Tales from the Sewing Vixen

Thanks for coming to my blog. I hope to share some of my pieces that I have made, good and bad. Critiques are always welcome, but let's remember, I am by no means a professional, so this is just a passion of mine. In other words, don't cut me down just to be malicious. I hope you guys can get some ideas of your own, and that I am articulate enough to even post some tutorials. Enjoy my blog and Welcome to my first post.
I have my daughter's 4th birthday, along with one of her friends birthday, just days prior and then my husband's birthday a few days after hers. Sigh!

So I have decided that we need to celebrate with some hand made items. I am trying to tackle a birthday outfit, a hair accessory, along with a plush monster which resembles the Hulk ala Biker Gang and an attempt at a monster truck. Kids seem to adore plush items so let's hope these don't conquer me.

I will have pictures of the pieces as they come. I have almost finished the cupcake hair piece, but that is the smallest one. Let's see how I fare this time next week.

Hey there everyone. I have been MIA for a while, and a lot has changed-including bringing baby #5 into the world this year. So I have been on the creative bug again, and since the boobies are no longer for fun, but instead for nutrition... I have been trying to accommodate them with halfway decent clothes.

I have been following Prudent Baby for a while because there are some awesome tutorials on there. I came across the Most Flattering Shirt Dress and loved it. However, I am trying to find clothes right now that I can nurse in that are not the usual layers. So I decided to change up the dress a bit to be used for nursing. This involved making the front separate for pulling up and down, all while maintaining the look of a dress and stays put. This is the finished product, which I am pretty proud of!

It has been a while since I have shown some of my work I did with a bit of repurposing. I love to find new ways to use a piece of fabric or clothing instead of just junking it or turning into rags.

I made a few dresses for Amelie, and she loves them. I even made myself a little something (Yay)

I came across this red and white western shirt and thought I should do something with it. Initially the idea was to make it a sleeveless blouse to wear with a skirt, shorts, whatever. But the fabric was so thin, I was to scared to try to remove the massive pockets from what would be my breasts.

So when I started cutting, I realized it was the perfect cut for shorts. I Cut the middle snaps off and put them aside, and then started sewing away. About 45 minutes later, Amelie had a new pair of bubble shorts which only required thread and elastic.

So I attempted to do a plush toy and made too many pieces. Too many pieces resulted in just not fitting together properly. And here kids, we have a classic story of cause and effect. I drew up my plush pattern , cut out the pattern pieces and started sewing. The problem was I didn't think out this idea too clearly. So maybe when my brain functions better I will go revisit the idea of plush dolls.

My rambunctious daughter Amelie, turned 4 on the 16th and it turned into a HUGE thing for her since were away from all the family here in NC. I went big and did this insane cupcake theme. Her hairband, her skirt, her shirt and her first present was a cupcake necklace. So the end result was an embellished tank top, a really loud skirt (pebbles skirt, thanks to Positively Splendid's  tutorial,) that fits her personality perfectly and a sequin headband that had a felt cupcake. She loved every bit of it and lord help me, I think we are creating a div-ious monster. So here is the end result of her birthday outfit.