Big Brother Outfit

Sara here once again.  During our whole moving extravaganza we found out we would be adding one more little person into our family.  Even before we found out though I had a thought to make DJ Ark a shirt to announce to our families that he was going to be a big brother. (I thought this would be something obvious and fun, but that wasn't the case, more on that later though.)

So how did I make the shirt...I found a font I like and printed it at a size I liked.  I then traced the letters onto the back of some felt that I had ironed Heat n' Bond to. Once they were cut out I placed them onto the shirt how I wanted them.  Then I ironed it onto the shirt.  I also went ahead and stitched around each letter so I didn't have to worry about the letters coming off in the wash.  I loved how it turned out, but I felt like it need something else.  So one day while I was wondering around JoAnn looking at all the fabrics I found this fun polka dot print that I thought would go perfectly with the shirt.

I used Dana's Basic Pant pattern and tutorial and made the little guy a new pair of pants.  I wished I would have made them a little longer so they would last until the baby is born, but we will see.

So a quick side story, like I said earlier I thought this shirt would be a great way to tell our families.  Well one set of parents just looked at us when they read the shirt and I had to said I was actually pregnant before they got it.  Then the other set asked who the shirt was for.  Claiming I make so much stuff for other people they didn't believe it was actually for our son!  Next time (if there is a next time that is) I will just make myself a shirt that says, "I'm pregnant".

Black Bird Tunic

Good Evening, it is Jennifer here to share a cute little top I recently made for Cupcake! The tutorial came from Shwin & Shwin. There blog has so, so many tutorials for the cutest kids clothes (and other fun things, but mostly I drool over the cute kids clothes!). Every time they create a new post, I love seeing what they come up with.

A lot of their stuff seemed a little intimidating being so cute and somewhat complicated. Recently, they have been sharing a Sewing 101 series going through basic techniques that they use on a lot of their tutorials. Reading over a few of those posts and admiring all of their tutorials, I decided to go for it! I thought a top would be cute considering I hadn't made many tops before. I checked out the Black Bird Tunic and decided I had the perfect fabric for it!

Showing off her Black Bird Tunic

 I did the top a little differently, using bias tape instead of piping (still haven't tried piping yet!) and didn't line the circle collar (after doing it, I wish I would have!). I also added two buttons, instead of one big one, only because I didn't have a big enough one to look cute. The directions for the top were very straightforward and easy to follow! I loved the way the top turned out and so did Cupcake. Her favorite part was the pocket. When I put on the shirt to see how it looked, then told her we could take it off, she told me she wanted to keep it on. She then, excitedly said "pocket," as she put small trinkets in her new pocket.

 "Pocket!!"

Close-up of the two buttons

Ruffle Tie T-shirt

I have a confession, I am addicted to Pinterest.  If I am not working on a project during DJ Ark's nap time (or cleaning, laundry, etc.), I am on Pinterest looking for new projects, recipes, or just admiring people's creativity. Anyway, I found this ruffle necktie tee tutorial and just knew I wanted to try it.

Thanks for being the model, Megan!

While I was visiting my parents, my sister came into town and we decided that this would be a perfect craft to do.  It did require a quick trip to Goodwill (for the ties) and Wal-Mart (for the shirts).  If I would have been home I probably would have used an old shirt of mine, but I bought enough ties to make 3 or 4 shirts.

All of our shirts...so simple and fun to make.

My shirt ( I feel in love with the tie, too bad the shirt is too big.  I am going to work on trying to slim it down)

One of my sister's shirt, love the flowers and polka dots!

My sister's game day (Ohio State graduate) shirt

Spring time shirt

Hello everyone, it's Sara here...

With spring trying to make a showing here (we went from 80 degree weather to 40 degree weather in a matter of days), I thought I would try and entice the warm weather to come and stay by making DJ Ark a spring time shirt.  I had the saying, "Chicks Dig Me" that I really wanted to use for the shirt.  So I found a chick clipart online and make a felt chick.  Then I found some font I liked and cut out a freezer paper stencil to paint on the shirt.  All in all it was an easy shirt to make.

Here are the results...

I made some bunnies using this tutorial...he loves them!

The best way to get a toddler to take pictures is bribery...this time it was Skittles!