Saturday, September 20, 2008

A special gift for a special friend on her wedding day...

Okay so Gabby shouldn't be reading here today, she's getting married in about 5 hours. So i figure it's safe to post pictures of what I have made for her. I hope she loves it.
First up is a table runner to match her kitchen theme of grapes. It's extremely hard to photograph a long table runner, i could have done it outside had it not been raining the day i wanted to take the picture.
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Then i made a couple hot pads (with the special insulating batting) for the table, could also be used as pot holders.
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This is a casserole carrier, the pictures show it with my own casserole dish, i got her a new one for it though :-) I also included a special flip book of my favorite casserole recipes (i forgot to take a picture of that before i wrapped everything up). I printed a bunch of recipes on card stock, laminated them, made a cover and put it on a ring for easy flipping. The pattern for the carrier came from my friend Tracy who saw it in a magazine recently. I really think it's cute. It also has the special insulating batting to keep your dishes hot or cold.
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Finally my absolute favorite item i made, and it's not sewn but it's still crafty. I bought a big picture frame and special mat. I decoupaged it with many papers that match her kitchen theme. I created a special center panel to mark their special day and left the other two areas blank for photos of the wedding. I really am thrilled with how it turned out.
The mat out of the frame -
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All put together -
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Let me know what you think. Hope you love them Gabby!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Airplanes

I made this outfit for a toddler swap i'm doing over on Sewing Mamas and I just LOVE how it turned out. I made the pants a few weeks ago and last night got the applique done on the shirt, isn't it adorable, by far one of my favorite appliques so far.
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Front View of pants -
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Back View of pants -
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Little closer up view of the applique -
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Some new dresses

Up first is Faith's fall apple picking dress. It's the round neck top pattern lengthened into a dress. Could certainly be worn alone but here I paired it with simple turtleneck and leggins for a fall look.
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Next are two curved bodice dresses. The first i learned a few little things about the pattern so it came out a bit wonky in areas. Faith couldn't wait to model it so here it is unhemmed. Then the next picture is completed.
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Finally, Faith was invited to a birthday party for our little friend Sam who is turning 2. It looks "puckered" and a bit uneven in the picture, but it's just how it's laying on the carpet, someday i'll get better at taking pictures of things.
Her mommy doesn't read my blog so i figured i'd show you what I made for her, however her auntie does read it what do you think Tracey?
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