February 2010

This was made using Nancy Coburn's Boy's Button On Suit in cream and blue linen with tatting (applied by machine) and shadow work by hand.

January 2010

Birthday outfit:
Birthday again:

Pillow with monogram:

I need to be better about posting what I have made. I did complete a couple of appliques for Troy and I'll post those (maybe) sometime. So the jon jon above is for a friend's little boy's first birthday. I think it turned out great. She picked out the colors. It is reversible and has a monkey face on the other side.

The pillow matches curtains and a table topper I made for a friend. One day, I'll sneak over to her house to take some photos of the finished curtains hanging in her baby's room.

December 09 Projects

You know how the holidays seem to make your life busier than usual? I fell into that crack last month. Here are a few things I made of which I took photos. Others didn't get photographed (not that there was much).
The below little outfit is for Troy. The bottoms have a tiger paw on the REAR. he, he.
Also for Troy. Because Brian loves snowmen and boys need to be like their daddys, right?

So this may be my favorite applique of all times. I should have rotated the photo. Oh well. Isn't it so boy-ish?

Here's the rest of the outfit. It's is corduroy. I revised the pattern a bit. I was in a pickle because I purchased and cut out the fabric to make Troy another smocked outfit. Right after Thanksgiving, I realized I wouldn't be able to finish the picture smocking so I debated about what to do with the cut out fabric. I decided to piece the smocking pattern together, make a panel on the top of the outfit and I came up with this. Adding a little piping made it look intentional, right? I'm very happy with the outcome. I went to the fabric store and bought enough fabric to make an outfit with the smocking for Troy for next Christmas. Seeing that it is January, surely I can finish the smocking by this Thanksgiving (that gives me roughly 11 months).

Now...I have the sewing bug! I've got a couple of projects up my sleeve but am contemplating about other things to do. Maybe an applique for St. Patrick's Day for T-man. But, he has SO many clothes I don't want to over-do it.

November Projects

October Stuff

I did do a couple of tiger paws but they didn't make the photos!

August Projects

Some stuff I completed this month:

June and July

Didn't realize it had been so long since I've put photos on here. I've included things I took pictures of during June and July. Of course, I still forgot to photo some stuff!