A Monster of a Hoodie

A few weeks ago I held a photo contest on my Facebook Page . One contest for the little ladies and another for the dudes!
Super fun!
Riley won the girls contest and I made her this dress (Pattern is Mod Kids Frida) with fabrics from Amy Butlers "Daisy Chain" collection.
 I wish I would have gotten more pictures of this cute little thing.. but I was in a rush to ship it out. Next time :)

I also put together a Monster Hoodie for the boysCheesiest Smile winner, Mason! Congrats Dude!

This hoodie took me a bit to put together because my mind was drawing blanks as far as a design that was age appropriate, it allowed me to move into sewing for the 7 year old boy and I am glad it did! I get stuck in sewing for girls and LOVED the change of pace.  This was a challenge but FUN to make. I hope he enjoys it!

Hoping to get action shots of this! {wink wink margaret}


Thanks for reading!!

Making your addictions work for you...

I tend to find things I love and become "addicted" to them.
Things that give me little rushes of JoY.

One of those things I ~LOVE~ is cothing.. I love love love clothing.
Another LoVe is thrifting. That love makes me SqEaL inside when I get the chance to hit up a thrift store.
And yet another LoVe is recycling! Turning the "waste" into useful items.. especially when there are kids involved.

I mish mashed those three loves together and came up with this...

A Girly Twirl dress.. this one is mde entirely of old shirts! This is one of my favorties because of the rainbow twirl <3

I also have a massive MINOR addiction to fabric.. and that allowed me to create these

                                     Loungers, made from a mix of old T-shirts and fabric scraps!

as well as these...

                                Hoodlums, adult sized t-shirts upcycled to make pint sized tee's

Fun, RiGhT!!!

All the names are in the process of being trademarked.. What a workout that is!

Anyways.. not only is it tremendous FUN  to go out and find all these shirts and upcycle them into one of a kind duds.. it's crazy rewarding too. 

I am in the process of creating a Custom DuDs order book, full of pictures of the shirts I have found that are just too cool to cut and make into just "anything". These shirts need specific owners and I cant wait to see what others want me to create with them!

Here is an example of a few of my favorites

Those should be FUN to make new!

As always, Thanks for reading!

Late Night Lady

I stayed up late last night to "catch up" on some sewing. I have a {highly anticipated} Craft show on April 3rd and practically nothing to stock my booth with!
I was planning on staying up until 4 a.m but only lasted untill 2 when I realized that staying up any later would be counter productive.. I would have had to spend the day today ripping seams..
I managed to get 3 more pairs of Ruffled Trousers done as well as 3 flag banners for a friends craft booth!
I also got my butt in gear with a Monster hoodie for the handsome little man who won my Facebook contest.

These are the Ruffled Trousers that I managed to finish up.
 I LOVE how they are turning out! Easy to put together and they look FUN to wear!

The first pair was supposed to be for my daughter, Iris.
Untill I realized how many clothes she as.... they are for sale now.. lol

The next two were made from a Michael Miller fabric that I scored from a girl I went to High School with! She had a TON of fabulous fabrics that she sold me for a steal!

And the fabulous ~but HARD to photograph~ Flag banners for a friends booth.. I need to get me a few of these made!

They were SoOper simple and I think I might post a tutorial on how to make them!

Thanks for reading! Hope you had a fabulous weekend :)

Intro!

Thanks for visting Katies DuDz!
I am the sewing mama to 5  and soul mate to the love of my life, Nathan.
Katies DuDz is a collection of my art and creativity.
I was blessed (and sometimes I consider it cursed) with an ever creative thinker. It never really turns off and honestly sometimes I cant keep up with it! I pull things out at random.. when "free" time is available.. and I create them! My tools are my sewing machines and my palette a bolt of fabric. Inspiriation is everywhere and I tend to soak it up.
I like to mix stripes and dots and pair the mis-matched to create true one of  a kind ... stuff.
Thats what we will call it... stuff.
Usually taking the form of some wearable art.. a.k.a clothing.
I obsess over vintage and thrift like a whore. (OK.. thats a great name for another blog) and will be sharing it all!
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog!

Here are my favorite creations.