weekly sewing project

This week I decided to make pillows for my couch. My living room has a Mickey meets Americana theme going on. It's not always easy to find stuff to match, so I make a lot of my decor and when I saw these Mickey fabric, I knew it would work well. 

I'm so totally in love with the polka dot fabric as well! I love polka dots, not as much as I love Mickey, but nonetheless...

spring skirts.

Here in Kentucky, our spring feels more like winter. We are enduring 40-60 degree weather the last two weeks, which is disappointing. I love spring, especially spring clothing. I am so tired of sweat shirts and boots. I'm ready for dresses and flip flops. 

My weekly sewing project this past week was inspired by the impending season. I was hoping by the time I finished, the warmer weather would be making it's way to us, but it's still chilly outside. Weatherman says it should warm soon. *fingers crossed*

I made Heidi some short, simple skirts to add to her spring wardrobe this week. 

The strawberry shortcake skirt matches the strawberry silk screen shirt I made her. 

Who doesn't love chevron???

I saw this vintage camera fabric at hobby lobby and had to have it! I wasn't sure what I was going to make with it, but when I made Heidi this Top Model shirt using my silhouette machine, I was certain the fabric was perfect for her a matching skirt.

We are those girls who LOVE french themed stuff, so of course there is a Paris skirt in there! 

I didn't really use a pattern for these skirts. I wanted them to be a bit puffy so I multiplied her waist measurement by 2 and I wanted it to sit right above her knee so I measure her waist to knee. I cut my fabric 41 inches wide and 14 inches long (I add 2 inches in length for hemming). Using a zig zag stitch I sew the skirt together, making it a tube. Then I hemmed the bottom. For the waist, I sewed a hem leaving an opening to insert my elastic. I ran the elastic all the way through then sewed the ends together and closed up the hem. And Viola! 30 minute spring skirts!  

Hooded towels

About 2 years ago, I started sewing baby blankets and pillow case dresses, basic skirts. I was so in love with my sewing machine! I spent most of my nights playing with it, crafting up stuff. But I got bored making the same things over and over after a while and I retired my sewing machine. I was always too nervous to try anything "intermediate" or "advanced." 

Well this past week, I started sewing again. I just really started missing crafting. I used to have some new project going around the house just about everyday and I really missed that! I got a couple yards of fabric from Hobby Lobby and made Heidi a couple skirts, applique shirt. I made Doc a security blanket, but I wanted to start trying something new! Somethings I've never made before, without getting to adventurous, so I made my big kids hooded towels today! 

I made Heidi's first. I just love pink! I made a few mistakes on hers and my stitches weren't so straight. I had a hard time getting some of the spots through my sewing machine since it was thicker fabric then I'm use to. I started to get discouraged, but after LB and Skywalker saw it they wanted their own.

I did much better with LB's! 

 and Skywalker's turned out perfect! I'm so happy with his! And I had so much fun making these for them this afternoon. Now they are actually excited about bath time tonight! 

I didn't really use a pattern. I had read a bunch of other blogs and tutorials on how to make them and I just took ideas from all those blogs and made mine the quickest/ easiest way I could based off what I read. I'd really like to have a new sewing project each week, try to perfect the craft, but we will see what happens.