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KCWC: Derainbowfication

September 23, 2010 By crafterhours 22 Comments

De-Rainbow-fication.  Yeah, it’s a word. Yesterday I finished derainbowfying P’s dress.  If you remember, the originals looked like this: And now P’s looks like this: Unfortunately, I had a very uncooperative model, so I snapped these pictures really quickly before realizing I was in manual mode and hadn’t changed my camera settings.  So they’re way… 

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Over the Rainbow

September 22, 2010 By crafterhours 5 Comments

First, the best news – Susan is getting all her stuff today!  Wahoo!  I told her to unpack her sewing machine and ignore the rest :) Also, it’s day 3 of Elsie Marley‘s Kids Clothes Week Challenge, and I haven’t posted about it yet.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not participating.  On Day 1, I… 

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The Belle Dress: A Tutorial

August 9, 2010 By crafterhours 70 Comments

Ha, totally fooled you guys!  I know you thought we were going to do a Sleeping Beauty dress after the success of Snow White, but we’re dealing with the whims of a 3 year old here.  So, a Belle dress it is. Again, I used knit fabric to make this a super comfy dress-up dress,… 

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Snow White: A New Take on an Old Favorite

June 28, 2010 By crafterhours 38 Comments

Like most preschoolers, my daughter loves dress-up.  In fact, she wears her dress-up clothes more often than her regular clothes.  We even have a rule: At home, you can pick your clothes, when we go out, Mommy picks the clothes. So the other day she asked me to make her a Snow White dress “on… 

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Guest blogging at Brown Paper Packages & a Tutorial

May 4, 2010 By crafterhours 8 Comments

Last week was crazy busy with our Spring Top and Carefree Clothes submissions, so I didn’t even get a chance to tell you that I guest blogged over at  Brown Paper Packages! Leisel is having a Pattern Makeover Month where she shows you how to stretch a dollar by using the same pattern to make… 

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