Princess Leia Costume

After a lifetime of waiting for a Star Wars land to be created my husband was delighted to fulfill his childhood fantasy and visit the Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland. He couldn't just go in street clothes though, he must dress as his favorite character Han Solo and Carolyn had to join him as her favorite Princess Leia.

How to Make A Toddler Sized Mary Poppins White Dress Costume - The Easy Way

Did you know my darling daughter is obsessed with Mary Poppins? I believe the obsession is going on 10 months now, it was the first movie that she actually loved and requests to watch over and over, along with constantly listening to the sound track. For Halloween I dressed her up as Mary Poppins in her traveling outfit, you can see that adorableness here and there are links to how I made that costume for her.

How to Make a Mary Poppins' Hat and Bird Umbrella

Have you checked out the price of costume props? Eeke! Why buy what you can easily make? All you need is some creativity and a glue gun! Check out how I easily made the Mary Poppins' bird umbrella and her iconic daisy boater hat out of felt.

How to Make Pretend Tea Bags

I have a quick and easy sewing project for you today, the cutest little pretend tea bags! I made these as a gift for Carolyn's 2nd birthday and oh how she loves them!

How to Make a Poodle Skirt

Back when I was still teaching my kindergarten coworkers were preparing for the annual Christmas performance when they realized their poodle skirts were MIA! I volunteered to help them quickly pull some together. Lucky for me they had the perfect red skirts left over from their Cinco De Mayo celebration the year before. All they needed were the cute little white dogs!

Regency Gold Open Gown

I made a new regency open gown!  I LOVE it especially because it it goes over my other gowns that I've made and I can use it as a mix-n-match piece!

Flax Seed Neck Pillows

Flax seed neck pillows make wonderful gifts and are oh so cozy!

Regency Linen Gown

In preparation for our trip to New Orleans I made myself a new linen gown for my soldier's wife impression.

New Colonial Gown

The crazy lady that I am, I decided to start sewing a new gown for this weekend's event on Tuesday.

Here's the pattern and the new fabric.  I used the JP Ryan Robe Anglaise pattern view A.

Lucy enjoyed helping me.

By Friday morning this is how far I had gotten.

I can't believe I did it, I finished the gown by Friday afternoon before we left for the event.  There will be more pictures to come soon!

Regency Embroidered Blue Silk Gown

Exactly one week before the Jane Austen Evening I decided that I wanted to make a new gown.  I had finished my new stays and petticoat and so Ben and I rushed to the LA Fabric District to go find me some silk!

New Regency Undergarments

I made a rule for myself that I was not allowed to sew another regency gown until I had made the proper undergarments.  That's why two weeks before the ball I began sewing scrambling to make a pair of regency short stays and a regency petticoat.

Baby Audrey Gifts

My cousin and his wife were just blessed with the most beautiful little girl named Audrey!  I was unable to attend her baby shower, which worked well for my baby gift-making procrastination.  With her birth quickly approaching I had to finish up her gift pronto.

How to Sew a Slipcover for a Popazon Chair

In preparation for having family over for Easter we had some spring cleaning to do.  The problem here is that some items are difficult to "clean."  This popazon cushion has seen better days, and sadly there was no way it would fit in my washing machine.  Therefore I decided a simple solution would be to make a slipcover for it!

A New Coat For Ben

In all previous pictures where you have seen Ben wearing a coat, it has always been one that he has borrowed or someone else had made.  We are changing that now, and soon he will have a coat that he made himself (with a little bit of help from David and me).  This is the coat we will be creating from scratch:

Creating the Pink and Silver Regency Gown

I made my gown in time for the ball and had a wonderful time wearing it!

Creating a Regency Gown from the Simplicity Pattern

My friend Rebekah wanted to make her own gown for the Jane Austen Evening so I offered to assist her, since it would be her first article of clothing she's ever sewn.

A New Regency Gown

I have a new gown in the works.  In just two short weeks Ben and I, along with several friends, will be attending the Jane Austen Evening in Pasadena.  My old blue silk gown is in much disrepair (due to my lack of sewing knowledge when I made it), therefore I felt it was time to make another evening gown.

Here is my inspiration:

I shall be making my gown without the train, as they do not work well for dancing and adapting the sleeves to be the more common pouf version.

Easy to Sew Table Runner

While I was at Joann's picking out fabric for my recent baby gift projects, you can view those here and here, I came across this fabulous fabric on clearance!  I had already been talking about wanting to make a fall table runner for my fancy dining table and now I had no excuses!  This was a very easy project that took me about an hour (including ironing).

Easy to Sew Fleece Baby Blanket

When someone is having a baby girl I instantly want to knit a cute little sweater or a blanket.  I always feel that these items will be cherished by the little girl as she grows.  A little boy on the other hand, I worry will not value a knitted sweater with bows on it.  That is why I like to make them fleece blankets.  You can see previous baby gifts I have made here and here.

Here is part two of Jamie's baby shower gift.  The nursery will be ocean themed, so this blanket should fit right it!   I chose a nice fleece (ocean print) for one side of the blanket and a soft flannel (solid blue) for the the other.  The last baby blanket I made was with two layers of fleece, but I decided that might be too heavy, that's why I swapped it out for the flannel instead.  To find my length I doubled the width of the printed fleece and had my flannel cut to match.

How to Sew Baby Burp Cloths

Baby burp cloths made from cloth diapers is an easy and quick to make project that makes a very thoughtful gift for a new mom.

At other baby showers I had seen people give diapers turned in to burp cloths at gifts and decided I wanted to make this useful gift for my cousin Jamie.  Not being a mom yet, I had no idea that there were different types of cloth diapers available.  I sent Ben to the store with the request of white cloth diapers and this is what he brought home.  This tutorial is for others out there who have made the same mistake as us, there is hope!