Happy Belated 4th of July Table Runner

Between Liberty and I we are racking up those sky miles - or a least we would if we could.  It has been a crazy month for both of us and I really wanted to post this before we left for our vacation to Utah.  But of course packing and getting other things ready became more of a priority.  So for those of you who celebrate July 24th in Utah - Here is a way fun table runner that I made for our family auction in Utah.  My sister in law was so excited and even more so that she could still use it for the 24th.

I found the idea at V and Co from Amy of Diary of a Quilter over a year ago.  She did this beautiful table runner and last summer I wanted to make one of these and cut everything out and then . . . NOTHING.  I was digging through my fabrics last month and found this all ready to go.  I knew I needed something for the family auction and thought - this won't take me more then an hour.  BINGO.  Really easy once you get started.  All the instructions are there and it is really user friendly.  I decided to use the cool metallic thread I just acquired and this is a closer view of the stitching.

That one is a bit blurry but here is another one just so you can see how cute it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope I can get a couple more things that I have finished in the last little while on here.  We will see.  I'm not promising anything.  Life is a bit crazy with an on the go 9 month old, a very active almost 4 year old and their older sister.  But that is how life is, isn't it.

Have a nice day!


 

Pioneer Aprons...

I spend the weekend in Nauvoo, IL. We had a youth conference with 200 adults and youth. It was AMAZING! I made these aprons for the Stake YW Presidency. They all LOVED them and wore them almost the entire time. {I am working on a tutorial for them, but I've had no sleep in 5 days so I will wait until I am more with it so you can understand the instructions!}

UPDATED: TUTORIAL FINALLY AVAILABLE HERE!!!!!!



They are pretty easy, I used overalls that I got at the thrift store and strips of fabric that I surged the edges and didn't even hem....I promise to get all the measurements and instructions soon!

Skirt OBSESSED...

I think I might be a little skirt obsessed...but these are SO SO easy and SO comfy...I used this pattern HERE.



I added some trim on the bottom of this one and then pleated a few horizontal pleats. I LOVE how it turned out.



I even made me a pioneer skirt to wear at youth conference in a few weeks. I added a pleated ruffle at the bottom. It goes all the way to the floor, I can't wait to wear it in Nauvoo.

Angry birds fun

Have you played the game yet?  My kids sure have. 





We were looking at some ideas I had for a possible birthday present for one of Kirsten's friends. But she had other ideas. She wanted to go shopping for her friend. So as we were looking Kirsten saw my link to Angry Birds Tutorial and wanted one. I was in a crafting/sewing lull and so it was a nice way to break up the almost non-existent crafting lately.

These are super cute and super easy. I didn't exactly follow the directions. BUT DO I EVER? Instead of making the eyes the way she suggested I just cut them out and sewed them on. I guess I had the chance they might not look right but the kids really didn't care. I think they turned out pretty cute.

Then when we had them both done, Kirsten started ordering the rest of the crew. I was using what fleece I had on hand and so there are no pigs (don't have green) and the rest are not made yet because the kids haven't really asked me for them.

Here are a couple more pictures.  I just thought the kids were cute playing with them.


 






 

Easter dresses

I don't know if people are still even looking at this blog, but we are still around.  We just have been overly busy or just too crazy in our life to actually publish things on the web.  I had been working on Easter dresses for the girls.  I used a pattern for the top and the sleeves and then adapted as I went.  It took me longer because I was making it up as I went along.  Esther has a different dress that I was copying the ruffle of the skirt with.  I found the lace that I had bought at a garage sale and found that I could use it on the dresses.  It was an adventure to say the least.  Here are the pictures I took of the two of them. 

 

Hope you had a Happy Easter.  Here is a project that I finished a couple of days before Easter.  Liberty found these letters after last Easter on clearance for $2 or 3.  I bought the paper at JoAnn's.  The sparkly kind is hard to put on the wood because it is very stiff.   I decorated it with odds and ends around the house.

 

easy, peasy skirt....

I saw this on Make it and Love it and knew that I wanted to make it....and I totally love it! I might start living in it....j/k...sortof...{actually if I could get away with it, I probably would wear it everyday, it's like wearing a blanket!}



I purposely made it this long. I wanted it to cover me up when I am FREEZING, which is ALL the time since it's never going to be spring here.

{now I want to make me another one....}

Ruffle table runner

When I saw the ruffles Amy used on these books, I knew I wanted to copy them....but since she was already making me a cover {thanks Amy}. I decided that I would make a table runner with the left over fabric I had that matches my wall hanging.

It turned out super cute. {it's a little "wavy" because of the ruffles, but I'm hoping that will calm down as it is used}.

Thanks for the great idea Amy!

WINNER!!

Sorry I'm a few days late...I haven't been feeling well.

