Wedding Dress

A few weeks ago, Stephanie posted about a 

white dress that she had made for her daughter.

For some reason, I had never thought about making

Ruby a white dress. After reading about Mabel's

white dress, however, I decided that it made

perfect sense for Ruby to have one.

After all, she and Milo get married nearly every day.

I used the Audrey dress pattern from Violette Field Threads,

although I made the skirt as long as possible,

per Ruby's request. I used a polyester fabric that I 

thought would wash up well (and often). 

Ruby chose two ribbons to tie around her waist.

Ruby and Milo have had a lot of fun using the dress

for their weddings, but Ruby also likes wearing it to church.

Karate Duffel

Dana and Rae celebrated "The Boy" over the last month,

and one of their guests shared this tutorial.

Bentley needed a bag for his karate sparring gear,

so I used the tutorial to make him this duffel.

I used some dark denim, and 18" separating zipper,

and plain 1 1/2" wide webbing.

I needed the bag to be large enough for his helmet,

so I increased the measurements.

I cut two zipper linings, each 18 1/2" x 5";

two 10 1/2" circles for the ends;

and for the body, a rectangle 32" x 18 1/2".

I bought 76" of the webbing, and then realized that

I should have bought more because my bag is wider.

It worked out okay, the handles are just shorter.

Also, the circles seemed just a bit smaller than the

body of the bag, so I ended up gathering a little around

the zipper on each side of the bag.

I spent about $10 on supplies, including a 10 pack of

sewing machine needles tough enough for denim.

Ninja Party!

Jonah had a few ideas for his party this year.

First he wanted a zhu pet party,

then dolphins, then ninja.

We went with the ninja theme.

He wanted to invite a ton of friends, but I limited

the number and he painfully selected 7.

When the kids arrived, they colored a ninja and

I stapled it to a bag for them (to keep their goodies).

Then, John told them a story about a ninja,

and they began their ninja training.

Each was given a black belt (fleece),

and we went out back. There, they practiced kicking,

punching, flipping over the swing set bar,

moving like a ninja, throwing stars, and nunchucks.

Once they were trained, they donned their hoods

(black tricot fabric) and began the search for their

ninja crystals. I had stolen those, and was reading a

magazine with the crystals beside me.

Using their super ninja skills, they were able to

retrieve the crystals (camo candy filled eggs)

without being caught.

Then we sang happy birthday, ate cake, and

opened presents. After that, each of the guests

was given a couple of little ninja toys.

Somehow, a couple of treat bags got switched,

but other than that, the party went really well.

(Thanks to John and all his help.)

Yo-yo Wreath

I saw this wreath on Samster Mommy,

and after discovering that rosettes were hard for me,

I decided to make a Y0-yo wreath.

Maybe the rosettes would have been easier.

The yo-yo's took a long, long time.

But I do like the finished product.

Baby Gifts

Made these as gifts for some new babies
(along with some onesies).
I didn't have a lot of thick ribbon,
so I used 1 1/2 inch strips or fabric on three of them.

Number Shirts

I made these for the kids, and one for their cousin, David.

Wasp Bag

I bought this cute fabric from Vintage Prints

a couple of years ago, and I've been saving it for

the perfect project.

After making the kids' costumes at Christmas,

I decided to make myself a new purse.

I used this pattern from Machen /Machen.
The pattern was pretty confusing,

and the interfacing was really tricky to work with,

but I think I like the way it turned out.