Something for Little Girl

I see so many cute homemade stuffed animals and of course I think to myself, "I can do that!" So I did. Little Leelah Lou loves kitties, just about every animal she sees is kitty, and guess what animal I made? Thats right a frog. Totally kidding I made her a cat. It did turn out odd shaped, I love the face though. I hand stitched the buttons on, for the eyes and nose, and I also stitched the mouth and whiskers on. Here are the pictures, always the best part of any project...

I cut the pattern out free hand (which I would not recommend)

Got an idea of where to sew the eyes and nose on...

All sewn up and ready to turn right side out.

Almost there...

Stuffing process has started.

Finally the finished little kitty.

Leelah didn't seem too interested in the whole stuffed animal, just the eyes and nose. She really seems to like buttons. I was afraid I was already going to have to make an eye patch for this little cutie. :)

Short post...

First of all:                              Happy Independence Day!

This is going to be a short post: a before and after of an altered halter top.
I could not get this halter top to look right on me at all. But I loved the color and material.

I cut off the halter part and sewed in some elastic to make a skirt, which didn't turn out too bad. If I do say so myself.

And a second picture:

I know the pictures are not of high quality but come on you all know its hard to take pictures of yourself and with a not so great camera. Oh and also remember the striped top I made a couple posts back? I made a hair clip with some of the left over fabric and a button from my collection.

I do think hair clips are some of the easier things to make, I don't wear them as often as I would like but at least I've got some handmade ones for the rare occasions.

Enjoy your Independence Day and have some awesome cook out food for me! :)

My New Top

I made it! The top I said I wanted to make in my last post. I actually made it in less than 15 minutes! It didn't turn out quite how I wanted it, I cut it a little too much so it is a snug fit...But I really like it and the satisfaction I get knowing I made my very own top is so rewarding :) So here it is:

Yeah you can tell its just a bit sung but I love the stripes and colors. I do want to make more of them, it was so fast and easy. This material, for a yard, was $6- so it is really just about what you would spend on a shirt in the store maybe a little cheaper. But its not a run-of-the-mill top, so you know for a fact that no one will be wearing the same thing as you, which I love! Until I make some other tops I'll leave you with just a couple more pictures...

Hope you enjoy making your top as much as I did...I cannot wait to make more! :)

New Sewing Project...

I came across a post on --->Make It Lovely with this cute maxi dress... I ♥ the colors in this pattern!

Jessica referred to Hungry Hippie (I know how cute of a name is that) where she got the idea to make this absolutely cute dress. Natalie from Hungry Hippie had posted a "Poppy Top" (You know I love the name of it!) tute that I am going to try out, its actually in the link just above, if you wanna check it out and if not here is a picture of the top...But you should check out the tute too. (haha I worte: *tute too*)

I really really really like this it can be casual and dressy! I got some material to try it out on...

I love the stripes and the colors and its jersey knit! I just hope I can get it to look right when I'm done with it. I am super excited! Hopefully I'll have it done in a day or two so keep an eye out for the finished product...And be sure to check out Make It Lovely and Hungry Hippie they are great blogs!

Vintage Altered

I wanted to be more attentive to my blog so I figured I could at least up date with a short post...I'll mention before I post pictures, I should have had before and after pictures while wearing the dress but I didn't think of it before I altered it...And I have yet to take a picture with it on. Hopefully you will get the idea.

I love vintage and anything handmade! I got one of those out of this bag sale, thrifted dress I got.

And up close...

There was something about this dress I liked but there was oh so much I didn't like. The length was mid calf, I'm weird when it comes to dress lengths. And shoulder pads, ugh! Who ever thought shoulder pads were a good idea outside of sports was sadly mistaken...And since its summer I wasn't diggin' the sleeves.

I brought the hem up to just above the knee, brought in the sides a little and took care of the shoulder pads and sleeves. (The dress is still a little wide and frumpy but I have a pink belt that fixes that problem :)

Trust me I know it doesn't look like much on the hanger but it does look pretty cute on. I am so excited to alter and make more things...I just learned/taught myself to use the sewing machine. We're still getting acquainted but its moving along pretty well. I did break 2 needles though on this one project so I think I need to be a little more careful.

I do want to thank all the bloggers out there that have given me inspiration and great projects to try out! I cannot wait to see what I can come up with :)

Finally Got Around To It!

Oh my goodness! I cannot believe how long its been since I've been on here. Good thing I'm doing this as a just for me thing...

Well I did it and all by myself. I don't know if I shared before, a long while before, but I had this stuff and I was going to make a dress.

Well that turned into a mass of pictures leading up to a finished project for ♥ Little Leelah Lou ♥



Even though I couldn't figure out how to make a straight stitch and only after it took me 20min to figure out how to correctly thread and set the bobbin I made my first dress.

And it actually fits her and doesn't look half bad. I was so excited when I had sewn the final stitch. I cannot wait to make her more things. And maybe I'll have to make myself a thing or two...I do have a couple dresses that need a little altering...

Oh and I know the previous post was about some blue in the hair but how about an all over pink!

Yeah thats right, I got gutsy! I'm loving the completely unnatural hair and am already thinking about what to do next...

And I apologize, I cannot figure out how to rotate the pictures...

Names are Letters Too!

This project took a week or so to do by hand, again I am oblivious when it comes to sewing machines, so I sew by hand. I saw some letter pillows on  www.etsy.com, if you have not visited I HIGHLY recommend it! They literally have everything! I was hoping to post what I saw on there that inspired my letter pillows but alas I couldn't find it. Well here we go:

I like to use my own patterns out of thin cardboard boxes.

Trace and cut out material.   

 This whole project was easy but that was the less time consuming part. Next we have our letters, front and back mind you.

The pins go next, then the long process of hand stitching them comes along. Before they are completely stitched closed the stuffing is added. I also stitched some ribbon to the letters so I could tie them all together. And now I present the finished product:

The picture doesn't do them justice.

They did turn out better than I had planned.

And if your still trying to figure out what letters they are: Leelah.