I'm sewing again....

My friend Aimee', aka Sew Sensible, recently released her first e-pattern on You Can Make This. She asked me to give her pattern a go and I did. It was an easy pattern to follow, I haven't sewn in several months so it was a good choice to get my feet wet again. I only learned to sew a year ago. I have been wanting to get going again and this was just the kick-start I needed!

Here is HC modeling the one I made. I think I chose the wrong size for her. We may be passing this one on to a friend and making her another one her size. It should be a little longer on her (you can see how long it should be in the picture above). Live and learn.

Here she is with her arms down. You know how literal kids are. I told her to put her arms to her side and she looked like a robot. So I told her to relax her arms.
Since I was working on the romper, it motivated me to try making a pillowcase dress. We've bought a few of these and I KNOW they are super easy to make. (If you are in the market for this style of dress but do not know how to sew, On Tip Toes is an excellent source of pillowcase dresses.) So finally I decided to give it a go. I tell you - HC LOVES this dress. She was thrilled to wear it to church Sunday morning. She couldn't wait to show it off to her friends at church. I began both projects Saturday night and I hustled on the dress since HC wanted to wear the dress Sunday. HC wouldn't put Missy down so we had to set up a pose. HC was beyond thrilled that I accomodated her desire to keep Missy IN the photo.

HC and JB ready for church.
A closer picture, I wanted pink ribbon for her dress but only found pink with white polka dots. I know it doesn't match her hair bow but..... who cares! :) We like it anyway. So that is what I did this weekend. Ok, that is some of what I did this weekend. More on that later!