Rust colored pants and bikes

This outfit was made using my favorite pattern of late from dreamfactory (its free) and a pants pattern I used quite a bit for Preston when he was little (also free).

I Love the colors and the fabric was really easy to work with! The top is made from organic knit fabric I got from fabric worm and the pants....I have no idea where I found it.

 I did size 6 months this time around; although after some thinking I realized it might be the middle of summer when it fits, oh well!

 The pants were a quick sew and I love the pockets I added it really makes them look better!

Again I used a bigger size but these are somewhere between the 6-12 months depending on how fast the little guy grows. Please excuse the wrinkles my iron broke and then I fixed it but not before I took pictures and I was too lazy to retake pictures ;0)

This Saturday is the day I'm set for an induction so by next week we'll have him here! I can not wait. So until then....Have a happy new year and I'll post when little dude #4 shows up!


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Sew Boy Christmas!

Its Christmas next week...NEXT WEEK! I am in shock it has come this fast! 

Well The Christmas part anyways time could fly by a bit faster for this baby to come :0\

Anyways here are a few of latest pins on my SewBoy pinterest board! I try to post new things through out the week and do a post on my blog with things that are not on pinterest once a month so you really want to follow both!

Quivers, Wallet, Road, Mittens, Pants, Suspenders, Sleeping-bag

Onto SewBoy! 

Its a pretty random list this month that way there will be something for everyone!

This is a great tutorial for making a ruffled shirt for your dude go here for the instructions!

Not a tutorial but she does have a great list for anyone looking for some basic boy patterns, check it out!

This is a tutorial/pattern for a Mens bi-fold wallet, we can't forget those grown boys now can we? go here :0)

 

 Also for those Grown boys here is a free Tie pattern that way you can customize their Christmas look if you wish, check it out!

 

This is a tutorial for the sweet pocket on these shorts, go here for the awesome tutorial.

A really great tutorial for making a bath robe out of towels be sure to check it out!

This vest is not only cute its also reversible and a free pattern go here for the details!

This site has a ton of free animal patterns so if you want to whip one up before Christmas go here!

Also be sure to check out my free patterns for boys page I add quite often and do not post those on pinterest so check it out!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and enjoy time with family, friends and people you care about!

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Christmas Cookies

Every year at this time we try to do Christmas sugar cookies and ginger bread houses. I wasn't sure if it would happen this year but thanks to packaged mixes we did it!

 I bought one of those sugar cookie mixes from the grocery store and just added water the boys really had fun and didn't even notice they weren't homemade! Yes my boys like to use their play dough rolling pin when we make cookies, oh well!

 This year Preston actually did everything on his own (mostly).

 Broc is an old pro and I only had to help him a few times, it was really, really nice!

 Carter is my boy that likes to do everything on his own and I barely helped him too! This stage in theirs lives is really great they can do most everything without a ton of help. Pretty soon we will have another little dude to help so I'm enjoying the big kid stage while I can ;0)

 Frosting... every kids favorite part! They ate more than  got on the cookies but I only make these once a year so no biggie.

Their beautiful creations!

Sometimes I think I try too hard and I have to remind myself that its ok to use mixes and store bought frosting. Its ok that their cookies don't look magazine worthy or even very Christmasy. They are kids and will only remember that we had fun and guess what? Because I was so much more laid back this year it actually was fun!

Girl sewing for once!

How was your Thanksgiving?  Ours was peaceful and odd, my family didn't really celebrate it until yesterday and so on the actual day we just hung out and ate frozen Chinese, I was honestly too tired to cook! But it was a really nice day, both days!

My friend just had a baby girl so I made her my favorite gift (of course). She absolutely loved it and I was thrilled that I was able to make something for her!

 I always add a bit of length to these gowns and this time I added a heart applique as well. Simple but sweet.

 My friend isn't so hot for pink stuff for her girls so I tried to make something girlie but classy I think I hit the mark! She was very excited :0)

More gowns made here, here and here.