My Mom's Creations

My Mom is an amazing seamstress. She can pretty much make anything and everything. She has been sewing up a storm lately and luckily Kaylynn has been reaping the benefits :). She has made a dress, bloomers, shoes, and a quilt for her. Even though we have been using them all over and over again, I finally got a picture of her in all of them together. Everything is so adorable! She did an amazing job and I hope she knows how much I appreciate her and her talents. I had to post lots of pictures because Kaylynn was smiling so cute. I also did close ups of each item. I love them all and so does Kaylynn. Thanks mom for the wonderful goodies, keep 'em coming!

My King Size Quilt

Well I have been blogging about my king quilt for months and I finally took a picture of it! It is on our bed and beautiful! I Love it so much and my matching pillow cases I made are just the right touch. It was such a fun project, I just might have to make another one for my guest room. What a wonderful learning experience that I can now appreciate. Thanks for all the help mom, I couldn't have done it with out you!

Sewing Projects

So this past week I have actually been able to get some sewing done. For Vicky's Birthday and Mother's Day present I decided to make her some table center pieces for her house (first two pictures). Once I finished them, back in like March, I LOVED them so much that I just had to make some for myself as well. I was only able to make the sunflower table runner so far, but I love it and love having it on my table. I extended mine to be a full table runner instead of one square.


I also got back my king quilt and was able to finish the binding on that. Who knew that you still had to do some sewing by hand. It took me about four days to hand sew the binding on the quilt. It took a couple hours each side, so I just squeezed it in when I could. Since I have my new beautiful quilt, I had to make some coordinating pillow cases. These are the first pillow cases I have made by myself. I still have to make the pillow shams, so you won't see a complete picture of my bed set yet. These are just pictures of the past few things I have completed. I have really enjoyed learning new techniques and improving my skills. I love sewing and want to learn how to make clothes. It's part of the fun of having a little girl, now I can learn how to make dresses, skirts, and shirts. I can't wait!



*PS I should finish my shams this next week and then I can finally post my entire bed set :)

Sewing Projects for Kaylynn

About a month ago, I ordered a custom new car seat cover for Kaylynn. I bought my own fabric, sent it to the girl, and then just paid a flat fee for her to sew it for me. I just got it back last week and got the car seat washed and ready to go. It turned out so cute and it's one of a kind. She did a wonderful job and I am so happy with it. If your looking for a custom car seat go to esty and search for Sassy Stork.

This past weekend, my mom sister and dad all came to visit. Of course my mom and I had to sew while she was here. She was able to stipple Kaylynn's heart quilt that I had made last month. She did a fantastic job and I was glad that I was able to watch her do it so that I can start learning how to do this technique myself. It was also fun to get her wall hanging hung and see how everything in her room is coming together. The quilt turned out so adorable! My mom was also able to finish Kaylynn's crib pillow while she was here. My sister embroidered the pillow and my mom did the rest from scraps from her crib set. Such an adorable pillow, everything she does is perfect and fantastic. I am so blessed to have such a talented Mom to learn from.

Sewing

This past week has been my week to complete a bunch of sewing projects. One would think that I have completely ignored Ashton and never left my house, but I didn't! I had lots of little one day projects that I knew I could finish quickly. I decided I would only sew when Ashton was at school or sleeping and that we would go to the park a few times this week to make it more fun for him. I promise this was not a months worth of sewing, it actually only took me a couple days. My next sewing goal will be to learn how to make little girl clothing.

My first project was completing a rag quilt for Kaylynn. Some of you will remember that I made a pink and purple rag quilt for my friend who had a little girl last summer. I decided it turned out so cute that I had to make one for myself. Yes I bought the fabric before I ever decided to get pregnant and before we knew we were having a girl. I re-organized my sewing area and found the fabric and decided it was time to get it done. I still thinks its darling and am so excited to use it.

My second project was finally finishing the drapes for my kitchen. I bought regular drapes at Target, but had to cut them and hem them to fit my little windows. It wasn't complicated, just time consuming so I have put it off for about 6 months now.

The next project was finishing a bag I started back in July. Back in July my machine started having problems so I took it in to get a tune it. It was gone for a week and when i got it back, I didn't do much sewing. I had the bag cut out and stacked in pieces. It was so cute, I decided I had to finish it so I could make it my new church bag.

