Women's and Children's Clothing

So, my first 3 dresses were already made by me, but had horrible pictures. I had my husband follow me outside today to photograph me and this is how it turned out.


Red Chevron Dress...

 Denim Wrap Dress, Sweet Heart Neckline, and V Back, I love this dress!

 Turquoise linen dress

 I have also been building up my girls section to my shop. I am almost at 20 items, and once I hit 20 I will start to build up my boys line. I do have 3 boys, so it is worth my time to invest in awesome designs for them and my shop.

 Here is an awesome spring dress with trees...I LOVE the corset back!

 Basic Chevron skirts with shirred waist. They come in a variety of colors...

Bird (sparrow) Pillowcase Dress

 Pink Peasant Damask dress with big pink bow

 Yellow Chevron Dress with puff neck, so couture!

I also listed the ruffle pants in my shop that they girls are wearing. I think they are so cute, and I am going to add a lot more colors!

Well, that is all, I wanted to update everyone on all of my new (and redone) listings in  my shop. 

Back to sewing!

2000 Miles Of Crochet

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and happy New year. My husband surprised me with an awesome Christmas present that I am using right now to type this, A Macbook Pro. It is so lightweight and smart, wonderful. I guess that's the reason that they say, once you go Mac.....

We also packed up our family and traveled over 2000 miles tugging our travel trailer behind us. We  made stops in Huntsville, Alabama, Tallahassee Florida, and St. Petersburg Florida. We visited with a lot of family which was awesome because it was the first time that most of them have met my 3 youngest children. My awesome husband drove the entire time so I sat beside him up to my knees in yarn and happily crocheted. I sold several crochet items before I left, so I first made all of those up. I then made 4 crochet animal hats, 2 infinity scarves, 2 pairs of boot cuffs, and started other things. I got some of my new items up in my shop, so here they are...

Sleepy Owl Hat...

 White boot cuffs

 Black boot cuffs...

Grey sock monkey hat

 Pink Sock monkey hat

 And gold infinity scarf with matching hat...

 And that is what 2000 miles of riding as a passenger in a car will do for you, Happy New Year!

Little Black Dress, Chevron, and More Chevron

Tomorrow we are going out of town for Christmas, so I wanted to get all of these outfits listed before we leave. We are taking our travel trailor and five children and headed to Alabama and Florida for 8 days. Great times ahead. I will not be bringing my sewing machine, and I already had these patterns cut and ready to sew. So, here they are.

 

 

First I listed this little black dress in corduroy. Very different than my typical colorful clothing, but I wanted to have some solid pieces in my shop also.

 This dress is a bit shorter than I normally make also, but because the dress is so dark I thought it needed to be a bit shorter to look pretty.

 My next new items is a chevron yellow, grey, tunic with solid yellow sleeves. I really like the yellow chevron, but did not like it by itself, I thought it needed some different fabrics to make it more interesting, and this is what I cam up with.

 And here it my final new listing until January. A classic red chevron dress with a denim belt. I love red, white, and blue together, and I find the red chevron print to be striking.

 Classic style dress, with a denim bow.

 Here is my final picture. I am really trying to add some more greens to the background of my clothing. I love the natural beauty of trees for the backdrop.

 

So, what do you think?

Finally, A Women's Hat, And A New Tunic

I finally got around to listing a women's crochet hat! I have tried many styles, and I didn't like any of them. I thought they were either not very flattering or to too juvenile. I found this hat to be a perfect style for a classy woman. Here it is...

 

 I also listed this purple and teal damask print tunic with coordinating lilac pockets. I just like pockets of all kinds, so I try to add them to my clothing here and there. I think I need to start adding some to my children's clothing, though I really don't like it when children stand with their hands in the pockets.

So what do you think of my new hat, and tunic??

I would also like to add that I am very sorry for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting. I have two daughters  6&7, and I could not help but think about what the parents are going through. It reminded me, again, that I am glad to home school.

Deer Valley Peasant Top

Yesterday I listed another long line peasant tunic. This time I used Joel Dewberry's fabric from his collection "Deer Valley"...I also used a white lace trim on the border with a robin egg blue satin ribbon. I know that top did not need that, but I like playing around with trims. I also like the way that trims add texture to a garment and  think it gives it that little handmade charm.

 

 

 

The weather outside is cool, but not cold, and the light in my pictures reflect that. The colors are actually more robin egg blue and a dark red that I think are striking in contrast.

 

 This is my attempt at getting a close up. I have been asked, "what's up with that barn wood background"..I have messed around with different backgrounds, and wood and trees are my favorite backdrops. White backgrounds I feel stunt my creativity in my shop. I want my photo's to breath.

Yes, I am putting my hair up in this photo, and thus did not put it in my listings, but I like the picture of the tunic in the back. It really shows off it's nice A-line shape. Some could call this tunic a dress, and that is fine with me. It is not up to what people do with my products they purchase. I personally would not wear it as a dress, as it's too short for me. I love tunics that go to the upper thigh because in my opinion it makes the backside look smaller and my legs skinnier. I have a thin athletic build. I was a cheerleader in school, so I have the classic cheerleader thighs.

I will add that in the spring, my background will become a nice golden color when our fence is power washed and stained a golden honey color. Question, what do you think of my fence background, and would you wear this tunic?

New Chevrons!

I have been super busy as usual. My shop was doing so amazingly well that I had to actually put it in vacation mode so that I would not get to behind in my orders. My turnaround time on all of my items are 1-2 weeks, and I would like to keep it at that. I still have several orders to get out, but I managed to get 2 more items in my shop this morning. Here they are

Brown and white Chevron peasant top-

 A close up to see colors and details better.

 And the back.

 And a new princess dress for the little girls. This is my little daughter Naomi modeling. She is wearing a 5t-6t. This is the first time that I am offering girls sizes girls sizes 9-10, and 11-12 along with my regular sizing. I use more fabric for the larger sizes, so there is an additional cost on that.

   I talked about the design of this top with my daughters before making it, and they both agreed that they liked an attached belt. I was going to add a grey chevron belt, but I thought it was a bit too much with the chevron base and sleeves.My next girls dress will have one :-) After taking this photo I realized we that we should do these without the undershirt.

 And a close-up to see the details, and the way super fabulous tangerine nails :-)

And those are my new garments-What do you think?