A Mini Project for a Mini Man

I whipped up a couple onesies for Baby B the other day.... totally random project... I was cleaning out my sewing area and found lots of leftover onesies from a different project long ago. I was so excited to find them (totally lame) and realized I could whip up something super fast and get a little reacquainted with my sewing machine (weeee!).

Which desperately needs a cleaning... gotta get on that.

 The 'B' is for baby, boy, Bentley, boogers... whatever you want!

 And a little argyle for my newest little man.  Snazzy.

 Hello baby B!  I'm your big brother Jack!

As a side note, I may have to stop letting Jack play with the camera... he changed a setting and the pictures are all grainy... annoying.

Drooly Babies and Such (LOVE)!

So, I've been making things for drooly babies (including my own) for a long time now and I've only done one post on them!  The hang up was, I didn't have any pictures of them... so last week I dug out my box of completed goodies and started snapping. 

 I'm in the process of making a baby, (a real baby- due May 27th!) yay!  So I figured now was the time to actually DO something with this mad stack instead of let it sit.  I WAS going to do a craft show, and I still REALLY want to (I've just always thought it would be fun!)... but time got away from me and I don't actually have enough items ready to go to one.

So, what to do?  Start an Etsy shop!  I've been told to do that for a long time by lots of peeps and just didn't... but here I am with a stack of completed things and no other outlet to sell, so here I go!  I LOVE Etsy so this should be fun... and I suppose its a tad easier to sit at home in my PJ's and try to sell my stuff rather than sit all day in a gymnasium :)  hehe.

I don't have all this listed on Etsy yet... some items I will be donating to a silent auction at my hubby's work that benefits a bunch of great volunteer organizations. 

Here is my stuff... 'check it out, check it outers'!

Pink dots girly set.

 Matching bib and burp cloth with contrasting hot pink thread!

The burp cloths measure 6.5" wide and 15" long... perfect for draping over your shoulder.

This is a large bib and measures 9" wide by 12" tall.

This is a ribbon blanket... I LOoooOOVe the colors of this fabric!

And check out the backing, it's coordinating white SUPER SOFT minky fabric... mmmmm.

The size is approximately 17"x20"

Next up are 2 bibs and 2 burp cloths, all boy all the time.

These bibs are 2 sizes, this is the larger size... it covers more area so is best for 5 months and up, including toddlers.  Speaking of toddlers, I only use snaps, so those little rascals can't pull off these bibs.  Muahahahaha.  It works too!

And this is the smaller bib, perfect for the teeny-tiny-spit-up-y newborn... awwww!

And a close up of the detail.... did I mention I lOOovE this fabric color combo too?

And all of my bibs and burp cloths have super scrubby, super absorbent terry cloth on the back... after lunch you just flip it over and scrub the face clean! 

And here is one of my non-girly fabric faves... It's understated girly...

it has the obligatory flower, but no pink in sight! 

And I really wanted the burp cloth to be something different and funky... so I sewed strips of fabric so that they will continue to fray a little bit.  Looks funky and and I love it.

See what I mean?

This is for the wild child... Giraffe and hot pink!

  Wooo-weeeee!

I used coordinating hot pink thread to match the ric-rac.

Close up of the snap!  Oh snap!

And this is a super soft flannel for your little monster... could it be any cuter?

This bib is sized for the tiny baby (snuggle!).

And here's another ribbon blankie... this one's for the boy!

 

And another fabric I love... it's the softest corduroy evah!

Check out those super cute footballs and helmets!

And of course, some more of that super soft minky.... ahhhhh!

Last, but certainly not least, a pretty bib for a little girl. 

This is a chocolate and white print with pale pink terry cloth on the back!

So, that's about it!  Other than a few I've given away and the one's I've made for Jack.

Wish me luck!  :)

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???

The Casual Cake Stand**

**Alternately titled **

"Is it still considered crafty if it only takes 30 seconds to make?"

I saw this adorable plate at Meijer the other day...

...they also had some green apple plates which I loved even more, but the red matches our kitchen soooo much better.
I immediately wanted to make a cake (muffin, cupcake, whatever you want, doesn't even have to be a baked good) stand using the matching red bowl.

So, I gathered the supplies (as pictured below):
Plate
Bowl
Super Glue

See that super glue? Don't use it for this. The label says you can use it on 'some plastics'... well, what I have here is some plastic that it doesn't work on. So, use Liquid Nails- that does work.

Put your glue on the bottom of the bowl...center on the back of the plate... let dry... add some Apple Streusel Muffins and done!


See what I mean about 30 seconds?

Towel LOVE gone CRAZY!

I decided to try embrodiery after I saw this beeeauuutiful towel made by Amy at The Idea Room. Isn't it perfect? I used her template for the word 'blessings' for the towel below.

These are really fun to make, first I hand embroidered the words, then appliqued the fabric to some flour sack dish towels.
So I made another...

...then another...

...then another... (you get the picture)

Oh, and whhhhhooooooo doesn't love an owl??? I drew this owl myself!

And, yes, there are more towels already made. I will post those as soon as I take pictures!

Little big man

Just like this blog, this project is because everyone was doing it and it looked like fun! And it was! :) Here is Jack in his little tie shirt on Easter...

I used the tie pattern from this awesome tutorial here!
I've come to love applique, so as long as I can find a pattern (or freehand one)- I'm going to applique it, so watch out!

And here is my nephew, Will, in the one I made for him... his was WAAAAAY more difficult because I couldn't find a long sleeved plain white t shirt - so I MADE MY OWN! (still can't believe I did that)- I bought two short sleeved t shirts from Meijer and took off the short sleeves of one and made new long sleeves out of the other and sewed them on! It turned out pretty good!

Okay, so the sleeves may be a little long :)

My First Applique

This project was actually over a year ago now! I had no clue what I was doing...my sister told me to iron on some fusible webbing... I had no idea why. Now I see that your letters will pucker a little if you don't use it. Anyway, I was looking to make a name decoration for my baby's room that was just a little different than the usual wood letters. I also wanted to incorporate some buttons from my grandma into his room somehow. So, this is what I came up with! The best part is that not only are my grandma's buttons on here, but everyone who came to the baby shower was asked to bring buttons that either they sewed on or my family sewed on later. I think it's adorable!



And by 'I came up with', I really mean, my mom, sisters and even my husband had some input on the final design!

Jack is after my Grandpa Jack and Warren is after my Grandpa Waldo Warren. Yea, we went with the middle name on that! Hubby gets the last name :)