and will allow me the time to finish the new dress for tomorrow.

Kids Clothes Week

I decided to join in the Kids Clothes Week sewing challenge this summer. I found out about  it while searching for a pattern for shorts. I've been sewing a lot lately. It keeps my hands busy and gives me a creative out let.

Oh and I'm giving one away! Enter here

I created this lovely Lazy Lemon skirt by modifying the Lazy Days Skirt pattern from Oliver +S. They have graciously offered a bunch of great patterns for free on their site. I love free! I added a 3inch coordinating band around the bottom. Amelia is in love with any skirt or dress these days that let's her twirl like "Ellerella" ( I'm going to be so sad when she can actually say Cinderella ).

This project only took about 20 minutes from start to finish. There will be more of these skirts to come!

Happy Sewing!