Lil Blue Boo Racerback Tunic or How we survived our vacation

 
We just got back from a week in San Francisco and Disneyland, Californina.  Today we are all exhausted and just happy to be back home.

What a week.  First off, we went to San Francisco, one of my favorite cities in the world, I think because parts of downtown reminds me a lot of Portland.  We were there for just a couple of days and nights and didn't get to see or do much this time around, mainly because we had two sick kids with us.  S had a cold when we left Portland, then by the time we hit San Francisco, B had caught it too.  So we mostly hung around our hotel, The Fairmont, which was beautiful by the way.

     
We did manage to spend a brief afternoon in Chinatown, which was only a couple of blocks from our hotel. 

The girls are modeling crocheted owl hats, probably hand-made by someone in China, ha. 














The next morning we walked to Union Square.  The girls and I went to Britex, the huge fabric store in San Francisco.  We were there for about 5 minutes then B decided to throw a huge monumental tantrum as soon as we stepped onto the second floor.  It was with great sadness that we left after a saleslady suggested that B might be happier outside of the store.  After that we decided to give up on sightseeing and holed up in our hotel room for the rest of the time we were in SF, hoping that the worst of their colds would be over by the time we arrived in Disneyland.

We flew to Disneyland the next morning and settled into our hotel.  That day and the next seemed to go well.  S and B still had coughs but they seemed better.  In fact, S's low-grade fever finally broke the first night we were in Disneyland.    We went out the second day, still taking it easy, coming back to our hotel room for long naps in the afternoon.  It wasn't till the evening of the second day that S's symptoms got worse.  It began with coughing and throwing up phlegm and kept getting worse in spite of the rescue inhaler we gave her.  She ended up in the Emergency Room at St. Joseph's in Anaheim.

We were very lucky that our hotel had an in-house nurse and EMT.  They were there within 5 minutes of our call to the front desk.  Then the ambulance came and took her to the hospital while B and  I waited at the hotel.  They gave S steroids to get her through the next few days and we continued on with our vacation without further incidence.

Sooo, anyway, this is turning out to be a loooong post.  In spite of sickness and a visit to the ER, we still managed to have fun.



And oh yeah, before we left for our trip, I made a few racerback tunics from this Lil Blue Boo pattern.

This is now S's favorite dress.  Note the rainbows and stars.  I got the knit from the Fabric Fairies.   They have really cute knits that are pretty affordable.  The pattern is super easy to follow and a breeze to sew with my serger.  The pattern called for serging the hem, which I did, but I think that next time I might play around with coverstitching the hem on my serger instead. 

I'll leave you with one more shot of S and her princess hair.



Gingham Playday Frock

Ok, I actually just finished this dress but I'm still going to count this as one of my KCWC accomplishments.

Here she is modelling awkwardly in the cold today.  And yeah those are yesterday's braids and uncombed hair.

ooh, pockets!

hands in pockets pose.

let's put one hand on your hips and say cheese!

The pattern is the Playday Frock from The New One-yard Wonders.  Fabric is DS Quilts navy gingham from JoAnn's.  I actually really love how this dress turned out.  And it was a super quick sew.

So even though KCWC is officially over, I'm going to continue sewing kid's clothes this week in preparation for our trip to the happiest place on earth.  So hopefully I will have more to show you soon. 

KCWC: Days 3, 4 & 5: O & S Badminton Skort

It's already Day 6 of Esie Marley's KCWC.  Where did the time go? I took an unintentional mid-week break on Day 4.  No good excuse really; just got caught up watching some new HBO shows.  Have you heard of Girls?  Hilarious.

I did, however manage to cut out and sew the new Oliver & S pattern Badminton Skort.

I love the pretty scallop hem and the narrow, but still roomy silhouette.   Plus it's got built-in shorts!  So I started sewing this on Day 3 and only had the waist, shorts, and skirt to put together.  It took me another couple of hours to complete the skort last night.  That last step of putting the 3 pieces together?  Well, let's just say I got really friendly with my seam ripper.

Here's the whole outfit together.  O&S 2+2 Blouse and Badminton Skort.   

B wanted to get into the shot too.  Love those 2 little girls.

KCWC Day 2: Oliver & S 2+2 Blouse

 i really buckled down last night and finished this top.  the construction of the placket is just genius. 
 
i love this fabric so much.   from afar the fabric looks like plain polka-dots.

 but when you get closer you can see little birds and kitty faces peeking out.

Spring KCWC Day 1

We've had two straight sunny days here in Portland.  The days were spent outside.

Playing in fields of tulips...

and making messy ice-cream faces.

The first two pictures were taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn.  The colors are pretty amazing this time of the year.  And  although it gets pretty crowded, it's still worth the drive to see the rows and rows of colorful tulips.  

And now onto sewing news...

I'm gonna cheat a little and call this the product of day 1 of KCWC.  This skirt (plus 3 duplicates) was actually sewn up and completed Sunday night.  I had every intention of sewing last night after the kids went to sleep.  But then I fell asleep while putting B down for bedtime, and next thing I knew it was already 9:30pm.  I fought to stay awake for another half hour and then decided to just call it a day and went to bed.  The sunshine and being outdoors makes for a great night's sleep. 

B's friend is having a Yo Gabba Gabba themed birthday party.  I made the birthday girl, her sister, S and B each a skirt out of a this wild yo gabba print. 

I already have an Oliver & S 2 plus 2 shirt all cut up.  Hopefully tonight will be a bit more productive and I will have something to show for Day 2.