Halloween Wreaths

Spending time in Houston with my family= lots of crafts!  Here is another one that I have finished while here.  My mom found this cute tutorial here for halloween rag wreaths.  So we decided to make some.  We did change them up just a little bit, but I love the way they both turned out!  

Mine

My Mom's

Turkeys

Last night for craft night, at my mom's house, we made these cute little turkeys!  We did it a little different than the instructions,  and I loved the way they turned out.  We broke all of the Popsicle sticks in half and then just made it so our feathers stuck out further.

Mine

 

My Mom's

 You can find a tutorial on how to make these here!

Fabric Covered Burp Cloths

A few weeks ago a friend of mine told me she wanted to make some of those fabric covered burp cloths, but would love to have them embroidered with her last name.  Well, I was headed home for the weekend, and my mom has an embroidery machine, so I had her collect her fabric and give it to me before I left, and I had my mom embroider them for her  And while she was embroidering those, I decided to make some for a friend who is due with a baby girl in October, and had my mom embroider those for me too.  They turned out great!  There are a lot of different tutorials out there for these, but the one I used (and liked the best after checking out a few different ones) is this one.  I LOVE how these turned out and can't wait til I have another one of my own to make some for myself :)

*Also when making these I tried to keep there fairly gender neutral since this is her first kid, that way they can be used if she ever has a little boy.


**When buying the fabric diapers to use, I couldn't find the Gerber ones pictured in the tutorial.  All of the Gerber ones I found were either really thin or really thick,  so we ended up using the Carter brand ones you can buy at Wal-mart.

Spin Around Dress

I saw THIS dress tutorial, and just knew I had to make it for my little girl!  I finally got around to sewing it, after cutting it out months ago!  I changed it up a little bit, I added a hem on the bottom that matches the sash and I cut it down by about 5 inches.  It says the pattern is a 2T, but it ended up being WAY too long for my little girl... who is 2 and usually wears a 2-3T.  Anyways, I LOVE the way it turned out and she loves to spin in it!  Oh and what is a cute dress with out a matching bow?  So I added a little bow to the sash and made a matching one for the hair.  I love it and the little girl!

Before I added the bow to the sash.

After I added the bow to the sash

Latest Projects

I have a few different projects I have finished lately.  First I made a tie for a little boy, this is for our church craft night, along with a little girls hair bow.  I am not in charge of our church craft night an that makes me so excited!  We have lots of little kids in our ward, so I thought this would be an awesome project.  When trying to decide which style of hair bow to make I knew I wanted it to be fabric so that people with both little boys and girls could make matching ones.  So I came across this tutorial and thought it would be perfect!  I love the way both the tie and the bow turned out.  It makes me want a little boy so I can have them wear matching tie/bows!  Also here is the tutorial for the little boys tie.

 

** I recently made some more baby ties for a baby shower for my SIL's friend.  Here is a picture of them... however, I'm not sure if the picture is just funny or if she untied them and then tried to retie them, but the two green ones look a little funny...

Strip Quilt

I have wanted to attempt making a quilt for sometime.  While I went home last month, I had my mom help me figure out how to do it.  I got the idea/ tutorial from here.

Menu Board

My brother got married a few weeks ago, and for their wedding gift I made them a menu board calendar.  I have also made one for myself, but I have yet to actually finish it.  I got the tutorial from here.  I like the way it turned out, but will be making a few changes to mine.

I'm not sure why I can't get my second picture to rotate... Sorry.  I had to put magnetic strips on each block because I couldn't get the magnets to stick through the different layers.  I also should have made each menu item in a square that was the same size instead of trying and letting each thing be as big as the word... Overall though, I like the way it turned out.  Mine is done in red, because that's pretty much what I have in my kitchen.  I'll post pictures of mine once I get it finished.