Darcy's Outlet

knock off dress revised!

2011-05-30T11:08:00.000-07:00

Crazy 8 knock off dress!

2011-05-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

So I loved this knit dress from Crazy 8 but it was only on sale for 10.99 and I didn't want to pay that much for it so I didn't get it. Plus after looking at the dress in zoom mode on their website I felt like with my new bravery for making patterns that I could tackle it on my own! My knock off is below! I used some knit that I had on hand that I DON'T LOVE just incase it ended up badly!!! I love the way the dress fits and how much lissie loves wearing it!!! Now I need to find some lighter weight knit in a print that I LOVE and then I will be totally satisfied with my knock off!!!

I could cut the sleeves to make them not as long to look more like the orignal but Lissie is in Heaven with them the way they are so I will leave them!!!!

You can't tell by the picture but Lissie LOVES this dress!!! She said she feels like a butterfly!!! (Zander was playing PBS kids on the computer and she wanted to be watching him play not taking PICTURES!!!!!)

Also next time I will have enough fabric length so that I dont have to make the dress in two peices so that the print will match up all the way down the front of the dress!!! I am thinking about making a tutorial on how I did it so if someone wants to make one also they can!!!!

knit peasant romper

2011-05-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

men's dress shirt to dress!

2011-05-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

These are a pair for knit knickers that I made yesterday. They turned out a little small!

Lissie's new summer dress!

2011-05-12T11:45:00.000-07:00

I love this fabric and I love the way it turned out!!!! Lissie loves to twirl in it!!!!

christmas trees/dresses

2011-01-04T09:25:00.000-08:00

The girls Christmas dressed and the boy fake ties I came up with last minute!

Christmas trees that I made for my Grandma and Aunt. I loved them! I am going to make myself a set!!!!

projects!

2010-12-07T12:39:00.000-08:00

Bubble dress made out of target knit clearance sheets

the pea pod carrier from sew mama sew.

bubble romper

2010-05-17T14:37:00.000-07:00

bubble romper!

Got to love the ballet skirt on with her ourfit!

feliz dress

2010-05-17T12:54:00.001-07:00

This is the feliz dress by studio tantrum which are euro patterns. It is full of lots of ruffles! Lissie loves to spin in it!

t- shirt/ onesie dresses

2010-05-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

My friend Aubrey inspired me to make these dresses. She made some for her girls and I just loved them! This is my take on them.

Spring Wrap dress

2010-04-25T12:36:00.001-07:00

Twirl...

She is getting so big!!!

Little Janers

I love these dresses. They come together quickly and the fabric is some of my favorite. I need to fudge with the pattern a little to make Carleigh's cross higher on her chest next time I make this dress. I had to alter the pattern to make it in Carleigh's size because the pattern started at a 2/3. The pattern I used is from www.youcanmakethis.com and it is the wrap dress. It runs big so lissies dress is a size 2/3 and she is 4.

Lissie's Birthday dress!

2010-03-01T17:42:00.000-08:00

Here is the dress I made for Lissie to wear for her birthday dinner! She loves it and it looks adorable on her. The pattern I used is patchwork kids wrap dress from youcanmakethis.com

I started sewing at 5 and finished at 6:30. Please excuse the finger prints on the door!!! She is turning four and I made a size four. If I were to make another one I would probably make a smaller size.

the past few months...

2010-02-18T17:08:00.000-08:00

The girls Christmas outfits I didn't get very good pictures of them :(

I made her bow obviously, but I just think this picture is adorable so I put it on the blog!

Ruffle bum capris!

Wrap skirt! This is one of my favorite things I made!

Chic dress Lissie has a matching one but I don't have a picture of them together yet!

Christmas pajamas!

Outlets...

2009-11-08T06:59:00.000-08:00

Carliegh and Reid I crocheted the orange and black hat for Halloween.

Zach's mom made the hat and I made the dress.

I made this dress to match Lissie's. I had to shrink the pattern to fit Carliegh, but should have shortened the apron a little more.
I love making the new fabric headbands. They are fun and easy.
This is Zach's creative outlet. The kids love it. He is almost done, too bad it's nearly winter.

Frida dress again!

2009-08-19T14:52:00.000-07:00

This dress is super easy to make and I love the way it turns out!!! Allissa likes it to...I used Patty Young's Frida pattern and Sandi Henderson's Fruit market fabric to make it.

Carleigh Jane sleeping in her crib! She is using the quilt I made. I also made her the little non slip clippie that is in her hair! I put three rhinestones on it!

Second robot quilt done!!!!

