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Because we were expecting baby number 3 right before Halloween this year I have been asking Audrey for months what she wanted to be. I was shocked when she decided to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast, instead of Elsa from Frozen, and that she never changed her mind. Also thrilled, I should point out, as it would be pretty hard to stand out in the sea of Elsa costumes this year, whereas a huge yellow ballgown…
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As Halloween draws near again this year and I contemplate how to make the kid’s costumes this year (Audrey had decided to be Belle, which means that Britton gets to be the Beast – lucky guy) I realized that I never posted what I did last year. Since I am planning to base Audrey’s dress this year off of the same simplicity pattern (Simplicity 2463), I felt like putting up some pictures and perhaps a review would be appropriate…
Last night, once the kids were in bed, I decided that yes, I really did need a new dress to wear to church today. Five hours and two ignored Netflix movies later and this is what I had:
I figure I have another one to two years of getting to dress Audrey in whatever I want so I had better take advantage. I’m not a big fan of the baby pink/frilly/super embellished – hence, when I decided that Audrey needed a denim jumper for the summer I thought I would make her just what I wanted…
Audrey is a very fortunate little girl. Not only does she get homemade blankets and dresses, knitted cute hats and sweaters from her grandmothers (and occasionally her mother) – she is benefiting from having an extremely talented Aunt as well!
Audrey just received this darling dress from Aunt Charity and wore it for the first time this week.
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So I love love love the dress in this pattern and I just made the dress again last week hence, given that the hat from M4478 that I just made turned out too big, I decided to try out the hat from this pattern. Audrey wore a small in the dress so I decided to make a small hat (it is the smallest size anyhow).
I think that it turned out even bigger… Read the rest of this entry »
The weather is beautiful this week – mid 70s and sunny, meanwhile my daughter has blue eyes, seemingly blond hair, and likely light sun-burnable skin to match. Therefore, in an effort to be prepared, I decided that Audrey needs a hat – a brimmed sun-hat. We bought such a hat months ago in San Diego, but it is still too large – so I have been on a kick to make a cute sun-hat that fits right now. (I also made the hat from Butterick 3782 which I will cover in the next post). This turned out to be harder than I originally thought it would be…
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So friends have been asking for ages if I have sewn anything for Audrey yet, and sadly thus far the answer has been no. However, I have been working Audrey’s napping this week, and so yesterday I finally dug out my sewing table and sewed her a dress:
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So I had a friend’s baby shower to go to this past Tuesday. I really wanted to make her something (she decorated darling burp cloths as a gift for me) but with Audrey I really haven’t had the time to sew anything (even my raincoat sleeves are sadly unfinished – although I am working on that).
Anyhow, I went to Carters and bought her a cute dress and some denim shorts and decided to decorate a onsie.
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One week before her four month birthday we blessed Audrey in Church today.
White is a pretty good color on that girl… Read the rest of this entry »
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