a hint of rosemary

For the Grandmothers

Handmade by Christian

 

Looking more like Christmas

It's looking more like Christmas around the house.

Handmade Stockings - My mom made my stocking years ago. I added Jon's this year and Christians was made by my sister.

Simple Bibs

I attended another baby shower last weekend. Our church has quite a few pregnant ladies. This time it was our pastor's daughter.

The pattern for the bibs is in Bend-the-Rules Sewing.  I used cotton fabric backed with a flannel. I also made another Umbilical Cord hat in pink.

We spent some time in Kansas over the Thanksgiving break. Then back home to host the Thanksgiving meal for Jon's family. Jon's brother was visiting from Ohio with his wife and daughter. We always have fun hanging out with them.

We are trying to get in the Christmas spirit. Getting the tree up will probably help. Maybe tonight will be the night.

 

I've got it covered

A sewing machine cover has been on my to-do list for months. I knew it had to be simple or it would never get done. 

 

I used canvas and some Aunty Cookie fabric I've been saving for just the right project.

I'm just crazy about these silly characters.

It's been a while since my last post. I've just been feeling quiet I guess. Mostly just concentrating on my family and enjoying every minute of it.

 

Christian has been sewing pillow cases. We had fun at the fabric store choosing fabric. He couldn't wait to get back home to start sewing. So we got right to work and he did a great job.

 

I've been working on a pillow cover also. This Antique Star pattern has been a good challenge.  

Coasters

A quick and easy project that fits my short attention span at the moment. I bought the fabric on clearance at Ikea about a year ago. Glad to finally put it to use.

Pattern from Bend-The-Rules Sewing

Swing Bags

I made these bags several weeks ago. They are perfect for summer and fun to sew. I couldn't stop at one bag, so there is a blue one for me and a red one for my mom.

 Pattern: The Swing Bag by Amy Butler

 

Patchwork

My plan was to post more regularly in 2008 but it hasn't turned out that way. I'll just try to do more from here on out. Maybe at least once a week would be good enough. Anyway, here is a patchwork project I did several weeks ago.

My biggest obstacle to any sewing project seems to be combining fabrics. I have very little confidence in this area. I still think the green was a mistake. I made two other potholders similar to this one but didn't to use the green gingham. But this is not all that important. I'm just glad I gave it a go. They were fun to make and I am crazy about that tulip fabric. Aren't you?

Christmas trees

My mom spent a week with me in Texas recently. We had a really nice time crafting, baking, decorating the Christmas tree and just taking it easy. Our first craft project was stacking fabric Christmas trees. We used the template posted by The Small Object over at Flickr. Check out her cute trees.

Then we made a few soft trees. I just noticed the fabric is upside down on the bow tree. Oh well!

A Simple Tote

I recently completed a tote bag and a zipper pouch for my Mom's birthday. The bag was very straightforward. I used the instructions from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing.

The bag turned out really well, so I thought why not include a little zipper pouch.I still cannot believe I had the nerve to put a zipper in anything. Who do I think I am? I am a beginner for goodness sake.

I could not have completed this without the wonderful tutorial over at twelve22. I'm not saying this was easy because it wasn't, but the tutorial broke all the steps down making it more manageable.