New Baby Quilt and Teddy Bear

I made this for Brittony's baby girl that is due in Oct.,She had asked me about making one with the fabric of her choice , she had a comforter given to her in the flower and plaid

  I suggested the ivory eyelet lace

  I made this teddy Bear at the last minute from scraps of the quilt block. I had the pattern for many years and have been wanting to make one so this was a good chance.

 New Baby's name is going to be Kylee ,named after her father Kyle

Close up of bear's face , I hope the nose is not too big, everyone tells me it is perfect .

 Close up I did a fancy stitch in the blocks and then I used a stencil for the first time on the boarder with free motion sewing, I usually do my own free motion design or stripple , I brought some stencils a few months ago and decided to use on this time.

The baby shower was last sat, the host provides a brunch ,she used a story book theme ,and had asked that we use a story book signed by us instead of a card . What a beautiful idea !
It all turned out wonderful , the food was very good too.

Church Craft Class For Sept.

 This month we made pencil holders ~we used different size cans ( I let them choose) ,then I had them draw with markers and add the sticky flowers ,Dino's or space things ,we then glued the paper to the can ,
My Grand daughter Sarah put a divider inside hers to separate the pencils from the pens.Good idea!

 All of them after they got done.

6 boys 

                                                      5 Girls

Bethany, Lilly and Sarah after they were done Ms. Robin gave them" No Cook Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies !"

New Bridal Stuff

    Brandy asked if I could make a small satin top hat ,so made one, took awhile but I got it .

                        Veil to go with a western style Wedding Dress

            Another veil for a dress with pointed tulle high and low hem line

A different view

                               Veil to go with a black and Ivory Dress

Top Hat with feathers

                      Bouquet made from jewelry, flowers and ribbon

Camo flowers for a Camo and white satin dress

    Dress we added camo to the front and back also the rose shape flower

  Back of dress camo train ,can make another with a wider~ larger train

Making gifts for the Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes

 Last Monday my Friend Robin and I went to Hobby Lobby and Hancock Fabric's in Lakeland, Florida , I brought lots of items. The small bags, buttons and felt pieces were on sale

I got the FlipFlops and Balloons at the Family Dollar Store

 Last week at church craft class we had the older children making Beaded Bracelets. I made more at home We have 31 as of now .Need about 19 more.

This coming week Robin and I plan to cut and make some pencil bags out of felt and use one button on each for boys and girls, we have animals, auto's ,tools,sports, flowers, cupcakes and ice cream buttons!

All these above items were on sale at Hobby Lobby and Hancocks Fabric's ,the last picture are bridal items to make bouquets and etc. for my niece's new  Bridal Sho.

Quilt For Bradley's16th Birthday

Bradley loves the quilt !

Basket Weaves are one of my favorite patterns to use.

Solid backing and fancy stitching

Sarah helping me while I put the binding on.

Bradley's Mom, Samantha using rotary cutter for the first time .

Happy Boy!

Another close up

For Operation Christmas Child -Flip Flops and Balloons

    I saw a post on Pinterest for operation Christmas Child about these ,I thought they were so cute and looked so easy to do.
I purchased the flip flops and Balloons at the Family Dollar store near us. The shoes were only $1.00, the balloons were $1.25 for 15.
I divided the bag of 15 into 7 for each shoe ,I put 6 together laying the fat and skinny parts opt of each other and used the 7th balloon to tie them on to the strap of the shos , I double tied them, I thought tying all of them would make it too thick for the feet and bother the childs foot that is why I used only one balloon. Did not take long at all.

Wedding Dress with Large Roses

My Niece is opening a bridal shop on August 3rd ,her Mom (my sister) asked me to make some huge Roses out of the same fabric as the dress, I made 9 of them. You can see one at the top of the skirt better than the rest, this dress and many others were in a Fashion Show last Sunday. When she came out there was lots of Oh's and Wow's.everyone loved the dress ,there were many others too.
When I go to the shop I will get a better close up of the roses.
The name of her shop is Brandy's Bridal , she also has a Facebook page about the shop.