My soon to be 3-year-old niece is into horses right now. So for Christmas I made her this dahla horse dress. The dahla horse design came from here. I used freezer paper to add the design. The dress is the sienna dress from Lil Blue Boo. She also got two little toy horses to play […] Read more…
Apparel
“Joy of Life” Apron
My mother-in-law loves art. When I saw Alexander Henry’s Joy of Life fabric (inspired by the work of Henri Matisse) I new I had to use that for a Christmas gift for her. But what????…… Well she also loves aprons. She always seems to be wearing one when entertaining or cooking. They are very functional, […] Read more…
More Christmas Gifts
Hi Everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying these last few days before Christmas. I have been VERY busy making gifts with not much time to blog. But I wanted to take a break and give you a glimpse at some of what I’ve done. First of all I have these two very large Rollie Pollies […] Read more…
Poinsettia dress and Tie
I stayed up late last night to finish Gwyneth’s Christmas dress and Connor’s tie. I love how they turned out — now if only I can get a decent photo of them in it. Perhaps I ask too much. The dress is made using the pattern New Look 6648, view C. The main dress fabric […] Read more…
17″ of snow and a dress
If you haven’t heard, it’s been snowing here in the Twin Cities. Over the course of the weekend we were deluged with just over seventeen inches of snow! It’s been pretty chilly here too. The 30 mph winds made it feel like it was -23F, but the actual temp was a bit warmer. This morning […] Read more…