Rosetta Ruffle for some summer fun

Hello Everyone!

For the last few evenings I have been working on a summer bag for myself. About time since it is already July 11th! Ha! I wanted to make a medium size Rosetta Ruffle (available in the Etsy shop) with some of my new Jennifer Paganelli Sis Boom fabric. Of course this requires me to select and CUT the fabric. Ok.... you know you are borderline fabric hoarder when you no longer want to use the fabric you bought....you would rather just look at it on the shelf. Ok, yes, I had to overcome a bit of don't-cut-itus. But I did it! 

Here are the selected fabrics:

  

The pattern is fun because you can make it in three different sizes and with lots of contrasting fabrics or all of the same. So I enlisted the help of some sewing friends and we decided to use the three on the right as the ruffles. The three on the left would be lining and pockets. So here is the first outer side completed:

 Then both sides complete. These two sides take the longest.

 Here are the two lining pieces with their respective pockets.

 I made one of the pockets a little larger so it could hold my ipad.

 Here are the two straps. I made them the required length but I almost wish I had added an inch or two. Next time I make these I will have to remember to do that! But it still works....I just must like longer straps.

 Here are some bad indoor shots of the completed bag:

 The inside:

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So today I brought my bag outside to get a better pic of it. Here it is before I filled it with stuff:

It had lots of pockets inside and lots of ruffles outside. Love it! Perfect for some summer fun! I took it with me today when I took the girls to Cape May to see the play, "Alexander's Horrible Terrible No Good Very Bad Day"!  With my new bag, I can happily say I had a pretty good day! Hope you did too! God Bless,

Cathy

Who is cooking in style???

Hello All!

How was your Independence Day? We hid inside with AC until we had a BBQ! We made a few desserts and I finished up a cute Chef's Outfit for a birthday gift for a friend's daughter. She requested this outfit months ago and I was so excited to be able to do it for her. Her daughter had just gotten into American Girl dolls, so this was perfect. I just LOVE sewing these cute ensembles from my friend Carla. They are available in her Etsy Store and come with several pieces each. This set was Volume 4. I made the skirt first, then the peasant dress, then the apron and the hat. All the seams are zig-zagged and top stitched. It should last with lots of play!

Thanks for stopping in. I will be back with more soon!

God Bless,

Cathy

Back into the appliques

Hello All!
I am excited to say that I am now able to applique again! When we switched computers (pc to apple), my sewing machine was left in the dust! I was unable to connect the two together anymore. I let it go for a few months and then started trying to figure out what to do about it. After some help from the nice people on the Janome forum, I was able to use a reader/writer and a special card to get designs from my computer to my sewing machine. It took a while to figure it all out but I finally got it to work! Yaa! I am back in business. This picture is from the first app I was able to do since Feb!

And just in time too. I wanted to make special cruise outfits for two adorable children who were going on a Disney cruise. I used a pattern (not that great of a pdf so I am not linking to the pattern) from a different designer for the girl's ruffle top. I was able to get through it but I am worried it came out bigger than I wanted. I also made some board shorts and capris from Scientific Seamstress Easy Fits for the both tops. I appliqued the tee and the bodice of the top. I LOVE the fabric. Its Riley Blake "Stars and Strips". I think that's what it's called. So here's what I did:

 

 

 In case it was a little big, I made three sets of buttons!

I also made a few apps for my friend who is going to use them to make a pillows for their  Disney Cruise.  I was really on a roll, huh...

Lets see what else have I been up to??? Oh I know, I have gotten a little bit farther on my quilt top...still have to do a special border for it but here it is so far....

 

Its certainly going to be bright and cheerful if nothing else! hahahaha.

And I made a skirt too....which I will show you in my next post! I think we are going to do another blog tour soon so I will save it for that. I will leave you with some shots of fabric I have ordered recently! I am considering making some customs and things so I have been ordering up a storm!!!

So exciting.....what should I make first?????????

Ok everyone, have a great weekend!!! I will sew something and show you all soon. I think some doll clothes are next up in the queue!

God Bless,

Cathy

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Hey and while you are there, maybe you could "like" me too! Thanks!

Have a good one,

Cathy

Special birthday gift!

Hello Everyone!!

I am just taking a break from cleaning and organizing (and getting things together for next week's yard sale). I wanted to share a little outfit I made yesterday! Its for a sweet sweet angel of a baby who is turning 1 this summer. I made the outfit from Michael Miller's line called Oh La La....really bright, fun and colorful! I found two great patterns from Whimsy Couture called the Criss Cross Tunic and Frilly Bloomers. The tutorials were great and I would definitely recommend them!! The tunic is reversible and I swapped out the back so it contrasted. I did add one other fabric for one of the butt ruffles too from another line. So here it is.....took some daytime pics on the fence before I mail it out!!! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Sunday,

Cathy