Dana-Made-It ...

I have a new favorite blog to read ... My friend Dana [from Plum.Tree.Studio] has sent me over to this blog "Dana-Made-It" from time to time to show me something incredible or to enter a give-away. But now it's sort of addicting to go & see what Dana-Made. She doesn't use patterns & upcycles as much as she can. Totally my kind of gal. Click here to see all the things that she's made. [You'll get sucked in]

Well... I'm afraid Dana-Made-It-Look-Too-Easy.

She totally inspired me to drag out my sewing machine & just wing it with some discarded clothes. Some things look better than others ... some things were a nightmare. But it was fun. I figure the clothes are no worse off than their original state [which is why they were in a bag for Goodwill]. And I learned how to gather up the fabric which was thrilling. I loved that.

Here are my sad sad pics of one of the dresses I created. I saw this dress in the Lands End Kids catalog & thought it looked simple enough.

As you can see, Libby's super thrilled about mommy becoming a fashion designer.

[One of my old shirts]

[One of Libby's old onesies]

[This was as scary as it looks. I kept losing my basting stitch. Strings were everywhere. Oh - and I didn't know what I was doing.]

GET...

THIS [weird long dress]...

OFF OF ME.

That's the other big difference between me & Dana. Her daughter's always smiling. And not trying to rip the dress off. :)