Harry Potter in the house!

Who's that?  Could it be?

Harry Potter!  AKA my almost 9-year-old nephew, proudly showing off his Harry Potter party hat.

 O, my friend - here's wishing you the MOST magical birthday ever!

 

You win some, you lose some...

...in project attempts and contests (I didn't win the Pure Joy Events party tutorial contest).  Oh well.  I was truly honored to just be asked to join in the contest.

As for my projects, I had stumbled across Prudent Baby's Snappy Shirt tutorial in my saved sewing projects.  For whatever reason, a project that once was put on the backburner now HAD to be done...NOW!  With a rather long and lean 18 month old, I figured the 12-18 month pattern would be fine. 

(You know what's coming, right?) I tried it on little A and it was sooo tight across her chest!  Luckily, we have a baby friend who will inherit the shirt and hopefully be able to sport it in Florida next year.  And, once I do the math, I can probably enlarge the pattern to fit little A.  (Actually, our baby friend's mom is a math teacher - is that a fair swap?  shirt for math?  hmmm....)

As for the second project, I stumbled across a free pattern from Laura at We Wilsons. Again, something about this little guy screamed, "Make me now!"

My little ferret's face is a bit wonky, and sewing it shut reminded me of how much I don't care to hand sew, but the end product is pretty cute - especially when adorned with a red glitter bracelet from the resident four year old. 
 

Most of my sewing time this weekend was dedicated to making 18 (eek!) Harry Potter hats for my soon-to-be 9 (eek!) year old nephew's upcoming birthday party.  Photos to follow.  It was the first time I sewed with a seamstress's help (my sister-in-law) - I could definitely get used to that! 



Wishing you success in all your endeavors - crafting or otherwise!

A few more...

...hats, that is.

Three new ones to add to the collection - two with ball fringe, one with extra large rick rack.

And, I couldn't resist this one.  What do you suppose she's thinking right then and there?

Have a happy day!