Sewing for a Baby Boy

Our family has a new baby boy on his way,

so I recently made him some things for his Mommy's

baby shower.

A crib sized rag quilt done in blues and browns, with

guitar print flannel to match the music themed nursery.

With some flannel scraps I made a few burp cloths.

And two bibs.  One regular bib and one with a soother strap.

Perfect for a drooly baby!



18" Doll Clothes

With so many 18" dolls on the market today, I thought it would be fun

to make some clothes for those girls!  These clothes fit 18" dolls

like these Canadian Fashion Dolls, American Girl, Journey Girls

 and Maplelea Girls.

The best part about this project was that every article

of doll clothing was made from recycled clothes.  I love to

repurpose old things!

Jacket Repair at Log Cabin Sewing Studio

Repair:  Under arm seam of winter Bench jacket

The Fix:  Taken apart from the inside and stitched up! :)

New Fabric for Patio Cushion Covers

With the arrival of spring, out come the patio sets! 

And sometimes your set is still in great shape, but the

cushions look a little tired.

To save a little money on the cost of recovering these cushions,

we decided to re-use the zippers from the old covers.  Here's my big ol'

dog helping me with the zipper removal:

With a funky turquoise and green print, and some green to go with it,

here are the new cushions on their chairs.

 

A Hockey Themed Blanket

Recently my great-nephew turned two!

He is a nut about hockey, but also has quite a fondness

for his blankies.  So I thought, what better way to give him

a meaningful gift than to tie his two favourite things together?

I started by finding hockey images on free clipart sites that

could be easily turned into patterns. Like this one:

Which using felt and a real skate lace, became this skate block on the blanket.

The blanket has 9 blocks with different hockey images in each.

Including Lord Stanley!

With skate lace embellishments at the corners.

And cuddly charcoal gray fleece on the back. It's a winner!

Work Shirt Alteration

Reaching and lifting at work is much more comfortable when your work shirt

doesn't ride up! To solve that problem, my client orders Mens' Small work shirts

rather than a ladies shirt, which is cut much shorter. 

The problem with this is an unflattering fit for a woman's figure.

After removing the sleeves, the sides were tapered.  Then the sleeve alteration

was completed: shortened, narrowed and hemmed!

And now here is the feminine looking, longer, work shirt.

This Manager can work in comfort and style. :)

Ladies' Blazer Alteration at Log Cabin Sewing Studio

I recently had a client who needed a ladies' lined wool blazer altered. 

It was about 2 sizes too large across the shoulders,

and too wide through the waist area.  Also, It was originally

a Ladies Auxillary blazer.

Taken in one inch each side at the shoulder.

Then tapered an inch each side through the waist.

And finally new buttons and a Legion Associate crest to

 make it a fitted Legion blazer.