Happy Birthday Jack

Here are some pictures of the outfit I made for my nephew Jack's 1st birthday.

The sweatshirt and tshirt are both from Target and I added sailboat appliques. I got the fabric for the shorts at Joanns, they have a few different plaid patchwork fabric.

I also made him a MADE hobo bag. I've made quite a few of these this month for birthday gifts. They are really easy to sew and a great addition to a birthday gift for any age kid.

Bow Board

Ellie's hair bows, which she only wears sporadically, have been driving me crazy. So I made a board to attach them all to. I started with a 9x12x1 canvas, covered it in fabric and stapled six ribbons on. Pretty easy and it only cost me about $3 to make!

Bike Basket

Ellie got a new hand-me-down bike last weekend and I decided she needed a basket for it. I found a tutorial on the noodlehead blog, it was really easy to follow and only took a couple hours start to finish. I covered my fabric in an iron on vinyl so it would be water proof. Since the vinyl made the fabric stiff I only used the stiff interfacing on the bottom. The vinyl also made it a little harder to sew since it was so thick.

All in all I think it turned out great and Ellie likes it! Now time to make on for Michael:)

Hobo bag

I made a MADE HOBO BAG to give as part of a gift for Ellie's friend Katie. I made the lined version and added a applique K!

Then we added some stickers and silly bands and wrapped the straps around her present.