Kid's Clothes Week Challenge Day Three and Sewing Pattern Sale

Today is day 3 of the Kids Clothes Week Challenge and since my children are still napping and my chicken n dumplins are going in the crock pot, I decided to take a quick break to blog about it. Today, I worked on the cardigan I am knitting for Caleb, sewed a pair of ruffle pants for Katie, and cut out a fleece hoodie for Caleb.

The pants are made using Hobby Lobby fabric and the pattern is Boutique Bottoms from Sew Sensible. Can I just say I LOVE this pattern! It is extremely easy and can be done so fast. I had these babies busted out in about 30 minutes with super cute results.

I made them to go with this top that I did last summer. It was a little big then, but will be perfect over these really cute long sleeve white t-shirts I found at Old Navy. They are basic T's, but they have little feminine details like gathering on the sleeve. The top is also made from Hobby Lobby fabric and the pattern is Faith Double Layer Dress Top also from Sew Sensible.

Here is the progress on Caleb's cardi:

 While I was reading through my Dashboard blog list, I came upon this post over at The Sewing Dork. She is giving away a super cute size 2T swing jacket made from the pattern by Dear My Kids. Dear My Kids has also teamed up with the Sewing Dork to offer patterns buy one, get one free. Well, of course I can't resist a good sale, so I popped over to the Etsy shop and bought 2 patterns and got 2 free! I need some good fall patterns that I can use for either a boy or a girl, and here is what I got. Head on over to the Sewing Dork for details!

For the vest, I will probably leave off the pocket and do a button or two for Caleb instead of the bow.

This coat will probably be made in corduroy- pink for Katie, navy for Caleb.

Got this one because ruffle pants on Caleb would be just wrong

And, lastly, this one is for Katie. I have a similar pattern I bought at Hancocks, but she's outgrown it and I love this look.

Tomorrow the plan is to whip up one of these hoodies in fleece. See ya tomorrow!

Kid's Clothes Week Challenge Days One and Two

Some of you know I signed up for the Kid's Clothes Week Challenge over at Elsie Marley, and this is my project for yesterday and today. The pattern is The Summer Wonderland Dress from Mani Mina and the fabric is from Hobby Lobby. I know this is suppose to be a week of sewing fall clothes, but since it is still 100 degrees here in Memphis and I have had this dress cut out forever, I figured today was the perfect day to sew it. I did have Katie model it over a long sleeved white t-shirt to give it a kind of autumn jumper look ;)

 
I am not leaving Caleb out this week. For my knitting project, I am working on A Cardigan for Merry from anny purls. I mean, how cute it this?

Mine is going to be in a darker green, super soft, cotton yarn.

Not sure if it counts, but I also made some turkey hairbows to match the turkey jumper that I am hoping to get cut out and sewn this week. We'll see...

As Requested

Many of you know how I love a good recipe, and some of you may know that I love love love fall. However, many of you may not know my appreciation for the awesomeness of breakfast food. Here is a recipe that combines all three. So, without further ado and as requested from several facebook friends, my recipe for Pumpkin Waffles.

You will need your baking mix of choice (Bisquick, Pioneer, etc) and the ingredients as directed on the box for waffles.
Extras:
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 can of pureed pumpkin

Measure out your dry mix as instructed on the box. After you have done that, stir in the brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Then add your wet ingredients as instructed on the box. After the batter is mixed together, add the whole can of pumpkin. Heat up your waffle iron and cook as directed by the manufacturer. Top with your topping of choice. I just like plain old butter and maple syrup, but I'm sure whipped cream and pecans would be awesome on these too.

Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars

Check this out....

 Yuuummmmm....

After many requests I am posting Paula Deen's recipe for Chocolate Chip Blond Brownies. I whipped these little goodies up yesterday as brain food for my husband who sat for the state insurance licensing exam this morning. Apparently, they worked because he passed with flying colors.

3/4 cup butter

2 cups of firmly packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 12 ounce bag of chocolate chips

6 squares of semi sweet baking chocolate

Melt butter in microwave in 30 second increments.  Stir in brown sugar until blended. Stir in eggs until blended. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Then add vanilla extract. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into greased 13x9 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. If using glass pan, bake at 325 degrees to prevent burning. Cool completely. Follow directions for melting chocolate in the microwave on the box. When melted, spread in a thin layer over brownies. Allow chocolate to harden before cutting. 

More of Paula's recipes can be found at her website and at Food Network.

I already have plans for next week. What am I doing? Head on over to the Elsie Marley blog for details on her Kid's Clothes Week Challenge starting September 20. For those of you who know me, you know this will be pretty easy for me to do. Got several things to sew for Katie and a cardi planned for Caleb. Let's fire up the sewing machine and get those needles in position and ready to go!

Lace

The majority of my knitting time is usually spent knitting socks designed by the likes of Cookie A, Wendy Johnson, and Nancy Bush. Lately, though, I have been obsessed with lace... shawls mostly but it seems to be sneaking it's way into my sock pattern choices too.

Traveling Woman Shawl designed by Liz Abinante and knit in Knit Picks Imagination Sock yarn in Seven Dwarfs 

Woodland Shawl designed by The Thrifty Knitter and knit in Knit Picks Gloss Sock yarn in Kenai

 Haruni Shawl designed by Emily Ross and available from Knit Picks knit in Knit Picks Stroll Tonal Gypsy and Risata Sock Spicy (discontinued)

 And, as you can see, it's sneaking into my sock knitting. Rosebud Socks by Wendy Johnson in her book Toe Up Socks for Every Body. Yarn is Knit Picks Stroll in Firecracker Heather. (I love love love Knit Picks. Can't you tell?)

Girly Stuff

It's been over a month since my last post. We have been so busy with summer stuff and are now happy to be back into our Mothers Day Out routine. Katie is still going on Wednesdays and Fridays and Caleb is old enough to go too! He is only going on Wednesdays, however, he is the calm and easy baby so it's nice to have time just us. Meanwhile, here are some pics of a few things I have just finished up for custom order.

These pants were made using the Boutique Bottoms pattern from Sew Sensible. The t-shirt is just a plain white shirt from Target and the bird applique template is from Precious Patterns. Both are available on You Can Make This. Fabric is available from Down Shadow Lane.

Close up of the t-shirt

Knot dress and Ruffle pants made out of Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabric. I also used Sew Sensible's  Boutique Bottoms fabric, and the dress is from Little Lizard King available on Etsy.

 Knot Dress close-up

 I love giant ric-rac!

If you are interested in custom ordering any of these items, please contact me on facebook.