The winner is:



Congratulations to The Knapps!!! I will send you an email with your code right away!!!

Are you Lucky?

I don't really decorate for St. Patricks....we usually go straight from Valentines to Spring and Easter....but Easter is still a long ways away so I thought I would make some LUCKY blocks for St. Patricks Day.

and then I found this cute Subway Art at eighteen25 and put it in my frame....all done.

Now i can say I "changed" my decorations!

A late Valentine's entry

You would think that Valentine's is over, but in my book you can "celebrate" it or keep decorations up for it until March 1st.  AND SO, I thought I would post this cute picture of my baby in her Valentine's skirt.  Of course this could be done with any material for any type of skirt.



I found the idea on Homemade by Jill that was featured on Kojo Designs blog.  Only modification I did was to gather the material before I added it to the knit fabric waistband.  Okay and I used a cotton fabric instead of the denim and did a rolled hem on the bottom of it.  It turned out pretty cute and would have only taken me less then an hour if I didn't mess up on the waist band and make it too tight at first and then waaaaay to big the second time.  (It would have helped if the model wouldn't have been asleep when I was making it - but that is what that seam ripper is for.  It has to get it's work in sometime.)

I'm also blaming my late posting on a slew of computer problems we have had the last couple of weeks, along with a job change for Dave.  So there are my excuses take it or leave it.

Ruffled Notebook Cover

I decided I NEEDED a notebook covered in cute fabric to keep all my crazy lists.  Plus they looked so cool online that I thought I might try it.  I didn't follow anyones blog on how to do the notebook cover.  I just decided I could measure like all the other tutorials out there on how to make a notebook or book cover.  Plus I think this is a project I have done before back in the day.  Anyway.  I made the stripe one with the cute polka dot out of material from my stash.  I thought I was pretty cool with the ruffle and the ribbon to close it and even a pen holder.  BUT then I saw this post on making a ruffled table runner and I fell in LOVE!!  I mean really that couldn't be that hard and I really thought I might have to try it again.  And

WAL-LA!  One of my friends had a birthday and I had the perfect opportunity to try out my technique and I LOVE the result.  Don't you think it is cute?

Now to make another one - now that I've worked out all the kinks.  I think Liberty would let me do one for her if I asked real nice.  If she gives me some material I'll make one to match her fancy new purse, and maybe even do a tutorial.  Really it doesn't take all that long, under an hour with minimal interruptions.

Valentine's Day fun

Happy Valentine's day! I saw this idea on the Becky Higgins Blog awhile back and decided I wanted to do it.  Especially since I have a baby with cute feet.    I had to use my Picasa program to put it together instead of Photoshop since my computer is on the fritz.  The paper in the background is from Persnickity Prints called vintage love.  It turned out sooo cute.  Here is another way I put it together.

 Pretty fun to play with.  I like it.

Here are a couple of Valentine's ideas that I have wanted to do with Liberty, but between the two of us we have been sick for over a month (different things and times that overlap.)  So we  (my kids and I) worked on these today.  I think they turned out pretty cute.

This wood block idea was on Under my Umbrella, it was pretty easy and we wanted to try it out.  Easy and Fun.  Kirsten was pretty impressed.

This idea started with this post from Brown Paper Packages but I took it to a different level.  I really love conversation hearts.  And so this was the perfect blend of the project I saw and the idea in my head.  I wanted mine to look like true conversation hearts.  Now I wish I had made these earlier this month, but oh well.  Life is just like that some days.  I found the paper at JoAnn's it is a solid color with glitter on it.

Subway Art.....Personalized

I made some cute personalized subway art for Valentines Day. I LOVE how it turned out. I am planning on changing the colors for each holiday. I made individual ones for my mom and mother-in-law. You can see them HERE.

Baby, Binkies and Blocks

Okay now isn't she cute?  She is modelling a valentine's day binkie clip that I can now cross off my TO DO list.  I didn't just make one.  You know they get dirty and also you can never have enough binkie's around.  So I made 4.


Two have the same pattern on one side but a different matching pattern on the other.  I found the tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew!  My only change was I used a snap instead of the Velcro.  I think it will stay together better, especially since Esther loves to pull it out occasionally.



I also test ran a pattern for baby blocks.  I had some left over material that seemed perfect for baby blocks.  Full of texture and different colors.  Don't know if she likes them yet - the jury is still out.  (Although Kirsten and Peter can be found playing with them.)  There is a pretty good tutorial on Flickr by London mommy.  I didn't really change anything on this except I made one with 4 inch squares and one with 5 inch.  I'm not sure if it is my stuffing job or just the stuffing that makes them so round looking.  I know that the black fabric is a bit stretchy.  Oh, well my kids will play with them and probably never notice.