Matching Tartan Skirts

My daughter Emily of Fashionista Emily and her sewing student made Matching Tartan Skirts. Aren't they cute? 

Spider Apron

My daughter Emily of Fashionista Emily's sewing student made this cute apron last Halloween. She chose spider fabric. She's only 8. Isn't she adorable. How old were you when you first started sewing?

Matching Girl's Purse and Coin Purse

My 15 year old daughter of Fashionista Emily teaches private sewing lessons. This is a purse and matching coin purse one of her students made as a gift for a little girl. The fabric is gorgeous. Do you or have taught others to sew? I have passed this skill on to three of my girls and one of my sons so far, as well as two of my nieces.

The Watercolor Skirt

My 15 year old daughter Emily of Fashionista Emily made this beautiful skirt. I originally got this fabric for myself, but I let her talk me out of it. Glad I did. 

Refashioned Top With a Touch of Lace

My 14 year old daughter Fashionista Emily has done a cute t-shirt refashion with lace! You can check out her project on her blog. I know she would love to hear from you. You can also follow her on Bloglovin and Google followers, all on her sidebar.

Jewels Circle Skirt

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I hope you had a wonderful Easter! Organic Cotton Plus offered me 2 yards of fabric of my choice in exchange for me sharing on my blog what I made with it. I chose the Jewels woven print. It's very soft, and has nice drape. My 14 year old daughter Emily of Fashionista Emily loved the fabric so much that she really wanted to make a circle skirt; so I reluctantly let her have it. She made the pattern herself. I'm glad I did. She looks fabulous! There's enough fabric left over for me to make my 3 year old daughter Samantha a pretty little dress, which I will post about when it is done. 

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Easter 2015

SAMANTHA AGE 3

SAMANTHA

SAMANTHA AND I

EMILY AGE 14

MARTIN AGE 12

MATTHEW AGE 7

Our grandson just turned 2!

Our daughter and grandson

LINKING WITH: Sew Country Chick's Saturday Sew & Tell

Zipper Flower Tutorial

Isn't this just the cutest? My 14 year old daughter came up with this. I love her creativity. You can visit her at Fashionista Emily to find out how.

Reverse Dyed Jeans, a New Blog Feature: Emily's Corner and Video of Baby Samantha

Hello all! First off, thank you so much for all of your kind comments on my last post. They were so uplifting and encouraging. I am so excited to actually be sharing something creative. And now for the long awaited new feature I promised you in my last post, drum roll please: I bring you Emily Callan, my 11 year old daughter and future fashion designer as well as my new blog partner. As many of you will remember, she had her own blog for a couple of years, Super Stitches; but it was closed down due to her age. She will most likely start up her own blog again when she is 13. But in the meantime, she will post her projects here. We will call this new feature Emily's Corner. I hope you enjoy this new addition. 

We enjoy sewing and refashioning clothing together. She had the idea to take a pair of ankle-length black jeans that were too short and still fit in the waist and remove color by flicking and painting bleach onto them (outside of course), basically reverse dying. She also cut them shorter in an interesting design and left them unhemmed. I asked her how she would describe the hem for me. She said she just cut violently. Great way to release pent up tension and frustration I suppose. She is very pleased with the results and wears them often. In the first picture she is shown with her four year old brother.

She has sewn some things recently as well and will be posting them soon.

At the end of this post, I have included a photo and video of our sweet baby Samantha.

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Our beautiful baby Samantha, now 10 months old. To learn more about Samantha, click on "Samantha" underneath "Topics" in the sidebar. (This photograph was shot by me with my point-and-shoot. The photos of Emily were shot by my husband, Marty Callan.) 

And below is a video I took of our sweet girl. She was so funny and cute, talking up a storm, her personality really shining through. Enjoy!