Doll Bedding

This bedding I made for an American Girl doll bed

Halloween Costumes

I had so much fun making this Oompa Loompa costume.  At the time that I made the costume, it was nearly impossible to find brown and white stripped fabric, so I took two pair of kids tights and streched them over a spray can and used fabric paint to paint the stripes.  I used the waist line of one pair to make the cuffs on the sleeves and the trim on the neck of the shirt.   

To make the candy bar I watched the movie and paused it when it had a good shot of a Wonka Bar, drew it, and then scanned it into my computer and printed it on photo paper and wrapped it around a large candy bar.

My girls both wore this costume. Jaiden (above) in 2004, and Ashlyn (below) in 2009

Snow White

Dr. Evil and Mini Me

I made my own pattern for the Dr. Evil costume.

Cute little pirate and Dorothy

I made my own pattern to make this sweet little pumpkin.  I used a pair of her pajamas as a template to start the pattern.

Curtains

Because of the weight and the way I wanted this to look, I used a piece of MDF and mounted the curtain into the ceiling.

Valances

Basice tab-top split valance with wood buttons.

This isn't a great picture of the valance, but it's a flat valance with beaded trim hung on a cafe style curtain rod.

Ribbon tab-top valance

Dress too small?

This dress was shipped to the bride from her mother and when she tried it on (4 days before the wedding) she found that the dress was a little over 2 inches too small.  I only had 3 days to work with, so I suggested to take out the zipper and create a lace-up back.  I also added a panel with boning behind the lace-up back for modesty purposes.  The bride liked her dress better with the lace-up back rather than how it looked previously.

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Here is another dress that the bride bought on sale, but it was too small (by about 7 inches), so again I took out the zipper and made it a lace up back.

Baptism Dress

This is my daughter Jaiden in her baptism dress.  I had a lot of fun making this dress.  It is fully lined with two layers of gathered netting.