Peplum Bubble Dress

This is the Peplum Bubble Dress I constructed with modifications from The New Prudent Baby, Pretty Prudent website via Peplum Bubble Dress Tutorial with Pattern. I am incredibly excited about it, and while there are definitely imperfections on the inside, the outside looks pretty stunning to me (although, I definitely need to iron it out again.) This was a bit more detailed and I did not have some of the accessory feet that could have made this easier but I am still really pleased with the end results! The tutorial I followed had fantastic directions with many size options. I will say that this is a 4, and my daughter is in 4T's. It fit her with room to grow, but with an under shirt and even a pair of legging in the fall/winter, this will be a nice outfit away from the everyday norm!

This is my pre-assembled and cut pieces begging to be attached:

This is the front with a decorative finish on the bodice consisting of coordinating fabric yoyo's and buttons (and a first for me using bias tape):

This is the back. The tutorial called for an invisible zipper which I did not have but I thought this turned out just as cute and added a little extra style!:

FYI: I have had this fabric in my stash for months and while they do coordinate and compliment each other, I'll be glad to see it gone! Looking forward to more springy prints and colors... :-)

Happy Days to you!

Well.....This should be fun!

So, I am a stay-at-home mom of three. I now have a 1st grader, preschooler, and 10 month old. I am incredibly blessed to have such a supportive family. Not only do I do the day-to-day functions of taking care of the kids, their needs, and house work, but I am also a full-time student. As awesome as this ride has been the last 1.5 years, I was starting to feel like I was leaving a part of myself stuck away somewhere. I was resentful that I had lost contact with other adult human beings and losing talent that laid outside of my family. I needed a craft, a personal purpose. So, I endeavored to sew!

Now, as a young girl, I enjoyed to sew, but a devastating flood destroyed most of my possessions along with much of my family's as well. I had my own sewing machine and a type writer that I loved! Unfortunately, I did not pick sewing back up at that time. How I wished I would have! Who knows what I would be doing today if I had. However, like most young kids, our interests change on a whim and I still had lots to learn on the road that lied ahead of me.

Over the last 5 months or so, I have made multiple pillowcase dresses, curtains, and various house decor items. I never thought I had a crafty bone in my body outside of the status quo, but like most people, pinterest came along! I love pinterest. Not only does it have awesome ideas for DIY'ers, there are great starting points. Finding something I like, trying to modify it to fit my personal tastes, just gets the creativity wheels spinning! So, as a result, I have created this blog as a bit of a diary of my experiences with crafting, house keeping, and child rearing...in none of which am I an expert! I will call it a technological scrapbook while appeasing my need/desire to write, even when it's bad! :-)

Happy Days to you and may 2014 be the best year yet!