Lollipop Couture

Summer in Az calls for dresses! My daughter loves to wear dresses in the summer since they feel cooler and well she is a girlie girl. I've noticed that she was already out growing some of the ones I've made her last year or bought her. It's mommy made to the rescue, I've been wanting to make her a maxi dress ever since she learned how to walk lol. So now I think she is in the appropriate age to be able to move and handle a maxi dress.
For this design I decided to do a basic tank pattern and I measured her for the desired length. The hem was going to be high low but, squared out. I was inspired by my stripe black and white maternity dress. I had another stripe black in white fabric in my stash, this was a cotton jersey blend and was softer.
Unfortunately, like many times I didn't have enough fabric for the stripes to go horizontal. I really wanted to use this fabric so I decided the next best thing was to have the stripes go vertically. Since it is a four way stre…

It finally happened, I sewed myself a kimono and a matching one for my daughter!!
Ever since I made her floral kimono I've been wanting one for myself. As I was cleaning my sewing room I stumbled upon an onion knit feather fabric. The feathers are beautiful and I hadn't thought of what to do with it. ( Hi my name is Paulette and I'm a fabric hoarder) Light bulb hit, kimono! I drafted my pattern and what do you know I had enough for myself and my mini me lol.

I was excited to have one and wear it during my pregnancy.  I decided to use the same lace trim as the one I had previously used on my daughter's floral kimono. Here we are in our mommy and me kimonos! She looks so cute! Being pregnant a kimono is a must, it dresses up the belly more and the lightweight fabric keeps me cool in the summer.


Now that kimono is off my check list, I have a few more maternity makes that I want to share with you, so stay tune!

Here is a silly pose lol






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This summer is all about exposing a little shoulders! I am definitely digging this trend and decided I needed an off the shouldres dress asap!
I had the perfect fabric for this dress that I had envisioned. I had bought this beautiful bright floral on black cotton jersey blend knit fabric from my favorite fabric store Girl Charlee.
For the design I used my modified pattern from Simplicity 1358 the bodicon tank dress. I ommited the chunky straps making it a tank top. I drafted a rectangle to create the off the shoulder ruffle. I decided to add tiny spaghetti straps for extra support to avoid any slips. Another modification I made was legnthening it a bit. Since this fabric wasn't as stretchy as my previous ones I should have added 5/8" on each side for more wiggle room.
Sewing it was easy peezie, and just like that I had a brand new dress to add to my maternity collection!! I really loved the final product.
The only thing is, my baby bump is growing and I don't for see me w…

Ever since becoming a mother I've tone down on my makeup because I didn't give myself time to go all glammed up. My days of lavishing mascaras and flirty fake lashes were long gone. I was a huge fan of MAC eye shadows and would do the whole match your outfit thing. My go to lipstick was a fierce red when I used to think I was a rockabilly chick. Besides rosey cheeks I didn't wear foundation or powder my skin was smooth as a baby's bottom. I even used to rock cat eyes with the eye liner and hynotic purple contacts.
Now a days you'll find me bare face and on days that I wear makeup it's more of earth tones. So you can say I'm way otta the loop as to what's trending. The makeup world seems to have gotten a bit complicated. From conoutre, highlights, glow, to color corrector. Where to begin right!
I don't know if it's my age or todays camera's capturing everything, I feel like I have to up my makeup game. So I decided to give IPSY a try. Don'…