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Friday, December 28, 2012
Christmas Presents Part 1
Friday, November 30, 2012
Did someone say elephants?
Have I mentioned before there would be a lot of baby showers coming up in the next few months? I know about 18 women that are all pregnant right now. When I say about that's because I lost track after 16. I had two this week. Three I guess if you count the double baby shower on Tuesday night as two. I whipped out these onesies in an hour after work. One of them had a boy, and the other one is having a girl and is due in about 3 weeks. I love the little pink skirt. I call it the "30 minute skirt". The butterfly I had on hand from my days working at the scrapbooking store, and the bow tie I free handed. Not too shabby, huh? Thanks to my sister for the suggestion.
I guess you can call this week a huge dose of quick finishes. This blanket is for the other baby shower on Saturday. I am going to finish it tonight. The elephants I cut out on the LPF using the Animal Kingdom cartridge and dark brown iron-on sheets from SEI. I just love them. My goal for the coming year is to use all my scraps before I buy more fabric. This is one such project. The fabric isn't quite a full-on crib size. It's about 44x54" but I figure a newborn is going to be super small and it will take him a couple of years at least to grow out of it, so I'm solid. I wish I had more of the green fabric to break it up a bit, but I tied it with multi colored yarn so it will still look cute. I learned tonight that I still have a lot of learning on my machine before I try to quilt on it, so tying it will have to do. The back is solid dark brown to tie it all in together. I can't wait to give it to her.
Linking up to Finish it Up Fridays with Amanda Jean. I'm so glad she started doing these again. It really motivates me to finish things up.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Polka Dots and Dragonflies, and Butterflies, Oh My!
Friday, November 9, 2012
Prison Suits?
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
A 3 Musketeers Halloween
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Love her and loved making the dress for her.
Project Run and Play
Saturday, October 27, 2012
2 Showers, 1 week, no time
I had two baby showers this week. One I was decorating for, and another one that was 3 hours away, so I couldn't go, but wanted to do a gift.
The decorations are for my sister-in-law. They live down the street from us and are expecting their first baby girl in 8 weeks. Even though there were a lot of emotions, (you know, with us not being able yet to get pregnant after 7 years) I made my best efforts to make the decorations look great. All of the decor is made from ribbons and paper. Here's to throwing out happy baby vibes into the universe!
All the shoes are even made out of paper.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Better Pictures
Her sweet mother sent me better pictures and permission to show this cute girls face. These do it so much more justice. Sometimes I look at it and am in awe that I actually made this dress and that it was created in part from her blessing dress. As I was cutting into the other dress I was having major anxiety, but a deep breath and a quick, not-able-to-take-it-back snip with the scissors and I knew it was move forward, or else. Whew! I love it.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Baby Decor
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
T-H-E Dress is finally done
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The little spots you see on the dress are little glass beads I hand-stitched to the bodice. The flower I melted by cutting out circles in satin in 4", 3", 2", and 1" increments and melting with a lighter. I wish the pictures were a better quality, but it was late at night in a kitchen, and the flash on my camera did not want to play nice.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
The Latest
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Murphy's Laws of Sewing
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