Ballerina Totes

My little girls start dance class today. I thought it would be fun to make them some cute little totes to carry their dance stuff in. I've had this ballerina fabric since Kaitlin was a baby and I think this was the perfect project for it. Originally I was going to use the ballerina fabric on the outside and the pink on the inside but then Stephanie had the idea to use the print fabric on the inside and an applique on the pink for the outside. I loved the idea because that's exactly the kind of stuff I love! In fact I'm not sure why I didn't think of it.




They turned out perfectly pink and they scream girl! I love them!

Asian Tote for Aiyana

My friend, Stephanie's, daughter, Aiyana, saw the post I did a couple months ago about the totes I made for my girls. She thought they were so neat and wanted me to make her a tote too. So yesterday I was going over to sew with Stephanie and I took some of my fabric stash with me. We had her pick out her favorite fabric and she picked out the red fabric with the gold asian characters on it. The fabric was part of a fat quarter set that I bought a really really long time ago. I've been wanting to use them for a while but just never had a project for them. We got started on the tote yesterday but had to stop because I ran out of time and I also needed more supplies to get the embroidery work done. Today I did the embroidery and applique and got the tote finished up. For the embroidery I found a site online and translated her name into chinese and then used the characters to embroider her name on the bag. I also appliqued a lady from the fabric that I used for the lining on the front.



I'm really happy that I finally found a great use for the fabrics and I think this bag turned out so cute!

Mad Hatter Tea Party Bridal Shower

Yesterday was the Mad Hatter Tea Party Bridal Shower I organized for my sister, Willow. It was a lot of work by a lot of people (Thanks Mom, Laurel, Michelle, JoAnn, Megan) but it came together wonderfully!



We had a hat decorating contest and everyone did such an amazing job! I loved them all! I wish I had gotten pictures of all of them but alas I didn't.



I had a lot of fun decorating my hat to look like the white rabbit. It's super simple but I love how it turned out! I think I may have to reuse it for my Halloween costume this year.



The bridal shower was a huge hit and so much fun! Thanks to everyone who helped and to everyone who came!

34 Cloth Napkins & an Apron

34 cloth napkins to sew. 34 cloth napkins. Take one down sew all around. 33 cloths napkins to sew.......



and one apron!



I stayed up super duper late last night getting all these cloth napkins and an apron sewn for my sister, Willow's, bridal shower today. It's a Mad Hatter Tea Party theme for her shower and I thought the cloth napkins would add a nice touch so I volunteered to sew these. What was I thinking? Probably that I would do them over the space of a few days instead of all in one setting. Procrastination really gets me sometimes! Oh well they turned out super duper cute! The apron is for a prize for the hat decorating contest we are doing. It turned out pretty cute too! Now it's off to get the party all set up it should be fun!