Spring Top Sew Along Progress

Well as you know I have been working on the Spring Top Sew Along hosted by Made by Rae. It's a bit slow going since I have to do during nap the kids nap times but progress is being had just the same. Yesterday I cut all the fabric out. Ben started waking/crying just as I was finishing up. I was cutting so quickly at the point, I wouldn't be surprised if I made a mistake!
Today I managed to sew the bottom part of the dress up. Basically everything but the yoke/collar. Here's a picture of the progress so far.

Okay, first let's just get it out of the way, that is my bra showing through and if anyone thinks my flopsy nursing bra is risque more power to them. Other than the bra though, it's looking pretty good. At least it's not to small, and the color is good. Now on to the yoke!

Pillow Case

We are trying to get my daughter into her big girl bed. Right now she's sleeping in her crib that has been converted into a toddler bed, but she has a big girl bed, and she needs to start sleeping in it. She needs to do this because her little brother is eventually going to be sharing a room with her and he needs to sleep in the crib. Well in order to help her transition to the big girl bed I moved a pillow into the crib with her. She has a nice set of sheets in flannel with pretty flannel stars and it's nice and super soft. However she doesn't want the pillow with the pillow case on it. She wants the pillow with the pillow case cover. You know the one that is just for decoration but not really for use? Well this pillow has a kitty on it. Oh and I forgot to mention that the quilt and pillow case cover that is on her bed used to be mine when I was a kid. It's all in great shape still, wouldn't know it's that old but part of that reason is because I did not use the pillow case cover! So now I'm thinking I need to make her some pillow cases that she'll like just as much, and tonight, I finally found the fabric! Now just to convince my husband that I NEED to buy it...

See look kitties! I think she'll like it. I'm thinking I'll do one side in the print and the other in a solid, that way I can have more than one pillow case or extra fabric. What do you think?

I won a Giveaway!

A couple of weeks ago or month, not really sure, I won a giveaway because of one of the blogs I read! How cool is that?! The blog is Frogs and Snail. Cute name right? They were doing this whole month of the boy thing at the time. Anyway she did this post about a giveaway happening at Boysbecool. So I hopped on over there and entered myself. I had a choice of three different shirts from a company by the name of Fore! Axel and Rose. Obviously really beautiful high quality clothing. Then a week later I found I won! How cool is that! I LOVE LOVE LOVE winning stuff, I know everyone does, but some people have the gift to win stuff, others like me, really think they are going to win but rarely ever actually do.

The size is a 12-18 month. I had the choice to get something smaller but I thought if Ben is anything like Tesla he'll be wearing this early and hopefully for awhile. It's really pretty, er handsome.

Fabric for Spring Top Sew Along

I bought the fabric for the Spring Top Sew Along that is being hosted by Made By Rae. I got the fabric at Pacific Fabrics in Bellevue. They are so helpful there. I brought 5 bolts, one at a time, to the counter, to ask their opinion and because I found something better at the last minute. I could only carry so much with me since Ben was in the car seat and boy has that gotten heavy. Anyway, one fabric is a solid and the other is a print. The print will be the dominant fabric and the solid will be just around the color.

I am really into purples lately. I just love the color saturation of it all, and I think that with the pattern it will look really great. Let's hope! I unfortunately only know that the solid is by Robert Kaufman and is called Ultra Sateen Plum. The pattern I am hoping to figure out but the receipt states that it is a a Moda Marbles Red Hot and it's not that. They also under charged me. It's funny because I was thinking wow that was cheap, and then later in the car I was thinking wow, 2 1/8 of fabric at 8.99 a yard plus the other 5/8 yard really was inexpensive. But now that I look at it I realized they totally undercharged me. In fact I'm not sure what they were looking at when they totaled it up. Weird. I feel bad that they undercharged me, I hope I got the right amount of fabric, I better go measure that solid.

Spring Top Sew Along

Hey did I tell you, that I'm going to do my first Sew Along? Made by Rae, one of my favorite blogs is hosting a Sew Along. It's a top just for you, eh well for me really. But it can't be for the kids or for my mom or for Jason it has to be for me! I went to the fabric store today to get the fabric. It's in the wash right now, but I'll show pics tomorrow. Can't wait to get started. Go check out the blog Made by Rae,  I just love it.You can find all the Sew Along Rules and submission requirements there. I have until May 9th to get it done. Wish me luck!