*Busy Little Bees* ~Stubby's Sewing Farm~

Mom & I have been busy little bees!  On February 1st, we opened up a booth in Pennington's, my favorite antique store in downtown Prescott.  We have handmade dresses and dolls for sale, and a few other items. We're calling it Stubby's Sewing Farm :)   We sold 2 sets of dresses with matching dolls, just while we were setting up the booth! Here are some of the things that I have been working on....

The apron is made from a vintage tea cloth and this set is for sale in the booth.

I am in love with these Quirky Kids (the cloth ones & human ones too)! They are mostly vintage fabric & I can't wait to make myself one of these Super masks :) My kiddos have already been sporting them, along with thier dolls that I made.








Some more Quirky Kids...although I just realized that these girlies weren't quite done yet, they have some really cute frills on thier dresses now.  The little boy just loves to dress up in his bear costume.





The Giavanna.  My very first special order dress...hope she loves it like I do ;)



These two fancy numbers are in the Pennington's booth right now.  I cannot take credit for the red sash dress, that is the brilliant design of my mother! I am keeping an eye on that one for Amelia ;)  I did however make the little one on the right with the gold vintage button, it's a 2T.

Mom just got a huge order for 12 dresses, so we are super duper busy on those.

Thank you for checking out what we've been up to!

*amanda*

but my daddy called me *manda laine*









1971 Dress Pattern

Check out this 1971 pattern!  Yes, I fell in love with it as soon as I layed my thrifty eyes on it.  So off to the fabric pile I went.  When I came across this entirely see-through piece of 1970's chiffon floral fabric, I knew right then and there that this was what I wanted for this crazy little dress.  I lined the top with a lemony-yellow cotton and the skirt with a baby blue, just to give the dress a slight contrast.  I was very happy to find this flower trim in my mom's stash to put on the waist and collar.  Amelia looks like a 50's girl in this darling little dress & she loves to spin herself dizzy in it!

*amanda*
but my daddy called me *manda laine*

 

~I must give my mother the credit for putting the zipper in...hey, I didn't want to mess this one up!!~

Dress In-A-Day

So I started this little orange, polka dot number on Tuesday and wanted to finish it so Amelia could wear it to meeting that night.  Hey, if it doesn't have a dreaded zipper, I should be able to finish it in a day, right?  Well I did it!  I did have to have some "Mommy guidance" (linings can get me confused, because they are not on the pattern), thank goodness my mommy knows what she's doing :)  When I met Peter at meeting, he asked if I made her dress.  Later he told me that he was joking, because he didn't really think I made it, he thought I bought it.  Nice....he doubted my skills ;)
*amanda*
but my daddy called me *manda laine*

Vintage fabric & ribbon used, gotta love thrift stores!
~yes, that is the real sunset in the background...good ol' Arizona!~