For Marissa

A family friend of ours had a new little baby girl this July.  I made her a cute blanket out of some adorable elephant fabric that was pink and brown (which probably seems a bit familiar.)  Unfortunately, I kept forgetting to mail it.  Then the other day we got a surprise call that they were in town so we got to see them and cute baby Marissa.  I also finally got to give them the cute little blanket.  I'm glad it's finally with baby Marissa right were it belongs!

Halloween Witch Pillow Cover

I always find myself wanting to make cute pillow covers for my couch pillows to match the current seasons and holidays and I finally made one!  I saw this cute witch fabric when I went to JoAnns to browse while my daughter was in her dance class.  I had seen the fabric before and resisted buying but this time I just couldn't resist.  I grabbed a couple of coordinating fabrics and manged to actually get it sewn!  I, of course had to do some applique work since it's my favorite thing to do.



I absolutely love how it turned out and this is the first of, hopefully, many more pillow covers to come!

For Baby Jude

My friend, Randi, is expecting her first baby next month and I went to her baby shower this last Saturday.  It was a lot of fun!  Her mom threw the party and she had some incredible food and some fun games.  I, of course, wanted to make her something special for her gift.  I love making baby blankets and so that's what I decided to make.  I found an elephant fabric at JoAnns that I thought would make the perfect applique.  I appliqued the elephant and embroidered the baby's name, Jude, on a super soft fleece and used a coordinating blue with polka dots for the back and wrap around binding.  I'm really pleased with it and think it turned out super cute!

Won't You Help Me Please?

Over the last little while I've developed a fondness for felt.  In particular using felt to make children's toys.  So now I've started making my own toys and I would like to make them into patterns to sell online.  So that's where I need help...I need a shop name.  I've always had a hard time naming things.  So I'm asking for help.  :)  Leave a comment with a name suggestion for my shop.  The shop will be for selling patterns for toys made out of felt.  Most likely not felt food because there are plenty of shops that sell patterns for those.  Leave as many suggestions as you like!  If I decide to use your suggestion then you will get a pattern of your choice from my shop or you can choose to have me make you a surprise gift!

UPDATE: I guess no one wanted to play. :( I figured out a name and the shop grand opening is coming soon! Stay tuned!

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!