My First...

I am so excited.  I made my first Etsy purchase and I cannot wait for it to arrive.

I purchased a DIY Girls Peasant Dress kit from "littlefishbigpond" at Etsy.com.  I have been wanting to try my hand at sewing a dress for Faith for awhile now, but have always felt a bit overwhelmed about the whole thing.  This kit seems like the perfect thing for me to try.  It comes with everything I need...pre-cut fabric, elastic, ribbon, etc.  I'll post pics as soon as it arrives (in about 2 weeks)!!

Pink

Having a girl who loves pink, has really got me liking pink.
A few people I know have had baby girls recently, so that got me to the fabric store (to buy pink) and make a few things:

This little onesie was a gift for a new baby at church.  

I simply zig-zagged around the flower shape and 

straight stitched the centre of the flower.  

I also added a straight stitch of pink around the neck 

to add a bit more pink, although, this may be hard to see on the picture. 

 

I sewed this cute flannette into a good size blanket.  

Will be a great gift for someone I know who had a baby girl!

Bubbling

My creative side has been bubbling inside my brain for the last little while. 
Soooo many ideas, so little time.  I've spent a few mornings with my daughter at the fabric store getting inspired.  I've also spent too much time on other blogs getting many ideas.   

To get myself started, I created a shirt for my nephew who turned one. 

I just pinned the guitar shape onto the t-shirt (lots of pins) and did a zig-zag stitch around the entire shape.  I added straight stitching down the centre to create strings on the guitar.  I liked how it turned out, especially for this being my first try at sewing onto a t-shirt.  The hard part was actually finding a plain white t-shirt. 

I'm getting inspired...stay tuned!