Been Busy Lately

I have been really busy with a bunch of different sewing projects. REALLY busy. Here is a little preview of the halloween post to come.....

Baby Girl Towels

I made some hooded towels for my friend who was having a little girl. I have taken pictures to put together a tutorial on how to do the towels. So hopefully I will have that up soon.

Taggie Blanket

My sister wanted a Taggie blanket for her cute little boy so while we were visiting my mom we went to Jo Ann's and picket out fabric and material. My sister has super good taste and chose green and brown. It was the cheapest to buy ribbon by the yard and we only needed 1/2 a yard of each of the ribbon.
So first I pinned the ribbon on the fabric like this.

Then I sewed it into place.

Then I sewed my two pieces of fabric together with the ribbon inside. Turn inside out and Stitch all the way around the edge of the blanket.

I also sewed a piece of crinkly stuff inside so it makes noise when her little boy plays with it. I used a bag from the kirkland wipes from costco. You can do it without the crinkly stuff and it is still so adorable.

So jealous of all this fun baby stuff to make that wasn't around when my big boys were babies. If I ever have another one.... I will have so much fun stuff to make. :)

Superhero Garb

My sister and I had a super hero party for our little boys. It was all of my nieces and nephews that would be attending so of course we had to go all out. I made them all capes. First I just printed out letters (the first letter of each of their names) on Microsoft Word. I think I used tempus Sans and had it set to like 400 font or something. I cut the letters out of felt.Then I sewed them on to a circle.

Then I cut out all of the capes and sewed the circle on.

Sew the two sides together and turn inside out. Add a little Velcro... and viola! They turned out super cute.

We had a couple of babies in attendance... so they got super hero bibs. Basically the same thing, but I added a piece of vinyl on the front and put bias tape around it.

They needed to have masks too right?

I just bought some masquerade masks from Micheal's and glued felt and sequins on the front (with E6000 of course). It all turned out really cute.... and I think I know what my boys will be for Halloween this year. :)

Ties

I saw a little booth in our mall that was selling little boy ties made out of just cotton material and I thought they were really cute. I have a pattern for bow ties already... and my little guy prefer those... but I like how my older son looks in long ties.
So I took apart an old tie and made a pattern. I LOVE how it turned out.

Elastic Waistband Skirt

I got this idea from my sister-in-law's blog. Thank you Dasha! (You should check out her blog, she makes some really good things and is good at everything...even knitting. You will have to teach me some day Dasha!) This was a skirt that I could actually make and the place that she originally found it from has a really good tutorial. It is really easy to follow. (Obviously... if even I could do it.)

One of my favorite things about this skirt is it has pockets. LOVE IT! I love pockets. There is also a tutorial and instructions for a little girl skirt like this as well.

Watch Bands

So lately I have kind of gotten into the whole beaded watch band thing. They are a fast craft to make, and who doesn't love jewelry? You can get watch faces pretty cheap at Roberts, they are usually on sale. If they aren't, gotta love the 40% off! Here are a few I have done.
I think the huge beads are fun, but my wrists are so small that it kind of looks ridiculous. For myself... I stick with the smaller beads. :)