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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Baby Shower Presents

Jungle animal bibs for baby


     A friend's daughter is expecting her first child in September.  This past Saturday I went to her baby shower.  I like to make something for the little one besides getting something from their registry.

Lion bib 
     I ordered the bath set and some wipes from the list and then added some bibs and a blanket.  The bibs are ones I bought on-line, made from towels so they are nice and absorbent.  They don't know the gender, so I just went with bright colorful bibs with fun appliqué designs from Designs by Juju.  I chose fabrics from my stash of small pieces and repeated them in each bib to make it more of a matching set.
Large, soft receiving blanket
     I then made a receiving blanket, using two 1-1/4 yard pieces of flannel.  I prewash in hot water to shrink it and make it soft.  When she opened it up, her sister-in-law exclaimed, That is the best blanket ever.  I had made some for her two children and they still use them several years later.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Beginning Sewing June 2018



Cayteen Peyton, Ruby and Clem


     Last week I had the pleasure of sharing my love of sewing with four new girls.  On Monday they learned the basics of the sewing machine and started work on their sewing bags.  By the middle of Tuesday's class they had finished their bags and belts.
Caytee and her sewing bag and belt

Peyton and her sewing bag and belt

Ruby and her sewing bag and belt

Clem and her sewing bag and belt

          On Wednesday Clem finished her skirt and worked on a pillowcase until the end of class.  On Thursday, Caytee finished her nightshirt and Peyton finished her pajama pants.  Then they made matching sleep masks.  Ruby finished her skirt and started on a pair of shorts and Clem made a pair of shorts. 

Caytee and her nightshirt

Peyton and her flannel pants

Peyton and Caytee with their sleep masks

Ruby and her skirt

Clem and her skirt

Clem and her shorts


     Four girls and four days of sewing fun with fifteen finished projects.  Another fun sewing camp.