Shalini's Sewing Space

DD's birthday was this week. I made this dress for her. Pattern is Maggie's First Crush by Foo Foo threads. She also had her ballet recital past weekend. Here she is in her costume!

And so ends another year and a great new year begins. We had a great time celebrating the winter holidays at Orlando. Kids had a blast at the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Legoland and Universals's Islands of Adventure. I loved the Wizarding World of Harry Potter the most :) Big Fangirl here hehe I had a great sewing year as well. My 52 things list kept me going all year. I really like this format and will do it again this year. In the end, I ended up completing 71 sewing projects instead of the planned 52! Less knitting and quilting got done than 2012 but that's ok. Aanya still fits into the things I made her that year. She's such a skinny minny. This year the goal is to do some more quilts and to make something for DH. He's never had anything sewn by me and that has to change now! Another goal is to make more things for me whether knitted or sewn. I really like carrying my handmade stuff around and it inspires me to create more. A quick review of some of my favorite thi...

This has been a productive weekend. Made these 2 new pieces for Aanya's wardrobe for school.   Gidget Shorts by Felicity Designs - Used white cotton twill and made the bias binding. Love these. Simplicity 2526 - I've used this pattern twice before, still like making this coat. Added a lining. Fleece outer, Minky contrast fabric and cotton lining.

Been sewing up a storm here. Small Fry Skinny Jeans ( Sewalong and pattern ) - My first pair of jeans, ever! It came out so well I surprised myself :) I upcycled one of DH's jeans which were way too relaxed fit for him. Win!! Details: I added hot pink lining and discovered how it looked like piping if it rolled out a bit. I got the silver button from India on one of my previous trips. Triple stitch on my machine with jeans thread. It gives definition to the stem. Buttons were in my stash for a while. Hearts on the back. I made a mistake while sewing the hearts. I had the pieces laid out incorrectly as they were supposed to be pointing towards each other. I reused the original waistband and hems. Top hem of pocket was also reused and is different from the pattern. It's a real half fly too! I love this jeans. The only thing I would change next time is pockets. Both front and back pockets are too long. The back pocket should end where the blue horizontal line is. The pat...

So I was going to make a lunch bag for Aanya as she is starting preschool and found this tutorial , which made a perfect bag for me. Much in love with it. Pink Penguin Lunch Bag Everything is from stash! I didn't have the 809 Decor Bond interfacing but had lots of Pellon 70. It is a non fusible heavy weight interfacing and I stuck it to the fabric using quilting spray. Works like a charm!

I made a few dresses and a hat for Aanya! She wore it on the 4th.  Summertime dress (3T) pattern by Birdifulstitches on etsy. Took loads of pics of her Good Deeds dress (3T) - It's not showing the true colors. The almost black trim is eggplant IRL, the hats of gnomes are eggplant as well. I used the gnome tag someone had sent me!! Oliver + S Free Bucket hat (Medium) She likes to play with the hat but doesn't want to wear it.  Inside - it's reversible but I think we'll just use the main side.  Maxi dress from a tutorial - Modeling pic! I've already shown it in the previous post. One last pic -  I've made DS a pair of shorts and a Kindle cover for my dad but don't have pics of those yet. Hopefully they'll make it into the next round of pics!

I'm so proud of this!! I got the idea from Pinterest but couldn't find a pattern I liked enough. Ok, I really didn't wanna spend $10 for a simple dress pattern so I basically fiddled with a tutorial and made it my own. It fits DD really well, the form (which I LOVE) is a wee taller than DD.  I used my Hawaii fabric!! Figured it was better to use it up so I can see and enjoy it rather than collecting dust on the shelf. Still, I had a lot of anxiety cutting into this.  I think I posed this already but it looks like a different dress on the form! Fabric and Duck tape boxes for the craft room made with homemade modpodge