Introducing..............................

The newest member of our family.
Born Tuesday October 20th
Weighing 7lbs 12ozs and 21 inches long

Sorry I've been a bad blogger, but I've just been too busy loving this guy!
I'll be back soon!

FALL Table Topper and Tabel Runner Tutorial!

Come and visit me over at Moda today for a tutorial for the Table Topper and Table Runner
made from Moda's Gobble Gobble fabric designed by Sandy Gervais.

Super Simple Fall Projects!

I never know when I make my daughter a shirt for an upcoming holiday if it's going to be the time she acts like she is way to old to wear something that mom made. But, luckily for me she still seems to like the stuff I make her. I give it another year before she's had enough. I thought I'd do a quick tutorial for this stuff. At church we are having a service auction so I decided to make an apron and hot pad out of some of my left over Gobble Gobble fabric from Moda.

Here are the templates for the pumpkin. You should be able to just click on it and then print it out. You don't need to cut them out just trace them. If you have any problems let me know and I can always e-mail it to you.

You will need 4 scraps of fabric. One for pumpkin outside, another coordinating piece for inside of pumpkin. One for the stem and one for the leaf.
Start out by tracing pattern onto the textured side of Wonder Under or Heat and Bond. I made two of each since I was doing a shirt and apron. Cut around patterns and iron onto your choice of fabric.

Cut out all pieces.

Layer the pieces on apron or shirt and then iron. First layer on outer pumpkin piece, then the inside piece, stem and then leaf. Now using your favorite sewing machine stitch around each piece. On the apron you could also stitch around pumpkin by hand since the fabric is stiffer.

For the apron I just used a tea towel from the local craft store. The usually are around $3.00.
I folded the apron in half lengthwise and placed pattern on the edge and then cut.

Here is how it should look opened up.

I didn't take pictures on how to finish the edges........sorry! I'll do my best to explain it.
You will first need a 1/4 yard of fabric, cut into 4 - 2" x 45" pieces. First sew 3 of the strips together end to end (this will be used for the neck, sides and tie). I pretty much made my own bias tape out of the 2" strips. You do this by ironing the pieces in half length wise opening it back up. and then ironing the outer edges into the middle crease you just made. Then iron the entire piece in half. If you need pictures click on my tote bag tutorial, I used the same process for the handles of the bag.

Now that you've made your bias tape first sew the single 2" strip onto the top of apron. Do this by opening the bias tape and with half on the front of apron and half on the back, sew on using about a 3/8" seam allowance. Cut off the excess from the edges (yes there is a lot of excess). Now fold your long bias tape in half, where the fold is will be the the top of the apron that goes around your neck. Decide how big you want the neck to be and the, pin the rest where you want it start on apron. Do the same thing as you did on the top, open bias tape and sew on with half of the front and half on the back. Sew bias tape on the side of the apron that you cut, then sew the rest of the tape closed until you are about two inches from the end. Finish of the end by folding the bottom up about a half inch then fold bias tape back up and sew to the end. If you don't want to do this you could always just tie a knot. Ok, last step I promise. Now just sew up the bias tape at the top where it goes around the neck. And YOUR DONE!!!

This hot pad is way easy I promise. Here is what you will need. Two pieces of Warm and Natural that are 8 1/2 inches square. 5 - 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" pieces of coordinating fabric. Four will be used for the top of the hot pad and one on the back. Decide what pieces you want to use on the front and then iron them in half.


Layer pieces together with the Warm and Natural on the bottom and then the piece of fabric you choose for the bottom next.

Now pick two of your folded piece and place them on top of the fabric your using for the back. Make sure the folds are in the center.

The other two pieces your pretty much weave in like a basket with half the fabric on top and half on the bottom, still making sure the fold is on the inside.

Now pin in the middle of all four pieces. Sew around the entire outside of hotpad using a 1/4" seam allowance. Trim edges and then turn by opening up the four fabrics in the middle and turning them onto the back.

