Delilah and Daddy Coordinating Outfits!

I am in the final few weeks of pregnancy. Hard to believe!

After the little man makes his appearance, I am pretty sure I won't have much time for sewing. In the meantime I am trying to make a few more projects before my hiatus.

Recently I got to test a pattern for childrens' pattern designer Oliver & S. But this is a new kind of test -- not a new pattern test. But an OLD pattern test! They have several patterns that have gone out of print, but as new sewists discover this great company, they still want them. So O&S is looking into making the patterns available as pdf files to download. As a tester, I was sent an out of print pattern that was converted to a pdf to print myself and sew up.

I already own the pattern, the Puppet Show Dress. It's the pattern I used to make Delilah's Snow White dress, actually. Just a lovely little dress pattern!

So here is the test dress I sewed up! D is currently fitting well into 3T, but I made this dress is a 4T so she could get a little more wear out of it. Not too big though - check it out!

The fabric is "Innocent Crush" by Anna Maria Horner that I bought at Whipstitch Fabrics. You may recall I used this print to make my sweet husband a tie. So Delilah and her Daddy had coordinating outfits to wear Saturday night. Unfortunately, I didn't do so well capturing their matchiness. I do have one funny pic of a crazed looking D, with her Daddy and his tie in the background.

"You talkin' to me?"

I sewed this dress Saturday afternoon, and found myself scrambling to finish to put it on D before we raced out to a wedding reception. So instead of following the lovely hem facing finishing instructions in the pattern, I haphazardly folded the bottom and sewed a very rushed hem. I felt like a contestant on Project Runway trying to get a garment done before racing to the runway. I can only imagine what Nina, Michael, & Heidi would have said if they got a look at my hem.

I'll finish the hem properly and get some better pictures!

Thanks for stopping by!

Janimal

Delilah Wears Her Snow White Dress AND I'M PREGNANT!

Hello all! It has been a little while since my last post. Lately I have been really really really tired and haven't done much creative at all. Although I have been making something -- I AM PREGNANT! I may have mentioned before that getting pregnant for me isn't an easy task, but thanks to some talented doctors, we are expecting our next arrival 11/1/11.

Despite the pregnancy exhaustion, we decided to take a little family vacation to DisneyWorld.

Delilah got to wear the Snow White dress I made her to meet Snow White herself! Check it out:

Just walking around the park made Delilah so happy. Here she is in her Snow White dress again. Do you notice the spilled water down the front of the dress? Smart way to keep cool in the heat, actually!

It was SO completely adorable watching Delilah's reaction to the characters she met! We have TONS of pictures that I think will make a lovely picture book to hold some memories for Delilah to look back on. Here is one pic I really love of Delilah and Sleeping Beauty.

I can't even explain how wonderful it was to experience DisneyWorld through the eyes of my little one. I lived in FL for years and went to Disney many times, but going with Delilah was BY FAR the best experience there ever. It was truly magical. Awwwwww.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to get some energy back now I'm in my 2nd trimester so I can share some creative things - but please forgive me if I'm not posting again soon.

Take care,

Janimal

Puppet Show Dress by Oliver & S

Hello! Hello!

I am so happy to show off one of my favorite dresses I have ever made! We recently decided to plan a trip to DisneyWorld for our beautiful Delilah. Although we limit her TV time, she has a definite passion for Disney films featuring the iconic Disney Princesses. We're pretty sure seeing some of the princesses "live" at DisneyWorld will blow our little girl's mind!

So for the occasion - I am preparing her wardrobe. Check out her new Disney Princess dress...can you guess who inspired it?!?



Snow White of course!

This pretty dress buttons up nicely in the back:



When I decided to make Delilah a Snow White Dress, I bought a costume pattern. Upon further reflection, I opted NOT to use an actual Snow White pattern. I didn't want her outfit to be a "costume", I wanted it to be a dress. Not a long flowing gown (called for in the pattern) but a dress she could move and groove in. Not something to be used for dress up over clothing, but an actual garment of clothing, with proper closures and neat finished hems. So I referred to my favorite childrens clothing pattern designer -- Oliver and S.

This dress is the Puppet Show Dress. I was a bit intimidated as this was a 3 scissor pattern! (O&S ranks the difficulty of their patterns with a 4 scissor rating scale). But honestly, it wasn't scary at all and I am SO pleased with the result. And even better, Delilah loves it too.

I did make my own adjustments to add the red pleats on the sleeves.

Now off to plan more outfits for our trip!

(You know, we like this dress so much, D might just wear it BEFORE the trip. I'll share pictures!)

Thanks for stopping by, Janimal