Can't Stay Away

I go to Hancock Fabric's at least twice a week. Maybe more. I already went on Monday, but I could resist going in again today. They had a sale on McCalls patterns this week and I just had to get some. It was such a good deal! And now I can't wait to try some of these new projects out! But insert problem- not quite sure I know how to use these type of patterns correctly so I may be on the phone with my wonderful sister-who is studying Fashion Merchandising and will be a jr. this fall- a LOT! I have looked at patterns like this before and been tricked, but maybe since I am no longer brand new at this I might have a chance... But still super excited to try out some new things.

Once Apon a Time....

So, once upon a time I used to write on here! I should be keeping up with this better because it is summer break, BUT  I have been enjoying my lazy days. Right before the end of school I made 3 dresses for a friend at work. She ordered lady bug pillowcase dresses for her twin nieces and a cute heart print pillowcase dress for her daughter. Since then I have been relaxing at home. On Saturday I attempted my first tutu and it turned out great! I made it for ZG and she picked the color red. I used red and white tulle and it fits her schools colors. I have been busy making a Facebook page for Sew Smitten and trying to figure that out...you can find the link on my Facebook. Become a fan please!

I'm about to go to lunch with Bridget, ZG and L. After that we will head to the one and only fabric store in Searcy, Hancock Fabrics. I'm making ZG a dress, and super excited to get back sewing!

Slideshow

I just added a slide show that has photos of some onesies I made for Brad's cousin who is having a baby. I also added pictures of the new fabrics I bought. I am making a couple dresses out of the lady bug print and a dress out of the heart print.  The mod bird print is available if anyone wants to order a dress!

New Fabric!

I went to Nashville this past weekend and I got to see my friend Lyn! We went shopping while my husband was hunting turkey at a friend's farm. While we were catching up we went to Joann's Fabric Store. LOVE it! It has so many choices and I was able to buy some fabric that I think is fabulous. I have a few dresses that have been pre-ordered so I bought some of the fabric for those. But I couldn't bring myself to leave without some of the other fabrics so I bought it too. I am going to make some dresses that can be bought as is. I still have a few dresses to make before I get to the extra as is dresses but I hope to finish them soon! It is benchmark testing at work so it is a busy week, but I will post pictures of dresses and fabrics soon.

spring time, spring dresses

I haven't written in a while but I have been busy sewing and working lately. At the beginning of March I took my Praxis 3, a formal observation of me while I am teaching, and I just found out Monday that I passed! This week has been spring break and at the beginning of it my mom, dad, and brother were able to come visit. It was fun to see them for a few days. They left on Wed. and since then I have been busy sewing some dress orders. I Just finished the last dress this morning. I made a St. Patty's Day dress at the beginning of march for Reece. I have also made a dress with a cute owl print for Mady Belle, a peace&love print dress for Kennedy, and a cute lady bug print dress for Maddie. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

snowed in

This week Searcy has been a white wonderland. I woke up Wednesday to go to work, no snow at all on the ground but it was scheduled to come, and schools were already cancelled. By 8 am the snow was falling and by noon we had 5 inches at our house. I was so glad that I had thought to get some fabric the day before! I have been sewing and embroidering the past 2 days, and now I have two dresses for little girls sewn, a blanket for Zoe Grace's birthday (Brad's cousin), and 3 pillows made for my couch. I still need to finish the pillows but it has been a good 2 days off. School was out again today, but instead of sewing I have chores to do...but I thought I would go ahead and add some pictures of what I have been making!

what started it all

For anyone that knows me, they know that I love figuring out surprises and that I hate to wait. It's not that I dislike surprises, but if I know that one is coming I like to figure it out instead of waiting for it. My husband, Brad enjoys making me wait. A lot. For my birthday he told me that he had some ideas for a gift and kept feeding me hints. I happen to be really bad at guessing so he wasn't concerned with me actually being able to figure out what the gift was. One evening i was laying in bed wanting to fall asleep, but not able to keep from running the hints through my mind and it hit me. He was getting me a sewing machine. He wasn't very happy when I told him iI knew what my gift was, but then he later decided to let me select a machine on my own. He told me what he had in mind was a sewing and embroidery machine combo, totally not what I had in mind, but so glad that he did. I was able to pick my singer out and it became my birthday/christmas/anniversary gift! Since then I have been playing on it trying to figure out many different things. So far I have sewn some pillows and embellished and embroidered some hand towels. there will be more pictures to come as I learn new things!