Sewing Pattern Flowers

 I saw the idea for making flowers out of old pattern tissue at country living.  I'm am slightly, like, 12 steps away from a healthy obsession with projects out of old patterns.  I'd say it was because I grew up with a Mom that used to sew, but thinking back, this also entailed me sitting at her machine at one point of my life and actually sewing a needle through a finger....completely, and having to figure out which way the wheel turned to get it out.  Good news, I got it out....and then started screaming bloody murder.  Wait, I guess all my projects do include destroying patterns, which equals no sewing, which equals elimination future opportunities to add additional scars to my fingers, which is probably why I like them so much.  For these little flowers.....old patterns...

 I cut these down to roughly 11x8.  I accordion folded two together (more paper=puffier flowers). 

 I cut the ends in a slight arch.

 Squeezed the middle together and tied around a pipe cleaner for the stem.

 A couple flowers, and an old tin (another obsession for another post) and.....tissue flowers.  I don't like silk flowers, but dried flowers...and now, apparently, pattern flowers, I can learn to love.

Free Dress Pattern

 Another cool thing about the internet?  FREE patterns!  I found this pattern on a site called made.  I decided to make this little dress for my goddaughter....due any day.  Homegirl is going to be the most fashionable diva after all the items all her pseudo aunts have sent her way. 
I usually hate patterns and avoid them as much as possible, so when I share one....it must have been completely doable and fun.  I'm lining up therapy appointments for all the failed attempts at following a pattern.  All this to say, this is an easy one, and has lots of possibilities for super cute dresses.  The original pattern actually uses an old tshirt for the dress portion. 
So....here's the pattern printed....for free.  Whoop whoop. 

Cute out two pieces, and sew down the sides. 

 I folded down what would be the arm hole later and sewed it flat. 

 I gathered the top of the front and back. 

 Created a bow using another color, and sewed that over the gathers to hold them in place.

 I went even cheaper and one side is pretty rough, but I'm guessing little nugget grows fast and may just get to feature this one time....as any truly fashionable girl does. 

This is just one of those patterns that you can figure out by looking t it....and following the attached directions on the link above...which I will be doing again soon!