Craft Apron Love

As promised, here are some pictures of the craft (or in my case, garage sale) apron I made last week. 

Yup, that's me in the backyard with a little too much sunshine for a good picture. 

Wait, did I just say 'too much sunshine'?

I TAKE IT BACK! 

Moving on...

I put a snap on the center pocket (that is where I kept my cash- don't tell anyone!) so when I was moving around or bending over nothing would fall out.

It was so comfortable to wear two days in a row and held all my things rather nicely.  I made this up without a template or tutorial- just took a stab at it and loved it!  I like the look of the tie hanging down, so I cut my bias tape very long so I could tie it around front.

Happy Friday, all!

Feeling NEEDY.

The need to create something that is. 

All last week was consumed with the garage sale we had last weekend (oh, that's right, I DID create something last week!  Yea, part of being 'consumed' with the garage sale entailed making a 'craft/garage sale apron' to use to carry my money and things during the sale so I wouldn't be tied to a cash box- which turned out SO cute and exactly what I needed, I might add! I will post some pictures of said apron as soon as I take some!) so ALL day today I have been catching up on everything that I've let slide, including cleaning out Mr. Jack's closet.  (Holy never ending job that is! Not only would I like for him to take a break from growing for just a minute so that he can be my baby forever *sniff*, but how about a break from the multitude of clothes he can't possibly squeeze into, the one's that would fit if it were the right season, the pile that worked ONE MONTH ago, the pajama's that my wonderful husband hangs in the closet (?) and all the clothes that DO work! Ah!) 

Anywho, I have approximately one million projects swimming around in my mind that I am chomping at the bit to get at, but that darn garage sale took up so much time!  Not that I'm complaining... let me clarify, not only did people actually pay us for our junk stuff we didn't need anymore, but they actually hauled it away too {insert evil laughter here}!  Still, I probably won't do it again for many many years.  We don't accumulate much 'stuff', so I can't imagine having enough 'stuff' to have another sale for quite some time.

So, in a nutshell, I'd rather be crafting than cleaning!

Anyone else have this dilemma???

Oh, and here is a picture of my favorite tiny guy a month ago (and now those jeans are too short- see what I mean?). This is one of his one year pictures. He is wearing my Grandpa Jack's cowboy hat.  My Grandpa wore this hat all the time, I can hardly picture him without it.  Baby Jack likes it too. 

*sniff*

Must. Applique. Now.

Applique is like an addiction for me.  Or is an addiction. 

Same thing I think. 

 Here is a shirt I made for my little nephew again... He LOOOOOVES trains.

He might want to marry one someday... we'll see, he's only two. 

The first thing I did was draw a picture of a train.  Well, actually I had to draw approximately ONE HUNDRED pictures of a train before my husband said it looked close enough to a real train.  Seriously, every picture I showed him there was something wrong with it.  I guess he really wanted it to be perfect for little Will!

  Well anyway, when I finally got it right, I had to cut out all the little pieces for templates and then I started cutting the fabric.  The gray smoke and black wheels are felt and the rest is scraps I already had. 

And there you have it!  A train shirt for an adorable little fella.

See???