Sewing Projects In December

The highlight in our December was the wedding in the family. And the highlight of this post is going to be my sewing projects related to the wedding.

First up, I finished the flower girl dress and it turned out just right!

I can't believe that I didn't take a picture of my daughter all dressed up for the wedding. I have regrets about that. These pictures of the dress hanging in a tree will have to work for this post.

I hope to see some of the pictures that the photographer took of her during the wedding.

I found this darling little hoop skirt on Amazon for her to wear under the dress. It's so cute! It makes me want to wear one myself! :)

My Mom gave me this blue dress when we saw her over Thanksgiving. I was hoping that I could wear it for the wedding. It needed some alterations to make it suitable. It was a little too short and a little too low cut for our family standards.

(Yes, there's a baby in there! Needing a maternity size dress limited my choices for wedding attire.)

I went to our local thrift store hoping to find ideas/material to fix my dress. I found this very wide piece in a color that I thought would blend well with the dress material. I made an underskirt to hang down and cover my knees. I hand stitched it in place at the elastic waist band. I did my best to straighten up the hem. 

I tacked a new V neckline in at the neck. I left enough room to still be able to get my head through the hole.

I was pleased with how it turned out. Nothing spectacular but it made me feel dressy at a stage in pregnancy when it is hard to get that feeling.

During our travels for the wedding I was able to do some sewing on the doll dress that I have had queued up for a few months. I completed the doll dress and installed a snap button.

To finish the month I have a few tertiary sewing related projects.

I sewed a missing button on one of my boy's shirt cuffs 

This bag may look like a purse to the untrained eye, but this bag is indeed a crayon bag for our children's ample supply of crayons.

The handle of the crayon bag had fallen apart so I repaired it this month by sewing it back together.

Last of all, I have cut out the pieces for the pink pinafore. I am going to use some light muslin for the lining pieces because the pink fabric is quite heavy. I wouldn't want two layers of the pink fabric if I can lighten it up by using a different material as the lining.

And that is all for December, in fact that is all for 2024! I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! See you in 2025!