Still Sewing and Celebrating!

I am continuing my celebration of National Sewing Month with a few new finished projects this weekend. I was able to get my granddaughter's ruffed Capri pants put together...and by the way, ALL of those ruffles you see on the legs were HAND RUFFLED...whew! There are 8 in all so I was doing LOTS of football watching while I ruffled yesterday. They are from a new pattern by "Rosie Posie" that you see pictured. This pattern was so much like the Portobello Pixie pattern that I already had that I probably could have used the Portobello Pixie one but, as a true seamstress, when I see a new pattern I really want to try it. This new pattern had one more ruffle so if you like that go with it. Little girls look so cute in ruffles and seem to love them so all of that labor is worth it to me. I serged the raw edge on each ruffle with my roll hem foot and I would DEFINITELY advise that...it was a HUGE time saver. 
The diaper cloths you see pictured are for a new grandmother friend of mine. I wanted her to have cute "girly" burp cloths to use when her first granddaughter arrives next week. I LOVE making these...they are so easy and useful. You cannot have enough and every new Mom needs a bunch those first weeks and months. I love "dolling" them up with trims and ribbons. Buy the Gerber brand cloth diapers at Target or WalMart...make certain they are the cloths with the double panel down the center...that is where your cloth will be sewn on. Then choose a cute ribbon or rick-rack to sew down the edge of the cloth where it meets the diaper. They are adorable with a monogram on them but my machine will not do that...yet! Maybe I can look forward to doing that one day to my burp cloths!
Happy sewing and creating!