All things matching...

As they should be.

So I thought I'd share a little Moda love that made our 4th of July even more memorable. 

Coordinating "scarppy" bottoms in Minick and Simpson's American Banner Rose woven cottons. I've been hoarding this fat quarter bundle long enough. Seriously heavenly and lightweight for the summer months.

The best way to celebrate? Go stitch something patriotic!
Happy 4th everyone!

Kid's Clothes

This week was "clothes week." 

Not that anyone needed any clothes per se, but once the serger is running it's hard to stop it.

Both of my machines have a mind and a will power all their own!

A onsie and skirt for my niece, Claire. She doesn't know it's coming and neither does her mom. :)

This is an older and favorite fabric line of her mother's - Sorbet by Sentimental Studios for Moda. 

Plus, she likes blue for girls. 

Perfection.

A skirt for my little girl from Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille. 

The loveliest aquas and reds in their lines.

Some pants for my little man in the bike print of Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater and in the cars and buildings print of Summersville by Lu Summers.

I can't even begin to explain how much he LOVES seeing these fabrics. 

I'm not sure if he's fully settled with the idea that he gets to wear them and touch them. 

Usually mommy's fabric is such a big no-no. :)

Overall, total success this week in the sewing department. 

Now the quilting department... 

I have a MILLION works in progress. 

Something needs to get finished to save my sanity.

Hope everyone has a good week. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Birdies Skirt

This post is for Grandma.

She called me all excited one day about some awesome new Studio E Essentials fabric that was for sale at my LQS and asked how many yards I needed to sew a skirt for my little who.

Nevermind the fact that she can sew... :o)

And I finally got pictures of her wearing it.

I convinced her by telling her she didn't HAVE to smile.

LOVE those ruffled shorts underneath!
No panty exposure!
I'll get a picture of the other skirt asap... "p" being the operative part of that.

Twirl Skort in Alexander Henry Apples

Just thought I'd share my opinion on this little pattern...

It's the Twirl Skort by Sew Sensible and it is definitely awesome.

My daughter (sadly) hates dresses.

She'll wear them only when it's "dress time" - like church (or any other event I can convince her is a dress only place to go).

So this is some perfect middle ground for her.

She loves the hiding shorts under the apples.

They look more like a second skirt layer which makes me happy too.

And I don't have to tell her all day that no one needs to see her princess panties... :o/

I really do have to tell her that a lot in dresses and skirts.

So I think I'll also make some of these with just the shorts so that she can wear them under other dresses and skirts.

Maybe she'll even decide she like dresses then!

I also made a matching apple appliqued t-shirt to match. And she looks so stinkin' cute that we had to take photos (all morning in this perfect 72 degree weather).

It's an Alexander Henry fabric... with a coordinating brown dot fabric (Tweet Tweet by Keiki for Moda).

New Skirt for the Girl - and more to come!

So this last weekend I made this little skirt.
Pattern found here.
But I did a "double" elastic waistband with 2 thin pieces of elastic separated by a quarter inch in the casing.
This makes it very comfortable and soft around the middle.
Even my little who likes this one! Yay! More to come... I've been busy sewing!