Keepin' busy...

Although I haven't been good at posting for quite a while...we've still been keeping ourselves busy. Thought I'd do a whole post just on all the stuff I've been sewing on the last couple months. I'll catch you up on the kids and some of the stuff that's been going on around here in some future posts (and I promise not to make you wait too long).

I've made a couple totes over the last couple of months.

 This purple and teal tote I made for my friend. She got the fabric and I just put it together. I love how it turned out! If you wanna make one of these yourself you can find the instructions here.

 A cute little tote. Just the right size for date night! And I love the pockets on the outside. Instructions for this one here. I'll be posting more about this little bag in a later post.

 Nathan decided he needed a satchel like Flynn Rider from Tangled. How could I refuse that? So I pulled out some of Chris's old work jeans and this is what I came up with. No pattern, just did it as I went.

And a new bag for me! Found the instructions here. Only thing I wish I'd done was make the handles longer...other then that. Love it!

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Some sewing for Audrey...

A little summer dress made with some cute bunny fabric. Bought the fabric for $1 a yard and the buttons came from my mom. Love making stuff for pretty much nothing. 

A cute little dress made from some of my favorite fabrics. I just LOVE the cherry fabric. So summery and cheerful! Not quite finished here. Needed some lace on the bottom.

 

 And of course had to make some matching bows/flowers for her hair!

Here's my cute Audrey wearing the finished dress. She doesn't look so happy in this picture, but was really excited to put the dress on when I showed it to her.

Made some jammies for her for the summer. Can anyone guess what I used???? It's a vintage sheet I bought at the DI for $2.00. Made 2 sets of these jammies with enough let to make at least 2 more if I wanted to. I'm planning on making me some sleep shorts to match. :)

 And a little wallet for the little girl. She picked out the fabrics, that's why there's puppy and fishes.

The outside.

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A little mix of different things I've done recently.

 3 matching afghans. A friend in my ward had triplets and so made her matching afghans for them. She had 2 girls and 1 boy. So cute! Love the pattern used. Will definitely be making more of those.

 For Father's Day I decided to make Chris a little something...did some applique and a little freezer paper stenciling. Chris thought I bought it, so I guess I did good. :)

 Made a CTR towel for my nephew that got baptized. Love how it turned out. Gonna make more of those too. Instructions here.

 An oven mitt...a Christmas present for my brother and SIL.

And some necklaces for my cute nieces.

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And last...but not least, some new quilt blocks....

 Bow tie blocks.

 Starflower.

and the Rail Fence.

I've made other stuff too, but that's all the pictures of stuff I could find!

Sorry that was so long. Come again soon, I'll be posting again...I promise!

Finally done!

I've been working on finishing some recent and not so recent projects and LOOK, I've got a few done!

 I made this bag for a friend's little girl. She belongs to a dance group who's colors are pink and black and her mom wanted me to make her a bag for dance for her birthday. I ran out of black so trimmed it in the pink to match the stripes and I love how it turned out.

I also FINALLY got the buttons put on Nathan's "summer jammies" that I blogged about way back here. My button hole maker on my sewing machine is really retarded! I got them to work...kinda. I already need to do some repair work on at least one, but Nathan seems to like them. Unfortunately he won't be able to wear them super long since they are just shy of being too small, but I do have enough fabric left that I hope to make him a pair of jammie bottoms for next summer.

 

While trying to get a somewhat decent picture of Nathan to show you(he's lately been giving me only goofy faces), Audrey and him started to have a little fun together.

She was sitting on his chair and grabbing him back to sit on her.

They were having such a great time I had to get some pictures.

I love that they are starting to have fun playing together!

And lastly... My mom made Audrey this cute little summer dress, oh I think 3 months ago or so when she came to visit. Of course my sewing machine's buttonhole maker was having issues then too, so I just finished putting the button's on when I did Nathan's jammies. It is so cute and it's big enough that I'm gonna get her a white shirt to wear with it and she can wear it this winter. 

Here's the back showing the buttons.

And here you can see a little of the front. I love the little ruffles on the sleeves!

 

The last picture shows what a lady Audrey really is...(haha)!!

What I've been working on lately...

These are some of the things that I've been crocheting and sewing lately. Hmm...maybe I'll work on something tonight...anyway, some crocheted bags and some crayon holders.
A little closer look at the pattern. It's really fun to make and see finished. Gonna probably be making more of these.
Another bag almost finished and the black and pink yarn is for another one I'll be making soon. These are all gifts that will hopefully be getting to their owners very soon. Can't tell you who, you never know who might be getting them...could be you!
I'm also working on some crayon holders too, these will also be going to some cute kids I know. There's one finished, one in progress and a couple cut out. All these fabrics came from my stash. I love making things from stuff that I already have!
These are new projects, but I still have plans to finish some more projects that have been in the works for a while. Once I get all of these done I'll be moving on to some of those projects.

P.S. If you'd like to try to make some cute crayon holders yourself, you can find a cute pattern here. It's not the same pattern that I have but it's cute too, I just don't have any ric rac sitting around to make those. My pattern came from the Quilts and More magazine Fall 2008.

Finished projects...finally!!

I have finally finished another project...or two! Here they are....

Some pretty ripple afghans! I got the pattern here. I decided before Christmas 2007 that I wanted to try to make an afghan...or two...
I actually finished the blue/green a year ago January and the brown one a month or two later, can't remember exactly. These were to be given as Christmas presents this last year. They were, just a little bit late... :) One of them went to my mother in law and the other to my grandmother in law.

The purple/seafoam one I started right after I had Audrey and hoped to get it done as a Christmas gift also. I actually ran out of the seafoam yarn right before Christmas and couldn't find any anywhere. Finally right before Christmas I did find some, but didn't get it done in time as a gift. I actually got the crocheting all done a little before Mother's day and hoped to give it to my mom when she came to visit for Nathan's birthday. We'll I didn't get the ends all woven in on time and she didn't get it until a week ago when she came for a short visit. I'm pretty proud of these afghans. They turned out pretty nice and I love how they all look so different with each color choice.

I am not in the search of a new pattern to try. I am a little burnt out with the ripple for now, although I may go back to it later since it is such a pretty project.

YAY! More projects complete!! I still have plenty more to finish or at least work on this year. I am hoping to get to some more this weekend...we'll see :) I'll keep ya'll posted!!