Sew crafty.

I thought I'd up the corny ante a little.  Should I keep going and see if the next blog title could get cornier?  Anyway.

I decided that I'd learn to sew this week.  It's about time.  I've had this sewing machine sitting around since October and the only thing I've sewn so far are curtains.  And even that (the easiest thing ever, I've been told) I did horribly wrong.  Somehow I ended up with curtains that were way too short.  So much so that I had to make cornices to go over the top so we could lower the curtains.  Well then.

I started with some baby washcloths.  Those turned out awful.  I was trying to use up some old velour pants and I thought they'd be great as one side of a baby washcloth, but, er, not so much.  I guess I should have known that velour is difficult to sew.  They were a disaster.  I almost quit.  But then I came across something called the ten minute onesie dress.  Okay, this I could do.  Anyone can do it.  And then there was the ruffle butt onesie.  I don't have a serger or pinking shears so I had to do it a little differently (and a little less cute), but I still love the results. 

 

I added a little rosette because I'm kind of obsessed into those right now.  

So I thought, hey, that was fun!  Let's do some more!  So I went to Hobby Lobby last night and I was in serious crafter's heaven.  I was there for a really, really long time.  And then today I dove right in and whipped up a whole ensemble!  

I did the dress a little differently with elastic around the waist instead and I like it much better.  I sewed some extra fabric onto a burp cloth and made a rosette for the onesie and a rosette headband.  And then I found matching ribbon so of course I had to learn to make hairbows.  Little Addie Bear agreed to be my model.

Ain't she a peach?

Fist bumpin', ya'll.  It's how we do.
  (I promise to be done with my southern throwback now.)

Adalyn's favorite part is chewing on the end of the skirt.  Seriously, it's all she does.  I guess I can market it as a teether/dress?