Christmas Open House

These are a few of the things I've made to sell at an upcoming event this Saturday, November 16th.  I'm so excited about it and hope it goes well. The event is an Open House at Old Stone Rabbit in Spring Hill, TN. She has also consigned by bags.  She furnished the seed and flour bags and I made the bags.  If you are in the area please come by.

Roosters and Owls, Oh my

My sweet daughter gave me this beautiul rooster for Christmas.  It is huge. Love it.

                                             Ruby wanted a rooster so I made her one.

                 My Mom made me this awesome apron. It was such a surprise and so beautiful.

3 New Purses Made

I made this made from some wool fabric my Mom gave me. It's for my niece Ashley for Christmas. (By the way she loved it.) I use this pattern from Cold Hands Warm Heart blog. It was pretty fast and easy to do. Wish I had a pretty braid belt like she had.

 

 Then I made 2 bags from Ana Graham at Noodlehead pattern.  I love making this bag and plan on making some to sell very soon. This one is my favorite, but I did make the other one.  The first one is made from corduroy for my Mom and she loved it. (She also made something for me, stay tuned).

 This one is mine. I made from some fabric my dear friend Jenene gave me. Still have some left.

Amaryllis, Christmas tree and a finished quilt

First I wanted to show my beautiful Amaryllis. They are really easy to grow.

 Then to show off my pretty tree. It doesn't change much from year to year.  That's okay I love it just the way it is.

 Been working on this quilt for weeks and finally finished quilting. Another double wedding ring I found. All hand pieced and quilted by me. This one is mine. All mine.

Made more ornaments

I read Skook's blog last week and had to make some of these cute ornaments. She did an excellent job. We both ordered from Noia Land on etsy.  She has lots of others to choose from.  These are for my precious great-nephews Aiden and Princeton.

 Then I had to make these for Ruby and Layla. They are obsessed with Adventure Land. Found these on Pinterest.

Making Ornaments

Hope everyone takes some time to sew some ornaments. They really are fun to make. I've got some others printed out to start on later.

 

Layla and Ruby really love Angry Birds so I've been searching for patterns.  First I found this one. I loved the idea of beanbags.  Then this post had some awesome patterns. These are Layla's and she wanted them to be beanbags. My husband (Dadoe) is making her a slingshot to use with these.

 I really adored  this beautiful ornament on etsy. I made my own. Not as pretty but I like it.

I printed out this pattern last year and just now making it. Partridge pattern is here.

 Then I made this lovely snowflake ornament found here.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

My grandkids decorating their little tree at my house.

 Loving on Santa in my front yard.

Backpack and hat finished

The adorable monkey backpack is for my friend Rissa. When she was learning to sew she had told me she really liked this bag. So I made it for her for Christmas. This is pattern McCalls 5341. I thought it was pretty hard to make. I don't want to make it again.
The kitty hat is for her sister Maggie. This pattern is so easy. It's from Simplicity 1953. I've also made 2 of the monkey hats for my grandkids. I'll have to get a picture with them. The outside is fleece and lining is flannel.

More Doll Clothes

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This pretty girl has been busy trying on lots of clothes. I'll have to fix that hair before she goes back in the box. I made her this cute little flannel nightie.
I really love this trench coat from pleather at Joann's. The sleeves are too short. I think she's supposed to wear gloves with it. Think I'll add a little extra piece there. The purse came from Michael's last night for $2.99. This would be really hard to make.

Doll Dresses for Christmas

For Christmas this year I got the grandkids B.F.C. ink Summer Splashin' dolls. They are 18" dolls but skinnier than the other dolls. I've only seen them at Target and they were $20.00. (The clothes for these are super expensive, like $15.00). I think the girls will like them better because their bodies are similar to Barbie, but bigger. They are poseable and you can put them in the water. They only come with bathing suit sandals and purse.

The regular 18" doll clothes are a couple inches too big. I have lots of doll patterns so here we go.

These are the first two I've made. Their from Simplicity 2768 view B. Doll clothes are harder to make than big clothes. Just saying.........

Owls, Dove and Bird's Nest

I'm loving these owls. I've seen so many on Pinterest and etsy I just had to try them. These are for my niece Ashley to go along with her quilt.

I found the dove tutorial here and the bird's nest necklace here. Loved making the necklaces. Rissa's coming over today to make Christmas gifts for her family. Maybe she'll want to try this.

Merry Christmas to all

These are the Christmas times I remember as a kid. I was the first grandchild, then Vickie, my Aunt Lorene is 3 years older. Christmas in these pictures was the year our house burned. It happened 2 days before Christmas. I was 4 years old and still remember it. We stayed with our grandparents until we got another house. We always had a cedar tree.

Their house was only a few miles from us and we spent many days and nights there. I always loved that old house.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES

That's my Papa with us here.

Last minute gift

My girls have been wanting a manicure set. I've seen them at "The Dollar Tree", but everything is not included in the packs. So I found a set at "Fred's" for a dollar and added a little bling. This could be for a man or woman. I think it is something they can keep for a long time.

I took a 12x12 piece of felt and folded it in half. Added decorative stitches around the edges. Cut the inside so the instruments would fit and sewed down each. Rolled it up and added a button and elastic.

Making ornaments, dog and pj's

Layla and I made this dog for her friend Josie for Christmas.We had a great time decorating ornaments. Lots of glitter and glue involved. This one was from a kit.

I got a box of clear glass balls from Goodwill and they glittered them up and put some tiny, colorful ribbons inside.

I finished these pajamas for Layla. Made from very soft flannel. I used Simplicity pattern 2831.
Also made pajamajs and a horse skirt for Ruby. She took them home before I could get a picture.