Halloween Aftermath

Well, I think we have all come off of our sugar highs in this house.  I've had to hide the candy from the kids otherwise they will devour it all in one sitting.  Although, I really need someone to hide it from me too.
I wanted to show you pictures of the kids in their costumes.  I was lucky that my daughter wanted to be Jessie since I made that costume earlier in the year for the Rodeo.  You can find the tutorial for her chaps here.  Thankfully, it all still fit her.  This just left my son's Woody costume to make.  I made the shirt and vest for the Woody costume.  The pattern I used for the shirt was Kwik Sew 3146, view C.  It turned out really cute and I used the pearl snaps on it to make it look a little more western.

The vest was pretty simple and you really don't need a pattern, but I had one on hand for a costume that included a vest so I used it. 

Here they are in their costumes from Toy Story. 

Yeehaw!

Jessie's Shirt

I was so excited that I finished the chaps for my daughter's rodeo day, but she had another project lined up for me.  You can't look like Jessie from Toy Story if you don't have the shirt, at least that was my daughter said.  I went ahead and threw one together so she could be Jessie.  I went with a short sleeved shirt, because it is already warm here in Houston.  She already had this white knit shirt and I appliqued the yellow knit and the red trim.  It turned out super cute and she absolutely loved it.  She had the biggest smile on her face when the kids asked her if she was Jessie. 

 

Appliqued Heart Shirt

This year for Valentine's Day I wanted to make my daughter a shirt.  I wanted to applique a heart on to a plain shirt, but wanted something with a little more pizazz.  I found a shirt online that used fabric flowers and shaped them into a heart.  Pretty cute.

All you need to do is make a paper template and cut out the knit flowers.  I sewed the flowers on to the shirt by hand, but I'm sure you could use a machine as well. 

Girl's Shirt

I picked up a pattern for a shirt about a month ago and I thought I should probably make it before it is out of season.  This pattern was a little more difficult than I anticipated and I needed to seek expert advice from my mom to figure out what the directions were saying.  I really need directions to spell it out for me! As my mom pointed out I don't exactly read every word.  I'm more of a skimmer.  So, there were a few mistakes while sewing, but overall I think it turned out pretty cute.  My daughter loves it, but that might be because it has hearts all over it.