Biker Burp Cloths

I made these burp cloths for a friend in my bunco group. I am going to go back and add the babies name now that he is here!

I thought these "biker" prints were too cute!

Trying to get back to "normal" after IKE!

I've been just trying to get back to some sort of "normal" since IKE hit. We were so very lucky to not receive too much damage from the hurricane that caused so much devastation. We lost about a dozen shingles off the roof so we have the insurance adjuster coming to inspect that. Our beautiful weeping willow tree was just about shredded on half of it, we still haven't decided if we are going to take it completely out or see if it will come back. And of course like so many others, we lost everything that was in our fridge and deep freeze. We were w/o electricity for 4 1/2 days, again very lucky as some around us are still w/o it!!

I've tried to do a few little sewing projects when I have had just a little bit of time. I had made my friend the camera strap that I posted about earlier and needed to mail that to her so I went ahead and made a dog collar for her dog and a little zip pouch and key fob for her mom(my friend too!!). For the zipper pouch and fob I used fabrics that we had picked out for me to make a purse for her. Her birthday was recently so I thought this was a good gift for her and for her to see how the fabrics looked in person together. I also sent a couple card cases to put her business cards in for her new paper crafting business.

A couple new pretties--for the dog and your camera!!

I have seen camera straps made before and wanted to make some myself but could never find the hardware! I finally found it the other day and ordered some! It was waiting for me when I got home yesterday after my weekend getaway! So today I made this camera strap for myself!(or if my dear friend likes it I am sending it to her!!!) Love all these Amy Butler fabrics. There are ten different fabrics making up this comfy strap!

On Sunday I made a dog collar for our sweet dog Sparkle! This was just a quick one to try it out! And trying to get the dog to sit still for a picture was FUN!!!

Look for both these items to show up in some form or another in my etsy shop soon!

And the WINNER is.........

I used a random number generator online and the # it picked was 4!

So Lauren you get your choice of the second card case!!!!

and then I thought, hmmm why not go ahead and give all 3 of them away!!!

So the next # chosen was 5.
Brenda pciked the first card case as her favorite!

And the last picked was # 2! CAT said #3 was her favorite!!!

If you sweet ladies will email me with your mailing addresses I will get these in the mail to you on Tues!!!!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS!!!

I will probably try to do another giveaway in a few weeks so check back!!!!!!!

I have been waiting.....

to post pictures of this great bag I custom made for Lisa! I wanted to make sure she was able to see it first before I showed everyone else on here! Lisa contacted me through my blog about possibly making her a custom bag. She is a Wedding Planner in Puerto Rico!!! Her job sounds like so much fun!!! Here's her blog: Puerto Rico Wedding Planner
She told me the things that were important to her and after emailing back and forth for a bit we settled on some design ideas and fabrics. She wanted a tote to carry her laptop, keys, emergency wedding kit, water bottle, cell phone, etc. So she ordered a lg tote, cosmetic bag, & key fob, all monogrammed with her business name. She will look fabulous going to her meetings and weddings. Lisa was so sweet to work with and so patient when there was a delay in getting her bag to her, I included a spcial gift for her, a wallet. Oh and check out the matching pens!!!

Something new and my first GIVEAWAY!!!

I've seen these little card cases/mini pouch and thought they were so cute and functional. You can use them to store your business cards, carry your credit cards and use them to present a gift card to some lucky recipient. I finally made my first one yesterday. And made two more! These are so fun to make! All three of these are made with Sis Boom fabrics by Jennifer Paganelli, such fun, pretty fabrics! I will definitely be making these to put in my etsy shop. I'm also working on coming up with a smaller wallet with card slots and a coin pouch.
And now here is the GIVEAWAY part! Leave me comment and let me know which of these 3 card cases you like the best and what you would use one for. Next Sunday(8/31)at 10pm(CT) I will draw a winner to receive their favorite one!!
Thanks for looking and have a GREAT week!!!

RAG QUILT for a special lady!

This is a rag quilt that my girls and I made for my great aunt (their great-great aunt) for her birthday. She turned 80 on 8-8-08!!!!

ZIP POUCHES & KEY FOBS!!

These are some fun zip pouches and matching key fobs made for a custom order!

These are approximately 5x8 and lined with a coordinating fabric.

This one was a gift with purchase I gave with this custom order. I LOVE these fabrics! This one was little bit bigger.

PAJAMA PANTS!!!!

We spent our on and off rainy day sewing!
This is another SEWSENSIBLE pattern, BOUTIQUE BOTTOMS FOR TEENS & TWEENS
This is a very versatile pattern! Makes great pants as well as capris, pajama pants and probably shorts!
I made younger DDs pants with the pink camo frog print she picked out!
Older DD made her pants pretty much all by herself! She used the Disney fairy fabric she picked out.
She is 10 and has done some sewing before but this is the first garment she has made! She loved doing it and was a super easy project for her to start on!

Boutique Bottoms for Teens & Tweens pattern by Sewsensible

I was finally able to get these made last night! I just had not had time to get them done! This is a pattern designed by Aimee' of Sewsensible. This is a new one, actually she has this pattern already but in the smaller sizes. I was able to test this one out for her. The top was a McCalls pattern.

My review of this after testing it is that the fit is GREAT and it could not be easier to make!

BOUTIQUE BOTTOMS FOR TEENS & TWEENS

A few months ago I made her FAITH TOP for my younger daughter and it too was very easy to make!

FAITH TOP

Sweet little girl pillowcases!

These were a custom order for friend to give as birthday gifts!

LOVE, LOVE these fabrics! So sweet and pretty!!!

Cute BOY burp cloths!

Having two girls it's fun to make some boy things every once and awhile! :)
This was a custom order to give as a gift.
I love these little prints!

Key Fobs! Key Fobs!

This was a custom order for these key fobs. I love all these fabrics!

These are really great for keeping track of your keys!

Cool towel & tote!

My oldest daughter's friend had a pool party yesterday, so I made her this towel and tote bag for DD to take to her. She was glad to have a towel that nobody else could borrow!

I made this tote for a birthday gift for one of DD's good friends. She likes blue and brown, so this was perfect for her. I also made her a pillowcase with her name appliqued with these same fabrics.

A few new towels!

I just finished up these towels for a friend. She had me make the two beach towels for her nephews and the two hand towels are for her parents. I love the way they turned out, I may have to make a hand towel similar to that for our powder bath.