Caden’s Present

Emily brought home a cold the first week of school, sigh…  I have been battling it the past week.  I have had two steroid shots, and antibiotic shot, and many albuterol treatments.  Today, I finally feel normal again (me doing a little happy dance).  I’m STILL on the wagon, I promise!!  It has just taken all of my energy to run my house this past week.

In the meantime, when I was feeling ok after mega doses of advil and tylenol, I was able to make some little baby things for the upcoming baby #3 and boy #3 for a friend. 

I have had this story time toile for a while and finally had the nerve to use it. 

CONFESSION TIME:  I’m a fabric hoarder!!!  I LOVE fabric and buy it constantly.  Certain fabrics I’m so in love with that I don’t want to use… I know, crazy, right?  This was one of those fabrics.  BUT, I told myself that this was the perfect time to run with the bulls.  I accented the blue toile with black.  I really like that look for little boys.  There is little pom pom fringe across the top and ric rac across the bottom.  These are two of my absolute trims to use on anything. :))

For this burpie, I used wide ribbon and made a simple knot in the middle. 

I made a cute cupcake out of socks, a diaper, and a washcloth with Caden’s initials on it for the gift topper.  It makes me want monogrammed washcloths… babies are so lucky!!

Partying at a few of these fabulous get togethers this week (hopefully).

Back on the Wagon

I had the opportunity to sew a few burp clothes this past week. :)

It has been so long since I have created anything for a little boy that I almost forgot how!

I always end up designing 4-5 different fonts and typically only use 1-2 of them.  This particular font is from Meringue Designs and I find myself wanting to use it with just about everything.

It looked a little too plain so I topstitched a double row around the edge of the fabric in the same color as the embroidered name.  I really like the final result. :))

Back to the pink and brown for baby Morgan! 

I added a big shabby ruffle at the bottom of burp cloth #2 complete with raw zig zagged edges.  Shabby ruffles make me smile!!  I love the unkempt look they create.

So, I think I am finally back on the wagon again.  I have tons of ideas swirling around in my head again and find myself trying to balance them all with my kidlet responsibilities. 

Cheers!!

Partying with a few of these fabulous ladies this week!

Inspiration for Lily Kate

Remember my little birdie coffee cozy that I have been swooning over??  Here is the onesie that it was designed to match!  I was hoping to have a cute little collage to showcase different views of this lovely, BUT Photobucket is NOT cooperating this evening.

   

Bear with me…. here is my make shift collage! 

 

 

I accented the embroidery with mini pom pom fringe in pink.  I fell in love with this little bird from Alexander Henry’s Starling Line and knew he would be ab.so.lute.ly perfect as the focal point for this design.

The burp cloth uses another coordinating bird from the same fabric.  I changed it up a bit and embroidered it horizontally instead of vertically.

The diaper bag is designed, embroidered, and cut out….  I just have to finish sewing it together!  I have thoroughly enjoyed this project (really and truly).  I sincerely hope (with all my heart) that Lily Kate’s mummy likes it as much as I enjoyed creating it. :-)

I’m partying with this project HERE!!

Gift Bag From a Cereal Box

I seriously got a wild and crazy whim this weekend…  This is a cereal box in disguise as a gift bag!  I cut everything off except for the front, back, and one of the sides.  It was the perfect size for the onesie and burp cloth while continuing with the “upcycled” theme of the gift.

Gift COMPLETE!! :)  Off to work on my next order…

I’m partying with a few of these lovely ladies today.

Old Jeans to Burp Cloth

 

Remember the tea stained/stamped onesie?  Well, here is the 2nd half of baby Max’s gift. 

His mom has a FABULOUS sense of style and likes non traditional things.  I used a pair of Jack’s old jeans that had a HUGE hole in one knee and the beginning of a hole in the other knee.   The knit “patch”… old tee shirts of mine!  There’s a double row of topstitching around the hand stamped “max” and an urban flare topstitching around the red part of the patch. 

 

The bottom seam of the jeans is the top of the burpie.

 

 

 

The thread bare “knee” gives a unique touch.

 

 

This is definitely a one of a kind type of gift that no other mommy on the block will have!  Try it the next time you need a baby boy gift. :)

Linking up to a few of these par-tays!

