Aprons for Kidlets

I made aprons before using this pattern. New house = new aprons.

 

Me: What the hell* are you two doing?
Floral Kid: Flipping pancakes! Look at my stern-concentrate-y face!!!
Pink Kid: Testing the batter, Mom! Just like you do!

 

Me: What the hell are you two doing now?
Pink Kid: Mom!!! Don’t you know the photo rules? Every time we have to pose, we get to do a Crazy Pose too!!!
Floral Kid: Ha-thum-it-ha-thum! (I think her tongue was in the way)

 

I used an embroidery from Emblibrary.com. I added some bling to them because, duh, they are girls and need shiny things.

 

I bought this glue the other day at JoAnn’s and I’m less than impressed. I’ve had some of the sparkles come off already. Do you guys know if those hot fix crystals stick on any better?? Does anyone know a good solution? I can see lots of sparkles in my future with three divas (four if you count me) in the house.

 

Meet my new little daughter too. Isn’t she cute-a-licious??? Now I have three little princesses to sew for! This little princess got her very own princess on her apron.

Me: Smile! Smile! Look at the camera!
Smiley Cheeks: Momma, I say CHEESE!!!!!
Me: Yea, but look down here! Look at the camera!
Smiley Cheeks: I say CHEESE!!!!! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!
Me: Close enough . . .

 

This embroidery was a freebie from EmbroiderThis.com.

* I NEVER swear in front of my kids (or at them for that matter). Really, I don’t. But, it’s so much fun to put into print what my brain is really saying. In reality I think I said, “What in the world are you two crazy people doing?”

Who’s excited about the May Burda??

This is finally an issue I can get behind. I loved my 2008 and 2009 issues. 2010 and 2011 were not banner years for the magazine in my opinion but that could have been colored by my own personal tastes and the struggles in my personal life. But, holy shitsnacks, I love the new stuff in this upcoming Burda!

Cute, cute, cute color-blocking top and dress.



Totally freaking awesome ruched dress. I’m hoping it’s a knit fabric. It’s a tall pattern but it shouldn’t be too hard to shorten-fy it.




I love this little number. I think it would be super cute without the bows. I love the back on it. I wonder what type of fabric they recommend. It’s got to be something drapey like a charmeuse or something.




How cute is this skirt? I’m guessing it’s a double-knit? It looks great on the model.




This skirt intrigues me. I’m not sure if I love it or not.





I love simple pants like this. I’ll have to start looking for some RPL. They look short. Are they cropped?




The plus section has some really cute dresses too. I love this first one. I’m wondering what the little skirt (?) is on the bottom. Please DO NOT tell me they are wearing it like a little apron on top of the beautiful dress.

 

ETA: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Burda, you kill me sometimes!!!! You added an apron to an OUTSTANDING DRESS!!!! Thank you, My Summer Touch for sending me this link. It had great seaming. So what does Burda do? Make it in black and throw an apron on it!!!!!

I can't wait to get it! It's got my juices all worked up. Uuuh, the sewing juices. Not, um, other juices. Never mind . . .

Fabric.com

I never know if I get special stuff from Fabric.com or not. Just in case you guys didn’t get this in your inbox . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy. <Insert evil grin here>

Burda 01-2011 #123 Looooong Boatneck Top

This is a super easy knit top but who doesn’t need lots and lots of knit tops? This Burda version was really long and was more like a dress on me. I cut a size 34 which was the smallest size for this pattern. (It’s sunny and WARM!! I think it’s around 45 degrees!!) This fabric is from the Fabric.com haul from the other day. Unfortunately for you guys, they done sold it all out.

I lopped off the middle section to see if I liked it with longer side hems. Noooope.

 

Next, I lopped off the two edges to see if I could make it more like this J. Sterns pattern. I made a few of those tops (here and here and here). This reminds me I should make a few more of those tops. In all, I probably took off about six inches off the bottom length.

 

I used my 3/8” guide foot to do the neckline. Burda has you just fold over the neckline and hem. Instead, I made self-fabric neckband that I sewed to the RS, flipped it the inside and stitched from the RS.

 

I used wrong side of the fabric. But really, is it still the wrong side if I used for the right side? If you look at my tats below you’ll see the differences.

 

Oh, wait, what??? Shiny? Shiny ring?? What?? Um, yea, I’ve officially wife swapped. Not sure how I feel about that. Well, that part of it. I’m ecstatically happy about this part of it.

 

 

 

 

And how cool is this ring? And yes, it scares the hell out of me too. It’s insured, that’s damn sure.

Burda 12-2010 #123 A-Line skirt with hip pleats

I decided to go with the third option. I liked the shape of the skirt, liked the height at the waist, and thought the horizontal hip darts were a cool feature. With the busy-ness of this print, you can hardy find them in the design.

I made a 1/2” double-folded hem at the bottom and topstitched it. I like the look of it.

 

I added a lining to this skirt and, looking at this facing, didn’t do a good job of matching everything up. I can tell you that the invisible zipper from the RS looks great, like really great. I am proud because I used a totally different zipper foot to do it and I think it turned out even better than the normal invisible zipper foot I normally use. I used a light pink rayon lining for the inside.

 

Why hello, Crazy Eyes, nice to meet you. Here is the skirt worn with my Simplicity 2603 cardigan. I love that thing. I want to make it a bit spring-ier but it’s still pretty cold out so boots and sweater it is. I’ll probably wear it with tights, flats, and a cute top later but not now, Sister. I love how the lining really makes the burnout sections pop.

 

Here’s the back. With the crazy print, you can’t see my awesome zipper.

 

Here you can see it sits a bit higher up on the waist. I’m doing Sassy Pose here but still have the Crazy Eyes so I cropped it.

 

I’m not in love with this but I think it’s mostly how I styled it. I think it’ll be much cuter with tights, flats/sandals, and a springy top.

ETA: For those of you who asking about the Burda Archives. I use this link to the Russian site.

Trying to pick the pattern . . .

I have this fun rayon burn-out fabric from GorgeousFabric.com and I’ve been trying to figure out to use it. It’s a border print so it’s been kind of hard to use. It’s very see through so I’ll have to line it with something. I think a white or light color will really make the burn-out areas really stand out.

 

Here’s a larger section so you can see the border.

 

I think I’ve decided to make an A-line skirt out of it. I’ve narrowed it down to these choices in Burda. Had anyone figure out how to find the technical drawings now? When they changed their website to BurdaStyle, a bunch of good stuff went away. Now I go to the Russian site to see the tech drawings of the older Burdas. It’s actually not too bad because they go all the way back to 2001.

What do you guys think? I’m leaning toward the 12-2010-123 with a little added length or the 09-2009-126. I don’t think either one will mess up the print too much.

Okay, last one, I swear!!

I jut had this photo op this weekend with all the jammies and thought you guys would love to see how big the kidlets have gotten. I swear I’m actually working on actual sewing projects too. It’s funny too. My son begs me to wash the jammies every night so he can wear them every night. It’s kinda cute. :)