Please Vote Boy or Girl

Okay so I have been so super buys with KPD that I have had very little time to play with new ideas BUT that is changing as I have slotted in so "free time" sewing so that I can keep my sanity!! LOL... So I really really want to do some baby bedding... But I don't have an order or a friend to do it for so I am leaving it up to you guys.... and my facebook peeps (if you don't already like it please stop by and take a look... I post daily on there and am always adding new pictures.) to vote on either Boy bedding or Girl bedding. I have two sample charts that have 4 fabric selections, you are voting for the COMBINATION not and individual fabric. So let me know... Boy or Girl???

Vacation OVER I am Back!!! Wanna see what I have done?

Hi guys I am so sorry that I took a way longer break than I thought!!! Between work and Christmas and everyone in my family getting sick I have not had a chance to think.

I literally was working till 3 am the last 4 days before Christmas to get all my orders done but I was sucessful and everyone get their presents!!! YEAH!!! I have made so many personalized pillows.... that I wanted to show you all!!! Here are some I have made in the last week:












So I did this mostly in the last two weeks.... so please forgive me for not being here I am really sorry.... BUT I am back now and ready to tackle my house.... starting tonight with my basement which will be my new studio/kids area!!

Stay tuned!

Auction Apron for the United Way

My hubby is working on a campain at work for the United Way and he made a comment the other night that he was looking for prizes to auction off... I was thrilled when he asked for an apron... I am so excited to help out and give back!!!

So I wanted a new a different apron.... thats how this little diva came to life!

An Apron

My brother in law has a pretty steller girlfriend... she is awesome... (hint) so last week she asked for an apron, she wanted damask and she wanted black trim. I asked her to please trust me... and if she hated it I would make something different. So I did polka dots! Needless to say she loved it... the polkadot just added personality! I am so glad that she let me do this!!!

I have been busy... But have eye candy!

I am so sorry I have been busy. But with being sick last week, and preparing for the Christmas Craft Fair (my first one) and working full time, and the kids I have had no time to thing.... I forgot to eat one day last week, it was 4 before I even thought about it... So again I am sorry... but I thought I would share some new products with you.
This picture looks dark, and I see that now that they are uploaded... but the fabric is the same used in the camera/ iphone/cell phone cases




These are the camera/iphone/cellphone cases.



So this is just a little of what I have been working on... on top of that my girlfriend made little buisness cards for me to have at the fair... and to put on products. These are it... I couldn't decide which one I liked better... so both it is!



I hope to post some more... again I am really sorry!!!

How to change to a zipper foot.

Okay so I made a zipper pouch the other day, and a follower made a comment that she didn't know how to change a zipper foot WELL... while I am not an expert here are some picture that I hope help.

Step#1: Take your regular sewing foot off, on most if not all machines (to my knowledge) have a little button like this black one that my finger is on that you simply press and your foot will "drop" off.


Step#2: Take your zipper foot, it is divided down the middle, I always use the right side, but you don't have to.


Step#3: Line the zipper foot up and mine all you do is lower the arm and the foot will pop on, however, you may need to press the little black button again to get the "claw" to open up.




I am sorry this probably makes no sense, but if you have any questions let me know. I love putting zippers in, they really are fun and easy once you just bite the bullet and give it a shot.

PS. Sorry for the mess in my pictures, I am working on more zipper pouches YEAH!!!

The Big Bag!

Monday night I was playing around with some fabric... I wanted to try a different way of doing the zipper in my zipper pouch bags... you see... the thing I HATE is the ends... they just don't seem to look the way that I want. So I added little ends to them, and then quilted the front of the bag. I used all of my new fabric and I love it.








This little big bag is awesome... standing on it's own at 7x10 inchs with a 4 inch box pleate bottom and interfacing makes this perfect for make-up, nail polish and gear, toiletry bag, kids game bag... really so many possibliies.... So I must ask... what would you use this bag for??? Do you have a favorite bag that you use???

Tinkerbell Costume

Well to my fellow Canadians Happy Thanksgiving! Now on to the fun stuff.

Peyton wanted to be Tinkerbell for Halloween, and really it was the day I had dreamed of. I would one day have a little girl and I could make her all these great costumes.... well that day has come and this is what I created.

TINKERBELL for a 2 year old.





I don't have a tutorial and I will tell you why. I had no rhyme mor reason when I created this. It literally is what happens when you leave me alone for an hour with a sewing machine, sissors and fabric... I used:

1.5 meters of both greens
.3 of a meter of the pink
sequins 1.5 meters

(and my secret... a tutu from the spring... because I was going to make a green tutu but they were all out of the green and all they had was pink... so I bought a little more and added it on the shoulders. The tutu is seperate and can be taken off and worn with other costumes or for ballet... and then the tinkerbell outfit can be less puffy)

This is so super easy and now that I have made it I think I might sit down and draw a tutorial. I am not kidding it took an hour and that is with me trying to fiqure out what I was going to do.

Well I hope you like it... Peyton sure did! I am linking to all of these plus my usual links on the side.



Between Naps on the Porch

Weekend Sewing Club

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So I don't know how many people you need to make a club but I will venture out and say more than one. Even so I had a great meeting... and um... okay I just got a lot of needed stuff done. AS WELL I had an amazing day yesturday when I got my professional photos of my product in. YEAH so pretty!! I am so thankful that I was able to get them done. I will post more about this later with more pictures tho... however the photographer Angie did take some of these... and I LOVE THEM...

Here is what I made this weekend. I for the first time sewed with Chinelle... HMMM, not my favorite, I HATE that it crawls... no matter how many pins... it just took longer than I would like, and it rolls and curls and just isn't as much fun... but pretty outcome.






Here is a midnight experiment... the boys bib with tie.



Hope you like it... have a great day!!!

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Day Planner Face Lift

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Do you guys remember last week when I revamped my address book.... well that was all in preperation for my day planner.

Every year I buy this AMAZING day planner... it is honestly the worlds best... it has everything in it that a mom could need... including games for the kids, cross words, word search and word scramble etc... so really this amazing little planner is SO MUCH MORE! And it is only $8 at Costco... so it trumps the ice cream.

Well when I ordered the fabric two weeks ago I thought FOR SURE that the Damask would be my new cover, then oh then I saw the beautiful Michael Miller Daisy Doodle Dandy and had to make it my cover.

Here is the before:


Here is the after ~ FRONT


BACK


Inside Pen Pocket



Hope you love it... CAUSE I DO!!!

Burlap and Bags

GOOD MORNING!!!

I had a great day yesturday creating with burlap.... I have never had any to sew with so it was SO much fun to sit down and play with one of my favorite materials!!!

This is what I came up with...

Double ruffles...
Lined with Vintage cotton fabric
Handcrafted burlap rosette









YEAH so excited!