Sunday, March 23, 2014

Big Brother Bag


This was a gift I made for Reid's big brother, Avery.  I kept with the nautical theme, I bought a canvas bag and decided to make a stencil using my Silhouette and paint a design especially for the new big brother.

How I Did It:
1.  I bought an anchor design on the Silhouette online store and designed a stencil using Silhouette Studio.

2.  I cut out my design using my Silhouette on vinyl.

3.  I placed the design on the bag and positioned it where I wanted it.  I did not use transfer paper for this process as there were no small intricate cuts that transfer paper is very useful for.


4.  I used a sponge brush to dab fabric paint over my stencil.


5.  I carefully peeled away the vinyl and used a hook instrument to remove the smaller pieces.  I did this while it was still wet but you could wait until it is dry as well.




Saturday, March 22, 2014

Baby Reid's Personalized Quilt


My friend, Kathy, had another baby boy, Reid.  I had the pleasure of meeting him yesterday when she brought him for a visit at work.  He's a little cutie pie.  She is updating her nursery with a nautical themed room for her two boys to share.  Check out her blog and my inspiration here.  And her latest boy's room update here.  I can't wait to see the finished room, hopefully will not have to wait too much longer...

Kathy did send me pictures of the fabric that she had picked out for the boy's room:


I had a heck of a time finding nautical fabric without pirates!  I ordered the fabric online at spoonflower.com:

I chose:
Anchor Navy by kimsa
skinny mitten stripes - icy blue by weaving major
sailing pattern by mintparcel


I ordered a fat quarter of each so I didn't have room for any mess ups!  (The heat was on...)  I embroidered the new guy's new and birth day and put the quilt together.  Check out a tutorial HERE.

And the finished product:






Other personalized baby quilts:
Avery's Personalized Baby Quilt
Gage's Personalized Baby Quilt
Robert Jame's Personalized Baby Quilt
Maria May's Personalized Baby Quilt
Greyson Paul's Personalized Baby Quilt



Thursday, March 20, 2014

Monthly Baby Onesies - Updated


  

UPDATED - CHECK OUT THE LITTLE ONE'S PICS AT THE END OF THE POST!!
TOO ADORABLE!!!

This wasn't a hard job but it was definitely time consuming!  The embroidering is what took forever!  I had the density set at .2 and each design took approximately 20 minutes on the machine!  But the results were definitely worth it!  I made these for Avery!  I made little patches that I adhered to onesies using stitch tape.  It says that it is machine washable which I was leery of but he's only going to wear each of them once for a monthly picture!  

Click Read More for How I Did It...

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Greyson Paul's Personalized Baby Quilt



Another baby quilt...  

This was my inspiration (i.e. the nursery):



My choice of fabric:


If it wasn't wintertime, I might be able to take pictures with natural light beaming in the windows but unfortunately we live in darkness except for weekends.  (We leave for work in the morning and it is dark and we return in the evening in the dark.)  I am impatient and do not want to wait for the weekend to take my snapshots.  You have to trust that these fabrics do coordinate very nicely's with the nursery if I do say so myself.





Thursday, February 13, 2014

Baby Bibs and Burp Cloths



I made these bibs and burp cloths for Maria May...  They are reversible and made of terry cloth and cotton fabric.

Check out my tutorials from when I made some for Gage...
Reversible Bibs
Burp Cloths





Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Maria May's Personalized Baby Quilt



Neighbor's Brent and Michelle became grandparents just a couple short months ago.  I had to make the new Maria May her very own personalized quilt.

As I had done before, I purchased the sheet to the bedding set that Mom picked out and took that with me to the fabric store to find some coordinating fabrics to go with it.

This was her bedding set that Mom picked out...

CoCaLo Sugar Plum





Check out a tutorial and other baby quilts...
Personalized Baby Quilt
Avery's Personalized Baby Quilt
Gage's Personalized Baby Quilt

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Mother's Heart Necklaces

These hand-stamped Mother's Heart Necklaces are still a favorite.  I didn't get very good pics but need to show them off just the same...



All components are .925 Sterling Silver.