New In the Shop

It has been awhile since I listed anything in the shop that I have made. Today we were officially back to work, Matt and I. And I have one week before starting back to school with the kids. I have enjoyed working through my sewing pile this afternoon. I was able to get three new pillowcase dresses listed for girls between 4 and 10 years old. I was also able to get a tote bag made as well. Here are some of the pictures.
All of the new pillowcase dresses were made from 100% recycled materials. All being from vintage bed lines. Soft and sweet for the perfect sundress. You can see pictures of my girls in some pillowcase dresses I have made for them with the same design. All my girls swap dresses with each other. They also use them in the winter with a shirt and leggings underneath .



This tote is from my library toes line. They are not too small and not too big. Works wonderful for kids to carry their toys, books, or snacks in. As you can imagine, my girls and I have ended up with quite a few of these that we share. We use them for Bible totes at church and awana, a small diaper bag since we are no longer in the baby baby stage requiring us to carry around an arsenal of baby equiptment:), snack bag for road trips, toy tote for errands, gift bags for hospital visits or baby showers, the art bag for avoiding boredom when we have to sit quiet and still, and of course the all important WEBKINZ collections that must travel everywhere with us!

Some New Pillowcase Dresses-What To Do With Vintage Linens #10

After getting home from the Memorial for Kate's mom, Matt and the kids worked on getting the tent up in the backyard to camp for the night. That gave me some time to sit down at the sewing machine, it has actually been awhile! I pulled out 3 vintage pillowcases that I had been saving to make the girl's some new nightgowns/dresses out of. All of the pillowcases were white and each one had some embellishment at the hem with blue in it. I made the dresses a little differently than the pillowcase dresses I have done before. These were not lined and I used elastic at the top for gathering instead of making a tube to pull the ties through. The ties I attached in the same way I bind my quilts. I have ended up really like this way of doing the dresses. Bell's ended up a little big and the elastic isn't as forgiving when it comes to size as a draw string is. But I think I will make some adjustments instead of waiting for her to grow into it.




Now for the kids to camp out with Dad. I think that is the only way you can wear white on a camping trip-WHEN IT IS IN THE BACKYARD!