I got my 2 dress patterns printed from Spoonflower finally. I am ready to go! Only one problem. I thought for some reason that the fabric was 58″ wide, and not 56″ inches. So part of the insides of my bodice pieces got cut off. But that’s okay, if something had to get cut off, those would be the best pieces for it to happen to. I got some plain fabric that I can use for the insides, and next time I have these printed, they will be adjusted to fit the 56″ width!

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. – Phillipians 4:6

This is in the Spoonflower contest of the week. It’s a fabric design for a cheater quilt. If you would like to vote for my design, please click here. Note that there are alot of designs on each contest page, you have to scroll down to see them all.

So Elsie has a closet full of dresses that do not make her happy to wear. Not because they are not pretty but because they do not twirl big enough. A super-twirling froggy dress by Mamma-Made had set the bar 2 years ago and she just can’t seem to go back.

Ha ha. Check this out. My wonderful sister-in-law gave me a new friend for my sewing machine the other day! Yahoo! A neat thing is that the morning of the day she asked me if I wanted it, I had prayed that God would show me in some tangible way that he saw me and loved me. Then Cecilia offers me a serger, when she didn’t even know that I really wanted one and had begun to look around for one. I didn’t even know she had one. Cool, huh?

This is my 4 year old daughter Elsie with her first sewing project, a my little pony embroidery on a pillow. I traced the picture from a coloring book onto the fabric, and she did all the embroidery (and the stuffing). She is very proud of it. She said it’s the softest pillow she’s ever had. Now she is ready to move on to something else.

These are being printed at Spoonflower on one yard of fabric. Then I’ll cut them out and sew them together, then I’ll get some photos taken of a cute little 3 year old girl in them (anybody know one of those?) and eventually I’m planning to sell them as ready made sewing kits through Mamma Made Designs. Rachel has already done some really fun stuff with this. Check out her green tent dress and elephant dress. This is so much fun. I could do this all day long.