It's my girlies!

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Kid's clothes week challenge.

So I am lame and didn't realize my new post tab was set on "edit html" and was getting so mad because I couldn't figure out why my pictures weren't uploading. So, these are from last week...

Last week blog-land of kids clothes sewers they had a thing called "kids clothes week challenge". It is put on by one of the blogs and what it is, is a week where you are supposed to sew something for your kid's wardrobe for one hour each day. I have heard of it before, but never really got into it. Oh, and they do it twice a year. They have a flickr group where everyone posts pictures of their finished products and strangers comment on them and you kind of get a virtual pat on the back, haha. Or inspiration. One of my projects came about because of something I saw in the group.

So on to the projects:

All over pinterest I have been seeing this pop up, it is an up-cycled Men's button down shirt but instead of putting the buttons down the center like you usually see, it is asymetrical.



^^ This is Abby's " I HATE TAKING PICTURES MOM!" moment. ^^

I have been collecting button shirts and t-shirts for a while now. This one I found at Walmart on clearance for $2. I couldn't even buy the fabric for that price, plus the time saved by already having the button placket done for me? Awesome!



I switched out the pearl white buttons for these pink ones I had in my stash and stitched them with yellow thread. I love the look! I really wanted to use my mustard yellow buttons, but I was short by two buttons and I didn't want to go to the store:)

Ugh, my yard is ugly this year. This fabric was my "I don't love it, but it is on clearance... so it can be my test run for my next pattern..." But oh how I love how it turned out. It is so much cuter in person! I don't know how much use Abby will get out of it... she likes to wear pants to school for recess, but maybe since it is getting cooler it wont be bad because she can wear leggings.

I love the "V" in the front!

She was so excited about this top! I think her favorite part was picking out the buttons:)

Next is the project I saw in the fickr pool:

These are Pierrot tunics from made-by-rae. It is the pattern I tested a few weeks back. I made it a size up, lengthened it and left off the ruffle. I like it much better:) Though I would like it longer still. Maybe next time.

Not that anyone will see, but I love that the neckbands are the coordinating print.

I hadn't been keeping up on my blogs so I didn't even hear about it until Thursday and it started on Monday. But it isn't to shabby for three days of sewing! Plus I have a pair of pants that need only ten more minutes of work to be complete. Just imagine if I had started on Monday! They do it in the spring and I plan on being more prepared. Some people say they take the week before and get their projects picked out and cut out so they can do the fun part instead of all the prep work. That would be nice:)

Blessed.

We blessed the girls on Sunday. Food. Family. Beautiful weather. Great day.


Poor Ben was sweating bullets, but he did a great job. He blessed Elizabeth and his dad blessed Georgia. Which is a good thing, because he wanted to start off the second blessing by just saying "ditto". Yeah, that may have been a little irreverent...



Mmmm... I didn't even think of it being fast Sunday, so sorry to all the guests who only got finger food, haha.

The cake balls. I have had so much fun figuring out how to make these. Mostly how to make them smooth, each batch I have improved! ... Luckily there have only been a few batches because they are so addictive to eat!

This is Great Grandpa Laidlaw, and the first time he has held either one of them:)

This is the group of men who stood in the circle, minus Logan.

I can't believe how much they have grown and changed. We went to the NICU reunion the day before and I was looking back through their photos from their time in the NICU. I am so blessed to have two healthy girls with no health problems from being born early. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for that.

Elizabeth was my little model. She was just so happy this day and I got so many good pictures of her...

... But Georgia not so much. I took these after the get-together, and woke her up to take them. Sorry girlfriend! I should have just let her sleep, but I wanted to get at least one of them together before I undressed Elizabeth. So, I will have to try with George another day.

Who doesn't love baby feet? My Grandma sent me these. I hadn't even thought of what they were going to wear underneath until the night before. Duh. I went to Walmart and Old Navy and neither had tights for babes as small as mine. (Old navy didn't even have tights!) I was frustrated and went through their drawers remembering I had bought 0-9 month tights before they were born. But they wouldn't fit mine if they are supposed to go up to 9 months, right? Wrong. I don't know how they will fit a 9 month old!

The best one of them together. I got Georgie in between a cry.

I thought this was sweet. Usually it is Iz who likes to touch Georgia, but Georgia kept holding on to Izzy's arm.

The dresses. Of course I made them:) I was thinking of making them different, but then I saw my inspiration on Pinterest and loved it so much I knew I had to make them the same.

I was going to draft my own pattern, but finally after days of looking found a 3-6 month pattern. Exactly one. So I decided I liked it enough and made a few in cotton to test the sizing, and to size it down. I was able to size it down to 0-3 month and it worked perfect.

I am beyond happy with how they turned out!!

Since I had my backdrop out I made Abby and Jack take a few too. Made Jack, Abby loved it. Not gonna lie, I bribed a smile out of him with a cake ball. And the next day got him to clean his room for a cake ball. And the next day. And the next day. I need more cake balls, the room is a mess again and he always whines and says "I'm too tired".

I should have complained about lack of sewing time sooner, because after that post I got lots of it in! Well... in comparison to before:) I was on facebook the other day and the amazing Rae from made-by-rae.com was asking for pattern testers for 0-3 and 3-6 month sizes for her new pattern. I have previously mentioned how hard it is to find patterns to sew for the girls so I was so excited to see the 0-3 month size! I volunteered and she picked me, yay:)



Look at what a big smile she has!! I like the top, but it is supposed to be a tunic and as they grow it goes to a top, but it is a little short, so just a top for this one. It was a quick and easy sew, and this picture doesn't do it justice, it is adorable on:)