Mini quilt

I'm calling this my experiment quilt. It's the first time I machine quilted anything and I thought I better start small. It will probably end up as a doll quilt for one of Ellie's hundreds of dolls and animals. Here's a picture of Ellie, Pete and Damian with half of those animals :)

I have some of the teal fabric left so maybe I'll make a doll pillow and sheet too.

I really liked the fabric combo so I made a diaper and wipe keeper, for when I have my nephew (even though we are trying to potty train). And a mug rug (which I had never heard of until two weeks ago, but it seems everyone in blog land is making them).

Another Circle Skirt!

Its been awhile since my last post...summer is hear and I'm lucky if I get time to sew. So the blog got pushed to the side.
Anyway, here is the outfit I made for my niece and her new doll.

I used Dana of MADE's circle skirt tutorial...again. I lined the skirt because the zebra material was so thin. Then I appliqued shirts for her and the doll. I also made a pillow and blanket for her doll.

I'm going to try and get a few more posts up this week of things I've been working on :)

T-shirt Dress

They changed the dress code at school so next year they can't wear pink polo's anymore. So what to do with all the pink polo's? I used one and made a t-shirt dress I saw at I am Momma hear Me Roar.

You just cut strips from other old shirts and sew it all together, super easy!

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.