Easter Outfits...

After writing one of my last post I realized I didn't share any pictures of the kid's Easter outfits this year. I didn't due to much as we've been busy with building a house and all..... ;)

But here's a picture of their outfits. I found this fabric at a thrift store 2 yards for $1.50!! Can't get much better than that!

Van's tie is from the pattern I listed in the last post. You can find it here.
Annika's skirt is made from a tutorial I found on Dana's site over at Made called the Simple Skirt.

Kind of a funny story. When I first made the skirt it was just the blue with white polka-dot fabric. Annika looked at me and said, "Mom that's kind of ugly." (sigh). So we added the pink ribbon and and flower. She liked it a lot better!

Close up of flower and ribbon border.

I plan to make an Itty Bitty Dress as shown in the previous post in this same fabric so they will match also. :) I have to say I never thought I'd be one of those mom's that matched their kids clothes...but the fabric is cute and how can I resist?!?

Thrift Store Fabric Find...

I get a lot of my fabric from thrift stores! Well today I stoped at a thrift store in town that changed ownership (which I didn't know about). The lady remembered me from visiting one in another town, which I visited only once before Annika was born (I purchased a changing table from there). I was shocked she remembered me and remembered that I was a young pastor's wife. Talk about a good business owner.

As I was browsing I noticed she had a just a tiny bit of fabric (something like 3 different types). When I got to the bottom of the pile I came onto this!

How cute is that?!?! The best thing I paid only $2.99 for 3 yards! It's still selling at Joann's for $7.49 a yard (and never even washed)!!

Hmmm...project....I have a sweet little girl who is going to be turning 4 in less than a  month....wouldn't a cute Amelia top like this or this look sweet for her birthday party?!

A Whole New Journey...

I've not done a lot of sewing with knit fabric. The other day P.D. took the teens from our youth group to ValleyFair so I thought well he's going to be gone all day, maybe I could find someone to watch the kiddos. So I called up the neighbor lady and she was happy to watch them (and my kiddos were VERY happy to go play)! So off I went that morning to do one of my most favorite things....thrift store shop. I had some specific things in mind. I wanted to make Miss A. a hoodie like the one I made Van in the previous post.  But my problem was I didn't have any knit fabric to match the fleece that I had for her. So my intentions were to go to the thrift store and find some old tshirts that would match and use that for knit. The couple that I go to don't usually have great selections when it comes to fabric. Well I was in luck this time I hit the jackpot (okay I don't really gamble)! ;) But I got the 5 rolls of knit you see here over 6 yards for $5.75!!! What a great deal. I needed to pick some more stuff up at Walmart so I thought I'd cruise through their fabric department (this is one of the stores near us keeping their fabric department, which is really nice b/c the closes I live to a JoAnn Fabric store is about 50 miles away). But Walmart had this CUTE apple print (waffle knit) on their clearance table for $1.50 (so I purchased 5 yards, can't go wrong with that price). So now I embark on the journey of sewing with knits!

I also have my eyes set on this pattern and tutorial! What a great way to welcome the cooler weather than a cute dress like this with the cute apple print!

Upcycled skirt to little girl dress

I actually made this last fall but haven't shared it until now. I found the tutorial for this skirt here. I purchased the skirt from the thrift store for $2-3 (I can't remember). I had plans of resizing it for me (it was a bit large), but I couldn't find a shirt that would look nice with it.

Here is the skirt before, I didn't feel like ironing it...sorry.

 The After:

 Back:

Front:

A little life, a little shoes, and a little fabric

My poor Van has been having trouble gaining weight. Since he was 4 months old he has only grown a little over 2.5 lbs and only about 1/2 an inch, at his 9 months appointment (yes I said since 4 months).

Needless to say he's just a little guy. He is still in 3 month clothes (some 3-6 months). We went for his well baby checkup 2 weeks ago and they wanted to see us again today. To help him gain weight we have decided to start supplementing w/ formula, which must be working some because he gained .6 lbs since than (but still not good enough for the doctor, we go back in a month). 

And because he's soo stinking cute!

But today on our way back from the hospital we stopped at the thrift store...did I mention I LOVE thrift stores?!?!? But we live in the middle of nowhere (really we do)! So at the thrift store I found these REALLY cute shoes! I couldn't pass them up they were brand new for only $2!! I have NEVER owned a red pair of shoes (you see I'm a tennis shoe kind of girl) so I shopped out of my comfort zone.

Oh and I found this super cute skirt (a bit big for me and not the most flattering style, but you can bet that I will be fixing it up)!!!

Of course I don't have anything that really matches the shoes (well I do have red shirts, but most are BRIGHT red). PD had the day off work (he usually takes Monday's off since he "works" all weekend, so we headed down to the cities (which is about an hour away). I got to go to JoAnn fabrics (yay!). So I picked up some fabric to match my new red shoes to make myself a skirt (and a few other fabrics). They also had patterns for 99 cents so I picked up a few of those also!