My Heather Ross Collection is now complete

Now I need to get started on my quilt, I just need to decide on a pattern. Any suggestions?

Spring & Summer Colors

Summer in the City by Urban Chicks

Miscellaneous American Jane, mostly Peas and Carrots :)

 

Flea Market Fancy- Rainbow of Colors

The colors in these fabrics bring me a little bit of sunshine to some of the grey gloom days that we have here in the pacific northwest. Need some sunshine for yourself? Just click on the photo.

Huck Finn Pants Take 2

I made Christina’s  son, Brice, a pair of Huck Finn pants just like Colin’s. Well almost. I made a few tweaks since Brice is a little bit smaller then Colin. I used the same 12 month pattern pieces. I just used a French seam on the outside seam of each pant leg. And I used Colin’s waist measurement for the elastic length, no additional inches added or the button that the pattern calls for. I also increased the hem on each pant cuff.

The pants look like shorts in the photo due to how they were hung on the hanger but I assure you they are longer then they appear. Brice was kind enough to try them on for me yesterday and I think they fit really well. But I a wasn’t smart enough to take a picture. Oh well.

I also made a coordinating t-shirt for Brice with appliquéd number 1 for his first birthday. I used steam-a-seam to adhere it and then I used the zig-zag stitch and stitched all the way around it. This appliqué should hold up to many washes.

And of course I had to add a tag so Christina could tell which side was the back and I thought it was only appropriate to use some monkey ribbon I have. She calls Brice her little monkey :)

Now I just need to make Colin a matching t-shirt and we can take there photos together. I am sure they will think we are dorks when they look back at the photos someday.

Fabric-is from Heather Ross’ line Lightening bugs and Other Mysteries I think it is just called orange stripe.

As a side note I would just like to say I still had difficulties with the topstitching of the pant leg seams. Most of them silly but irritating, like running out of bobbin thread and not realizing it until I thought I was finished with the seam. I was really nervous about making these for Brice. I look up to and admire Christina’s beautiful craftsmanship. I didn’t want them to look anything less then amazing. Hahaha, so not realistic :o)

xo,

E

Hick Finn Pants for Mr. C

Project number 4 for me from Heather Ross Weekend Sewing. I thought this project would be super easy. Over all it was. I had some issues while doing the top stitching along the outer and inside seams. I found myself multiple times stitching threw the other side of the pant leg. Ooops! Thank goodness for my trusty seam ripper. It really has become a close friend.

After reading Juliette’s post I thought I have to do this with everything I make that has a back and a front to it.

I added my own little tag. It makes it super easy to grab the pants and just throw them on Mr. C.

I love these pants, especially how soft they are. They are perfect for the summer days that are coming. I think, since Mr. C is so skinny that these may even fit him next summer. They will just be Huck Finn shorts.

I see another pair of these in my future.

xo,

E

Weekend Sewing

This will project #3 completed from Heather Ross’ Weekend Sewing book. I love the book! I feel in love with it when I first saw the project preview pictures on Melanie Falick Books blog before the book was even released.

I made two of the yard sale skirts for my mom. I added an extra panel on both even after using the size large pattern. And I added a button hole in the waistband so we could slip one of the ties through it, I think it really helped the skirt lay better. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of them.  Hopefully I can catch my mom wearing them someday.

Project #3 was the Head scarf, this went to my mom as part of her Mother’s Day gift (I made right before we went to see her). I made it out of left over fabric from on of her wrap skirts. I even had to piece the fabric together to get the right size rectangles. I used a French seam, that way there wouldn’t be any fraying. You can’t even see the seam due to how I placed the pleats on the head band. Yippee! I love when everything works out.

I love it! I am defiantly going to have to make one for myself. I cut 1.5 inches off of the elastic that it calls for, making it a really secure fit. Headbands always fall off of me, I have a big head.

 

xo,

E