Ottobre 4/2001-1 part 2

The shirt was made for the bear cub, but my nerdlet believes anything that I make should be hers.  When I tried to coax the bear cub into trying it on, the nerdlet was right there offering to let me try it on her.

I asked her if it was a bit warm and she said no and that they were perfect for pajamas for her.  It looks like it fits her pretty well, but it was difficult to get over the nerdlet's rather large head  and she had a hard time getting her arms in and out, but neither one of those issues should be a problem for the bear cub.  The shirt has got to be one of the easiest shirts to make so if I need a quick three quarter sleeve shirt for any of the girls in the near future I might go with this one.  Also, I ordered a bunch of FOE so I'm excited to have more to play with.

Ottobre 4/2011-1

I used FOE (fold over elastic) for the first time and I'm a big fan.  I bought some from Jo-Anne's with my 40% off coupon to try it out.  It's pretty expensive from there, but I think I'm going stock up from an online source.

Here is the shirt I made for the bear cub.

I really liked it the way it came out, but the fabric I used is a really warm knit and so she won't be able to wear it until it becomes cold again or if she's going to be in air conditioning all day.  The bear cub has already gone to bed or I would have posted a pic of her in it.  It's a size 80 lengthened to a size 92.

My MIL made these dresses for my girls.  It's based on pattern McCall's M6310.  They are all size 1 in width and then lengthened for each girls dress depending on how long they need them.  She also removed the zipper and made the twist back into button straps so that we can adjust the length.  I think they are my favorite dresses that my MIL has ever made and they'll likely be in them once a week.

That's the nerdlet's favorite store in the background.  She's turned down her grandma's offer to go to Toys R Us in order to go to Costco.

I have been doing a small amount of sewing, but haven't felt up to posting here.  I'm going to try to be better.  I still need to post about the bear cub's starting school and yesterday was the last day for the school year.

Flowers at the zoo

I only know the names of a few of these.  Feel free to let me know if you can identify any of the rest.

plumbago

impatiens

Primrose

snapdragon

canna lily

madonna lily

another canna lily

dwarf ponciana or peacock flower

Not a flower, but it was really interesting and kind of painful to look at this tumor on this fish.

They are all looking over there and I can't get them to look at me.

So I moved to the direction they were looking.

New Look 6881

I won a giveaway from Victoria.  She sent me beautiful blue and purple plaid taffeta and blue tulle that was already cut out and the pattern.

Here is the pattern.

What is really interesting is a couple of days after I received this, my MIL saw it and told me she had purchased this same pattern and was making a dress for the bear cub with it.

Q gave me a sewing weekend by taking the girls up to see my mom yesterday and I had planned to get a number of projects done, but this was really the only thing I did because I got really sick and ended up spending most of the weekend on the couch watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

Anyway, the dress came out beautifully and I really love it.  I don't normally like plaid, but if I were to choose one, this would be the one that I would pick out.  I had some purple trim that matches it exactly, though for some reason, the flowers look off in the picture.  I did alter the construction a bit so that there would fewer seams against the body and also I gathered the tulle on both sides since I felt like it didn't have enough impact as a single layer.

It's a little short on the nerdlet for my tastes but I think it will be long enough for the bear cub, but she wasn't in a good enough mood to play barbie dress up doll for me tonight.  In any case, it will fit Darth Baby perfectly when she grows a few inches.

My MIL made a lot of changes to hers.  She took out the zipper, altered the construction, removed the lining, and possibly others than I haven't noticed yet.  Katie had no interest in modeling this one and as it is slightly shorter than the one I made, I figured it will be fore the bear cub anyway, but here is her version.

My MIL makes a lot of clothes for my girls and I normally don't include them, but I really wanted to show how much possibility there is in the pattern.

I haven't included a lot of sewing posts recently, not because I haven't been sewing (though it has been less), but the bear cub has recently started preschool at a elementary school that isn't that close and I've been really busy with that and a few other things.  I plan on posting on her entering school and also catching up on the Burda magazines, the most recent of which I actually loved.  I'm also really excited about the upcoming Ottobre magazine.

Writing Excuses

Two choices for the bear cub's written excuse note:

Dear Harmony Hills Email Harassment Team Member:
Please excuse the bear cub for her absence on 04/17/2012 as she had diarrhea.  I decided to keep her home in order to not infect any of the other students with a pathogen that infects the digestive system.  Possibly if you didn't do such a good job with the email harassment then the parent of the child that she got it from might have made the same choice.
Also, I would appreciate it if you would also excuse her absence on 04/05/2012.  I realize that I'm requesting this quite late afterward and am including a doctor's note in the hope that you will cease the repeated emails on the subject.
Trying to be a conscientious parent,
Kimberly

or

Dear Absentee Fascists:
Please excuse the bear cub for her absence on 04/17/2012.  Yes, I do realize that being at school is important and that unless there is a grave reason for her not to be in class that I should send her to school.  I'm hoping that sending this note and acknowledging the importance of each school day that you will not feel the need to send me 50,000 emails on the subject the rest of this week and next.
Thanks so much,
Kimberly

Likely, I won't send either note, but instead the first main body line from the first, but I really, really want to send one of these.

My Girls on Easter

And my favorite!