Black Maternity t-shirt

My 114th completed sewing project for 2008




Ben was kind enough to get me the really cute maternity shirt pictured below from Target for Christmas. I then took the shirt and made a pattern off of it, and lengthened the sleeves and made the above black maternity t-shirt. If I were to make another shirt I would make some changes to the pattern that I drew up, but overall I am pleased with the result.

Plum colored Maternity Shirt

My 113th completed sewing projects for 2008!


This is the same pattern as the green one, just a different color. I am really glad to have a couple of more long sleeve maternity shirts -- thanks for the fabric mom.

Ariel Sheets

My 112th completed sewing project for 2008!




I have been trying to figure out a way to help Prairie potty train at night. I bought this flannel and told her that when she has a dry diaper in the morning she gets to use the Ariel sheets that night. We have had the flannel for almost 4 weeks and it hasn't done much to encourage her, but her diaper was dry Sunday morning so I had to hurry and sew the sheets so that night when she went to bed she got the Ariel sheets.

Green Maternity Shirt

My 111th completed sewing project for 2008!


I really don't have very long sleeved maternity shirts, and this wasn't a big deal when I was pregnant with Prairie because we didn't control our heat and it stayed plenty warm in our apartment. Now that we are paying for our heat, we are being really cheap, and we keep it cold, so I really needed some more long sleeved shirts, so my mom was nice enough to bring out some fabric for me to make some shirts with.

Spiderman Fleece Ball

My 110th completed sewing project!


I don't have a picture of this project and I already gave it to my nephew. We gave my 3 year old nephew an outdoor bouncy spiderman ball, and we didn't think his little brother should be left out so I made a little fleece ball from the leftover spiderman fabric for him with a big belle in it so when he rolls it around it will make a little noise.

50 east pieces blocks

the 50 completed blocks

the blocks all cut and placed next to each other

I told my mom that for her birthday I wanted to make 50 easy pieces blocks for her generations unite quilt. We got so busy doing other projects for Christmas, that she told me not to worry about it. But a couple of times when she ran errands and I didn't go I worked on the blocks and was able to finish the blocks for her for Christmas. It was really fun to surprise her on Christmas morning with those 50 blocks all sewn up for her special quilt.

The Belle Princess Dress

My 109th completed sewing project for 2008!


I actually cut this dress out to make for Christmas last year, but decided that one princess dress a Christmas is plenty, especially considering the number of hours I have to put in to complete one of these. Autumn seemed pleased with the dress and I was very happy with the finished product, now the problem is that Prairie is old enough that she wants to wear them, but Autumn doesn't want to share them.

Baby Doll Clothes Bag

My 108th completed sewing project for 2008!




so after all those clothes that I made for Prairie's baby doll, I figured that she needed a bag to keep all the clothes in. I had leftover bedding fabric so I did that for the lining and I had some scraps from some capris and skirt that I made a year and a half ago that I made the outside of the bag. I made little straps with velcro on the back of the bag so that it could hang on the crib.

Bum flapped PJ's for baby doll

My 107th completed sewing project for 2008!




This is another matching pajamas for Prairie's baby doll for Christmas. It is to match some FDNY pajamas that my mom gave to Autumn when she was 2.5 years old. Prairie doesn't ever wear them to bed, but occasionally she will wear them around the house. I thought it would be cute for her baby to have some bum flap pajamas.

This is a picture of Autumn wearing the pajamas when they fit her (this is the night that Prairie was born, it was the best picture that I could of them without having to take a new one, I know I am lazy)

Stack 'n Whack quilt and pillows

My 104th, 105th and 106th completed sewing projects for 2008!

a good couch sized quilt

those are weird shadows from the trees (shot of the back of the quilt)

the label

Pillow #1

Pillow #2

what the back of the pillows look like

This was Jennie's Christmas present from me. I started this in April because she is doing a full sized stack 'n whack out of these fabrics for her bed. I was originally just using the leftover pieces, but the project escalated enough that I had to buy enough fabric to finish my projects for her. So when she finishes her quilt she will have a full sized bed one, and these she can put on a futon or something.

Baby Doll Ariel Jammies

My 103rd completed sewing project for 2008!


Of course Prairie's new baby doll had to have matching pajamas, in fact that is what the doll was wrapped up in when Prairie opened the baby on Christmas morning.

The kitty cat shirred baby doll dress

My 102nd completed sewing project for 2008!





Another matching outfit for Prairie's baby doll for Christmas. This little shirred dress was made to match the one that Prairie is wearing in the picture below.

the Baby Doll Jeans

My 101th completed sewing project for 2008!


This is yet another piece of matching clothing for Prairie's baby doll for Christmas.

