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Friday, April 30th, 2010
Little Riley goes over to our Aunt Sara and Uncle Ronnie’s house while we are at work. They are FABULOUS with kids and we are lucky to have them! Uncle Ronnie says it’s his job to play with Riley when he comes home from work. He sits down and builds things with her and plays with her! She loves him! (and Aunt Sara) Uncle Ronnie has even watched Riley while Aunt Sara had lunch with some friends. This is for you, Uncle Ronnie, for “taking it for the team”! Love you!
I know these pictures are not fabulous. I had to throw it in the washing machine to get all of the stabilizer off. It needs to be ironed.
I made the design using Embird, with Font Engine. All the fonts are different. The shirt was just a plain tee that I pulled out of her dresser. 
I loved seeing Aunt Sara’s face when Riley walked up to the door.
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
I finally made a Village Frock top for Riley. To be honest, I thought I was cutting out the size 2 dress. I don’t know what I was thinking. I ended up cutting out the size 2 top. Still adorable, but I wanted the dress. Anyway, this is just the cutest. She does talk about it having a lot of hand sewing and she was right. The whole thing cost me a day and half of cutting and sewing. But it was so worth it. Love this little top.
Then, a friend on one of my forums busted out pictures of these adorable little clippies. I knew they’d be perfect for this little top. So, using Embird with Studio, I digitized the clips and flowers. Then I embroidered them, cut them out, and stacked them. I love how they frayed. After they frayed enough, I added a tad of fray check along the stitches to keep them in place. THANKS FOR LOOKING!
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
What do you do when you have a 5 day old and an 11 1/2 year old and you want them to have matching dresses? It’s not like the stores carry matching dresses that far apart in age. So, I bought 2 dresses, one was a size 12 and one was a size 14. I ripped the larger one apart and sewed it back together in a newborn size. It was the first and last thing that Lexi would ever let me put on her and Riley that matched. :(
They love each other.
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
I made another Portabellopixie Peasant Top for Riley. I love this pattern by Sandi Henderson. I used Moda fabrics by the designer, Momo. It’s from the “Wonderland” collection. For the pants, I used Simplicity 3765 and added a ruffle to the bottom hem. This made them too long. I don’t know what I was thinking. I don’t like how big ruffles look on the bottom of pants. I like a smaller ruffle that’s more like an accent. I might hem them, but we’ll see. Can you believe the size of these Cabbage Flowers? They’re gorgeous. And, yes, I did ask before taking pictures on some strangers front lawn.
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
I found these knee socks at Juicy Couture in the mall. I turned them into leg warmers for Riley. They turned out cute! Haven’t gotten a good picture with them on her yet.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
I embellished this tank top and pair of leggings. My dear friend came to visit with her girls this summer and one of her daughters had on an outfit that inspired this. I love how it came out. She gets compliments on it whenever she wears it. I also found the cutest pair of Vans with matching skulls on them. My older daughter has recently informed me that skulls are no longer in. Sad day.
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
I used an old bridesmaid dress from my brother and sister-in-law’s wedding. I had to dress as Princess Lolly from Candyland for work. My co-workers and I were all Candyland characters. We compete against other divisions at work every year. We have been winning every year. Apparently we set the bar high because this year all of the other divisions participated and they put a lot of effort into their costumes. This was the first year we didn’t win. :(
I had to rush home from work and I had about an hour to turn this adult size dress into a size 12 month. I ripped off the bottom portion and put a casing along the top. Then I took my sleeves and cinched them up to fit her arms. Then just tacked them on. She broke her Lollipop Wand before we even got into the Fall Festival. Oh well. It weighed almost as much as she did. :)
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Riley turned ONE in August! I’m just now posting pix because this blog is new. :-) The theme was a pink and brown polka-dot theme. Original, I know. I took Riley to Old Sacramento to take photos for her birthday invitations. I made a tutu and embroidered a little matching tank top for her. Added some tule on the tank top for a 3-D effect.
Pictures for the Invitations
Sadly, Riley had been very sick up until a couple of days before her birthday. I can really see in these pictures how pale she was. 
Poor baby. This was the first time making a cake like this. I love that show Ace of Cakes and figured, “I could do that”. So I did.
Birthday Cakes
I also made Riley’s Birthday dress using McCall’s Pattern M5791. I made her new Bitty Baby’s matching dress using Simplicity 4268 (slightly altering it.) I made Riley’s bloomers under her dress using Butterick Pattern 3782 (Although the McCall’s Pattern did come with a pattern for bloomers as well. Not sure why I didn’t use that one instead. Prolly because I had the other one already cut out and wanted to save that one for when I needed a larger pattern. I dunno.) I made Riley’s and Dolly’s matching birthday hats, too. I just embroidered the design on a piece of fabric. Spray glued it to an existing cardboard party hat and hot glued it shut. Easy Peasy. For Dolly’s, I just cut the old party hat down to size and did the same. I made Riley’s matching big using Simplicity Pattern 2924. I hate sewing on that vinyl. How do you guys sew with that stuff? Comments please!
Birthday Attire
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
I digitized this design yesterday using Embird. A co-worker of mine is a “Derby Girl” for the Sacred City Derby Team. I am so fascinated when I hear her talk about Roller Derby. Some day I will go watch her. :D She’s the fast one that everyone is trying to catch. Then, the other night I went to
Bunco at my seester-in-law’s where everyone was wearing a Halloween costume. The hostess was dressed as a Derby Girl! She ROCKED it!!
Thanks for looking!
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
I had some leftover scraps from the Apron Dress that I made for Riley. Enough to make this top and pants as well as the little outfit for Riley’s Bitty Baby. The top is also from the Portabellopixie Claire pattern. This was fun because I learned how to Shir the fabric. Easy Peasy. Don’t shy away from patterns that use techniques that you haven’t used before. You’ll learn something new!
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