2012 Favorite Projects!

2012 was a good year.  This was the first full year I've been off of work since I was 14.  Many improvements were made to my health so I'm pleased.  My family has become closer and we enjoy each other's company.  Sewing really became a priority for me this year too!

Here is a look at my top 8 favorite projects of 2012

Top Left: Mushroom Grocery Bag
Top Middle: Pokemon Upcycled Mini Backpack
Top Right: Green Sundress
Middle Left: Owl Circle Skirt and Shirt
Middle Right: Me Shorts
Bottom Left: Oliver + S Ice Cream Dress
Bottom Middle: Mushroom Shirt
Bottom Right: Blue Soft Nightgown

I hope you had a great 2012 as well and were happy with your projects.

Here's to a wonderful 2012 and I look forward to all the projects I work on in 2013.  Remember, it's the journey that counts...enjoy the moments.

~ Happy Sewing! ~ Kristin ~

Owl Circle Skirt with matching shirt

Since I had so much fun making the circle skirt here I figured I could pop out another one quick with the fabric Miss K wouldn't let me leave at Hobby Lobby last week.  It was the first time we were in there to look at the fabric and I was impressed!  We only have a Hancock and Hobby Lobby around here (both are an hour drive for me).  I plan on taking a day trip up to Eau Claire one of these days to visit Mill End Textiles and Joann fabrics to see what they are all about (however that is like a 3 1/2-4 hour round trip).
So at Hobby Lobby Miss K found this awesome fabric and she also grabbed some owl appliques.  I had no idea what I was going to do with them because the skirt is too busy for them.  After I made the skirt I was rummaging through her drawers to find a cute shirt to wear and happened upon a plain pink tee.  I felt it was too boring for the wild skirt so I added the appliques.  Boom!  Great outfit made :-)

I love the outfit.  It took Miss K a week to put it on though. She is burned out on trying things on for me.  On top of all that she is super sick from the rain this weekend and it's her last 2 days of school. :-( poor girl.  I managed to snap these super early this morning on our way out to school. I did make this circle skirt about 2 inches shorter than the first one here.  I like it better this way. This skirt is based on the amazing design by Dana over at MADE.

Cute Spring Outfit for Miss K!

Have you ever started a project and then didn't really feel like finishing it?  That's how I felt about this pattern and outfit.  Don't get me wrong, I love the fabric completely and I had amazing visions in my head; however, I just didn't feel like sewing this one up.  The pattern was a Butterick B4176 and the directions were lackluster.  I really just winged it the whole time.  The most time consuming part was the bias tape around the whole thing.  I would have had Miss K model it for you..... but she isn't really digging the outfit.  Which is sad because now that it is finished it is so adorable! I'm proud of myself for muddeling through and finishing it.  Embarassingly it took about a week to do because I kept stopping and only doing little parts at a time. 
So have you ever started a project you didn't want to finish?