One more Christmas present made

This year cash is tight for everyone, and our extended family decided not to do gifts for each other and rent a beach house instead.  I decided to cheat and make presents for everyone. More money to spoil  with the kids with anyway.This got me in the spirit, and made me want to make stuff for everyone on my Christmas list this year. One of my oldest friends is a photographer. So of course I was gonna make her a camera strap cover. Duh right?

I know there are TONs of tutorials out there on how to make these covers, and mine is not really different from those except for its mine. :-)

Here is the basic how to:

Supply list

Cotton Fabric 1/4 a yard of each color

Thread Fusible  interfacing

Rotary Cutter/Scissors
Iron

First I cut out all my rectangles 4in by 2.5in.

 I serged the sides before I sewed the pieces together.

Then I trimmed up the sides making the strip 27in long by 3in wide.

Then I cut a strip the same length and width for the back.

Then I ironed the interfacing on.

Sewed and serged the two strips together, also finished the ends. Then I folded the ends over an inch and made two rows of stitches.

Closed it up and turned it right side out.

All Done! The best part is I made it.:-) Hope she likes it. Merry Christmas Michelle

Lookie at the new patterns I bought

With a list of Christmas projects a mile long I had to stop by Etsy and look at patterns. I found these (in my opinion) must haves. On sale too!

An-A-Is-Just-Three-Sticks-Skirt-pattern

Rings-Of-Ruffles-Skirt-Pattern

Ring-Of-Ruffles-Pants-Pattern

Now to find time to make them!!

New Craft Space!!

OK so this is not the ideal craft room but I am just happy to have a little corner of my own. I previously used a shelf to store my stuff, and lugged stuff back and forth to and from the kitchen table when I used it. That was awful because it meant no family dinner when I was working on a project. It was way to much trouble to load up and then unload after. So I am very grateful to my husband for doing this for me.

YAY!

Stocking Stuffers

So I can't put off my Christmas list any longer. I am a total procrastinator. Anyway This is one of many little gifts I will make for family and friends this Christmas.

First off I found the template for these little baby dipes on www.skiptomylou.org.

I changed it up a bit by making it a little more ajustable.

Supplies list

Inner and outer fabric

pdf template

Velcro

Matching Thread

Sewing Machine

Straight Pins

Scissors

Iron

          First I picked out some cute fabric. Mine was flannel for outer fabric, and fleece for inner fabric.

                                Then I downloaded my template here and cut out all my pieces.

 Then I cut out my fabric. :-)

From here on i just pinned the two pieces of fabric right sides together and stitched (1/4" seam allowance) almost all the way around,  leaving about a 2" opening. Then I turned my diaper right side out through the 2" opening and top stitched all the way around. Here is my finished product.

I made six total. Great stocking stuffer for a baby doll love! r:-)

I also made two bibs but Brez woke up and I had to stuff them away before I could take a pic.

Homemade Christmas ornaments

Today Brezlin and I made salt dough Christmas ornaments. Brezlin had so much fun. Its easy to find a free recipe online to make these. Here is the basic recipe:
1cup salt
1 cup water
2 cups flour
Just mix it all up, then roll dough out, and then cut with cookie cutters in any shape you want.

Project idea

About a week ago I found this blog the magic onions.I spent all night looking through that blog filling my head with ideas. This was one I thought would be perfect to do now. You can buy Indian corn anywhere in Woodburn. I let Brezlin play with the corn while I worked. She was very interested and asked a ton of questions. The best part of the project was that the next morning when I woke up, the left over corn had begun to sprout. Brezlin and I decided to plant a few pieces and see what happens. I love watching her learn new things.

Long time no see

Well hello there blog! It has been a long time. I have been very busy. I have lots to post, and to share in the next few weeks. I have to figure out the changes to blogger first.
Anyway
Here we go again
Rya

Gilbert house with Chelle's kids

What a fun day for us:-)

March 18th

Hanging out with jamma Nettie and Phenix

Lil Blue Boo / Dharma Trading Design Challenge

Here are three Lil Blue Boo patterns I made. They turned out to be pretty easy to make. I used fabric dye on white T-shirts I got from the Goodwill by the pound. I also found some very cute fabric from the $1.50 section in Wal-Mart. I used fabric paint to write on them. The orange dress says two on it in glitter paint. It is a little hard to read, but I really like the look of it and Brez will be two in a couple days so it’s a perfect party dress.

Lots of startch!

It says two on it lol she likes that!

My daughters name is Brezlin :-)

Pants Pants Pants!!!!

I  got a pattern for the Pink Fig Bella pants a month or so ago and thursday I got the nerve to try it out. I ask my mom if she had any jeans she didnt want anymore and she gave me a bunch of old pants she had but didnt use. I also have been collecting fabric from Goodwill when the price is right.  Here is what I came up with.

This the first pair I atempted to track my progress with pictures but the camera battery died after a couple photos.