Sew Sunny

Following the realization that I am no longer content with the choice I previously made to give up sewing, knitting, drumming, etc. for the sake of having a tidy house, I decided to move forward with my choice to reclaim these pastimes in my life. Here are my recent sewing projects (I should include a photo of my disaster of a house! Maybe the blog should go so that I can sew AND keep house?). I picked up a shirring tutorial from here and made the top on the left for Miss A. With the skill of shirring under my belt, I went for the dress on the right for Miss J. And the pants are Miss J’s as well. I followed the super-simple instructions in Amanda Soule’s Creative Family where she repurposed an old shirt into pants for her daughter. All the fabric I used is from the bargain section of Jenny’s Fabrics in Fountain Valley.

The best part of these projects? The enthusiasm with which they are worn! Aveline told me, “I really will wear this, Mom! It’s so pretty.” I had shared with her my fear that I would spend all that time making her something she might not ever wear. And Junie, echoing Aveline, points to her garments and asks, “Mine? Mine?” And smiles and laughs when I answer, then demands, “On, on,” for me to put them on her. I only add this sweetness because it’s new to me. The kids haven’t been enthusiastic about my sewing for them, since Jonny received his Spongebob boxers when he was 3!