Baby Girl Quilt!!

I finally got both quilts done that I have been trying to finish the past couple of weekends. Both were for girls at work. The last one I posted was for a little boy, (which I loved by the way.) This one is for a little girl. They mentioned that they talked about decorating in a jungle theme and I thought this fabric was a little jungley looking. It has a small monkey hanging from a branch in the bottom corner because they are going to call her their little monkey. So cute!!!!! 

I hope she likes it. I just sent it through our interoffice mail so she should get it in the morning. The pattern I used for both quilts is a free one off of Craftsy. I like it so much because it only uses 6 fat quarters and it comes out so pretty and eclectic looking. I will definitely be using it again and again. 

Fabric Scraps!!

If you are like me at all, you have fabric scraps everywhere. I usually horde them somewhere until it gets so overwhelming that I can't move one thing without an avalanche of fabric scraps falling in the floor. 

(I secretly have a very hard time throwing the smallest piece of fabric away!)

It was such a beautiful day yesterday that I decided instead of having a coronary about throwing the scraps away, I would make the little birds outside happy and maybe even the squirrels too.  I was searching for something that the scraps could be put in while my husband was laughing at another one of my crazy ideas. 

(I mean what mama bird wouldn't love to have her babies in a soft fabric nest?)

I came across this piece of flattened looking fence stuff and even my husband was like, "that would be perfect!" and he quickly molded it into a little box for me and wallah!! 

But if I hadn't found that fence stuff I was going to go out to the shed and cut off a small amount of chicken wire, which would have been super cute. I'm sure I can do that with the next one I make. 

(Cause seriously I have tons of fabric scraps!!)

Fabric scaps

Flat fence looking stuff that my wonderful husband made into a box

Fabric scraps in the fence box

Fabric scrap box hanging from the tree

Fabric scrap box with the chickens in the background ha ha!!!

New Baby Gifts!

New Baby Gifts!!

New baby gifts for a girl at work can't believe how cute they turned out!!!

Originally I wanted to make this elephant that I saw online but since I don't knit (like at all) I knew there had to be some other way of making it. So I took an old sweater that I got at a thrift store and wallah!!! I think he turned out so good that I barely wanted to give him away. 

The quilt was made from 6 different fat quarters and I was very pleased on the way it turned out. 

Stuffed elephant

Stuffed Elephant

Stuffed Elephant

First Craft Fair!!

Here are some pictures of the first craft show that we did just a few months ago in the fall. We had a pretty good turn out.

Making Crib Rail Covers with snaps!! While She Sleeps!

Most people know that when you have a baby everything changes. Even though I said, "oh nothing will change!" yeah right. So since our little one is now 6 months old (almost 7, so sad) she has decided to surpass crawling and go straight to pulling up and trying to walk. We are super proud of our little one but since she has two chompers so far on the bottom we have noticed that she loves to stand at her crib and what does she do.... CHEWS THE WOOD AND PAINT!! So to make it safe for her because obviously we are just now trying to teach her the word no, I decided to make her a crib rail cover using snaps instead of ribbon!!! And yes that is her sleeping for her morning nap because as I was trying to say earlier, sleeping is the only time I get to make anything anymore!!! 

All I did was measure the crib rail (of course) and I actually had a piece of scrap from her sheet that I made that was the perfect size. It was about 6 to 7 inches wide and I think 52 or 56 inches long. I took a scrap piece of batting and fleece for the back. I sewed right sides together, turned them right side out and sewed it shut. I decided i wanted it quilted so I sewed lines every inch to inch and half across the whole piece and then sewed 3 longs lines down the width of the cover. After that I took my wonderful inheritance of snaps that I have from my amazing grandmother and put a snap in every other rail, I believe there is 8 snaps. I was thrilled with the way it turned out and little Lou loves it!! However, now she has decided to teach herself to walk towards the end of her bed and now she chews on that one!!! So what does that mean... yeap next nap I will be making one for the end rail!!

Sweet little baby sleeping, love her!!

I promise that next time I will take better pictures!!

Also if anyone would like me to make them some crib rail covers please let me know I would love to!!!

Wedding Archives!!

A look back at the archives of weddings that I have done!!! Including the most recent!!!

This is the most recent wedding that I have done!! I made her sash, garter, and veil! And I love the packaging which I did so she could store the items in forever!!

 

 

 

This wedding I did a lot for I made the veil, sash, garter, purses, flower girl purses, and flower girl dresses!!

And then there is my wedding that I redid my mothers dress ( I wish I had a before picture I will find one) I made the flower girl dresses, maid of honor dress, my brooch bouquet/muff, maid of honor bouquet, flower girl baskets, flower girl hand bands, my garters, my veil with flower, and so much more!!!



Tea Dying Alencon Lace!!

So one of the projects that I am doing for this wedding is the brides veil. It's supposed to be some what of a deep ivory to match her dress. However the tulle matches perfectly but when I got the alencon lace that I ordered, the lady said it was ivory but it was no where near the color I needed. So instead of sending it back which was not an option, and the fact that I would never be able to find this pattern ever again, I decided to DYE IT!!!
This process was so simple I didn't even need to take pictures (granted I have done it before but not with this kind of lace)!!
I got the largest cooking pot that I had, filled it with about 10 cups of water, brought that to a boil and then steeped two large family size tea bags ( I used Lipton's but only cause I didn't want to use my Luzianne that we always drink ha ha) for about 5 to 7 minutes. I took the the tea bags out and put the tea in the fridge. My patience was non existence, so after about 30 minutes I added a whole tray of ice cubes let that sit and then finally it was about room temperature. I had two pieces of alencon lace that were 58" long. I took the tip of one end and tested it first, when I felt that I got the desired color when holding it next to the dress, I took a dip breath and dyed the rest of the lace. I dipped each 58" piece twice, letting it sit in the tea for about 30 to 45 seconds, and then rinsing each piece in cold water after each dip. I laid them out on a towel, pat dried each piece and hung over the shower rod to finish air drying, (after making sure the color matched the dress). Even after the lace fully dried the color was perfect!!! I was so happy and excited! Here is a finished picture of the Alencon Lace with the dress!