Iron hot pad so it looks nice and pretty and ta da your done!

Hopefully this all made sense. It your have questions or I've totally confused you, please feel free to ask any questions. If you don't have a blog just leave me your e-mail address!

I wish I came up with this!!!

I REALLY wish I could say that I came up with all this cute stuff, but the truth is......I have absolutely nothing to do with it, other than the fact that I'm good at watching T.V. Here in Utah we have a show called studio 5 were they are always having people come on and show their cute ideas and talents. Last week Heather Bailey was even on showing how to make her cute little flowers out of her gorgeous fabric. Anyways, all this cute stuff comes from the imagination of a girl named Kristi McKay. I thought it was so cute I just had to share.

I love these potion jars and you can print off the labels by going here.

I just may need to make a trip to the thrift store so I can make some of these darling books for my mantel that is seeming very bare. You can print some of these labels by clicking here.

I'm loving these and she made them seem so easy to make.

These are some of the cute labels you can print off by going to her site. Once again, go here!

A little Fall Decorating!

Sorry for my lack of blogging lately. I think I'd forgotten how uncomfortable this last month of pregnancy can be. My last baby decided to make his entrance into this world about 5 weeks early so I didn't get to this part. While I'm glad this once is deciding to stay in my tummy until it's a little safer, wow - can I just say I feel huge and my ribs are very sore. I'm really not trying to complain, for the most part I really do enjoy being pregnant and a beautiful baby at the end is sooooooo worth it. So there ya have it, my excuse for being a slacker.

Fall is definitely my favorite Season. I just love it when you start to feel that chill in the air. I love pumpkins and hayrides, sweaters, Halloween, Thanksgiving. I love being warm and cozy in my little house with my family.

I need to quit trying to be creative with my camera angles, it kinda makes ya sick! Not too many pics from inside the house. I can't show you some of it yet because it would show my newest Moda project that I'll post about on the eleventh. I'm also working on a little fall tutorial for a cute shirt, should get it posted the beginning of next week!

Finally - My etsy shop is full and a little shopping of my own!

It's only taken me a few months, but my etsy shop is finally full. I feel like it is such a guessing game. Sometimes I think I've come up with something wonderful and it flops so I guess we will see. So I've taken a bunch of pictures to attempt to sell you on my new little creation. Take a look and give me your opinion, and if you really like them, go click on my etsy shop on the right sidebar!

This one is my favorite, I just may have to go to hobby lobby for some more of this fabric.

This fabric is one of Moda's newest fabrics. It's called Gobble Gobble, perfect for fall.

You just can't go wrong with damask and polka dots!

I've loved this fabric since I first saw it, I also used it on the Monogrammed t-shirt I made for my daughter.

Today I got the chance to go to one of my favorite stores, Tai Pan. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I started feeling like everyone was watching me and wimped out.....sorry!
This is their red Coca Cola display, I really want that red fridge, not sure where I'd put it, but it's so stinkin cute.

A few Halloween decorations. This store is like the size of Home Depot, but full of Home Decor, I just love it!

Here is their fall tree. Sorry, not the greatest picture. I'll try and get more gutsy and take more pictures around Christmas time.

Winner & why is my computer doing this ugly font???

First off thank you all so much for entering the giveaway. I never thought that many people would enter, and you all said such nice things that made my head get bigger and bigger (just kidding), it's not like designed the fabric! In the beginning I was going to try and comment back on every one's blog, but wow I would be living on the computer and I think my kids would wonder what happened to their mom. Just figuring how many entries everyone had took me a few hours. But once again Thank You all so much for entering. I'm working on some stuff for my etsy shop so if you get a chance come back a little later this week!

So the winner of the giveaway is Kim over at All things Mum

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358

Timestamp: 2009-09-21 14:43:10 UTC

And here is all the boring stuff to prove it. I tried to be very fair!!!

Congratulations Kim, and thank you to everyone else who entered!