What do ya think?

OK so I am brushing up on my zipper skills and made these over the past couple of days. With alot of late nights, my trusty seam ripper and many deep sign's(ahhhhhhhhherggggggggg) here are the finished products. I would LOVE to find a home for these little darlings', so make me an offer and one will be on it's way to you soon. Enjoy!

Memory Quilt

I thought it might just be a little therapeutic for me to make something in memory of our loss and loss last year of our babes. So I picked this fabric up for our little one this year. And instead of stashing it, I will make a memory quilt using the silhouettes of this bird (centered to represent me 'the mama' and flying around me each one to represent all of our babes. There might even be a tattoo in the future of these birds.Thought I'd share. Aren't the colors just so calming?

Fabric! Fabric! Fabric!

A Sneak Peak...

Can't even wait.... Enjoy a little peak-a-roo!

Recession Inspiration

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to buy THESE HERE but due to the economic crisis I had to make my own. So with some inspiration from HERE I came up with the best knock offs I could do.Enjoy

Sassy Bags... for your shopping pleasure

I snagged these canvas bags on clearance @ target one day and decided to put them to good use. With a little ric rac, and some 'borrowed' images off the computer, voila! I made these reusable bags (for grocery shopping that is) for a girlfriend of mine. Fun and sassy for the spice in all of us. Enjoy.

Kristen's Baby Shower

The Finished Product 'The Quilt'

A set of bath towels (toddler & baby)

Carys & Bay-Shaye enjoying a cupcake. They were quite the party girls.

Posing for mama before the party

Kristen and I. Oh I just love her. Isn't she precious. Due in May

My Aunt Hiedi & Kristen

5 Generations Wow! G G Gma Ruby, G Gma Bernice, (my mom not pictured), Me, Kristen, Our kiddos & Kiddo to be.

(Click on photo collage for a closer look)

The shower went off without a hitch. For such a small little family, we sure can throw a party. My Aunt did an amazing job of hosting and we had a hard time leaving that's for sure. Enjoy some snapshots of the day and decor. The girls were great and hung in there all day. Kristen is my only cousin on my mom's side. And I couldn't be happier for her and her impending motherhood. She will shine.

Intermediate Sewing Skillz

This week is crunch time for me. My one and only cousin (we have a small little family) is having her first baby in May. And I challenged myself a bit by trying out a baby quilt. Not as hard as I thought with a little coaching from a good friend (HI Am!). And this is it, minus the binding. That will be wrapped up by Friday. I am so excited for her. She will be an amazing mama. So here's to one of many new sewing adventures.

Snuggle blankie

Ok so I attempt this little snuggle blanket with a ruffled edge and need some advice from out there in blogland. Calling all seamstresses: How do you evenly match up the stitch on the top and bottom of the blanket while sewing the ruffle edge on? I had the hardest time and had to hand sew my mistakes. So please, anyone, lend a fellow sister some advice! I love the style and am a total perfectionist! Thanks a bunch!

I managed this...

Between colds and holiday craziness, I did manage to FINALLY oil my sewing machine, geeze huh?! And completed these towels for the girls! yay! Mission completion!

Dress # 2 Re-Vamped

This is the second dress I grabbed from the Chatterbaux. This lavender number was needing a little TLC when I found it. So I spruced it up with some polka dots ( you see how I love em'), buttons,needle, thread and some steam-n-seam. Voila! And this is what you get!

Slavaged Dress Tutorial..

Here goes... as for my first tutorial (please excuse any rough spots).I found this little treasure at this second hand store in PG and saw it had potential. That's all I needed.I take things into this little store every now and again and had some store credit and picked it up.I should also add that this was all inspired by my girlfriend Amber who made these amazing pillows from an Amy butler pattern. I chose to wing it! All I did was cut strips, I am all for instant gratification (no measuring req.) and just kinda sorta had them in a similar family of colors. Plus I love polka dots too. I had extra strips left over for another project so I held onto the strips that were not used.

I sewed all the strips together, long ways. Creating a rectangular shape of the different kinds of fabric.

Then I flipped the fabric over to the wrong side of the fabric and grabbed 2 different size things, a cup and a bowl to trace. I used a brown crayon,easy enough. I tried to utilize as much of the fabric as poss. Sewing the strips together is a little time consuming but not to bad.

Here's the circles all cut out.I also cut out some small single pattern circles for another project and didn't end up using them so I incorporated them in this dress as well.(They are not shown) But I hand did them, the little dots myself. No tracing req. for those.

One step I didn't picture was the iron on Steam n Seam I used after the polka dots were cut out. I ironed onto the backs of the polka dots and ironed them onto the dress. In no particular pattern, just to cover up where the previous ugly silk Hawaiian flowers were that I cut out. Some of that cutting left holes.Once those were ironed onto the dress, I began to zig zag stitch all the way around the circles. I used a pink thread but you could used any color but white. I like color!

Tada! And here it is.... I swear the dress was smiling after this overhaul. It's so pretty and so simple to do. Just wanted to share in case you have some special little something that needs a little love and some creativity! Enjoy!

My favorite!

My sis-in-law and I went to a baby shower this weekend and this was a part of the gift we gave. It really has to be one of my fav's. I adore this print and the colors together just POP!

A Gift Sent off....

Here's a little something I sent off today. I make these gift sets for Mom's to Be, for friends and family going to a shower and such and just started thinking why not let you know about it too. This (Boy) set is $45 (plus shipping).And I have never made the same set twice. I kinda like that they are all different and one of a kind.That's just me though. I am also in the process of thinking of naming my business and have one one potential name so far.... A Sweet Pickle. I like the way it sounds but I am open to suggestions..... Anyone out there want to help? Stop by and drop me a couple of ideas and in the end if I pick yours, there will be a little something special for you in the mail! So put your thinking caps on, I need some help here! Best of luck!

Almost done..

Almost done Cindy... I haven't forgotten about you! Just a little sneak peak at what is to come.Enjoy.. I think this is one of my favorite patterns yet.

Slavaged

These have to be my favorite pair of jeans for Carys. The waistline is perfect for her small frame but now highwaters on her I had to rescue them. Here is a before and after of what I came up with. Very easy and with a little sewing they became funky and fun with some scraps of fabric and rickrack. Enjoy!

Head bands!

These hairbands were inspired by a couple different things.... Some of THIS and a little of THAT, very creative and very simple to make. Colorful and fun for the little girls in all our lives.Enjoy....

For 2 special Girls....

So I feel very guilty about how long it's taken me to finish some projects lately. And 2 special girls have been very patient with their Auntie as she still has their Bday presents sitting in her Art room, how embarrassing. So I am busting my own self out about it to hopefully have some accountability and mail the stinking thing out already! I swear this goes out tom! No joke, so I made these for the girls along with something special. They were easy and fun and seriously with my fabric scraps. What a deal! Enjoy!

Butt-Pad

I threw this together last night. It's a baby pad for changing. It rolls up and the tie can be tucked under itself. Really easy with about half a yard of fabric and a soft chenille on the other. Enjoy!

On with the Fabric!

The girls and I hit the Fabric district in LA this weekend and had a field day! We totally scored @ this place where fabric remnents were sold by the pound, which we ended up calling it, 'The Pound'! I spent aprox. $60 and left with well over $150 worth of fabric! It was a sewing girls paradise. We will be back! Here are some snap shots of what treasures we found and left with!