misc doings

Here are a few miscellaneous things I've made in the last few months and weeks.

These are oven mitts. I love them! These are a great and easy gift idea!

In the fall we did quite a bit of camping with the boys. I made them matching camping pillowcase. They adore them and will hardly let me take them off their pillows long enough to wash them. I LOVE making these pillowcases. They whip up so fast and they turn out so professional!

A beautiful patchwork stocking. This was a lot of fun to make and a great use of scraps.

For Mandi aka Sister G.

I made Mandi a green wrap shirt. This color is perfect for her bright and happy personality.

I also made her this simple black skirt with pockets. It is just below the knee and has a slight a-line. She is currently on a mission for The Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is a classic piece for any missionary wardrobe! I hope she likes them!

Chair Reupholstery

Back in the summer, I was contacted to reupholster this chair. I personally like the green.

Maybe it was a bit worn out and a bit abused and old, but I liked the retro green.

Anyway, my client wanted it reupholstered and had a red gingham fabric chosen for it. All in all it turned out really well. My client was very happy with the way it turned out and was excited to add it to her living room set!

Here's a little Before

...and After

The J.J. Handbag

I recently designed and made this darling clutch for a class that I taught. I love how it turned out.

It's just the right size for the essentials: keys, lipstick, money. Being a mom, I usually have a HUGE bag full of diapers, wipes, bottles, snacks, change of clothes, emergency bribes....I'm sure you can relate. But when I go out on a date with my husband or just go somewhere by myself. I really don't want a huge, messy, bag on my shoulder. This bag is perfect.

and it's reversible.

My friend Jan, over at Bumbletees kindly named this bag for me. The J.J. Handbag. I'm now officially a handbag designer.
I'm almost thinking of making a tutorial for it.

Halloween Lanterns

I made these yesterday at a halloween craft party. They were really easy and really cheap to make. All you do is find empty glass jars around your house, mod podge tissue paper onto them and then cut out these already made faces and mod podge those on too. Stick a tea light inside and you're done.

2 posts, 1 week, what the?!

It's not that I haven't been sewing while on my 'vacation' from this blog, it's just that I don't usually take pictures, don't usually feel like posting about it, and don't usually have time. I had a client a couple months ago want this cute poncho/cape thing. Maybe if I had girls I would know what to call it?
Everett was a star model, although he kept saying, 'mama, this is for goils'. I'd say, I know, we just need some pictures, he did great!
It was reversible with hood.

Perfect fit for 2T.

I love the HUGE covered buttons.

something to blog about

Hello everyone! No, I'm not 'back' from vacation, rather, here's something I did today that I've been wanting to do for a very long time!

I made Halloween pillowcases for my boys! Everett was so excited to have the spider pillowcase.

Happy Halloween season!