Baby size Security Blanket!

this is what I started with...

this is where I ended :)

I needed a baby gift for a shower that I have been invited too...I headed out to JoAnn Fabrics, one of my favorite places to shop, and picked up some cute fabric to make this security blanket. I have always heard that infants only see in Black and White when first born, so I couldn't pass up this awesome soft and cuddly fabric and red being one of my favorite colors, I thought I would throw that in there as well.  I started with 3 piles of fabric all with different textures, the red is a knobby texture, the black is satin and zebra print is a short pile fabric that is just plain SOFT!  Ribbon that I added are also different textures as well, one satin and one ribbed! Ribbon can be purchased by the roll and in many neat colors/patterns (don't use wired edge ribbon)

I spent less than 20.00 for all of the items to make this gift and once completed I still have enough fabric to make at least 2 more complete items, so basically a unique handmade baby gift for about 7.00, made with LOVE!

If you are interested in making one of these for you or a friend, it really is an EASY project...I cut the background into a 20x20 inch square and the 4 squares on top are 10x10 inches each...this gives you enough fabric to make a nice seam and still end up with about a 18x18 inch completed blanket. The ribbon that I add is about 6.5 inches, I double it and sew into the seam so that  final size is about 3 inches . Make sure that you leave enough of an opening to get your hand inside to turn it right side out and then finish the open on your machine with a quick straight stitch. I iron the entire blanket to flatten out the seams and just that quick you are done.

I hope you enjoy and make this often...I have made 4 (2 purple and lime green, 1 chocolate and blue and the 1 shown here), of these so far and everytime put a smile on the expectant mommy's face!

Have fun making one of these for that special baby in your life!

Garden 2

I am not an outdoorsy person at all,  but I planted a garden this year for the first time on my own. I have 3 tomatoe plants, 3 pepper plants and green onions. Well, I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed having this garden and next year may expand to even growing cucumbers!

Growing up my dad always planted a garden and I love eating the fresh veggies, but just never had the ambition to do it on my own...here are some pics of the fruits of my labors. My tomatoe plants are plum full of blooms and I have about 12 tomatoes that I can acutally see on the vines...if all of the blooms turn

into tomatoes, I am gonna have to sit on the street corner and sell them, we will never be able to eat them all.

Garden 2010

When I started this garden thing back in April, I thought I would plant a couple tomatoe plants and some pepper plants...here you will see where we started and where we are today! WOW those are some big tomatoe plants!

baby tomatoe plants :)

Monster Tomatoe Plants

Pepper Plants

1st project COMPLETE

Here is a picture of the finished product...I started on this last night at about 8PM and had to make a pattern because the one I had was previously used on a dress for my daughter. I worked on the lining on Wednesday night and had to take it apart a couple of times until it raveled to the point of no return. So I had to really think about what I was going to do to fix this. So I got my creative juices flowing and decided to leave the lining out and make a facing, it worked perfectly...well almost, I went to bed at about 12:45AM with an unfinished dress that was needed for a wedding TONIGHT! When I got up this morning, with a clear mind, I was able to get everything done, except the hem and the shoulder seams, which I completed when I got home from work. Now keep in mind we had zero fittings, I was winging it!

There is nothing more satisfying than getting a text 15 minutes after the dress was picked up that says "It's Perfect :)"

Relief is not the word, I got a little tear in my eye, because this all took place at 6:00 and the wedding is at 7:30! Whoa that is cutting it close, I know, but it was a true success.

I have been sewing since high school, thanks to Sr Rebecca my home ec teacher at Pres. I love to sew for other people, but cannot come to make myself anything. I will post pics of my next project which at this point is a baby blanket

Good News

Ok, so I made a baby blanket and a small security blanket for a co-worker located in Aiken SC...I sent it to her over a month ago via interoffice mail...low and behold it never made it to her and has been lost in space somewhere. So on Monday night, I re-made the same items over again and this time I shipped them to her via Big Brown, I got a message from her today that she received the items all safe and sound and LOVED them :) I am really anxious to see if the other package ever makes it to Aiken, I am gonna guess that some other little baby is gonna be wrapped up really cute in that blanket, but at least Brittany's baby has another set just for her

I am finishing up a dress for my sister tonight, once completed I will post some pics to share with you. I am pretty excited that I am able to make this dress for her, she is going to a wedding tomorrow night and could not find anything that she really liked

Have a great night

Kelly

Welcome to my Blog

I have been inspired by a very special friend to start this blog, so I took her advice and decided to jump in with both feet...as I move forward through this blog, I hope you will enjoy seeing some things that I create.

Most recently I have made several baby gifts, fleece blankets and small security blankets, unfortunately, I did not take pics to post, but will for future posts.

Thanks for visiting and I look forward to sharing my ideas with you and hearing your ideas that I can use!

Thanks
Kelly