Mademoiselle Pirate Dress

Project Run and Play is sponsoring a challenge again and this month it features the Mademoiselle muscle shirt from Living with Punks!  As soon as I saw the muscle shirt in the red/white stripe combo I thought about pirates. I had this adorable pirate cotton print fabric and somehow wanted to use it. I started by increasing the size of the tee pattern to a size 7.  I then wanted to add a skirt using the pirate print fabric.  I chose to use the Farbenmix Insa skirt pattern.  So I cut out the under skirt using the pirate fabric and paired it with a black/white dot. The bottom of the muscle tee fit perfect with the top of the insa skirt. After the two were sewn together I knew it needed more. I then chose to add the ruffle (in a true pirate stripe) to the bottom of the skirt. Then the top was kind of plain so I used my embroidery machine to applique a pirate map and added it to the top. I will confess it is not sewn on yet.... still deciding if I like it or not. So here is the dress that started with a muscle tee. I hope you like it.

The Bubble Outfit

Wow it has been forever since I have written anything on this blog.  It took Project Run and Play and the link up party to get me to sit down and add a new post.  So here goes. I have been a follower of Project Run and Play for years. When I saw the new format this year and that each month there would be a challenge I thought I need to be part of it. The challenge for January was to take Alida's Bubble Skirt tutorial and make something out of it. What I have done is made two separate pieces a top and a double bubble skirt. I have decided to call it my going green outfit since I have been attempting to go green in many aspects of my life.  I hope you like it.

Boutique PinkCo Bunnies and Bugs

Here is my listing for Boutique PinkCo Bunnies and Bugs launch currently on Ebay.

Winner! AccuQuilt GO! Baby Giveaway

Wow was I excited when on September 21st I found out I was the winner of an AccuQuilt Go! Baby on Kid Giddy! I enter a lot of blog contests and usually never expect to win. But this was quite the win. Not only did I win the AccuQuilt Go! Baby cutter and mat but I also got to choose three dies! How much fun is this going to be?!

 I cannot wait to try my new fabric cutter. I am thinking of making a rag quilt as my first project as I chose this die as one of my free ones:

If you own an AccuQuilt and want some really nice tutorials please stop by Kid Giddy as she has great tutorials on her blog. And stayed tuned for my first attempts with my own machine.

Cars 2

We went to see Cars 2 yesterday. Audrey really liked it. She was able to wear her cars outfit I created for the movie.  She will also wear it on our trip to Disney this August.

What we liked most about this movie was the trip around the world with Lightning McQueen and Mator,  our two favorite characters.

Winner! An Island Life!

I found out today that I was the winner of a blog contest sponsored by An Island Life. I was just shocked to find out I won a beautiful winter coat from Rothchildkids.com. When I read that the winner would receive a size 6X jacket I just knew it would be perfect for Audrey. We are just getting hit with snow and it is perfect for the cold weather. Not only that, it is really a beautiful jacket from a very well known company. Thank you so much Kailani!  I am more than thrilled!

Tangled

We went to see the movie Tangled this weekend. It was great!  The animation is so realistic. I made this dress for Audrey to wear to the theater.  The dress is an Olabelhe pattern called Phoebe. I just love this pattern.  This is the 3rd dress I have made from it. The possibilities are endless and it is so versatile. I am sure I will be making more.
I have the dress listed on Ebay right now.  It is a custom that I will remake. The one Audrey is wearing we are keeping.  She loves it!