Our latest projects

I have a very unique challenge here at our house.  I have a daughter that is only about an inch shorter than I am, but about 10 inches smaller around.  Shopping for her is such a trick, because height-wise she should fit in women's clothes, but everything falls off of  her.  In sizes that fit around, everything is too short.  Around Thanksgiving time I started getting the itch to sew something, and was thinking of making something for her since her birthday was coming up.  As I was looking through patterns  I was delighted to see that there were some patterns that actually had a size that fits her perfectly!!  When Shawn is on the road I have been enjoying sewing after I put the kids to bed at night, and Kami's wardrobe has been benefiting. (She's the one that needs it right now.)  The first dress I gave her for her birthday and it's probably my favorite:

Hmmm... Someone really needs some photography lessons.  None of the cute details show up and the dress looks black and it's really purplish blue, which is a great color on her.  The second dress:

Somewhere in between those two dresses, Kami told me that she wanted to learn to sew something, so she sewed clothes for some 18" dolls that Mads and Belle were getting for Christmas.  Here are a couple of the outfits.  She did a great job!!

We thought those would be a good way to work up to sewing something bigger.  Last week she finished sewing this skirt:

front view

and back

She likes having the new outfits, but I don't know that she loves to sew.  Let's just say that I had to keep encouraging her to finish the project!!  But she did it, and both of us passed off some personal progress to boot!

While we're on Kami's creations, I thought these rings were creative and cute and the girls felt so modern wearing them:

You've got to notice the cool nail designs that Maddie is making, too!  :)

Kami made them out of crepe paper and then we Mod Podged them.  She made one for all the girls, even me:)  I even wore it to church with the rest of the girls, even though Shawn thought it was a little "juvenile" for me...

After all, it matched my shirt that had roses the same color all over it!!  And ladies, what do you do when  your preschooler makes you a macaroni necklace?  We wear them! And this is way better than a macaroni necklace!  Thanks to Kami for making us all feel so glam!