Monogrammed Messenger Bags

Valerie picked up these messenger bags for her nieces and nephew for Christmas and asked me to monogram them.

Her nieces' monograms were done in Curlz (Embird Alphabet #17).
For her nephew she requested a diamond shaped monogram, and just a couple days before Apex Embroidery had posted their Diamond Embroidery Font for free. Woo-hoo! A similar thing happened back when I stitched a Buckeye bib for her newest nephew. My coupon-queen friend somehow extends her thrifty skills through me to find perfect freebies for her projects! Saves us both money! :)

Stitching for Sue

Sue contacted me to stitch something for three special little people in her life! I got these done at the end of October, but I'm just now posting.
First up is her grandson Cayden (aka Chunky Monkey), who celebrated his first birthday!

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

Next, a special First Christmas onesie for another grandson,Jimmie.

The design is from Embroidery Library. Kathy digitized the extra text for me using the Girls are Weird font.

Finally, a burp cloth for Hadley. The "H" is from Embroidery Boutique's Vintage Applique Alphabet. I stitched her name with Itty Bitty Alphabet from 8 Claws and a Paw.

Gift Card Holders

Ginny ordered 20 gift card holders similar to the ones I stitched for her a couple years ago:

I stitched 10 mittens and 10 stockings. The designs are from A Design by Lyn.

I also did a key chain for her:

Santa's Helpers

Yesterday I stitched matching Christmas shirts for Annaliese and Dashiell!

The applique designs are from Lynnie Pinnie (THANK YOU LYNDSIE!) I used
Santa Hat Girl (5x7) for Annaliese and Santa Hat Baby Boy (4x4) for Dashiell. I even stole Lyndsie's text idea from a project she posted on Sew Forum. I used Bingham font from 8 Claws and a Paw.


Ugh. Sorry for the over exposed pictures. I've about had it with this camera. It may be hard to tell in these pictures, but I used super-soft minkee for both the red and white parts of the Santa hats, and the face really is a flesh-toned fabric. Trying to take a picture of the kids together was crazy. You should see all the blurry shots we got of Dashiell on the move. This is the best I can offer today:

Man, they are so stinking cute!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

As a little Thanksgiving gift for Annaliese's teacher, I stitched this hand towel:

The design is from Embroidery Library. I thought it was perfect for a kindergarten teacher! Kathy digitized the text for me using the font Andy.

All Dressed Up (with nowhere to go...)

At the end of March I stitched a tie onesie and bib for Dashiell using the tie applique design from GG Designs (he's even featured on her site!). Everyone that saw him in either his bib or onesie got a kick out of it, and I've had a few orders for similar items since.
In September Gail released a bow tie/tuxedo design that is absolutely precious. I knew immediately I wanted to stitch something for Dashiell, but there was never an appropriate occasion, nor did I make the time to do it. But then Annaliese got a beautiful dress from her aunt and uncle, and I knew what I could make so Dashiell could be dressed up, too. :)

I picked the purple material for the bow tie to match Annaliese's dress.

The plan was for them wear the dress and tux to church this morning. But alas, Annaliese is a bit too sneezy and coughy to go, so they are all dressed up with nowhere to go...

I need to get another close-up picture of Dashiell... he looks a little bobble-head like here:

You see, he really had no interest in participating in this photo shoot. He even fought me when I was trying to get him dressed. I hope his future bride doesn't face the same problem...

THANKS AGAIN, GAIL!! I'll try later for a better picture for your site. :)

Stitched for Andrea

I spent the last five days stitching exclusively for my friend Andrea!

At the beginning of the week I appliqued seven airplanes on a shower curtain for her boys' bathroom. She has been hunting for something to coordinate with their bedding and couldn't find anything. So she bought a plain shower curtain, coordinating fabrics, and requested I use contrasting thread. It was a challenge, I learned a lot, and thankfully the whole family was thrilled with the results!

The airplane design is from Applique Cafe. (Cole--she has a cute owl on her site if you haven't been there! ;))

I used Embird Alphabet #8 to add their names to two of the planes.

Once I completed that, I tackled a set of matching Christmas shirts for her boys and nephews.

The applique reindeer is from Designs by JuJu. I used the 4x4 size for the youngest, and the 5x7 for the other three boys.


Andrea's boys have matching red corduroy pants -- I cannot wait to see a picture of them!!

Lastly, I stitched a crayon and pencil roll set for Ethan for his birthday party, which was this morning. (The in-hoop designs are from Sewing for Sarah.)

Happy Birthday, Carlin!

Last year for my husband's birthday I digitized his logo and stitched it on a bulletin board for him. Earlier this year I sent a small version of the logo to Kathy, who stitched it on a polo onesie for Dashiell and also mailed me a blank white polo so I could do the same for Carlin. Sadly I never made time to stitch it, poor guy. BUT that turned out to be a good thing. Carlin has significantly shrunk over the last several months, and that shirt is now way too big! This year for part of his birthday gift I stitched his logo on a new, smaller sized polo.


I also stitched another for Dashiell, who has outgrown the one Kathy made.



Here they are, all matchy-matchy, Mr. Dashiell Trammel and Mr. Carlin Trammel. I doubt it will happen as often as with me and Annaliese, but I'll give it a shot as often as my boys will let me!

Baby Shower Gift

A year ago Shannon and others threw us a nice baby shower at Carlin's work. Today was Shannon's turn to be showered with gifts for her expected baby girl!
Rumor has it they plan to name their little girl Sarah (and if her name changes I'll just swap it out of an accurate one later). The S is from Embroidery Boutique's Vintage Applique Alphabet and I used Itty Bitty Alphabet from 8 Claws and a Paw for her name.

Shannon danced with the Tallahassee Ballet, and maybe her daughter will do the same! The ballet shoes design is from Nobbie Neez Kids. I added "Future Ballerina" with Embird Alphabet #38. Instead of my usual row of ribbon, I found this pretty trim that reminded me of a ballerina tutu.

This baby girl is going to make Jack a big brother, and I decided to make them coordinating sibling shirts. They aren't identical, but look cute together:

Jack is really into superheros, so when I saw Nobbie Neez Kids' Tiny Superboy design, I decided to replace it for the "I" in BIG and make him a "SUPER BIG BROTHER" Shirt! The rest of the text is from Itty Bitty Alphabet from 8 Claws and a Paw.

I opted for the adjective "sweet" for the baby girl, and used NNK's Lollipop Teeny to replace the "i"s in "Sweet Little Sister". I used the same font, but stitched lower case letters instead, and used pretty little girl colors.