Simplicity 5540- Jasmine

Here is the pattern I used. I used the shorts and the little top.

Here is the finished product. As you can tell the shirts were a little too short for my taste. The girls didn't actually wear these outfits. They didn't turn out the way I had envisioned.

 Here are the shorts. I originally cut the shorts a little longer to cover their knees. I had planned to put some elastic in them at the bottom to match Jasmine's poofy pants.  The girls hated having the shorts so tight around their legs. I cut that off and just made shorts.

 Here is the top. As you can see I really struggled with the ruffle around the bottom of the top. I couldn't get the corners to lay right. I kept sewing them up so finally I just gave up. It was a very disappointing outfit especially when I tried it on the girls and I could see their belly buttons. It is a cute outfit but not what I was going for. We decided to add it to their dress-up clothes.

Once again the fabric was on deep discount so I think I only spent $8 on this outfit.

Simplicity 1627 and Butterick 5777- Brave

Here is the pattern I used. For the top I used the Simplicity pattern.

 For the shorts I used the Butterick 5777.

Here is the finished product. This pattern was a little harder. The top had a zipper under one arm. Of course I put one zipper in upside down.

 Here is the back of the pattern. While I love the back detail, I didn't like the ribbon I ended up using. I had a very hard time finding a gold ribbon and one I finally did find was very stiff which didn't look nice in the end.

 Here are the shorts. Once again they are basic shorts with a ruffle added to the bottom.

 Here is a close-up of the top. I added a lace panel to the front and sewed on some decorative ribbon. Once again this is material I had never worked with before but once I started it was pretty easy to get use to the movement. I did find a really good sale on this fabric and I made these outfits for only $9 a piece.

The only thing I didn't like about this outfit was that the green was really too dark. A lot of people asked who the girls were suppose to be. When we took our picture with the princess from the movie Brave her dress was a very light green. The girls loved the outfits and they were comfortable walking around in them.

Butterick 4783- Sleeping Beauty

Here is the pattern I used. I used the red plaid outfit as my guide. I was an easy pattern.

Here is the finished product. I wanted to add a white collar of some kind but just couldn't figure out how to do that.

 Here is the top. I added a V to the top and I used ric-rac. To the bottom of the top I added a sheer panel and then several triangular pieces that I had sewn ric-rac to the edges. With all that added material it really didn't lay right.

 The shorts were basic sorts that I added a ruffle to the bottom with the sheer material. I then put some ric-rac around the ruffle seam to hide some mistakes I had made. This was the first time I had worked with the satin and sheer material. I was a little slippery but once I got use to that it was pretty easy. I do have to say that I found this material on clearance so the whole outfit only cost $10 to make. The girls loved all the shine and sparkle!

McCalls 6064 and Simplicity 2167

Here is the pattern I used for this outfit. For the pants I used the McCalls pattern and for the top I used the Simplicity pattern. These were pretty easy patterns.

 Here is what I ended up with. Since we went to Disney in October I thought it would be cute to do an orange and black Mickey outfit. I think this outfit was one of my favorites.

 Here are the pants. They were basic pants with an added ruffle.

 Here is a picture of the top. I added four Mickey heads to the top and bottom of the top and just sewed around them.  I also added a string of sequins where the top meets the skirt part of the top. This outfit was also pretty easy. The hardest part was the sequins because they had to be hand sewn on. I did this while I sat and got chemo.

Simplicity 2377- Snow White Swim Cover

 Here is the pattern I used for the swim cover. I used the plaid middle dress on the right. It has flutter sleeves with a bodice piece and a skirt. It would have been a really easy pattern if I used regular fabric but I used towels which made all the seams much thicker. My poor sewing machine struggled to sew through all that material.

 Here is what I got. I bought two $1 towels from Walmart for the yellow, one blue towel for $1 and two light blue hand towels for $.75. So the total for each swim cover was only $3.75. I serged all the edges after I cut out the pattern because this type of fabric sheds EVERYWHERE!!!! I also struggled to attach the skirt to the top so I sewed the skirt to a piece of elastic which caused the skirt to make the gathers. Then I just sewed the top on to the elastic.

For the yellow and red stripes I used some ribbon I already had and just sewed them on. I think this only took 3 days to finish. The girls loved having these to wear to the hotel pool. They got lots of compliments on how cute they were. The good thing about these is that they will be able to wear them next summer.

McCall's 6270

It has been a while since I last posted. I haven't been sewing due to moving into our new house. I do have a few projects that I finished before the move but never posted. Here is one of them.

Here is the pattern I used for this shirt. I actually made this shirt a year ago but it was huge on Abby.
It was fairly easy but I wish I would have taken the time to use pink thread in my serger. I don't know if you can tell but the ruffles have white thread on the underside. I love the colors in this shirt because they look so good on Abby.

Simplicity 2348

So I am really late in posting these dresses. I made them for Valentines day but after the girls tried them on they really look like Annie dresses. I still think they are really cute! The pattern was pretty easy to follow and I did try some new techniques like pockets. I usually just leave those out because I am not brave enough to try them.
I used this pattern:

Here are the dresses:

I love the little bow detail at the neckline. I used snaps so I could take them off while I washed the dress. The belt actually ties in the back into a cute little bow.
Here is a picture of the girls trying out the pockets:

Of course I had to make matching dresses for their American Girl dolls. While they don't match exactly they are pretty close.