May 17th Happy Birthday Norway

 Sorry if I offend anyone - but I just happen to live in the best country in the world! And today, May 17th, is Norway's birthday - 199 years since we got our constitution!

 Every May 17th, all the school kids walk in a parade, waving to all the audience, standing in the streets. We sing our national anthem and other really nationalistic songs. We celebrate our freedom, our love for our country, our flag - and notice, it's made out as a cross.

 We eat as many hot dogs and ice creams as we can possibly fit and we are happy. Telling people we don't know Happy Birthday!

 We wear our national costumes, mine is hand made by my mother and I. The girls' are store bought. Next year, I'm planning to make costumes for them!

We love May 17th and Norway

Happy Birthday!

Kids clothes Week - Day 7

 I did this skirt Sunday, I promise... A favorite dress that's too small, made into a skirt! I just cut off the top and attached an elastic, pulling on it as I sewed.

 And this picture just makes me so happy! Spring is finally here - this is my favorite spring flower - I picked this for my grandmother EVERY spring - several times every year. Today my daughter came with these for me! Happy mother.

 I made another carousel top - into a dress. I liked this fabric better than the pink one - sturdier, not so wobbly and all over the place.

 I put the "carousel" in the front - the conversations in our house go like this: How is Ariana wearing it? In the back? Okay, Then I want it in the front...

 My twins just do NOT want to wear the same clothes - and I've always urged them to dress differently, so I'm happy with this. Ariana (pink dress) is more girly girl - and Arielle is more "clean" and rocked!

 I made the bottom edged curved.

This pattern is a fantastic pattern. I cut the fabric Sunday (still counts as KCW, right?) and sewed it up today - in less than half an hour. I had already sewed it once - but it's so nice, goes together so quickly and I can alter it any way I want!! The fit is also very nice. My girls are 8 and I cut it in size 8!

I buy all my fabrics in Norway, so I don't think it's of much interest for most of my readers ...

Tomorrow is Labor Day in Norway -  a day off of work - can I hear a HURRAH!!!

Kids Clothes Week - day 6-7

 

I've made another dress - so... I didn't get to make as I wanted this KCW, but I've made three dresses and I have another version of the Carousel top.

I really enjoyed the pattern - it's an easy sew, it comes together really nice and it is easy to make alternations!

 I've been wanting to make a dress with a bow that can be tied in the front and the back, and decided this pattern would be a nice starting point.

 I just made the pattern longer and cut out two triangles in a contrasting fabric - voila!!! A versatile dress!!!

 This is my skinny girl, so having a bow, makes her dresses a better fit.

It's intended as a summer dress, but since we still have snow in our garden (I know... almost May!!!) she had some leggings and a long sleeve shirt underneath to make it warmer! 

I'll try to make up another dress for this one's twin tonight - she doesn't want the bows - but maybe she'll like the bottom at an angle - we'll see!

Have a happy week!

Kids Clothes Week - Day 4

 I finished the other Malibu Romper from Lil Blue Boo. Arielle picked her own fabric after seeing her sister's dress. She is in looove! This is so her style ... Don't quite know what I'll say to her grown up style ...

 The red spots on her back ... bug bites. Her teacher even called me yesterday, telling me I needed to buy a cream. Talk about feeling like a neglecting mother!!! She has 48 bites!They itch.

My little 8-year old, trying to pose and look old ... using words like pathetic and metaphor - and knowing what they mean!

Just don't grow up too quick!

Kids Clothes Week - Day 3

Soooo ... this is how far I got yesterday on the second Lil blue Boo romper made dress. I cut the fabrics, sewed up the back, got started on the lining in front. And then there was no more thread on the bobbin, it was late and I messed up the winding of the bobbin, so I decided it was time to go to bed!

I will finish this today and I then I will start on my other patterns I have planned - they keep adding up, don't quite know which one I'll tackle today! But then that's the fun of it all, just jump on the pattern I feel like!

Happy sewing, ladies!

Kids Clothes Week - day 2

 Today I've made the Lil blue boo Malibu Romper into a dress - and let me tell you

THIS WILL BE MY NEW GO TO PATTERN! Five seams including the hem - way easy! It took me less than an hour to cut the fabric and sew it up!

I love how the back looks!

When the other twin saw it, she immediately went to the fabrics and found some fabrics for a dress for her - she originally wanted a romper pants, but changed her mind when she saw this!

That's what I call success!!!

Kid's Clothes Day 1

 i had planned on making Lil Blue Boo's romper today, but I didn't have any paper to print the paper on ... (I forwarded it to my job, shh, I'll print it there tomorrow - we are allowed to ... just saying)

I like to recycle ... when I have clothes that I don't want/fit anymore, and I like the fabric, I put it in my remodel pile ... this skirt used to be my tunic. The fit was never right for me ... used once or twice. But Princess A loved the fabrics used. She tried to pick it for another project, but we weren't able to use it for that.

So ... today I had one very happy girl - telling me, "mommy I can't use this skirt with long sleeves, you know..." "Oh, why not" "Mommy, you just don't know what's stylish ..."

Happy she's happy!