Summer maternity dress

I am rapidly running out of clothes that fit (down to two elastic-waist skirts and one pair of maternity jeans), which motivated me to do a little sewing this week!


The cotton gauze fabric was given to me several years ago by my friend Susan. I used Butterick 4685 (with modifications). Because the fabric is sheer, I lined it with muslin. At one point in the proceedings, the dress looked distressingly like a muumuu!! But hacking some of the length off and adding the underbust elastic helped solve that problem.

I wore it yesterday when I accompanied Douglas to a nearby city for a job interview [his, not mine], and felt extremely comfortable all day. What a relief to not having anything constricting my thickening waist! :-)

Churn dash

I am determined to try my hand at quilting and finish a baby quilt before Baby comes! I've chosen a block pattern (churn dash, as seen here) and drooled over reproduction fabrics. I think I will try to mix 'n' match fabrics from different lines to get more of an eclectic look to the quilt (hope this doesn't backfire on me!). Some of my favorites are here, here, and here.

I'm taking my time over this project, because I won't have an opportunity to go fabric shopping for a few weeks yet, nor have I yet acquired a walking foot for my machine. But half the fun of any project is in the planning stage!

Simplicity 4749

I actually made this top way back in March (before I knew I was pregnant -- I just thought the style was cute). It's from a vintage pattern I won on eBay last summer. I used a linen blend from Jo-Ann Fabrics, but I'm not very happy with the fabric choice. It's a little stiffer than I thought it would be, so it doesn't drape very well, and the quality seems to be rather poor as it's already faded after just a few washings. But, it works well right now, as I'm in the big-enough-to-look-fat, not-big-enough-to-look-pregnant phase -- the stiffer drape hides my pudgy belly.

All the details...

Thanks, everyone, for all your well-wishes in regard to my previous post! Baby is due December 5th, so I am currently about 11 weeks along. We are all very excited and overjoyed that God has blessed our marriage in this way!

I plan to have some maternity/baby sewing to share in the weeks to come! :-)

Three mothers on Mother's Day