Baby Boy Gift Set

Michelle requested this bib and burp cloth set:

The burp cloth design is from the Monkey Shines Applique Alphabet Uppercase set sold on OregonPatchWorks. I added "Chase" with Embird Alphabet #2.

The bib design is from the Monkey Shines Applique Alphabet Lowercase. Mmmmmmm.... cookie...

Marker Roll

For Madison's 2nd birthday party, Michelle purchased Color Wonder markers and paper. There are 6 markers in the box, and she asked if I could make Madison a marker roll. Well, the in-hoop designs from Sewing For Sarah are for either 4-markers (which I can make) or 8-markers (which I can't). So I decided to just stitch one by hand for her, using the SFS designs as a guide.



(There is actually much more to the story, but to spare myself the embarrassment, we're just going to keep it between me, Michelle and Kathy.)

Baseball T-shirt

Remember all the "Opening Day" baseball shirts? Well, Kelli asked if I could stitch a similar t-shirt for a little friend of hers. In this case we used navy, gray and white since they are Yankee fans.

The baseball monogram is from Five Star Fonts. (I apologize for the terrible quality of this picture. I tried and tried, but I could not get a close-up that was both clear AND accurately portrayed the colors...sigh...)

...Off to explore I go!

Lynn contacted me about personalizing a suitcase she has to be used by a young girl who comes to visit. The suitcase came with curriculum and had screen printing on the front and back (like this, I forgot to take "before" pictures).

There was no way to stitch directly onto the suitcase, so I made two patches that I tacked down in place. Lynn requested a three letter monogram, a red/white/black color scheme, polka dots and ladybugs. This is what I came up with:

The applique letters are from Five Star Font's Hipster Applique Font.

There was another screen-printed logo on the back, so Lynn requested this text for that patch. I used Embird Alphabet #8.


~~~~~
In addition to the suitcase, Lynn also requested embroidered patches to be put on the back of a couple T-shirt quilts for her daughters.

Whoooo's got school spirit?

This week is red ribbon week at Annaliese's school. There have been themes/activities for each day of the week, and Friday is School Spirit Day. This has prompted me to finally stitch a design I've wanted to do since before school started, but just haven't taken the time to do it!

Her school colors are turquoise and white -- found this shirt on clearance for $2!! Their mascot is an owl, and this time I chose the Sly Owl from Tigerlilyhill Embroidery Designs, after being inspired by Cole's numerous projects. Annaliese helped me pick the fabric and thread colors -- we just had to include the super soft white minkee!

Annaliese is super excited to wear it tomorrow. Whoooo's got school spirit? Annaliese does!!!

Baby Girl Gift Set

When Kristen found out her brother and his wife were expecting a baby girl, she requested this set (which got shipped just a couple days before she was born!)

The initial inspiration was a similar set I had stitched earlier for baby Peyton -- since her niece will be called Lily, she wanted to go with a floral motif. I used the Flower Power monogram from Julia's Needle Design. "Lily" was added with the font "Amazone BT" digitized for me by Kathy.

For the bib I stitched her name using the same font, and used the flowers from the monogram.

Kristen also wanted an A-line dress, primarily for the other side (which you'll see in a minute). I knew Hobby Lobby had material that matched this ribbon, so Kathy graciously purchased some for me and mailed it my way (we don't have a Hobby Lobby close by, sniff, sniff). I stitched her name again on the dress, using the same font. It's a tad more subtle than I would have liked, but it's still pretty. It is a Martha Pullen reversible A-line size 1.


Kristen's brother is a huge University of Miami fan, so she wanted a little dress for Lily that would display some team spirit!

The fringe cheerleader on megaphone design is from Nobbie Neez Kids. I added "Daddy's Little Hurricane" with Embird Alphabet #8.

Superboy!

Jason has been on a hunt for a Superboy T-shirt for his son who is about to turn one year old. Having no success, he asked for my help since I've done lots of super hero stuff for their family in the past.

Monogrammed Onesie

Kari and her son are off to pay her mother a visit. This grandma calls Carl "Trio" (since he is a third, named after father and grandfather). Kari wanted to surprise her with this onesie:

Kari supplied the onesie and let me pick the font and thread color. I chose Designers from 8 Claws and a Paw.

Monogrammed Stocking

Last year Bonnie purchased monogrammed stockings for all her grandkids. She was a smart grandma and purchased some extra blank ones in anticipation of future grandchildren. Jack was born recently and needs a stocking with his name on it!
Valerie brought me Kylie's stocking so I could try to match the font and thread color. I have absolutely no idea what font was used on these (no perfect match was given at WhatTheFont.com), so I found as close as a match as I could. Thankfully "Jack" doesn't share a single case-sensitive letter with any of the other grandkids, so I didn't have to worry about it being perfect, just a decent match.

Kathy digitized his name in Avant Garde Book for me: