Our Newly Covered Chair
J was not particularly thrilled to use his furniture factory experience again but gee, it came in handy, lol. Thanks to MamaP for her stain and shellac wisdom imparted so many moons ago. They helped in this endeavor as well.

Happy Birthday Fabric Hound!

Check them out! Great store, great mama!
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Mama's got a new shirt!

This was a jr.'s tshirt that I picked up after halloween on Walmart's clearance. I had intended to cut it down and make M a shirt with it but decided that it was MINE MINE ALLMINE instead. You can't see but I put the red serged edges on the outside for a fun effect. I also added long sleeves with the fun red and white stripes. I was totally thrilled this morning to discover that the gray on the shirt matches my fingerless gloves! Yay!

Look it's a bag!

I broke the mold with this one. Thousands of firsts! Self drafted pattern, zipper that went in correctly, faux leather vinyl strap (MADE BY ME!), small clutchish style bag. There's a cute plaid blingy version on it's way to my soon to be 16 (!!!!!) year old sister. Hope she likes it.
(Just in case you wondered, LOOKIE!! It's the Evil Princess Dress!)

Since I'm showing things...The girly has heard me complain about her not wearing what I make her (I have been kind of loud about it the last week or so.) I made the bottom dress out of one of my all time FAVORITE AH prints. It is loud and obnoxious and awesome! It is also NOT pink. Up until today's fashion show with Monster's new pants she flat out refused to wear it. I asked her to model it so I could show "my friends online." Now she won't take it off. Ha. There's something to be said for jealosy. The top shirt is just a simple wrap shirt from an ottobre long ago and her pants are stretch terry leggings from the latest ottobre. The tutu is play clothes recently rediscovered thanks to the Y's "dance class."

A Shy Valentine

I decided to make Monsterboy a "boutiquish" outfit for Valentine's this year. Mostly, this decision stems from Little Girly being 3 (read: mean) and not wanting to wear anything except the Evil Princess Dress. There is also the fact that he is quite soon going to be too old for such outfits and I wanted to try my hand at large scale applique before it is too late for him. On top of all of that, it is hard to come up with a tame V-day outfit that doesn't require a campshirt (blech) so I figured I'd make him something over the top and thus far have had a BLAST making it.

You can't see it here but the hearts along the odd shaped pocket are all black and red mixed together. I had fun messing with my dec stitches, tensions and different threads for the bobbin and the needle.

Upclose of the applique. So pretty.

Here's the back.

Hope's New Bag

I created this bag for a friend of mine as part of a trade. She's going to take our family pictures for the holiday season. (Provided I ever get our outfits done, that is.) This is for her youngest daughter who is in ballet. The cd is just for size reference. It's a square bottomed bag with pretty long handles and a zip top. There's a gathered pocket on the other side big enough to hold the kitchen sink. I only hope the bag doesn't totally pull her little girl over. It seems rather big... But a girl needs some space for shoes and clothes and sundry for ballet class so maybe it's just fine.

This just in....

This is A.'s bag. She hasn't even seen it yet. It makes me go EEP everytime I look at it. I loveLoveLOVE this bag and, hopefully, she will too. It has shorter straps that the others have because she wanted more of a purse and less of a "Bag."

Here's an upclose view of the removable flower pin. Ain't it just cute?

Tea for MamaB

I brought my original bag to get together with friends and MamaB slobbered on my bag so much I promised to make her one so she'd quit drooling on mine. The result seems to suit her. Her raving review on her blog actually caused me to blush just a bit. I'm glad she loves it.

Podkayne's New Bag

Podkayne requested a bag large enough to accomodate her laptop. She chose the fabrics from my stash. I *think* this bag ended up being something she adores. You'd really have to just ask her...

Here are the promised photos. This is the bag that began it all. My first of this type.

I made some bags!

This saga began a few weeks ago when I decided I needed a new bag. I saw a super cute style (which I figured I could pull off) on Craftster. My stash and scrap piles are plenty high but, honestly, it can be difficult finding fabrics that speak to each other well enough to set next to the other in a bag for eternity. I've always considered myself to be more creative than artsy (and sometimes not much of either) so this matchy-matchy stuff was stretching the right side of the ol' grey matter a smidge. Anywho, this is my first bag. I am very proud of it. I took the time to do all the things that make it cool to make your own purse such as add a key hook, perfect size pockets for very specific things, etc. Green is by far my favorite color and the purple paired with it to make something stunning. It is a bit more countryish than I would purchase for myself but purple coneflowers hold a special place in my heart and I love it.
Unbelievably, I do not have a picture of my own bag. Harumph. Will remedy that in the morning.