Beach Robes

I love following blogs of women who make and create things, they have been the inspiration for many of my projects. When Dana came out with a pattern for infant/children bath robes I instantly fell in love. I bought her pattern about a year ago and have not stopped making them. The first robe I ever made (which isn't pictured) was for my son.  He has since grown out of it, but he still LOVES to put it on after his baths and I still let him even though his little bum hangs out. =)

Anywho these first two beach/bath robes were made for one of my BFF's who just had twins (a boy and a girl). CRAZY!!! I tried to find two matching prints but the "boy" print that I originally bought, my husband said looked too feminine. So I returned it and bought a shark print that I thought no one would mistaken for a girl's.  

My son, of course, had to model baby boy's robe because that's a must with all my sewing projects for kids. He is not, however, allowed to model girl clothes anymore. haha. 

 This last beach robe was made for my little nephew Iveni who just recently turned one. I ironed on his name to the front of the robe, which I normally like to do for all kids robes BUT because my BFF did not have names for her twins until a week after their birth, their names could be put on their robes =P.

 

A summer skirt and Annie

It's been a long while since I last posted but a photo shoot yesterday motivated me to update this blog that nobody cares about and sees other then me =). So last Sunday my grandma and I both wore outfits that I created so I thought it was only fitting to take pictures after church and post them since I dont think I've ever documented these projects.

A couple months back (maybe it was even a year ago) my grandma asked me to make her a "flowy" skirt that she could wear to church and temple. She picked the fabric and pattern and I sewed the skirt. It was a fairly easy pattern, however she bought a pattern size that was meant for an XL person. So it took me a little longer to make and adjust but I eventually got it to fit her perfectly and she looks cute in it =).  With the extra fabric, I made a flower to pin on her blouse.

My dress was one that I bought at DI for $6. Before I turned it into my own, it was an XL dress that hung down to my calves, the sleeves almost touched my elbow, there were about 10 white buttons that ran down the front of the dress, and it totally looked like a dress that could be found on Warren Jeff's compound. haha Just kidding. not really. I liked the old school look though, and wanted to keep it in tact so I just shorten the sleeves (kept the cuff), took the dress in (which brought the length up), took off about seven buttons, added the belt and sewed two buttons onto it, giving it kind of an Annie look. I LOVE dress because it fits like a glove and is soooo comfortable and light. Perfect for these hot summer days.

Of course I had to get a picture with my cute stylish grandma =))