Sewing up M's own designs has been such a great experience. Mainly watching her eyes grow bigger and bigger when she sees her drawings come to life. We have used fabric from Bryan's mom and grandma's stashes. (As well as using their vintage patterns!) Making this all in all a free sewing experience.
The pieces that look more professional were sewn by Bryan's mom. She is an expert and offered her help. Thanks Grandma for the help, the fabric, and the patterns.
With a few more pieces to sew up....I'd better get sewing.
Holy . She is so cute and those clothes are awesome. My fave is the dress and scarf.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to pick her up each morning so I can see what she's wearing. She's going to be the best dressed kid in the entire school.
ReplyDeletePam - you are amazing! And Milli is so dang cute! My fav is the dress and scarf too. I just can't believe you made all those things.
ReplyDeleteI love it! ALL of it! If I dropped by a few of my ideas you think you could 'whip' them up too? aka-a tent with sleeves?
ReplyDeleteShe looks so darn cute. I love her little creative mind. And what a good mom to make all those clothes for her!
ReplyDeletei love it!!! she is a designer in training!! she is going to look adorable....makes me think twice about uniforms!!
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ReplyDeleteShe is so lovely. The clothes are adorable too. I love the bottom of the dotted dress, what did you use to make such a cool ruffle?
ReplyDeleteI really need to cut Kitty's hair, maybe it would look as cute as Milli's.
abbi, to make the ruffle i just cut the fabric like her picture, then sewed double fold bias tape along the hem.
ReplyDeletelisa, you know i'd be happy to sew for you!
i'm sew impressed.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I wish I could sew. Milli is so lucky you have started teaching her so early.
ReplyDeleteShe is soo cute. I love it.
ReplyDeletePam, I love what you do. You are amazing. And your dad is cool too! I'm going to set up an appointment next time I am in town (October) and I am dead serious. Maybe we should plan a crafternoon.... I'm having too many ideas right now. We'll talk when they catch up with me.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, we are coming up for a Chump reunion show, if you want to rock-n-roll on Oct. 10.
You are such a good mom! I used to sew for my kids when they were little. You inspire me to be more creative and get out the sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteBoth of you are so talented. Milli might have a future in design. The clothes are too cute.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog. I love the way you bring creativity into your home and pass it on to your kids. Beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteAre you serious? Those outfits are amazing. I love your interpretation of her designs. It must have made her feel so good to design them and see them turn out into such cute things.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I can't get across how great I think these are.
She has a great eye for style, such a wonderful thing to do
ReplyDeleteI love this! You are the second person I know that is designing from a kid's drawings. I feel this truly breeds creativity. You rock!
ReplyDeletewow! could Milli design something for me? maybe we could do a swap!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! She's definitely got the gift for design!
ReplyDeleteI love them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Her designs are charmingly translated. I appreciate your encouragement of creativity and envy your skills to bring things to life.
ReplyDeleteThis is so great!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I'm so impressed, and now have a new resolution to do the same for my little girl.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine just posted this link and may I just say... it makes me SO happy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your inspiration with your little one, and with the rest of us in the meantime.
I found you through the Craftzine blog. I think this is absolutely amazing. :)
ReplyDeleteI found you through the Craftzine blog. I think this is absolutely amazing. :)
ReplyDeletefound you via a random tweet which led me to the craftzine blog and so glad i did! this is fantastic! my kids and i collaborate on toys and cards and such. haven't made it around to clothes yet. will have to start planting seeds i guess :).
ReplyDeleteBest Mom Ever!
ReplyDeleteI am utterly blown away. Have never come across your blog before today, but I don't think I'll be able to stop thinking about this for a long, long, time. To have your sewing talent is one thing, but to turn that into such a monumental thing for your daughter is another. You take the cake. I don't comment on others' blogs often, and usually never for people I'm not familiar with, but I had to make an exception. This project is incredibly inspiring.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love. This is so cool! You have inspired me to get to serious work on my sewing skills before I have kids. :) Best to you and Milli...happy kindergarten!
ReplyDeletewonderful!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog and I have to say that this is the most inspiring project I have ever seen!! I too have a little girl (she's only 18 months now) but this has inspired me to keep her ideas in mind when creating things for her. Your interpretation of your daughter's ideas are incredible!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! Milli's designs are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI saw this via CRAFT magazine. This is so sweet, and your daughter already has great taste and style! She's going to be the best-dressed girl in class. xD I love the polka-dot/striped scarf outfit best.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea, it's just inspired. I'm going to seriously consider trying this out with my four year old! Thanks for sharing and making me smile tonight :)
ReplyDeleteI think this is one of the most amazing things I've seen someone do. What an incredible way to show her that her ideas are important and worthy. Not only have you made her one greatly dressed little girl, you've shown her that her dreams CAN come true and she truly CAN do anything!
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring!
Wow! I've seen a lot about people turning their kids' drawings into stuffed animals, etc, but this is amazing! What a wonderful job you did!
ReplyDeleteI've come from the craftzine blog, too, and think this is completely amazing! My daughter starts junior kindergarten (?!) Monday...maybe she'll be able to provide some drawings like these soon! Best of luck w/kindergarten to that adorable little one, and thanks for the inspiration!!
ReplyDeletewow, all, thank you for the kind words!
ReplyDeletewow, this is one of the cutest, sweetest posts i've seen in a long time! Adorable girl & super-cool Mom! Y'all must have a very fun & creative household. love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little girl and how amazingly wonderful of you to take the time to bring her drawings to life! I'm sure you've started a new tradition and gave your little girl some memories she will never forget!
ReplyDeleteWow! So cute, so awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is such an awesome idea! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. Milli is a fabulous designer and you have created adorable fashions for her.
ReplyDeleteAnd she's a cute model too!!
Much luck to her thru her school years ahead.
What a great mom you are! This is really a fantastic project and a lot of fun for your little girl. How many girls can say: I designed this and my mommy made it...?!
ReplyDeleteAnd she is a really cute girl as well :)
WOW :D its so cool that u get to make clothes for ur daughter and even cooler that its her designs ! haha. i like the polka dot dress with the stripped scarf ! ^^
ReplyDeleteHow nice if i could make my own xD haha. too bad i dont know how to D:
You are an awesome mum! You also need to send this to Project Runway as a design challenge - you get a wonderful and creative child and you have to create clothes from their design. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most exciting thing I have seen in children's clothing design yet! Opens up a world of inspiration!
ReplyDeleteTo continued success,
Lindsey
Wow, your daughter is a great little budding designer! I love the first outfit the most.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this. This is such a good idea. Too bad my 13 yo son doesn't like polka dotted dresses. I'm lucky if I can embroider a flaming skull on his sheets. :D
ReplyDeleteSO cute!!! You are privileged to have such a creative daughter. And Milli is very privileged to have such a great mom who can help make her dreams a reality!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun idea! gosh, i thought i was doing good when i let her pick out the fabric (that i pretty much have narrowed down...)
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea! Just gorgeous! I couldn't resist adding this to our link luv roundup today.
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Thanks for sharing!
How freaking awesome! I officially must learn to sew now before I have children. Because this is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis is the best idea. Ever. You two make an amazing pair, great design and terrific craftmanship!!
ReplyDeleteTotally fresh and awesome. My grandmother made all my school clothes but I would never have been so clever as to design them myself at her age. What a little smarty and she is blessed to have such a talented Mom!
ReplyDeleteI love how you are supporting and encouraging your daughter's creativeness. Great clothes and a cute designer. :o)
ReplyDeleteNeat, neat, neat!
ReplyDeleteThis is SUCH a great idea! Good on you! I love your interpretation of them too, it's adorable!
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