New happenings.

We were all struck with some fun summer colds this week (c'mon, it's like 192 degrees...a cold?), so it provided some extra time at home to get things done.  

Sewing cures the common cold.  Now you know.  You're welcome.

Honestly.  I was really sick for exactly one day (which is so unlike me) and my little sweet pea is still going strong.  Sneezing, crying, coughing.  It's so sad.  I want to squeeze her and kiss her all day long and explain to her that it's just a cold and she'll feel better soon but I don't speak baby and she doesn't understand grown-up.

Anyway, the key is to start sewing within hours of feeling crummy and sew as much as you can.  It kind of takes your mind off the yuckiness anyway, and before you know it that cold will be G-O-N-E.

So here is my medicine:

Another Bryten Ruffle Neckline Dress, this one the custom for a little girl's first birthday.  

A Tie Onesie for a little one.  How studly is this?! 

Some shorts for my little man.  I got this Robert Kaufman Pooches & Pick-Ups fabric recently and was so excited to use it.  I think it's ridic cute.  Ben loved his "truck shorts."  Mama loved that he loved 'em.

I think I'm going to make Adalyn a dress out of this fabric for matchy-matchy.  I love matchy-matchy and I also kind of love taking boyish fabric and turning it girly with some ruffles and such.  What do you think?

I made him a matching tie tee in coordinating Robert Kaufman fabric and I was pleased as punch with the results (I almost deleted that line because, whoa, pleased as punch?, but it's funny, right?  So I left it.)  Ben proudly showed everyone his tie at church today.    

I finished up big sister's dress today and I just love these two fabrics together.  They're from Amy Butler's Midwest Modern Line.  Amy Butler, I love you.  In the way girls love other girls who design the coolest fabric of all time, of course.  I'm SO excited to see these on the cuties they were made for!

A new rocketship tee.  I heart this one.  I don't know why, I guess the fabric just works for me.  It's my style with the polka dots and such.  Fun fact: I almost named my shop The Polka Dot...something.  I tried The Polka Dot and all sorts of other combinations and they were all taken.  Hence, The Blue Swirl was born.  I love polka dots though.  Shoot.

The next projects in the works are:

Perfecting my baby shoes

Tackling knit (if you sew, you understand, I have to say no more) so I can make some comfy baby clothes
A new tutorial for YOU!

Working on fall clothes.  Mostly because I just want to remind myself that it will, in fact, not be 8000 degrees forever.  Someday it will snow.  And I will wish for 8000 degree weather again.