Then I started thinking about what else I needed for Kaylynn. I wanted to buy a new car seat cover so that she had something nice and new just for her. I found a girl online (Sassy Stork) who would make the cover for a flat fee and all you have to do is send her the fabric of your choice. So off to the store we go to pick out the fabric for my cover. Since I was having this made, I decided I would make a matching blanket that would be car seat blanket. I made a small pieced quilt and added ties so that I could tie it to the car seat. It turned out so cute and was a perfect chance to practice all my new quilting techniques.

My last project this week was making a wall hanging for Kaylynn's room. My mom gave me a heart quilt pattern that she had seen and showed me the new things I needed to learn. I brought home all my pieces and fabric and finally got it done this week. The picture is a little darker than the fabric actually is, nonetheless I love it and can't wait for my mom to finish the stippling so that I can hang it up.

Crafts and Sewing

Well, I finally got the rest of my supplies and finished my fourth Valentine craft. It turned out so cute! I like were I hung it so much that I think I need a wall hanging for every holiday now. I had so much fun with these crafts, that I'm definitely going to start doing some for each holiday.

I also finished a few sewing projects this week. I finished sewing all the blocks and sashing together on my king size quilt. It looks so beautiful, I am so excited that I'm so close to being done. All I need to do is add the border and its off to the quilters to have the stippling done.

For Christmas my mom gave me a new purse/diaper bag and made an adorable little pouch to hold baby powder and antibacterial hand soap. It was so cute that I went and bought the same fabric so I could make a laptop cover that would match. I got the laptop cover finished and had just enough fabric left to make a diaper and wipes holder. I now have little pouches to organize and hold everything I need. I still need to add bows and Velcro, but here is how they turned out. It was fun to take a break from my quilt and sew something different. I love it, my purse is so cute and organized.

Kaylynn's Bedding

Because my mom and I weren't busy enough while I was visiting, we decided we would make all of Kaylynn's bedding for her crib. We went to the fabric sale the day after Christmas and it was really hard to find the color of purple we wanted. After going through every white and purple fabric, we chose our favorites and bought them. I bought a bunch of fabric so that we would have plenty to pick and choose from. I decided to do an Around the World quilt. I did the top of the quilt and yes there are 121 tiny little squares. Two of the fabrics were that soft minky which is wonderful to touch, but a little tricky to sew on. My mom attached the back by quilting and added the binding for me. Trina was nice enough to embroider Kaylynn's name on the border and the blanket turned out beautiful. While my mom was finishing the quilt, she taught me how to do the bumpers and I got to work. Again, another tricky project. My mom finished the dust ruffle while I finished the bumpers. Together we made this beautiful bedding that is cuter than anything you could have bought in the store. Even though it took several days and was a lot of work, I am so glad that I learned how to make it and was able to do this for my daughter. Ashton was a trooper and played cars while we sewed, but thank you Dad, Taryn, and Trenton for helping us out so we could finish this huge project in just a couple days. Thank you mom, I never could have done it without you!

P.S. I will post pictures of the bedding set up soon. I bought a crib while I was in San Diego and it is beautiful. I just need to buy a sheet and then I can set it up and take pictures then. The blanket in the first picture with the fabric is a blanket my mom made for me months ago, before she knew I was having a girl. She knew I would pick purple and made this beautiful blanket for me, it will also be displayed and used in her room.

King Size Quilt

After my mom made her beautiful quilt for her bed, I decided I wanted to make one for my bed. While we were visiting, we went to the fabric store and the second I walked in I felt overwhelmed and like we weren't going to accomplish anything. My mom took me back to the civil war inspired fabrics and quilts. I saw a sample on the wall and loved it! So I bought the fabric and pattern. The quilt I am making is called Savannah and was inspired by fabric and an actual pattern from the 1800's. I spent yesterday cutting out all the center squares and laying them out. I wanted to post pictures of a sample quilt and my fabric. I am so excited to start this project and will hopefully finish it before the baby's born. I also have to make the baby's bedding in the next few months too, so I will be sewing up a storm in my spare time for the next several months! Wish me luck!

Sample of the Quilt

The Outside Border of the quilt

The Backside of the quilt

6 fabrics that alternate to make up the center squares.

The lining of the squares (called sashing)

Cornerstones of the squares and Binding

The laying out process