Category: Crafts

Oliver + S Apple Picking Dress, Part 2

27 November 2011

Genevieve and Mira both got to wear Oliver + S’s Apple Picking Dresses for Thanksgiving.  Since M was still at school the day that I posted a sneak peek at G’s (check it out here), we had to do a separate post about the big girl version. Recently, Mira has passed out of the ALL-pink-ALL-the-time […]

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Dolled Up in the Oliver + S Apple Picking Dress for Thanksgiving

22 November 2011

Oh my!  It seems like every dress sewn in little sizes looks ridiculously cute. Gigi is modeling the Apple Picking Dress (pattern by my fave, Oliver + S, of course) here.  It is her special Thanksgiving dress, and her big sis will have a much bigger one made up in a different fabric to wear […]

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Meatless Monday Minestrone and Elsie Marley Children’s Sewing Week Challenge

10 October 2011

You know how some women would see that their youngest was nearing 6 months of age and sign themselves up to run a marathon.  They will train and run the extra pregnant and nursing weight off, and you’ll see them a few months later high fiving their baby at the finish line?  Yeah, so not […]

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SEWN WITH LOVE Classic Baby Dress

26 September 2011

When our family was surprised with a new baby girl five months ago and after the initial giggling had died down (we were so sure that it would be a boy), I looked at the clothing that I had gathered for the new baby.  There were gender-neutral things that leaned very heavily to the masculine […]

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Oliver + S Sleepover Pajamas

05 September 2011

Back in July Liesl of Oliver + S sent us the pattern for this adorable pajama set, The Sleepover Pajamas, to test before it headed to the printer.  Mira chose the main color, her new fave, light blue.  I chose the two other fabrics, a sweet Liberty floral and a classic blue pinstripe, to give […]

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