Gift for new sisters!

Kelli has a friend who just had her second little girl and asked me to make something special for the sisters. After giving her some options, she picked the sibling designs from Applique Momma. (Side note: I really like these, and have all six combinations of the big/middle/little sister/brother designs)
Kelli requested a yellow and green color scheme, and picked the blank items from Dharma Trading. What a cute pair!

I used the zig zag 5" size of the Big Sister design for Sophia's shirt, adding her name with the Tinker Toy font from 8 Claws and a Paw, and stitched it on the short sleeved lettuce edged top from Dharma Trading.

I used the zig zag 4" size of the Little Sister design for Phoebe on the ruffle arm romper dress:

Baby Girl Gift Set

Rebecca asked me to make this cute gift set for a friend who is expecting a baby girl:

The ruffle arm romper dress is from Dharma Trading. Rebecca picked the Empire font from Embroidery Arts for the monogram -- my favorite!

Baby Girl Gift Set

Kelli asked me to make this set for her sister-in-law who just had a baby girl:

The monogram on the burp cloth is from the Dot Alphabet from Julia's Needle Designs, and I stitched "erica" with Swirley font from 8 Claws and a Paw.

We used the same monogram on the ruffle arm romper dress from Dharma Trading. Quick little plug for Dharma Trading -- I placed the order at 2:45pm Eastern on a Friday, it was shipped first class in California and arrived in Florida on Monday! Unbelievable.

For the bib, I used Embird alphabet #17 (Curlz) for the monogram with the dot frame around it:

Baby Gift orders

Carla had two baby showers to attend this weekend. First was one for her sister-in-law, expecting a little girl:

The burp cloth design is Five Star Font's Whimsy Dot.

The romper design is from the Dot Alphabet available at Julia's Needle Design. I added her name with Embird Alphabet #17. The romper is from Dharma Trading.

And finally the applique baseball on the bib came from a baseball sucker holder design from Embroidery Garden (a freebie on her yahoo group) and I added the text with Embird Alphabet #8. Lexi will be born in CA, and her daddy is a big Angels fan.

The other shower is for a friend expecting a little boy, so Carla ordered this burp cloth. This design came from Hennessy Embroidery and the text was added with Embird Alphabet #2.

Opening Day was a Success!

In early March I posted the shirts I embroidered for Kelli and Daisha's kids. Opening Day for baseball season was yesterday, and now I have modeled pictures to share of these precious kids!





I know nothing about the baseball season, whether or not the Orioles won, or even played for that matter. But in my mind Opening Day was a success! :)

Ready for Opening Day!

Debby's grandkids are going to be ready to cheer on the Baltimore Orioles when baseball season starts later this month!


After posting the baseball monogram t-shirt I made a couple weeks ago, Kelli emailed me requesting a shirt for her daughter Rachel. Daisha quickly got in on the action, and after an exchange of emails and designs we had a set ready to go! I bought the t-shirts locally over the weekend and we ordered the romper for Naomi from Dharma Trading. It arrived this afternoon, so I immediately took it to the laundry room so I could embroider it and get this set complete. I wanted to see them all together before we have to ship Rachel's to Berlin.
Here are close-ups of the designs:




Aren't they precious? I just love this monogram set from Five Star Fonts.

I was also pleased with the little white romper dress. I was able to hoop it such that I only stitched through the "dress" layer, so the back side won't even rub up against her skin!
And FYI -- I ordered two rompers just in case I goofed up. Of course this design stitched perfectly, so I have an extra 3-month romper. I have no plans for it currently, so it's available if anyone is interested...

I can't wait to see the kiddos in their shirts!
UPDATE:
Here are pictures of Rachel in her shirt, and a slide show of Naomi and Gideon in theirs.

Ready for the Pumpkin Patch

Carla ordered some blank clothing items from Dharma Trading for me to embroider on. (As a side note, after many hours of searching the world wide web, this seems to be the only place to order blank dresses!)
First up is a set of outfits for heading to the pumpkin patch. She picked the Just Like Mommy Dress With Pockets for Ella, and an Infant Bubble Romper for Grant. They turned out super cute! I will have a modeled picture posted as soon as they make a trip to the pumpkin patch.

Each outfit has three different applique designs. On the bodice area is a three pumpkin design. The big pumpkin was a freebie at one time on Sew Forum (now for sale at Thread Creations) and the small pumpkins came from A Time To Stitch. They all stitched out flawlessly!

Placing the designs on the legs of Grant's romper wasn't a problem since it could be unsnapped. For Ella's dress, however, I had to take out about half of the stitches on the pockets so I could lay them flat on my hoop. After doing the applique I sewed them back down. It went amazingly well -- I hope it's always that easy....



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The other things Carla ordered were 3 dresses for Annaliese and an overall romper. The overalls will probably be a gift for someone eventually. Now I need to decide what to do with Annaliese's dresses. This afternoon she asked me to make her a pumpkin dress to match Ella and Grant. I don't know if I'll do one exactly the same, but she certainly will have a fall dress soon!