Apron and Chef's Hat

I stumbled upon this blog http://secretstitchclub.blogspot.com/ one day and fell in love with their adorable creations, especially the apron and chefs hat tutorial that they got from this blog http://makingitfun.blogspot.com. I knew it would make the perfect birthday gift for my daughter and eventually my son (who must have everything his sister has). It is very easy to make. I made the hat and apron in one night! I didn't put in the D-rings on the neck strap because I didn't have any at the time but I might go back and do it later on because it is a little too big around the neck for her. I also did not put a piece of cloth on the back. I didn't really see a need to do it but it does look nicer if you do. One other thing that I did differently is that I did a zigzag stitch (sorry if I am not using the correct terms, I am new at sewing) to attach all of the straps and did it back and forth a few times to make sure that it was secure.
Tutorial for the apron http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/Blog/Classic_Apron.pdf
Tutorial for the Chef's hat http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/Blog/Chef_Hat.pdf

No sew tutu

Recently I saw some tutorials for a no-sew tutu and knew I had to make one for my daughter. There are a variety of tutorials out there but I really liked this one from http://littlewindowshoppe.com/create-a-princess-tutu, mainly because it showed how to tie the knot that I decided to do. In the other tutorials they do a square knot. Another great tutorial is from http://plumtickled.typepad.com/plumtickled/2007/08/tutu-tutorial-t.html. This one goes into a little more detail with the instructions, measurements and what to buy. This is very easy to make and makes a great gift.

This first one I made for my daughter's friend who just had a birthday













This next one I made for my daughters birthday. It is sort of hard to tell but it is brown and pink. It looks a little more messy than the other one because I have had the fabric for a long time and it became a little wrinkled.

Stencil with Freezer paper

A friend of mine is having a shower but I wasn't quite sure what to get for her. I wanted to make something but my sewing skills are not quite where I want them to be. Another friend of mine did this on some onsies awhile ago and I loved it! So, I decided to try it out and do it as a gift to my friend. I did a rocket, sail boat and a tractor (obviously she is having a boy). The rocket has a window but the paint is still wet, so I have not peeled it off quite yet.

Directions:
-Print out whatever design(s) you want on freezer paper. The designs could be from an image you found on the computer or your own creation.
-Carefully cut the image out with an exacto knife.
-Iron (until it sticks) a piece of freezer paper, waxy side down (so the paint wont leak through), to the inside of the shirt/onsie and then iron the stencil on the outside.
-Using fabric paint, paint on your stencil. Brush inward to get cleaner edges.
-Then peel off the paper. You are supposed to wait until it dries but I was too excited and took it off when it was still wet.