Sewing for Fall ~

Ok...i stepped into Hobby Lobby earlier this week only to find....CHRISTMAS stuff everywhere! WHAT??? I thought i was thinking way ahead in trying to get stuff together to make my kiddos outfits for this fall. Yep, you heard right. While organizing the bonus room the other day and after finding all my beautiful fabric i decided to make the majority of my kids fall and winter clothes this year. Of course i will still hit up the fall consignment sales but i really want to make the things for them that i bought the fabric for in the first place. If i start now i should be ahead of the game and able to make the special holiday outfits also. Anytime i buy fabric i try to buy atleast one coordinating fabric too. And now that i have 2 to sew for i try to also make the styles match. Can't help myself....i love my kiddos to match. So monday i pulled out my first 3 coordinating fabrics and started on a new outfit for my Little Miss! I decided on an A-line top and the fabric is a soft yellow with red barns and pigs and cows and horses. The fabric i used for the lining is a soft pink with a swirl design. And as for the pants.....pink corduroy ruffle pants. :o) Ok...side story on the ruffle pants. When i make ruffle pants the thing i hate the most is taking the time to pull the string and manually making the ruffle. I absolutely hate that process. I usually get about half done and the string breaks and i have to start all over. As i was about to choose the stitch i usually use for ruffles i looked over and decided to use a different stitch....it looked like it might work better. So i touch the button and put the fabric under the foot and started sewing my line. As i started i noticed that the fabric was bunching up in the back. GREAT! I mean that in a bad way. I thought my machine was "eating" my fabric. But as i looked i noticed that no....my machine was not hungry....it was making the ruffle for me. All this time my machine can do this and i didn't even know. MY SEWING LIFE JUST GOT EASIER!! Just another reason i heart my sewing machine. So don't be surprised if you start seeing more ruffles around here.....hahaha!! Anyway...so here it is.....


I just love it. It looks sooooo cute on her. I'm pretty proud of it. I think it is the best out of all the things i have made her. I still need to add bows to the top over the buttons and of course.....it needs to be MONOGRAMMED. :o)
Next up...something for my little man child. I'm thinking argyle.