Dresses and headbands to match the purses...

After I made the purses the girls kept asking for matching dresses, so... They are pretty basic and turned out really well for my first try. They are a little big, but because of the tie they are slightly adjustable. Maybe they'll still fit next summer :)

Aly is being a bit hammy and insisted on wearing her glasses... i don't know where she gets that from ;)The tie shows the facing material is the same as inside the purse. Also, the headband is reversible with that same fabric on the other side.

Flannel pants for Elijah

These are the pants I made for Elijah. I made an identical pair for Wes. They both turned out great and now Mike wants me to make him some!

Happy now?

I made a few things for Mike for his birthday but was unable to post pics until after I gave them to him for obvious reasons. So one person in particular (you know who you are...lol) has been buggin me...

First is something I call a half-robe. It's meant to wrap around the waist and is reversible. Has a velcro closure. Also I put a loop at the top so he can hang it easily :) It's made out of a beach towel that we no longer used because of all the frayed edges. Next I made a mint green sunglasses case. It turned out rather feminine looking so I decided to make the black vinyl one (center). He agreed and so I use the green one. It's made of an old satin nightgown. Also I made a little pouch for his earbuds (right).

This is a close-up of the inside of the earbud pouch. The pouch and the sunglass case material was leftover from another project and has a felt-ish backing.

Before and After...

We've been working any spare moment on fixing rotten fascia and eaves and also painting our house. We are mostly through- just a tiny bit of painting left! Here's the before...


And here's the after...
The pictures don't exactly show all of our hard work. Most of the replaced wood is on the chimney and that side of the house. It had been needed to be done since we moved in. Oh- Also, check out the chair my Dad made me for my bday! (It's on the porch of the after pic). Sweet!

Made some boxers for Za

My first attempt at making some boxers- they turned out good and Isaiah seems to like them. He was actually very excited to get them, and enjoyed modeling them as well! Another JoAnn clearance fabric put to good use. :) btw, they have "WWJD" on them.


While I was sewing the shorts I realized I had nowhere to stick my pins, so after I finished I made this pincushion. Took just a few minutes and used up some quilt batting scraps I had laying around (thanks Mom!)

Chairs

About 3 months ago I decided to re-upholster my dining room chairs. The fabric was a nice cream color, which does not agree with having a family of 7. I did one chair right away, but we've gone 2 months with that one chair done and the others looking like this:


So today, after some motivation from my hubby, I decided to finish my chairs!
It took a couple hours and now my hands are sore :(
BUT Yay! They're done, and I think they look great. Now I can start on something else :)

Purses

I went to JoAnn to pick up some pinking shears and the girls found this purse they just had to have. So instead, I bought some clearance fabric and hesitantly told them i'd make them each one. Thanks to this awesome handbag tutorial they turned out fantastic. I may just make me one!
They were so happy and hardly believed that I made it. (Even though they watched almost the entire process.) Btw, not sure what type of hand signs they're throwing... we didn't teach them that, they're just silly happy :)
They have a pocket and are reversible.