Sew it up... new dress for AJ out of old things

So again, I made up a fun ruffle shirt for AJ from a Goodwill find. Of course I forgot to take a pic of the original shirt so you will have to use your imagination! :-)

The gray dress part is made up from an old shirt that I tie-dyed and the cut up for this project and the print is the above-mentioned Goodwill find. 

I was even able to use the trim from the original top to make it look like I have a serger.

I used the tank pattern from Fish sticks designs which is free and runs from size 12m to 5t. There is only a direct link to the pdf so you will have to find this picture on the left sidebar. 

And for the ruffles, I just cut strips and gathered the fabric before sewing it to the shirt. I made it a size too big in hopes of being able to put a bright-colored top under it this winter.

I know that once JD is here, my time for sewing will be greatly diminished so I'm trying to do as much as I can before he gets here!

In my sketchbook... I just can't quit!

Now I'm combining crayons with water colors. This crayon-thing could be sticking around for awhile!

Sunshine Award

Bella from Art Club Blog nominated me for a Sunshine Award, and I can't begin to say how much this means to me! Please stop by her blog and see what she is working on as well as take a peek at the other artist's work that she features!

If you have been nominated and would like to accept this award, here is what you do:

* link the award to the person who gave it to you

* answer the questions that came with it

* pass it along to other bloggers and let them know they have received it

Share answers to the following questions:

* favorite color

*favorite animal

*favorite number

*favorite non-alcoholic drink

*Facebook or Twitter

* greatest passion

* favorite day of the week

*favorite flower

Here are my answers:

*changes all the time but for now it is turquoise
*elephants
*don't really have one but for now it is 24 because my son is due the 24th of July and I can't wait to meet him
*vanilla milkshake
*Twitter
*being a wife and mother
*Sunday (love resting with my family)
*lillies and orchids (sorry, I can't pick just one!)


and here are some blogs that I would like to nominate:
Mangle prints
Mirdinara
Oh, what a world, what a world
Jezze prints
Melly Sews
Daisy Yellow

In my sketchbook...a new love of crayons

Is it wrong to steal your 15-month-old's crayons for your own artistic pursuits? 

Since she isn't complaining, I'm going to keep on using them! :-)

Off the needles and ready to be seamed/blocked!

When I first saw this picture on the purl bee website, I knew that I had to make it. It was the neckline and color of the yarn that did it for me. Had I not just knit a gray sweater for AJ, I would have knit this one up in the same color as the picture below (but in Malabrigo instead of Koigu for budget reasons!). 

I was going to knit this in pink, but my LYS only had one skein in the colorway I wanted so Lilac it was!

With about 3/4 of a skein of this yarn left, I am either going to knit a cowl for my sister in law (who LOVES the color purple) or make leg warmers for AJ. Will let you know what I decide!