Blue Twirly Dress

 Just before I went to the hospital, I managed to sew my 3y. old girl a knit dress from scraps of fabrics around the house. She does not like to wear pants at all and is very short on summer skirts/dresses. The patterned fabric was leftover from my skirt and Mimi's dress. The purple fabric was left over from a maternity shirt I made several years ago and the blue fabric from a few projects.

I based the bodice of this dress on the pajama pattern from Ottobre 06/2009 (#34). I had made these PJ's for her a few times, so I knew the pattern fit. I omitted the neckline bindind, scooped out the neckline a bit more, shortened the sleeves and finished both neckline and sleeves with clear elastic (sewn to wrong side, then turned and stitched with double needle).

For the skirt I just cut out rectangles depending on how much fabric I had, each next one a bit longer than the previous. Gathered each one of them and sewed them together. I finished the hem with a cotton decorative trim (used to be elastic, but it's very old, so lost it's elasticity).

April/May 2011 Digital Layouts

I haven't scrapped a lot in those two month, since it got too hard to sit at the computer in the last weeks of pregancy, but I did managed to make a few that I like:

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Scribble Boy Value Collection by Nicole Young

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Fantasia's Charm by Nicole Young (background)
Splatter DoodleDoo Masks by Nicole Young (freebie)
Antiquated Dreams Kit by Nicole Young (masked bg in the middle)
Javalicious Page Kit by Nicole Young (swirl)
Vintage Show Drama Queen Value Collection by Nicole Young (bird)
Little Moon Dreamer by Nicole Young (clouds)
Wings Of Hope Page Kit by Nicole Young (crown, faith defined)
Wings Of Hope 2 Page Kit by Nicole Young (Scroll Overlay)
Soul Songs Page Kit by Nicole Young (piano)
Sapphires And Faded Jeans 2 by Nicole Young (hanging key, old stitching)
Sapphires And Faded Jeans Page Kit by Nicole Young (dot overlay, sparkle feathers)
Modern Alice by Nicole Young (ripped paper)
Modern Alice 3 Kit by Nicole Young (numbers)
Love Falls Kit by Nicole Young (rose petals)
Hush A Bye 2 Page Kit by Nicole Young (angel's wings)
Hush A Bye 3 Page Kit by Nicole Young (floating hearts)
Fantasia's Charm by Nicole Young (pink stamp, small clock)
Wacky Whimsy Value Collection by Nicole Young (silly hat)
Downtown Boho 2 Page Kit by Nicole Young (felt butterfly)
Falling Slowly 2 Kit by Nicole Young (little blue flower)

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Beyond a Dream by Nicole Young 

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Daisy Country Value Collection by Teresa Loman
Yout Comes Wordart Freebie by Tina Chambers

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Rock Steady Page Kit by Nicole Young

DSP The Basics Freebie 

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Inspired by Nature Page Kit by Erica Belton
Overlay from Club Digital May 2011 by DSP Designers

1 Month Old

A lot has happened since my last post a bit over a month ago. I ended up being admitted to the hospital, since I was 10 days overdue and two days later I was induced. The labor lasted only an hour, but was pretty intense. On Friday, May 20th our 7th child (6th daughter) Klaudia Damaris was born. She was a pretty big baby (4270g). We were released two days later. I had some health problems in the last month, but hopefully things are on the mend. Klaudia is still battling a little cold, some thrush and some other minor problems, but hopefully things are not going to get complicated any more. Today she is exactly one month old. We are getting adjusted slowly in our family life, but there has not been any sewing or scrapping. I can barely keep up with nursing my sweet baby and taking care of the basic needs of the family. I am thankful though for all that has happened. The children love their little sister and wish they wouldn't be so busy with other activities and could help more. I am hoping to slowly get back to sewing a bit, since my sewing to-do list is getting longer every day. But all in due time...