Graduation time!

Last night was Annaliese's preschool program, and included in that was a brief graduation ceremony for the VPK classes. In honor of that, I made Annaliese this shirt.

The monogram is Five Star Font's Diploma~Graduation Monogram. The rest of the text uses the font “Hog Bold HMK” which is the font from the school logo on their t-shirts and bags.

Annaliese had a good time during the program, and we all had a blast watching her. She's definitely her daddy's girl, no stage fright at all! :)
Here she is with her beloved Ms. Susie, who has been a fantastic teacher this year!

Future Star Wars fan

Melissa requested a baby gift for a family that just had a little boy. The mom and dad are huge Star Wars fans, so initially I suggested doing a monogram in the Star Jedi font. I also did a bit of google searching for Star Wars baby gifts, and came across a handful of cute phrases. Melissa picked a couple, Kathy digitized them for me and I stitched away!

First a onesie. Front side has his name:

And the back side, hee hee...

And here's the burp cloth:

I assume the mom and dad will love them. I think they are funny, but maybe a touch tacky... some people are into body humor, others are not. Seems more acceptable with babies. :)

Happy Mother's Day!

This design is not for my daughter... anyone that knows Annaliese knows she is 100% Daddy's girl! :)

Tammy requested a onesie for her granddaughter to wear on Mother's Day, suggesting something like 100% Mama's Girl. I immediately thought of Carolynn's 100% Club designs at ZippyDesignZ. I like the text with the dangling tag, and thought I could just add "MAMA'S" above her GIRL design. However, even with Kathy's help using the right font, we were unable to get it digitized in the same manner as Carolynn's design, so I sent her an email asking for her help. Talk about customer service!!! She replied right away, cheerfully agreeing to help me out. Before I was even ready to stitch the onesie, she had emailed me the custom design. It stitched out beautifully! Thanks Carolynn!!

Onesie for first year portrait

My good friend Terri is a photographer. She has a portrait session today with a little girl who has recently turned one. After seeing Ada's onesie, she requested a onesie for Avery, who will also get to wear Terri's lavender tutu for her picture.

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

The dark purple thread matches better in person, this isn't the best photograph. Can't wait to see Terri's pictures!

Tie onesie

Susan requested a tie onesie to give as a baby gift. The embroidery design is from GG Designs.

I used the same striped fabric as Dashiell's, but on a white onesie with green stitching it looks different. I think I like this one even better! The beauty is when he outgrows his 0-3month onesie, I can make him a new one like this in the next size! :)

Welcome Baby Beatrice!

One of Carlin's best friends back home recently had a baby girl. It took me a couple of months, but I finally got a gift stitched and in the mail.
Her name is Beatrice Rose, so I did this burp cloth for her. The flower is from Embroidery Library and I used Embird Alphabet #38 for her first name.

Patrick calls Beatrice his Little Honey Bea, so I made this bib. The bees were from Sew Forum and I used an alphabet I have from Oregon Patch Works (I can't find direct links for either of these).

Patrick is a lawyer and Jenny is an officer, so I thought they might get a kick out of this idea. The badge and capitol building are from Embroidery RN Designs, and the text was added with Embird Alphabet #4.

Finally I made coordinating shirts for Beatrice and her big sister. I didn't want Annabelle to feel left out when the package arrived! (Annabelle got a quilt when she was born, but unfortunately I don't have the time to make Beatrice one... I don't even have the time to work on poor Dashiell's quilt!)

The Curlz applique monogram is from Embroidery Boutique. I added the text with Embird Alphabet #17.

Happy Birthday, Ms. Susie!

Today Annaliese's class celebrated Ms. Susie's birthday. They each signed a cute card (amazing how those signatures have improved over the year!!) and we presented her with a group gift. I made a personalized casserole carrier, and another mom made a cake in the covered pan we purchased as part of the gift. She LOVED it, it was so fun to watch her open it.

The stick figure design is part of a set from Artistic Thread Works called Daily-Chore-Sticks Embroidery Design Set. The checkered border is from Embroidery Garden. I added the text with Embird Alphabet #8.

This is the first casserole carrier that I've added handles and the spoon closure to:

I took 2 yards of webbing and stitched the ends together to form a big loop. I stitched it down on the bottom placemat like this:

Then I laid the embroidered placemat on top, lining up the buttonholes on both placemats, and stitched around the other three sides. Here's a shot showing how my pan fits inside:

And here are shots of the back side and inside:


I really like how it turned out. Some day soon I'll have to deconstruct mine and add the handles and buttonholes for the spoon!

Annaliese's Spring A-Line

I made Annaliese a reversible A-line dress for Easter (using Martha Pullen's pattern).

The Easter egg applique is from Sew Many Designs.


That side didn't take very long to do. It was the OTHER side that I put a lot of work into:



Annaliese is really into My Little Pony right now (see her Easter basket and you'll know how excited she was this morning!) so I decided to make her a pony dress using the appliques from Designs by JuJu. I used rickrack as grassy hills to help divide up the dress. Annaliese and I picked fabric and threads to match four of her favorite ponies.
Scootaloo:

Sweetie Belle:

Aster:

and Toola-Roola:

Annaliese LOVES it, so it was worth all the work:

Special thanks to Valerie who let Annaliese come over to play for an entire afternoon so I could sew all day and get this dress done! :)

New Easter Baskets!

I couldn't find a cheap Easter basket for Dashiell that looked like the one we bought for Annaliese four years ago, so I decided to go all out and get them nice matching baskets that will last for years to come. Purchased at Jo-Anns, they came with the liners. Much like Dashiell's Christmas stocking, these new Easter Baskets didn't get monogrammed until 10pm before the morning they were needed! But they turned out even cuter than I expected!

Annaliese's basket actually is WAY more filled than Dashiell's, but they were deeper than I realized and we didn't have enough grass. See... she got lots of neat stuff. And her eggs had candy. Dashiell's were empty. :)

I used Embird Alphabet #4 (Comic Sans) for their names.