Pencil Roll

Today I made this pencil roll for Annaliese to hold her colored pencils. It works just like the crayon one, but different dimensions.

Crayon Rolls

Last week I made this crayon roll for Annaliese. It was great at church on Sunday -- usually her crayons are in a plastic bag which is loud. This is quiet and keeps them from rolling around on the pew or floor!


Originally I followed the directions, which called for two pieces of ribbon that would wrap around and tie it shut. But Annaliese cannot tie a bow. I saw another person's crayon wrap that closed with a single ribbon and velcro, and decided to imitate that. In the process of determining the length of ribbon, velcro placement, embroidery placement, etc, I needed to make a few to get it right. So I made a couple for Kylie and Kenzie, using left over fabric from the tote bags I made them. Now that the girls have received theirs, I can post the pictures:

Burp Cloth for Hudson

Yesterday the Mosiers came over -- while the girls played in Annaliese's room, the mommies played with fabric and designs! Kristen brought a pillow from baby Hudson's room so we could match colors (brown, turquoise, olive green, and natural). We picked this ribbon and design (a freebie from Sew Forum) and stitched it out on a cloth diaper from Stitched and Stamped. I decided to post this final product now since Kristen has already seen it in person, but the rest of her baby gift will debut at her shower in a couple weeks.

Flannel Rag Quilts for Sale

Today I went to Artsy Phartsy Chics, a local shop that sells "Cool Gifts For Hip Chics". They do consignment, so I left two of my quilts there to see if they'll sell, both Celestial Sky Rag Quilts:



You can learn more about my rag quilts at my online gallery Janay's Quilts
UPDATE: Just as I was trying to decide whether to leave my quilts there, the store closed due to one of the partners retiring. That made my decision easy! ;) They are still for sale, though...

Key Chains

After seeing my embroidered pacifier clip at Rachel's shower, Ginny asked me to make some embroidered key chains for herself and her future tenants. The beautiful thing is that she had a sample for me to follow, bought all the ribbon and D-rings, and came over to pick out matching threads. They were fun to do and in the process I learned new things about my machine and embroidery software. I used Embird Alphabet #33 for all of these, making the names fit into a 1"x3" rectangle.

Tote Bag for the Library

Last Saturday I picked up this denim tote bag on clearance ($1.97!!) at Jo-Anns. I knew right away what I wanted to use it for -- a bag for Annaliese to tote her books to and from the library.

Embroidery Library has this cute bear design that I have admired for a long time. I was able to "purchase" it this weekend for free due to a sale and a prize gift certificate. The text was added using Embird Alphabet #33. The design has a very high stitch count, so it took at least 1.5 hours to stitch out. Thankfully my thread color choice and placement on the bag turned out well!

Even More Toddler Towels

I received an order for these toddler towels. They will be given at a baby shower to a mom expecting boy/girl twins!
I did the lettering with Embird Alphabets #17 and #33. The crowns were lifted from designs from Embroidery Library.

Bible Tote

I worked on this tote bag off and on last week, completing it Saturday. The pattern for comes from A Time to Stitch. The instructions were very clear and the final product has a very polished look.
Front:


Side View:


A Peek Inside:

Rebecca's Baby Shower Gift

One of my husband's coworkers is expecting, gender will be a surprise. This was my gender-neutral gift for her shower today:

A pacifier clip with their last name embroidered on it

A Snowbaby with a "C" (from The Embroidery Market)

Two burp cloths -- I made these out of flannel. They turned out cute, but it's a lot of work... I got the clapboard from here and the text was inspired by a onesie I saw on Sew Forum.

The parrot is from Embroidery Library, I added the wording with Embird. Mommy and Daddy are Jimmy Buffet fans... hee hee...

It was a hit!!
Update: They had a boy and named him Caleb. Rebecca requested another pacifier clip (one just isn't enough!)