First Sewing Tutorial with help from Little Red Roost

Yay!! Finally a sewing tutorial.



 I actually made this dress a few months ago, but I have been waiting a long time to post it. This dress is so easy to make anyone can do it. I'm not the best seamstress, but I can make a few things. I tend to make things more complicated than what they are. I also have to stick to something I can make during naptime. I got this tutorial from Little Red Roost. It's actually an adult dress, but I decided to make a mini version for Princess Abelle. This dress is so much fun to make you will definitely make more. I have made 3 already!! Enough of the blabbing let's get started.

What you will need:

old t-shirt

1/2 yard of fabric (I used a pillowcase I purchased from the thrift store)

thread

sewing machine

pinking shears

elastic

iron and ironing board





For the skirt portion of the dress, you will need a piece of fabric wide enough to go around and as long as you’d like. Cut your material and sew up the side to form a large rectangle open on the top and bottom.

Next you iron a casing for your elastic. iron the top 1/4 in, next fold it down about 1/2in-1in depending on the width of the elastic you are using. Make sure you make the casing larger than the elastic since you will be sewing 1/4 in from the stop to attach to shirt.

Next sew your casing.



I don't sew the straighest  ^_^



Once you have sewn your casing cut a small slit, so you can feed your elastic through.

I use a safety pin attached to one end of my elastic to feed it through my casing. Once you feed it through sew the ends of elastic together.

Now you end up with a skirt!! Your next step is to figure out the placement where you want to attach the skirt to the shirt. Trim the excess fabric from the shirt. Make sure you leave a little for seam allowance. Does that make sense? I wanted this dress to be a little more of an empire waist than her others that I made her. Pin the dress to the shirt and sew right above you top stitch for the casing. This was the part that I had trouble with, but as I said before I make everything harder than it seems.

Once you are finished all you need to do is sew the hem on the bottom of the skirt and your little princess will be ready to wear it to the park with big brother!!

Here are the other two dresses I made using the same tutorial.





made from her old shirt and clearance fabric

made from my old shirt and skirt!

 Thanks for checking this out I hope that this tutorial has been helpful, and I would like to thank Little Red Roost for posting the original tutorial.



Fall Weather and Apple Pancakes...

\Well the weather here in Texas has been pretty nice. Awesome rainy days and cooler nights. This is the time of year that I bake A LOT!! I guess it's so I can add that extra layer of fat for the winter. This recipe I came across isn't baked but I love anything with apples. They were pretty good so I decided to share with you.

Apple Pancakes

1 1/2 cups reduced-fat baking and pancake mix ( I used Bisquick, I know it's not reduced fat hehe)
1/2 tsp apple pie spice ( I didn't have any on hand so I just added a little cinnamon and nutmeg.)
1 cup finely chopped apple (about one apple)
1 cup water

1. Sift pancake mix and pie spice in large bowl. Add 1 cup water. Mix well and stir in apple.
2. Coat large non-stick skillet with butter flavored cooking spray. Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto skillet, cook for 2-3 minutes or until it starts to bubble.

This recipe is pretty simple to make and they taste pretty good too.  Next time I might try and bake the next time. Let my know if you try this recipe I would like to see how you modify it or like it.

Ana-White??

Before I start blogging about tutorials I have done I want to tell you a little about our little home. My husband and I purchased our first home 4 years ago. It was and still is a fixer upper, with the help of my in-laws we fixed it enough to move in. It took 3 days to replace carpets, paint, lay down linoleum tiles, and move furniture. Oh and did I mention clean!!! I was 8months pregnant with Ferny when this was all going on so I had to sit on the sidelines. Since moving in we have knocked down a wall to open up the kitchen and replaced most of floor in the living room and dining room with ceramic tile. . We have tons of other projects for this house and I'm hoping to blog about those soon.

Now onto some contents in my house. I have been wanting a new dining room table for years, but could never find the right one. Either my style or in the budget. Finally I was online and came across  Ana-White. She has tons of plans to make your own affordable furniture. I have a slew of things added to my already huge TO DO LIST. It took a while to convince my husband that building a table would be much cheaper than buying one. It came out great and I love it even more since it was handmade. Enough of me blabbing check out our photos...

Here is the husband cutting boards. DUH, right?

HIm and his brother staining the sides before attaching them.

Attaching the top boards

Needs sanding and then stain!!

I chose Jacobean for the stain and I LOVE it!!



Added the top coat.



I hope you enjoyed our mini roll of pictures. We have yet to make the benches that go with the table, but it will happen VERY soon.  To get the plans for this table click here. I hope you all enjoy Ana-White as much as I have. Come back and check out my next post on matching shelves for this table. 

First post

I have finally made my crafting blog!!! This is a very exciting adventure for me. Let's start this blog off right, here is a little bit about me and this blog.

My name is Stacy, I'm a wife, mother and avid crafter. I love sewing cooking, baking, photography, crafts and interior design. This blog will be a "TO DO LIST' of everything!! Being at home with my loves means everything to me. Sure they drive me nuts, quite a bit, but every moment is worth it. I have two children, a boy and a girl. Ferny who is the oldest, just started Pre-K this year and he absolutely loves it. My daughter, Abelle, will be two and she is sassy with a dash of sweet. My days are often filled with errands, cooking, and cleaning. When I do get free time I spend it crafting. I have always been a crafty person, but becoming a housewife and mother has really opened a new door for me (that and all my blog stalking). My husband has been very supportive recently with my craft projects, it might just be the saving money part. He will be doing most of my building projects, but I would love to get my hands on some power tools. I guess I can't let him be in charge of sewing flowers on a dress, he likes to have the more masculine jobs. Look forward to seeing him helping out quite a bit. This blog with be filled with tutorials, pictures and recipes. I will also be linking back to awesome some blogs that I cyber stalk  follow.

I hope you stay tuned for awesome posts soon.