Saturday, November 2, 2013

Hello again!


It's been awhile...a long while. But if you haven't guessed from the photo above we've had some big changes to prepare for around here. Yes, we're expecting, and it's a girl! We are so excited to welcome Baby Hardcore and we're now only three and a half weeks away from her due date! It seems like this pregnancy has flown by, almost as soon as we found out we were expecting we started renovating our house. We added a guest room to our finished basement, so with that project and getting Baby Hardcore's room ready...we had one busy summer! I'm glad it's all done now and we can relax for a few weeks before she makes her appearance.

I'm working on a baby quilt, hoping to get it done at least near the time she's born, but I've also been busy scheming plans for all the cute clothes I want to make her. Girls are so fun to dress! Now, I've been pretty much terrified of apparel sewing, but I thought sewing for babies has to be easier. They are small...and they don't have as many curves and angles to work around-right? So I tried a simple dress first.

I'm in love. I'd been waiting for the perfect project for this adorable gnome fabric and the idea for a Christmas dress was born.


Those little gnomes kill me! So cute. And I love the added detail along the hem that the rick-rack provides.

I used this tutorial which was very easy to follow and comes with a pattern to print out. I highly recommend trying this dress if you have a baby girl to sew for. I'm pretty sure I'll be making more! Now to make her a little gnome hat...