The Rainbow Footed Jammies

My 100th completed sewing project for 2008!



Autumn told me that she wanted footed pajamas this year. I actually got this fabric for her pajamas back in April, but have been dreading sewing her pajamas, because the pattern I have for footed pajamas only goes up to 4T and for pajamas Autumn really needed a size 6. I have drafted patterns up in sizes before, but it isn't fun so I had been dreading it. Then my mom suggested where to look to find a footed pajama pattern. I found a one that has sizes from 4-14, and then called my local fabric shop and they carried it so we went out that afternoon and bought the pattern and then I sewed up the pajamas that night. I love patterns.

Autumn calls herself the rainbow fairy when she wears these jammies.

Prairie's Ariel Pajamas

My 99th completed sewing project for 2008!



These aren't the best pictures of Prairie, but she was absolutely thrilled with her Ariel nightdress, and she actually wore it, and if you know Prairie that is a miracle because she is a naked kid, so since Christmas eve when she got her new jammies she hasn't slept naked, yay!

Spiderman Pajamas Part 3

My 98th completed sewing project for 2008!


These are the spiderman jammies that I made for my 3-year-old nephew. It might not look it in this picture, but he was really pleased with his new pajamas. We then took pictures with both of the boys and our baby boy doll together. I think we will have to do this photo shoot again in March when our little infant baby boy can wear his spiderman pajamas.

Bear Long Sleeve t-shirt for Doll

My 97th completed sewing project for 2008!


Another matching t-shirt for Prairie's baby doll for christmas

Kitty Cat Long Sleeve T-shirt for doll

My 96th completed sewing project for 2008!

Another matching t-shirt for Prairie's baby doll for Christmas

Spiderman Pajamas Part 2

My 95th completed sewing project for 2008!


So after I cut out the 2 pairs of pajamas for my nephews, and then decided there was enough fabric to make my little baby boy a pair of spiderman pj's, so I cut those out. There were still some decent sized scraps leftover, so I drew up a pajama pattern for this baby. This baby doll is an anatomically correct baby boy doll that Ben got to use for work when he had kids that have been sexually abused. Since we found out that we are having a boy, Ben has let the girls borrow it at home to play with. Well the baby didn't have any clothes and I thought it was high time that this little baby boy had some clothes to wear, so FINALLY this baby has some clothes that actually fit him, and now he is more appropriate for when Ben wants to take him back to work.

Spiderman Pajamas Part 1

My 94th completed sewing project for 2008!




We had Ben's sister for Christmas that has 2 little boys. The 3 year-old loves Spiderman so we thought matching spiderman pajamas for the boys would be a lot of fun. This is little Dean wearing his Spiderman jammies, doesn't he look excited?!

Yoga Mat Bags

My 92nd and 93rd completed sewing projects for 2008!


The girls are getting yoga mats for Christmas and so of course they had to have bags for their mats to go into. So I used some of Ben's old khaki pants that he could no longer use, and cut off the legs to make the yoga mat bags and then appliqued the girls' names on the bags.

Baby Doll Body

My 91st completed sewing project for 2008!

the completed doll that Prairie got for Christmas

I am very very picky about baby dolls. I don't want my girls to just play with any baby doll, I want it to be a doll that I think is very cute, and so I am very selective about what I let into your home on the baby doll basis. Prairie got a baby doll for her 1st birthday, but it is a very small doll, and more difficult to make clothes more. Recently she has gotten really into dressing her doll, but we don't really have clothes to fit her doll, and there are a lot of clothes to fit Auutmn's doll.

I thought it would be nice if Prairie had a doll the same size as Autumn's doll. But like I said I am very picky. Well sometime during the summer, like in June I found a doll head that I really liked at the local thrift store, but I hated the limbs on it. Well I searched and searched on the internet and could never find a good place to buy doll replacement limbs. So finally I was at the thrift store again and found a doll that had perfect limbs for my baby doll. So I hijacked the two dolls and switched the heads, and actually made an entire new body for the doll for Prairie.

My mom a year ago replaced the body for Autumn's doll because her doll is about 24 years old, and it was wearing out, so I had the original body as a pattern, so that the dolls would be the same size.

If I were to redo it I would know better how to make sure the doll actualyl had shoulders, but it turned out pretty well.


The orignal body and limbs of the head used for Prairie's baby, and then I put that second head with that body (so this is the baby that is getting donated back to the thrift store, because I really do not like the limbs or the head)

The body parts from Autumn's doll being used as a pattern to make a new body for Prairie's baby doll.


Prairie's baby doll head and limbs assembled from two different baby dolls waiting for their new body.