Steph's Napkins

This is what I gave Steph for her wedding present. I bought one of her plates on her registry to match the thread color, and then just returned the plate afterward. So the thread edge of the napkins matches the actual color of the plate. And then the other stripe- I thought would go too, plus she wants to collect fiesta ware, which is all different colors, so I thought both would go well with that too.

Stockings

I am doing a trade with someone, and my part is making stockings- i really like the fabric she picked, I think she did a really good job. Anyway- I had never made stockings before, so it was fun, and now ofcourse, I want to make my own! I made 3, and I have 2 more to go for her. And I also made some curtains for her, a kind I had never made either. They go on a rod, and have ... hmm hard to explain, but once she puts them up, I'm going to take a picture of them. It has been a real blessing to trade.

Finally DONE

This has been laying around for a long time, and I finally broke down and put the binding on it. UHHHHHH FINALLY DONE. CHECK OFF THE LIST. I still need to wash and dry it so it can shrink up and get wrinkly but I wanted to take a picture anyway. I hand quilted it, and picked fabrics that looked older, I wanted it to look like it came from scraps. Anyway- today I get the binding, and I'm debating between two different colors, and I'm leaning towards the brown, and the lady at the counter says "oh, just go ahead and pick the brown, (like it was a bad choice) it's more you." "what is that supposed to mean?" "well you know, you like weird stuff." hmmm,,, I happen to like my style, plus she complimented my quilt, so I'm thinking, "you like my quilt, and I made that! I put the colors together!" Those Joann ladies...uhhhhh....

My dresses!

So, this was a dress that I finished awhile ago, but haven't worn it yet, because it's been rainy and gross outside, but I've decided to just go ahead and wear it. This was a more spendy dress. it was originally 14.99 a yard, clearanced to 8 dollars a yard, 50% off- 4 dollars a yard- and i got 2 1/2 yards of it, so it was 10 dollars, but my mom paid for it when she came to visit, so it was free! I'm really excited to wear it. Kind of has a hippy vibe to it. And the fabric is stretchy if you can't tell. I already had a pattern for it. So that was nice.

I love this dress: total cost: $2.62. I've loved this fabric ever since I saw it at 9.99 a yard. Then it went clearanced 5.00, then 50% off clearance, 2.50, then 30% of total purchase. But that's not why I love it. I love the style. I've been wanting a dress like this for a long time, but most of them that are affordable, are too short. I am so inlove with this dress and I can't wait to wear it to church. It doesn't have a zipper because the neck is big enough to fit over, without the belt, it's just kind of a loose bag on me. I am so pleased with this dress. I actually need to hem the sleeves, but I just couldn't wait to take a picture. Also, this was originally a shirt pattern I had, and i just made it longer, because I didn't want to buy a pattern. I'd had the fabric for quite some time, but couldn't figure out what to make out of it, originally I was going to make a top, but I'm so glad I didn't, and made this dress. I love it.

Made a skirt!

The fabric for this skirt was originally 10 dollars a yard, clearanced to 5 dollars, then clearance went 50% off, then an addition 10% off total purchase, so the fabric cost me $2.25. Then I got some lining for 1 dollar, so realy 90 cents. The zipper was the spendy item- somewhere arounf 3- but with a 50% coupon a dollar something. Pretty cool. I made up the flouncy part- the pattern for it I mean, obviously I didn't make up the idea! I already had the pattern for the skirt, but I wanted to do something a little more fun than plain Jane, - I love this skirt. And it's funny because teh fabric was one of those kinds where at first glance you think, "euw that's ugly," but then you give it a second look in that stack of fabrics and invision the future of a cute skirt, and suddenly- you find a treaure in a pile of ugly fabrics. And the skirt totally matches my glasses! Pink and black.

This picture reminds me of mom, she always does back views. And it always looks so funny looking at a picture of someone facing a wall, like they're being punished.

Doll for Ruby

So I have Jake's family for Christmas, so I am making Ruby a doll. This is what I've made so far. I think she's done. If I do anything else- I'll add some tights or shoes or something, maybe a bow in the hair, otherwise you've got the idea of it. This one- I don't know if you can tell in the pictures but the face has more definition. She has a tiny nose, and cheekbones, and eye indentions. Amy Heid. taught me last night. And then- the skirt- I used the scraps from my quilt to do that, I didn't even have to piece it. When I straighted out the sides of my quilt, I ended up with 1-2 inch strips and i thought it could come in handy later for dolls- I'm so glad I saved them.

Burp rags for baby shower

A girl in the primary had a baby boy, so I made some burp rags, double sided, one side print, one side solid. It was fun.