Claire's Affairs

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Watch Strap

These were a commission from a friend who brought me the faces and told me she wanted glitter vinyl bands.

Did she say glitter Vinyl? She came to the right place!

These are just 2 of the 5 I made, I plan on making 3 more shortly

2 Diaper bags and a Tote

I like to make 2 changing pads to go with these diaper bags

wash one

carry one

My son's teachers asked me to make her a tote to carry her work back and forth in.

It has 2 exterior pockets so keep things organized!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Children's Costumes

Just for fun

From newest to oldest:

This is a pettiskirt that I decided to make for our little 2 year-old family friend. This is so much fun for me, making things for little girls.

I received some help from Amy at Yellow Bird Fabrics. http://www.yellowbirdfabrics.blogspot.com/

She has such amazing apparel fabrics. Thanks for the support, Amy!

The base of the skirt is Vera Wang netting because I wanted something that was soft, so that it would not itch those little legs. I used gathered tulle and ribbons to make the ruffles, which added texture and fun colors.

I bought a pink t shirt and tie-dyed it with navy. Sequins and a giant flower topped off the headband.

Fireman Sam

This is a 4 year-old family friend. He is really into Fireman Sam, a British show that he watches daily. This child was very specific about this

English fireman coat, which HAD to have the following:

yellow pants

silver buttons

a belt with a silver buckle

I can't say this was a breeze to make and here is why....Fireman Sam is not an American. Therefore, the front double blazer jacket pattern doesn't exist. It was so worth it when he opened the gift and freaked out. He was seen petting his chest during the party

...and his mother has had to peel it off of him every night!

Sleeping Beauty

I love Halloween, for many reasons, but in this case because I made something girlie. I did NOT make the cowboy outfit(which was a relief).

We took this little 5 year-old to the fabric store and she picked the color, and I forced the glitter tulle on her ( well it was not hard). She insisted that Sleeping Beauty has a white collar (thank you Disney circa 1960s).

She was pleased with the results, however, after wearing it at school declared it was too fat.....yes, I admit I might have gone overboard with the tulle, so I cut some layers out before I took theses pictures.

Tinkerbell

This was a Tinkerbell Birthday (the cake I made is in an older post). As a surprise, I made her this costume.

A Knight and a Skunk

I made these in 2007. My sister called to ask me why I dressed my son up as Neil Diamond. Okay, so I love glitter and sparkle, but when you force a 3 year-old boy to wear them it might not look the way you intended.

And who would not love a baby skunk? Well the baby wearing the costume did get a little hot....sorry

First Costume

Max "Where the Wild Things Are"

My son loved the book and so we picked this idea. Looking back on it, I see everything I would do differently. However, there was not a pattern for it, so I think I did OK.

Getting a 2 year-old into a polar fleece suit was not easy and he kept taking it off, so I had to stitch 3 button closures on it so that he could not rip it off. At first he was really mad, but as you see from above, the candy made him forget his discomfort, and he came to understand the meaning of Halloween.