Sweet Baby Girls

 

There are so many sweet baby girls being born lately it seems.  I really love designing and creating girly things.  I still lean towards simplicity with my girl things as well…

For the burp cloths, I repurposed a vintage bedspread (just like I did with Sage’s Goodies) on the first and utilized a traditional cloth diaper with the baby’s monogram for the second.  The reversible bag is large enough for a couple of diapers, wipes, and a change of clothes.  It has Ryan’s name on one side and her monogram on the other.

My FAVORITE part of this gift is the onesie! 

It has a reverse appliqué pink heart with a green “R” to represent.  It actually turned out exactly how I had it planned in my head (which doesn’t always happen, btw).  Now, I want something for myself with a reverse appliqué heart… seriously!

Vintage Baby

Remember my vintage finds at the local antique mall??  I FINALLY found something worthy of the bedspread that I fell in love with!

A burp cloth for my dear friend’s baby!!  Alicia absolutely LURVES everything vintage and what better way to celebrate her first (and only) little girl with my much coveted find?!?  I used Amy Butler fabric to line the back and kissed it with a tweet tweet appliqued bird (accented with Amy Butler fabric as well, btw).  I smiled the whole time I made this little gem for Sage.  I was actually proud of myself for happily parting with a bit of my antique chenille bedspread!

Here’s a peek at the rest of Sage’s gifts.  She is the prettiest baby and I’m so thankful she’s here. :)

Baby Shower for Emma Renee

 

Saturday was little Emma Renee’s baby shower!!  I decided that I wasn’t going to take the easy way out and run to Babies R Us this go around.  Half way into it though, I was rethinking my decision!!  :)  Here is a little diaper bag for Emma made with blue and black and white damask…. Emma’s nursery colors.

Here is the inside of the diaper bag.  It has 2 pockets on one side for wipes and diapers and 3 pockets on the other side for bottles, binkies, or whatever!

I also made a fleur de lis onesie and bib so Emma can represent her roots! 

A black and white damask burpcloth accented with black velvet ribbon, blue/turquoise ric rac, and a fancy “E” rounds out the gift. 

Even though I ran out of time, I enjoyed designing and making all these dainty pretties for such a special baby.  I can’t wait to meet her when she makes her debut…. maybe I will even complete her blanket before then!

Pretty in Pink!!

I am very well aware that one day, my poor son will look back on these pictures, and disown me.... but until that day comes, isn't he cute???I must clarify that I don't make a habit of dressing him in girl clothes, but I really needed to see how the ruffle was going to look on an actual baby. He was giving me a sweet little toothy grin as this thought came into my head and I took it as a sign!!

Aren't the ruffles cute peeking out from the little apron skirt (thanks to Sew Poshy for helping me to complete the design on this outfit!)?

Here is a front view of the outfit with the embroidered onesie and little apron skirt. He posed just perfect!! An acting career in the future perhaps?

Here is one of the burpies for little Emma K.

Ok, so this isn't for Emma, but I make it for our school's fall festival auction and thought I would sneak a pic of it in here.

Emma's birdie applique onesie and paci clip. The fabric matches the burpie above!

Burpie #2 with Moda fabric.

A birdie bib to keep her onesies nice and clean (in a dream perhaps).

I must now rush off to begin Karla's order... she has patiently been waiting and I musn't keep her waiting any longer!

Michelle's Hutch

A dear friend and wonderful neighbor, Michelle, was looking for a new home for her grandmother's hutch. It was a close race between myself and Sew Poshy. She graciously allowed me to purchase this beautiful addition to my studio! I am so thankful to Michelle and Karri.

This hutch is definitely exactly what I needed to organize Liberty Original. Don't my dressforms look beautiful displayed on the top?! Now, everytime I walk into this room, I get a warm and fuzzy happy feeling. I have been so much more productive as well. Woot woot... doing a happy dance... thankfully nobody is watching me!

Baby Lucy Ann's goodies are complete. I know she will keep warm in this blanket made from Art Gallery Fabric's girly girl line. Her monogram and birthday accent the middle of this blankie.

Here is a close up view of Lucy's flower appliqued onesie and her burp cloth appliqued with pink minkee. I added three little tags made from ribbon and ric rac for her to play with as she gets a wee bit bigger.

Here is a sneak peek of my next project already in progress. It is for a very special little girl!! (aren't all little girls special, though!)