2009-07-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

So I am on a roll!!! I guess that is what happens when you wait until the last week to finish everything!!!! Here is Zander's finished quilt! I like Brody's better but don't tell Zander!!!!

first robot quilt done!

2009-07-16T07:10:00.000-07:00

Here is Brody's finished quilt. I used David Walkers Robots fabric! The back is orange fleece and sooooo comfy. It isn't perfect but he loves it! Sorry for the half naked Brody he is potty training and doing great!!!!

Carseat cover/4th of july outfit

2009-07-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

So here is one of the finished car seat covers! I still have to figure out how to make a slip cover for the visor! Maybe that will happen today sometime! I LOVE the way it turned out! I can't wait to put little Carleigh Jane in it!!!

The outfit Lissie is wearing is the one I made for her this year! Natalie is wearing the outfit that I made for Allissa last year! Allissa is 13 months older then Natalie but you can't tell by their size!

So to date I have finished three of the four crib sheets, three of the four quilt tops, both the carseat covers. What I have left to do in the next week and a half...

Finish putting together the last quilt top
Bind all four quilts (have all the strips cut just need to iron and sew)
Make visor covers for carseats update done with one of them!!!!
buy fabric for the last crib sheet and sew it
and finish three bow orders

There is more but this is what I want to actually accomplish before Carleigh arrives!

Update! So i figured out how to make the slip cover for the visor so here it is!!! I wish the ruffle on the edge was longer but oh well.

Bumper pads and crib sheet

2009-06-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

Here is what I accomplished today from my to make list. I am quite excited about the bumper pads! At first I was a little worried about how they would turn out but once they were on the crib I fell in love with them!!! The sheet was super easy to make and took about 30 mintures total. It is just a flannel sheet.

Carseat cover

2009-06-10T15:06:00.000-07:00

After many months of being distracted from this project I have finally finished the first of two carseat covers! I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. It is not perfect by any means but for the first one it works! Back in April I was trying to find a carseat cover tutorial online but I was unable to find one so I had to fend for myself. What I ended up doing was taking apart my existing carseat cover and my mother in law and I drafted a pattern from it. I then used my pattern pieces to create this cover. The original cover that I took apart I ended up sewing cute fabric on the back side of the original pieces and then sewed them together to create another one. After three kids and a lot of conveyor belts at the airport my original cover looked pretty nasty.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to make the visor cover and it will really be complete! The visor is what really makes the carseat look adorable. I hope I can figure it out. Wish me luck I am going to need it!

disclaimer (I know that this new cover voids the carseat companies safety inspection but so does wearing a coat in the carseat and bundle me so I'm not to worried about it)

What to get a 4 year old

2009-06-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Zander and Allissa were invited to a Birthday party for a little girl who was turning four. It was the day before payday so funds were limited so this is what I came up with. I made a princess crayon cozy (I put crayons in it after the picture was taken), a princess pillow, and bought a crayola sretch pad to go with it. It cost 4 dollars for everything and I think it turned out pretty cute!

I'm copying my friends,,,

2009-06-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

So Aubrey and Abby have inspired me to start my own crafting blog so that my crafts will be in detail here and not on my family blog! I called this blog Darcy's Outlet because with all the craziness in my life with the soon to be four under four the only thing I really do for me is my sewing and crafting. Not sure if I can really say it is for me because in all reality so far all my projects have been for my kids but I truly enjoy doing it!!!!! I am going to try and be better at documenting the things I am working on and my super long to make/do list!

Currently I have finished three of the four quilt tops for the kids bedrooms. I have Allissa's sheet cut out I just need to sew it. I drafted the design for the bumper pads and got the measurements for it calculated last night.

My to make list...

1. Finish Carleighs quilt top and then bind all four of the kids quilts.
2. Bumper pads
3. Fabric cover the light switches
4. Fabric cover the girls lamp shade
5. Diaper stack
6. Make the boys sheets
7. Make Carleigh's sheet
8. Make Carleigh a ton of bows for when she arrives!!!!
9. Sew Allissa a cute dress to wear to my nephews baptism this Sunday.
10. Make a cute nursing cover for me (not that I need one I'm a pro!!!)

I will stop at those 10 things because really the list could go on FOREVER!!!!!! I look forward to crossing things off the list in the next few weeks. Only about 6 weeks until Carleigh Jane arrives so I have A TON to accomplish before then not to mention the 66 bows I need to make for a customer and the house that never seems to stay clean for more then a day!!!

Tomorrow I will try to take pictures of all the things I have finished and what I am working on now!

opps must add one more thing to the list

11. Finish the car seat covers that I made for my infant carriers. (I'm so excited with how it is turning out!