Victoria's Burgundy Thanksgiving Dress

Victoria (right) with her friend Melody.

The short jacket (buttons in the back) was too plain, so I got some burgundy cording at Wal-Mart and couched it onto the jacket in swirling loops, using a long zigzag.

Corduroy Plaid Jacket & Skirt

For Victoria for Christmas

Gardening Gloves

A friend gave me a large piece of thermal knit. 

It looked to me like it was just begging to turn into gardening gloves,

so I cut apart a pair of old brown jersey gloves to use for a pattern,

and managed to get half a dozen pairs from the fabric. 

I gave away all but this pair.

I made a scrunchie with the last little piece of fabric.

(No, I didn't keep it.  I look funny in scrunchies.  I gave it to Victoria.)

I printed these tags and attached them to the gloves,

so that if they had an odd fit to them, I wouldn't get the blame.  ;-)

Victoria's Brown Satin Christmas Dress

We found some shoes on eBay labeled 'Bronze' -- and they matched this fabric perfectly.  

The fabric is from www.fabric.com.

I decided the dress needed a bit of garnish, so made this scarf.

Appliqués and Decals

A couple of appliqués make a big difference on a white sweater:

--and a large, iron-on decal can transform a plain little red t-shirt:

Victoria drew the pictures on this white shirt with fabric pens, which we set with a hot iron:

Hester and Lydia's Skirts

We bought the shirts... and I made the white tiered, lined skirts.

Pictures taken at Pawnee Park at our annual church picnic. 

I was a long ways away, using my big lens.  The girls had no idea I was taking their picture.  :-)

Victoria, Fourth of July