Easter towels for Moms

These towels are the next installment of the holiday towels I'm stitching for our moms as part of their Christmas'09 present.

The applique Easter egg is from Nobbie Neez Kids, however instead of stitching the wavy green line that is in the original design, I tacked down a row of rick rack. I thought it turned out pretty cute!


When I'm all done with the set, I'll have one of them take a group shot. For now I'll just include links to the previous towels:
Christmas towel
Valentine's Day towel
St. Patrick's Day towel

Opening Day: Third Time's a Charm, or Three Strikes-You're Out??

The last two years I have stitched shirts for Debby's grandkids to wear on Opening Day of baseball season (2008, 2009). It's that time of year again!
This year Daisha and Kelli requested black shirts for everyone with orange and white stitching (in honor of the Orioles).

The baseball monograms are from Five Star Fonts.




We are already in negotiations for a design overhaul for next year... hopefully this isn't a case of "three strikes and you're out!" :)

Stay tuned, I'm sure Daisha and Kelli will post new pictures of their adorable baseball fans on my Facebook page at the beginning of April. Become a fan now if you aren't already!
Update: Pictures are now on Facebook!

Proud Mom!

It is Spirit Week again at Annaliese's school. I'll be volunteering on field day, which is also School Spirit day. I decided to stitch myself a little something to wear. :)

The applique design is from a set of owls at Embroidery Garden that I have admired for a long time. She had an amazing sale over the weekend, so I finally purchased them. This pair of owls is my favorite design of the whole set. I added the text with Embird Alphabet #14.

Here's a picture of me and my little owl from Field Day :)

Proud of their Uncle!

My brother recently graduated from the Marine Corps Bootcamp. In honor of that I made these outfits for my kids to show how proud they are of Uncle Brice!

Annaliese's dress was made following the T-shirt dress tutorial from Just Deanna. I took a navy t-shirt, chopped it off, did the embroidery work, then attached the skirt. I purchased the Marine material at Hobby Lobby (it can also be found online). The ruffle material was in my stash from the Bargello Flag quilt I made several years ago.

I used a roomy shirt and made the skirt long, so she should get to wear it for a couple years.

I used Embird Alphabet #7 for "Proud Niece of a" and Alphabet #16 for "US MARINE".

Annaliese's dress took me about 3 hours to make; Dashiell's outfit was done in about 15 minutes... embroidery on a onesie, khakis were already in his drawer. :)


Here are a couple close-up shots:


Brice heads out for infantry school this week, so please keep him in your prayers!!

Lil' Slugger's First Birthday!

Today is Jimmie's first birthday! Grandma Sue contacted me about making a first birthday shirt for him. I worked with his mommy Carla to come up with a design that coordinated with the party theme. They are big Royals baseball fans, so we started with a blue shirt and white stitching. They are using these party decorations:

So for the front of his shirt I tried to find a font that was a close match to the "Lil Slugger" text. We settled on Script 1 font from 8 Claws and a Paw.

We made the back to look like a jersey. The "1" is from the College Block font from 8 Claws and a Paw. I stitched his name with Embird Alphabet 2.

Seems like I was just stitching baby gift items for Jimmie... hard to believe he is already one!

Audrey's First Birthday A-line

When Tracy saw Chloe's first birthday A-line dress, she knew Audrey had to have one when her time came. It's hard to believe that her first birthday was this weekend! Tracy bought the material and I got to work.
For the pink side we used a design to celebrate her new age:

The "1" is from Chubby Wubby Applique Numbers from GG Designs, and the font is Candi from 8 Claws and a Paw.

The brown side features her three-letter monogram:

I used the Empire font from Embroidery Arts. I love this monogram, and Audrey's initials are especially pretty!

Baby Gift for Auburn Fans

Auburn Alumni friends of ours are expecting a baby boy, so I made a couple orange and blue items for them!

This little ribbon blankie has a cute applique tiger from Embroidery Library. I added "Lil' Auburn Tiger" with Embird Alphabet #8.

The back is super-soft orange minkee!

For his bib I used the applique S from Embroidery Boutique's Fun Applique Alphabet, and the Whoa Nelly font from 8 Claws and a Paw for "Sawyer".

Gifts for Baby Boys

Susan requested items for a couple baby showers she attended on Friday.
One mom-to-be of a little boy got this adorable tie onesie (the applique design is from GG Designs).

The Burkheads are also expecting a baby boy, so Susan wanted a tie onesie for him, as well as a monogrammed burp cloth.

They weren't certain of the first name at the time, so we went with his last initial. The "B" is from Embroidery Boutique's Fun Applique Alphabet.

Monogramming for Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn is a blessed little girl -- she has a grandma who sews for her! Momma Marcy asked if I could add her monogram and name to a couple items, like I did for her first birthday dress and some other baby items.
Grandma made this beautiful eyelet dress; my photo does NOT do it justice! Marcy wanted Kaitlyn's three-letter monogram added to it using the Empire Monogram Font from Embroidery Arts. It's always a little nerve-wracking to stitch on an item I can't replace... :)

Kaitlyn will get to visit Disney next week. Grandma and Mommy already collaborated on this shirt to add the mouse head and trim -- I simply stitched her name, using the Walt font from 8 Claws and a Paw.