Beautiful Day

I didn't do much today.....just took the Princess to visit my Mom.


The weather was perfect. My Mom and I took Ava to the park and for ice cream. Ava has gotten so big. 18 months flew by SO quickly. Last year at this time I was taking my two older girls to the park and Ava was hanging out in her baby sling!

So, she's growing up.....but she's still my baby.

What I can do in a half hour......

I am so happy that I got to sew tonight. After finishing off a simple pair of shorts for Ava I decided to go through my thrifted stash and see what I could cook up.



The shirt on the left side of the picture was the one I chose to work with. It cost $.50. Nothing special, just a simple button down top. The fabric is so light and gauzy, I thought I'd make it into a cute summer top for Ava. After a quick snip here and there, I threw some elastic in and VIOLA~








I was originally going to put sleeves on it, but decided instead to leave them off. I zig zagged the armholes and they did this neat little fluttery thing. I just thought it was cute, and I was happy I had decided against sleeves. I didn't use a pattern, I didn't measure anything, and it still came out looking like a shirt.

Miss Ava seems to like it, too.

Earth Day

A visit to the local kids museum a few days ago left me happy that "recycling" clothing (and so many other things!) is simply carrying on a long tradition!
The plaque said, "Immigrants were very frugal. They did not waste. After something was worn out it was used in a different way." A perfect ideal for Earth Day!
I rummaged around at the local thrift shops this week and found some great things. Now I need the time to actually DO something with them! I keep buying pillowcases with the intention of making them into dresses (or maybe pants?) for Ava. Sheets too! I have this dream of making myself some cute lounge pants.....
then maybe lounging in them. It's good to dream.

I've been buying vintage kids patterns from ebay like crazy.....I also thrifted a few. Let's hope the nice weather they're calling for this weekend doesn't distract me from my sewing:-)

Daffodil days

• I can feel Spring in the air and I LOVE it. It's such a refreshing change from the cold, windy, rainy, HORRIBLE weather we were having last month. I love getting outside for long walks with the kids. It's the best exercise and it doesn't feel like exercise, you know? I started knitting a scarf. I am proud of the results so far. I wish I had more time to devote to knitting, because it is truly one of those hobbies that you can get completely engulfed in. I simply LOVE it. The baby likes to pull at the yarn, so I can only knit when she's not around, or while we're driving somewhere. That is, unless I'm the one driving. In which case I don't knit. Of course:-)

Easter.....

The bunny didn't disappoint! I have a household of happy kiddies with sugar rushes. Colette got her own knitting needles and yarn. How ever did the bunny know that she wanted those things?
It's wonderful to be able to share hobbies with your daughter.

Addicted to pants!

I must make a pair every two days for my Miss Ava. I can't help it, they're so darn simple and it's a project I can easily start and finish in an hour. I stumbled upon the Wardrobe Refashion website and suddenly my "clothes to be refashioned" pile was way bigger than my fabric stash! I was in heaven! I grabbed a simple Gap button down dress shirt that no longer fits me and made the lil' Miss a pair of awesome pants. No before picture. Darn it. I really just grabbed the shirt and got to business! The fabric is insanely soft and lightweight, these could easily be worn in the middle of summer. I even left the chest pocket on and now its a pants pocket. Perfect. I was always a little nervous at the thought of cutting up my clothes, but no longer!