Another Romper for Madda

 Madeline's second homemade romper. This one also turned out a little differently than planned. Behind the chest piece is a HUGE pocket, she hasn't discovered it yet but I'm sure she'll love it when she does.

 

 



 I love the headbands in these photos! You should already know that I made these!

 



 

 

 

 About done with photos! LOL

Her smile just melts me! Enjoy!

xoxo,
Jenni  .... and Madeline

A Romper For Madeline

I made Madeline the cutest romper ever!

I know I've been talking about wanting to do this for a while, I FINALLY buckled down and did it. I am so pleased!
 
I used "vintage" fabric. I have no clue if it's really vintage or not, I know it looks really old and I got it from the Thrift Store (post) so I'm calling it vintage.


BUT, I have to say it didn't exactly turn out the way I thought. I wanted the front piece to go down further, but I wasn't sure how to do that. Madeline measures 12 inches from just a little above her armpit line to the top of her inseam. I adapted a bloomer pattern I had and made them longer(higher) so they look like high waisted bloomers. Overall, for now, I may actually stick with this pattern, because it's easy.

I put the lace ruffle there because I messed up! I didn't make the square floral piece long enough and I could tell she would be uncomfortable if I compensated with a halter strap, so I made a floral bias extender (I just made that up but I hope someone understands it) and sewed it to the square then onto the bloomers and sewed the pre-ruffled lace on top to hide it! I do like how the bloomers go up her back! Makes it a little more modest!

 

 

Also, Sehara told me it doesn't match. She's right. With the lighting, I thought the tiny little flowers were purple and thought it looked perfect with the purple bottoms, well, they are a deep blue. Whatever. The lace is white and the floral background is off-white. I'm okay with it!

This is proof that Sehara is my right hand girl! She helps with pictures and is so helpful, even if she does cast a shadow on the right side of Madeline (if you look at all her photos, you'll start to notice, I'm going to have to get something for her to hold). I don't post as much of her now because of some issues, if you're wondering.

Catch 22's, Sleep, and Sewing

Well, there has to be something said for "catch 22's"! Where did that phrase come from anyway?

The night before last I had a delicious iced coffee, which kept me awake until 4 a.m. You can imagine I was pretty tired yesterday.
Last night I decided to go to bed earlier than 4 a.m., I tried 11 p.m., and I've been wide awake since 6 a.m.

I actually got a few consecutive hours of sleep in. So now I'm awake. But, nap time will come soon enough.
Carson goes to preschool at 9, and Sehara gets on the bus just before 8. If Carson is awake when it's time for her to leave, I'll have him tag along and we'll walk her together. He'll love that. When he sees a school bus he points and jumps and yells "SKOOLBUS!!!". 

If I am feeling energetic when I drop him off, then I may go to the YMCA to get a workout in. I've been doing good at remembering to actually go and work out. I found it's nice to walk a few miles around the neighborhood. It's been too humid for that the past several days.

I may also write some letters I've been meaning to get to. I have a few college ones that need to go out, and some friends in other places. I bought a fabulous card for Dreama. I signed up at church to send birthday cards to the Potter's Home children, so that must get done as well.

As for crafty stuff, I got a half yard each of some material I want to try out for bows and bow-ties. I thought about sewing some bibs, (I would get more fabric first) and I may get to that in the next few days. A lady at church suggested I buy batting for the middle. I found a tutorial that has a pocket on it, and I don't like that so much, so I thought about leaving it out. She basically traced a bib, and gave some extra room for a seam, put the right sides together, sewed it, turned it out, and sewed around the edges. I maybe could handle that. It wouldn't include a straight line though... But then I saw a few cute bibs with ruffles on them. Oh dear!

Well, it looks like it's Carson's lucky day! That means I need to stop typing.