Stashbusting September Voting!

I am thrilled to be one of the 10 finalists for Stashbusting September! If you get a chance, head on over here and vote for your favorite. I'd love it if my Market Skirt was your favorite but no pressure, there are some amazingly adorable and creative projects featured and I'm honored just to be one of the featured projects!

An Outfit for a Special Girl!

Just thought I'd give you a peek at an outfit that I finished yesterday for a very special birthday girl! I had purchased all this fabric a few weeks ago to make this skirt, added a monogram to a plain white tee from Target, and finished it off with a little headband to match. I even had enough fabric left over to make a matching skirt for Mistress. I love the way it turned out, hopefully Miss E will feel the same!

A Cradle For Baby

For over a year now, Mistress has been the proud owner of a doll cradle. An adorable doll cradle from Pottery Barn Kids that has sat without bedding in the corner where it was not soft enough (her words) for the babies to sleep in. So, the babies slept in the cradle that Uncle built for her and the white one was just a storage unit for the unlucky babies who were piled up when Mommy wanted the room clean. Yesterday Mistress told me that she needed more beds because the babies needed to spread out and sleep, so I finally got around to a 20 minute project that should have been finished a year ago.

I started with some flannel from my stash, (because don't forget I'm not buying anything this month) and a tiny little baby blanket that she got when she was born.

Then with two rectangles of flannel, three layers of leftover batting, and 20 minutes, I made a small mattress for the bottom of the cradle. Now Mistress's babies can sleep in total comfort and I have one more project finished up!

A Pleated Headband

Continuing from yesterday, I decided to make a hair accessory to go with the skirt I made for Mistress. This one is EASY PEASY, and really doesn't involve much sewing at all. I found this tutorial for a pleated headband and was dying to try it! The only thing I did differently was to use regular old elastic for the headband part since 1. I only had one elastic headband in my possession and I use for running so I wasn't about to give it up, and 2. I'm not allowed to buy anything since it's Stashbusting September and our budget freeze month! I just measured her head, stitched the loop closed, and made sure the seam was under the felt.

Pulling from my stash, elastic, buttons, and leftover fabric from yesterday.

How cute is this little head? The headband just makes it cuter!

Just like her Mama, she loves photography! Say cheese!

My First Stashbusting September Project!

Here it is, September 2nd, and I have completed THREE projects in one day! I rewarded myself with a piece of pie. :) Two of the projects didn't really warrant a place on the blog, but just to fill you in on my productivity I finally stitched on ALL of the patches that the kids have collected from Build and Grow at Lowes. (6 months worth. Multiply that by three kids and you get an idea of how many I had to do.) I also finished Mistress's ballet shoe tote bag. Two projects that had been sitting in the procrastination pile done. Then I pulled out some of the stuff in my stash to do this project...a skirt for Mistress!

I have made this skirt before, the Market Skirt from Made. Today though, I pulled from TWO stashes, mine and my mom's! (Check out the picture, when was the last time you saw a package of bias tape for under $1?)

Several months ago when we were visiting my parents, I was in my mom's sewing room and came across several packages of bias tape from when I was a little girl. I commented that they were actually so old that they were cool again, so my mom told me to take them. Score! So I started with some red seersucker stripe and some leftover white broadcloth, added the bias tape and voila! Here is the end result! I'm planning to pair it with a white tank while it's still hot out and when it gets colder I can easily change the tank to a short or long sleeved t-shirt with or without a lightweight cardigan to keep her warm. Maybe tomorrow I can try out fabric rosettes, I've been wanting to take a stab at them for a while I think a headband to match this skirt would send her off the cuteness charts!