Easter dress for 7yo niece

Pink and Purple, those are this little girl's favorite colors.  And, she loves anything foofy!  It's hard to tell, but the pink fabric has dark purple dots all over it.  Of course... her Like Me doll had to have one too... They both also got purses.

I learn a lesson on just about every new dress I make (since I usually 'wing it' on certain parts or I add to the design of the dresses.  This time I added the ruffle on the layer tier (the overskirt).  Now I know, if I'm going to put ruffles going down the front of a split layer overskirt I need to make it doublesided fabric because the back of the ruffle IS going to show here and there...

*sigh*

Well, she loves it and that's the important part :)

Jammies for Sophie

She didn't want to model...  She chose the fabrics from my 'left-overs' stock.  They go togther well enough for jammies :)

It's so hard to keep focused on school when you're sleeping...

I'm talking about the cat of course :)

Dress for my soon-to-be-10yo Niece

My niece chose the pattern (from my selection of dresses in her size...) and she chose the fabric as well.  She said what she'd like, green with white dots, and when my sil took me to the fabric shop for my birthday we texted niece some patterns LOL!!  This is actually green with flowers with white centers.

The end of an era...

Well, this is the LAST picture of missing teeth I'll ever take of my children.  The last of my baby's baby teeth have fallen out. *tears*

(by the way... she has not brushed her hair today and she was outside playing in the wind when I pulled her aside to take these shots! LOL)

Item #2 for Sophie's upcoming birthday, a satchel

Again, she will not see the finished project until her birthday.  She gave me the specifics and I made up the design.  It's big enough to fit a few spiral notebooks, which was her main requirement.  So, it's slightly larger than a piece of paper, and thick enough to fit around 200 pages, so 3-4 80pg spirals.  She really surprised me with fabric choice... I 'thought' when I choosing the fabrics that she'd want the angel kitty as the outside overall with the hearts inside, but she chose opposite.  I just don't know her as well as I thought I did... LOL!

The front:  It is an over-flap.  The angel kitty material is a large pocket.  I am going to let her choose what kind of fastener she would like when she gets it.  I'm thinking snaps on the sides of the flap... but I will also suggest ties or an all-around strap.

 Side View

 Flap opened up

 Downward view into the bag

Bag inside-out to show better the pockets inside

Purse for Sophie's 12th birthday

I chose the fabrics, she chose the pattern and how the fabrics came together.  However, I will not let her see the finished project until her birthday (April 6th.)

This is my first zippered purse!  *whew* I had only done one other adjustable strap so of course this one was much easier since I knew what to do.

I hope she likes it!!

 This is the purse turned inside-out so you can see the lining.  There is a pocket on both sides of the interior.