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More Baby Goodies

Published by dee on May 28, 2009

My cousin and his wife are expecting their first baby at the end of June so I decided I wanted to make them a little something. I normally would throw together a little fleece tie blanket, but since he’ll be a summer baby I thought I should do something a little less warm. This is what I came up with.

The top side of the blanket is a soft knit fabric with a cute animal print. The bottom side is a fuzzy fleece backing. All I did was cut the two pieces of fabric, sew around the edge with right sides together (leaving a small opening), turn right side out, then topseam around the edge. It turned out really great. In fact, I think I’ll be making these again when I need another baby gift.

I couldn’t resist knitting up a little hat to go along with it as well. I packaged it all up, along with two cute little rompers I picked up and shipped it off to my cousin last week.

Now I’m just trying to figure out who’s having the next baby so I have an excuse to make more!

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Hairbows are Addictive

Published by dee on April 6, 2009

I seriously never thought I would be the type of mom to dress my girl in frilly dresses, make her purses, and put bows in her hair. (Of course I also never expected my daughter to have such little hair at a year old.) Guess that just proves that motherhood really does make you a bit crazy! I finally got a little bit of down time on Sunday and this is how I spent it.

I’ve been collecting ribbon here and there for a while now but never could find the time to sit down and make these. It was a great way to spend my little bit of extra time. It still surprises me how much joy I get from making things with my hands!

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Tutorial: Toddler Purse

Published by dee on April 5, 2009

My mom and I have been searching all over for some little toddler sized purses for my daughter and my niece with no luck. I did find some on the dollar aisle at Target, but I’m sure they would be torn to shreds in no time. My mom wanted to give them to the girls as Easter gifts, but we just never could find the right thing so I decided to pick up some fabric that would match their Easter dresses and make them instead.

Since we looked all over for them and never did find any, I figured there has to be someone else out there looking for the same thing. I decided I would share how I made these in a tutorial so no little girls have to go without purses. 😉

(My apologies ahead of time for the horrible pictures. I had terrible lighting where I was working.)

Supplies:
2 pieces of fabric 9 x 12 inches (fat quarters would work great for this)
2 pieces lightweight interfacing (iron-on)
approx 1 yard of 1 inch wide grosgrain ribbon in coordinating color
coordinating thread
fabric pencil or marker
fabric glue (optional for making bow)

Cut fabric and interfacing into two 9×12 inch rectangles each. Iron interfacing onto wrong sides of fabric.

Take one piece of fabric and pin a 9 in. strip of ribbon onto each end approximately 1 in. from edge.

Sew along the very edges of ribbon.

Make bow with ribbon and attach on top of ribbon stripe. I made a simple loop bow and attached it by sewing just under the top loop.

Fold in half length wise with right sides facing. Pin sides and seam with 1/2 in. seam allowance, leaving top open. Repeat with second fabric piece to make the lining.

Open seams and iron flat, making a point on the bottom edge.

Flatten bottom corners. Measure up 1/2 inch from point and draw straight line to box corners. Seam across line on all four corners.

Turn lining so that the right side is facing out.
Cut 12 inches of ribbon and pin one end along the top edge of each side, centering with seams. Sew ribbon to lining with about a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

Insert lining into outer bag with right sides facing (ribbon strap should be inside between the two layers). Pin around top edge to hold the lining and outer bag together.

Seam around top edge, leaving about a 3 inch opening to turn bag right side out.
Gently turn bag inside out through opening. Fold liner into outer bag.
Iron around top edge to flatten, then topseam around edge.

Now, sit back and admire your work!

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Toddler Purses

Published by dee on March 30, 2009

This is what I did with a big chunk of my weekend:

Tutorial coming soon!

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Don't Miss This Amazing Giveaway!

Published by dee on March 19, 2009

Launching this April is a new website all about quilting! From the team at YouCanMakeThis.com comes YouCanQuiltThis.com, full of quilting projects, tutorials, and patterns brought together by a team of experts and lead designers in the industry. And what’s even better is they are giving away a Marie Osmond 200 Quilter’s Companion sewing machine by Janome! There are several ways to enter the contest, so if you are at all interested in quilting (or just in the sewing machine) I suggest you go enter right away!

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Lacking Inspiration?

Published by dee on March 13, 2009

creative-bliss Everybody has their off days and when you are a creative type you are bound to have days when you just can’t find inspiration. What do you do when you just don’t feel inspired? I’m over at Blissfully Domestic today talking about 10 Tips To Finding Creative Inspiration when you’ve lost yours. Go check it out and add your own tips in the comments section!