The Snuggle - Continued

I had a question about the snugglie, and some of the things I learned from the first go round.


The pattern I used was found at Snugglie. The first time I made the snugglie, I made the armholes too big. So the 2nd time around, I made a template for the armholes. I then measured the circumference of my armhole template and made sure that my sleeve pieces were only 1 inch wider than the measurement of my template. ( I allowed for 1/2 seam allowance on my sleeves).


The other thing I did was to put a serged rolled hem all around the edges using wooly nylon thread. My daughter wanted a "finished" edging on her snugglie. I did it in the same color as the polar fleece that I used. (If you zoom in on the picture you can see it).


That's all there was to it. It was very simple, the longest portion was doing the serging the edges

The Snugglie is done

Well, I have now finished two snugglies. One for my daughter and one for her future roomie.

I also put the Wyoming team logo on the snugglie. So she'll be pleasently surprised when she see's the logo on it. It's the first time I've used the embroidery function on the Bernina, and I was very pleased with it.

I wanted to give you an idea of the snugglie on someone; so I tried to model it. But its difficult to take a picture of yourself in a blanket; but here it is:

Maybe when she gets back I can get her to actually model it for me, and take some pix.

Meanwhile I spent a good chunk of my time cleaning my sewing room. When I get to a point where I can't find stuff, I figure its God telling me to cleanup. So I listened to God. It'll only last till I start the next project, but at least it was in order for a brief moment.

The Dress is Done

Well, prom is over and I get the dress done just in time. I started with a size 10. Need less to say I ended up adding about 4 inches to the overall length, and had to adjust the bodice. She really loved the dress, and said she wants another one for college (In case she has a formal to go to).

This is a front view of the dress. She is so much taller than all of her friends, that when she takes pictures with them she has a tendency to slump over to their height. (I remember doing the same thing when I was her age.)

Here is a picture of the back of the dress:

I can't believe it by the end of the month my youngest will graduate from high school! I must admit I will definitely miss having her around. My husband and I are working on finding a new way of life, now that there will be no more kids in the house.

Now I'll have tons of time to sew. My daughter has already given me a project. Snugglies for her and her college roomate with the college logo embroidered on them. If anyone is interested, I found a pattern at SNUGGLIE.

I know she's growing up because she even went out and bought the fleece for it, and cut it out for me. She said she would have sewn it, but didn't know how to turn on or setup the sewing machine. Before she would have never done that, she always said "why do I need to sew when I can tell you". Oh well, "TIMES, THEY ARE A CHANGING".