Flower Power?

I've been having SO much fun making clothes for Elizabeth!  I can't believe she's already 18 months old.... well, in a few short days she'll be 19 months.  Wow! 

Here is my latest creation for her.  So simple, yet makes a bold statement. 

The pants are the ruffle pants I showed you here. 

For the top, all I did was grab a tank out of her drawer (that I purchased at a consignment sale, of course) and embellished it.  I began by cutting two strips of fabric, narrow one edge by folding over 1/4" and press, repeat and stitch.  Next, baste the other edge, being sure to leave ends of threads long.  Pull ends of thread to make ruffle pin to the shirt in the desired shape.  I wanted to do a flower shape, so I began pinning the outside edge of the flower and sewing it to the shirt working inwards to form a spiral.  If your fabric strip is too short, just grab another one and repeat the process until the spiral forms a center point.  Once I had a center point, to finish, I just sewed a few messy circles.  So easy.

Soon I'll be adding a few of these outfits to my etsy store.

Quilted Flower Onesie

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE embellishing onesies?  Well, here is another one.  I actually made it last year for an auction being held at church and it didn't sell.  :(  How sad.  But, I can see why.  Honestly, I didn't put a lot of thought into it.

Sorry for the quality of the pics.  These were taken before I got my new camera that I love so much.

Not bad, but believe me, it could be much better (and is now)!  I cut out several flower shaped pieces and attatched it all to the onesie by sewing the button on.  The flowers petals kept falling over the button and really looked pitiful.

A few weeks ago, I got it out once again and came up with a way to keep the flower petals back away from the button.  All I had to do is run my sewing machine over the petals to make a quilted look. 

What a difference!

I love how it looks now!