Christmas Sewing Projects

I've started sewing again.  It's an on again off again thing.  I have to have a purpose and deadline or nothing happens.  We started decorating for Christmas this year. We put up the tree one night, decorated it the next night, the next night but up the scene and then the boxes of Christmas stuff just sat around my house.  Every time we went to decorate we'd get everything out but not necessarily put it all away when it was bedtime (the story of my life).  So things have gotten..... lets just say misplaced.  One of those things was the kids Christmas stockings.  I'd torn my whole house apart looking for them and then put back together looking for them... no luck.  I talked to hubby about it and we decide I should just make replacements.  This way they will finally match Mom and Dad's and it will be more personal.  So I let my creative juices flow once again and voila Christmas stockings.  I just traced my stocking for a pattern and then purchased the felt sheets for the red parts.  I also use fusible bonding paper and just cut a Lightning McQueen and some Butterflies for the stocking pictures.  Then I did a machine blanket stitch around them all.  For their names I did a tight zigzag of 2.5 width and .5 length.  I drew the names on with a pencil/white crayon and sewed over the writing.  I'm pleased with how they turned out.  Especially since I purchase mine and hubby's.  But the kids match perfectly.

This is more of a craft project since there was no sewing involved but it was really fun to create.  I found the idea for this on pinterest.com.  Here is the link http://emptybobbinsewing.com/2010/12/12/o-christmas-tree-o-felt-christmas-tree/.  I used her tutorial for ornament shapes and the idea to the command strips to attach to the wall.  The kids love taking the ornaments on and off and I even personalized them by adding Lightning McQueen and a Butterfly ornament (I'm sure by now you are noticing a theme for each of my kids).  I love it and I'm going to use it next year.  So easy because the felt sticks to felt.  If you want to do the strips or picture,etc use the bonding paper from the fabric store.  Works great.  My store only had green, black, red, and white felt so that is why those are the only colors.

Jammies - non Christmas for once

My daughter's 3rd birthday was a few months ago and she was growing out of her jammies so I decided I could make her some for her birthday. Well I was just going to do some nightgowns.  Then I went back to Walmart to buy buttons and low and behold they have more fabric and now it's doubly on sale. So I decided to make pants to match also.  Then my son told me he wanted me to make him something and guess what there was some Cars fabric on sale.  So a simple sewing project turned into a big undertaking, well sort of.  Here are the results (my children are happy people I promise but turn the camera on them and they become silly).

 These are her "butterfly jammies".  Yes I know it looks like she's drowning but I'm tired her growing out of things to quickly so I make things to last by making them a size or two larger than her current size. Then I do tricks like adding elastic to the sleeves/pant leg for a cute ruffle and to make them stay. The top is made out of fleece, and the bottom is made out of flannel.

These are the flower jammies.  Silly girl wouldn't stand up straight for the camera.  Both pieces of fabric are made from the same flannel.  See they are big so they will last.

These pants require a bit of an explanation.  So we found this remnant car fleece on sale and this boy LOVES cars (if you can't tell by his comforter and sheets and shirt).  So I didn't even look at how much was available I just bought it (stupid I know).  I get home and realize, yes it may be 60" in width but it's only like 20" across.  SO I lay the pattern along the opposite grain line of where they are suppose to go made the pants and yeah they don't fit.  The length is right it's just the hip/butt area that is to small so I grabbed some leftover green Christmas flannel and sewed a big strip of it along the crotch area and now it fits.  So what if it stretches down the leg instead of across.  He loves them and they were a quick and easy project.  I'm finally learning to let go of the rules of sewing a bit and just let my creative juices flow. 

Sewing Pumpkins

I've tried these before.  So super cute.

Christmas Jammies 3 months late

Okay I made Christmas Jammies for my family back in December and I never posted pictures since I was a little busy with Christmas.  So here they are.

Now I made the pants and the sleeper only.  Not the t-shirts.  I know that the pictures don't show it but my husband and myself have pants of the same fabric as the kids.  Maybe I'll take pictures of them tonight and post them later, we'll see.