Sew On My Mind

The past few weeks I have been sewing like crazy. I have been able to incorporate many of my pieces with bought pieces. Here are a few outfits. I hope you enjoy :)

Circle Skirt Made by Me

Pencil Skirt Made by Me

Peplum Top Made by Me

Hi Low Top Made by Me

Dress Made by Me

Reduce, Reuse

I am a single mother who is on a limited budget and a growing toddler who has no clue of what a budget is! My mother gave me a wonderful idea of using SashaMichelle's winter clothes and creating summer items!

Here are the before pictures

And After!

I measured a short sleeve shirt that fit her well and voilá!

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

The past few weeks I have gone a little crazy sewing and crafting everything in sight!

I reorganized my closed and made some DIY shelf dividers that I found here.

Organized by color and style

DIY Shelf Dividers

I have also created two fun tops that can go from work to night on the town!

View B

Styled with an Aqua belt

View C

Finished Product

Summer Summer Summer Time....

Summer is Here, well it is in Nashville :) This time of year I love to wear skirts and dresses and I found this beautiful pattern and needed it in my life! I have been experimenting with prints as of late and found this wonderful print from Jo-Ann's Fabric. I bought the last 3 yards so I believe a tank top or skirt will be made from this print as well.

View D for pattern M6752 was used in creating this dress but I wanted to alter the hem length and added 3" to make this dress a bit more work appropriate but I completely forgot to, next time I will.

I got to wear this pretty little number for my 1 year anniversary! I hope you enjoy.

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The Finished Product

Celebrating our anniversary

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all!

This mother's day I decided  to be creative and make my mom a dress that matches her beautiful personality.  I made this dress in less then 2 hours which is a record for me! White jersey knit was used to create View D from McCalls M6886 pattern. I hope you enjoy!

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Kwik Sew

Let It Flow

If you are like me you find something (shoes, tops, pants, etc.) and need that found item in several different colors. I found this pattern Kwik Sew for a tank top which looked incredibly easy and could go from the office to a night out.You will be seeing this tank in many variations!

I made this a two tone tank without the pocket. I used black lace on top of the black fabric jersey to give a little spice to it.

Kwik Sew K3844 Veiw B

I will update with a picture with how I styled this tunic tank soon, so stay tuned :)

Wide Leg Trouser

On The Wide Side

The project for this week will be wide leg trousers from a great sateen fabric like this, with an elastic waistband. The pattern will be created from a pair of pants that I already own. This will be the second time I've made pants similar to these. The first pair I made was from a hunter green full size flat sheet - yes I said sheet - and they came out beautifully. The only thing that I didn't realize was, because the fabric was 100%  cotton there was NO stretch. By the end of the day, they became incredibly uncomfortable, and I was afraid I was going to bust a seam!

I then went on the hunt to make wide leg pants that I could wear all day and bend over without embarrassing myself! I started to look at pants that I liked from famous retailers like this, and looked to see what the material blends were. Majority of the pants we buy now are 95% Cotton and 5% Lyrca. I then went on the hunt for this fabric and found myself at Jo-Ann's Fabric (I often find myself there).

Tell me what you think!

The cool grey fabric with green  under tones

Homemade pattern

Finished Product

After wearing these pants to work, I soon found out that the fabric wrinkled horribly from the waist to the crotch after sitting down. Also, because there was a little bit of stretch the pants did not fit at the waist as tight as needed. I believe these pants will become pencil style trousers. That project will be added soon!