Diaper Bag and pockets

A diaper bag for Lori's friend. They picked out the fabrics. I used McCalls 4403 and twicked it a bit, by adding store bought straps and pockets to the front.

These cute little changing table pockets are from McCalls 4897. I also made an adorable cover for the car seat. I'll show off after I put it on the car seat.

Happy Birthday to Me

Today is number 55. Still healthy and happy. I thank God every day for spending another day on this beautiful earth.
I painted for 2 hours this morning on Lori's house, then went to my favorite antique store and bought all of these things for me. Came back and painted another hour. What a day. I had a good one. Now it's time for the kids to get off the bus. Bye for now.

My sweet girls

My 2 girls finally learned to ride their bikes. Layla learned 1 day before Ruby. She was determined to learn how first because she is the oldest. Ruby even gets up early for school so she can ride her bike for 20 minutes. They got new bikes for Christmas last year and this is the first time they rode them.

This past weekend they got to ride horses for the first time. They have been bugging me for a long time to ride. My niece brought her 2 horses over. You can see they love it so much.

A cute picture of my sweet great nephew Aiden. Love you my boy.

Pillow Tutorial

It's a lot of fun trying to find the right pieces for these pillows. The lady I'm consigning with suggested custom made pillows. Maybe pieces you have from loved ones that have passed (I did this with my sister's pieces for my niece and nephew).

1. First I lay out the main piece in the middle on a white piece of fabric (I used 14 x 14 white sheet), then start building around it.

Auditioning pieces as you go.

2. Start adding other pieces to fit around the edges.

3. Zigzag around each piece, so they won't ravel.

4. Straight stitch pretty lace around the edges (some of the pieces already had lace.)

5. Sew around the outside edges of pillow

6. Then add lace of chose. This lace was new, but I love adding older laces, maybe from pillowcases.

7. Sew right sides together ( I used a pretty pillowcase for the back) and leave opening at bottom for stuffing. Stuff and hand sew the bottom.

Pillows and Purses to consign

I'm working on a tutorial for my pillows. Hopefully by Saturday.

I know it's been over a week since I've blogged. I've either been babysitting or sewing. I'm been working on purses, and pillows ready to consign.
The purses are lined with pretty sheets and vintage buttons. The pillows are backed with some beautiful pillowcases.

2 more pillows finished

I finished these 2 for the girls today and I have 2 more tops finished. I may put one in my shop to see how they sell and try to consign the other one. So far I've used thrifted dresser scarfs, handkerchiefs and pillowcases. The backs are thrifted sheets or pillowcases. I've been using whatever lace I already have. the yellow is thrifted and the other was bought new.

Thrifting again and a purchase from Lora

These are 2 little figurines I thrifted for the girls at $.99 each.

This beautiful pillow was not thrifted. I ordered it from Lora at Eager Hands. She has lots of pretty vintage items and handmade jewelry.

These lovely sheets and pillowcases are from a cute shop in Spring Hill, TN called The Rusty Rake. She has vintage, antiques and handmade items. She ask me to consign some items. I can't wait.

Daniel's Memory pillow

I hope this pillow isn't too feminine. The middle embroidery is from a pillowcase I had thrifted. The rest is from Vickie's things. I added some thrifted piping and brown fabric on the back. Used my sewing machine feather stitch to finish the edges. Hope he likes it.

Pillow for Ashley

This pillow is made from pieces of Vickie's pillowcase, scarfs, and handkerchief. I made it for Ashley, in memory of her Mom. The back is a thrifted vintage pillowcase and the lace is from a scarf I thrifted. We don't know who gave her the embroidered pieces. Maybe they were made by one of my grandmothers or someone in her husband's family. We all know they were well loved. I love you Ashley.

Purses for the girls

Ruby had mentioned she needed a new purse. We saw a sequined bag at Goodwill for $6.00. It was dirty and not very pretty to me. So I promised a new purse. This was thrifted fabric, added some little flowers, ribbon at the top and embroidered their initials. They both loved them.

Cover for my Mom

My Mom needed a cover for her machine. Last Sunday I used her machine and she had a plastic bag for the cover. Hey it does the job, but I thought she needed something pretty. I used another pillowcase and added some vintage lace from an old doily. I'll give it to her tomorrow. Hope she likes it.

Sewing Machine Covers

I've been wanting to make covers for a while, so I starting searching for ideas. I really like this one by City Chic Country Mouse. She sells them in her Etsy shop.

I used 2 Martha Stewart dish towels I bought in 2008. Just sewed them right sides together and left opening and added ribbons on each side. So easy to make and love my rooster.

This one is from a pillowcase. I cut about 4 inches off the end and about an inch on the side. Then sewed back together and added the crocheted doily. Also added ribbons to the sides.