Easter Skirts

I've been wanting to make these skirts for my girls for awhile..and when their Easter dresses didn't make it here for Easter - it kinda forced my hand. Unfortunately, I didn't start until 10:30pm.

I got the pattern here:

I would probably make them a bit longer - but overall - pretty cute!

Easter Dresses

These are the Easter skirts that I made for my girls this year. It's hard to find skirts for girls that are long(er). So many of them are made to wear leggings under them - which I personally don't think is appropriate for church. Sure wish I could sew better...but these did turn out fun and bright!

Pillowcases

This might have proven to be a slightly crazy idea - but FUN!!!I think I ended up making abot 20-25 pillowcases. I think picking out the fabric was half the FUN!!! We made these for our YW for Christmas and gave it to them along with this scripture:
yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God…...…” Alma 37:37

There are lots of free tutorials available online..just google it!!
I think these would be great gift ideas for my kids to make for their friends.

My First Attempt At Skirts

I've had this idea for years about making a skirt using the rag quilt technique. I FINALLY got around to making one. I bought some cheap material and made the green and red skirts.

I used wonder-under to apply the material onto the shirts. It's available at all fabric stores and truly is a WONDER!! I have also used it to apply fabric cutouts onto wood.


S0, after making my "trial" skirts - I found some cute Christmas material and made some Christmas skirts. I also made a tie for Chance.

Aprons

I let the girls pick out some material and we made these cute aprons for them. We also ended up making some for their friends for Christmas. Very simple and easy to make...find the instructions here.

Forgiveness Flour

I made these for a lesson that I taught about Forgiveness. I used regular tea towels from the $1 store and cut them into a rectangular shape. I used iron-on transfers for the wording (pdf coming soon). Then I stuffed them with pillow batting and tied them shut with ribbons. I wish I had made a pocket on the back to hold a copy of the poem...maybe next time.

Forgiveness Flour

When I went to the door, at the whisper of knocking,
I saw Simeon Ganter's daughter, Kathleen standing
There, in her shawl and her shame, sent to ask
"Forgiveness Flour" for her bread. "Forgiveness Flour,"
We call it in our corner. If one has erred, one
Is sent to ask for flour of his neighbors. If they loan it
To him, that means he can stay, but if they refuse, he had
Best take himself off. I looked at Kathleen..
What a jewel of a daughter, though not much like her
Father, more's the pity. "I'll give you flour," I
Said, and went to measure it. Measuring was the rub.
If I gave too much, neighbors would think I made sin
Easy, but if I gave too little, they would label me
"Close." While I stood measuring, Joel, my husband
Came in from the mill, a great bag of flour on his
Shoulder, and seeing her there, shrinking in the
Doorway, he tossed the bag at her feet. "Here, take
All of it." And so she had flour for many loaves,
While I stood measuring.
Marguerite Stewart

Letter Detective

Our kindergarten class does a really fun activity called "Letter Detective". They take turns taking this bag home and they have to bring back something that starts with the designated letter along with 3 clues for the class. They tell the class the 3 clues and then the class tries to figure out what could be inside. Hailey's teacher mentioned that her old bags were getting worn and she needed to search for some new ones. I LOVED the idea of the letter detective and I was sure that I could come up with something fun.
I purchased the bags at Waslmart and added a magnetic closure to the top of the bag. I found some really cute ABC fabric at JoAnn's and used wonder under to adhere it to the bag. Then I designed the letter detective portion on my computer. I printed it off on T-shirt transfer for dark colors and ironed it onto the yellow square. I sewed around the edge of the yellow fabric - just to make sure it wasn't going anywhere.
I think they turned out super cute!! The teacher loved them so much that she asked me to make 2 extra in case they got lost or worn out.

P.S. Chance had this same teacher 2 years later and I was glad to see that the bags were still in great shape...and she still LOVES them!!!!