Nesting

So after months of not wanting to sew or embroider anything, I went on a two day sewing spree where I wanted to monogram everything in site for Lucy. I still have a lot more ideas in my head and the sewing itch is still there, so I am sure I will spend a few more days turning out baby things.

My sister bought me the diaper bag and I just added the name and made the matching burp cloth.

I  didn't have any pants to go with the colors in this applique,

 so I decided to make some bloomers to match.

http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-perfect-diaper-cover.html

Here is the pattern link. It is pretty simple and accomdates for different sizes.  

All the pants were hand me downs from family or friends and I picked up the onesies at Dirt Cheap for 50 cents each,so besides my time they were seriously cheap outfits.

 A little something for Carter to wear his summer. 

Thing 1 and Thing 2

I haven't been really productive with my sewing/embroidery lately.  It hurts my back, squishes my belly and is really uncomfortable right now (at 33 weeks pregnant) to sit at the sewing machine and sew or embroider.  I have so may ideas swirling around in my head for baby Lucy but the lack of motivation to do them.  I did finish some shirts for a friend for her two girls to wear on  vacation and thought they turned out cute!

I'm still crafting!

Athough I have loved having a break from customer orders, it hasn't kept me from being super busy with embroidery work. Now it seems there are tons of birthday gifts, teacher gifts, baby gifts, and things for my kids to work on. Here are some of my latest creations!

Burp rags for my sister-in-law's soon to be baby! 

I actually made other items for her but forgot to take pictures of them. 

A summer outfit for Carter. 

He LOVES finding "squirmy wormies" so I just had to make him a worm shirt. 

Personalized cups for teachers at Cooper's school.

This week was teacher appreciation week so we gifted Cooper's teacher a gift every day!

I think she was SUPER surprised when he brought her a gift each day! 

Beach towel and beach bag for Cooper's teacher. 

Dish towel set for Cooper's teacher. 

Beach towel birthday gift for a little girl!

I packaged it in a beach bucket with a shovel and thought it turned out so cute! 

A scripture tote for Cooper to bring to church. 

Nothing cute, but he loves to bring his scriptures to church  and so he was really excited to see his name on his very own scripture tote!

Last of the Christmas shirts!

I have finally finished  up the last order  for Christmas outfits/shirts! :) I still have a few orders left for Christmas gift items and some items due in January, but I am finally narrowing it down!!!  Thanks, to all my customers for their business and for being patient with me as I tried to get everything  finished up in time. 

If I had a girl, I wouldn't give this outfit up! It turned out just adorable! 

Gifts

These are some shirt orders that I have been finishing up in between Christmas orders for customers to give as Chistmas gifts. Can I just say I  have been super busy and still have many more ordes to go.

This has become my favorite Dinosaur! 

Love, love, love this teapot! 

After finishing this pirate ship for a customer I can't wait to do Carter one!

Go Wild and Princess Ella!

Mouse shirt for a customer who is going to Disney World for the Animal Kingdom. Zebra and hot pink look really good together! Mouse applique from http://www.stitchontime.com/. Disney font from http://www.embroideryfontshop.com/.

Princess shirt with crown applique from http://www.appliquecafe.com/. I added the word princess, that is not part of original design. I used minky dot fabric on the top and bottom of the applique. Can you tell I really like the minky dot fabric?! I seem to be using it on all my appliques lately.

Tip on using the minky dot: always use a sticky stabilizer on the back of the minky dot before appliqueing. It keeps it from stretching or moving in the applique process. Also DO NOT use a iron on the minky dot, it melts it and it loses its softness.