Lil Bo Peep Is In The Building

This is my little friend Katie....blue eyes to die for by the way...modeling "Lil Bo Peep" for you. I know you saw a little sneak peek last week, but I just had to share the finished product (because Katie is so stinkin' cute and because a real girl makes my skirts 1,000 times cuter)! I've had this pattern swimming around in my head for a couple of months now. It's funny how those things keep me from sleeping. I finally had to make it so that it would stop buggin' me at 2:00 am. This little skirt is now in the shop and unlike my other skirts it comes with its own iron on birdie applique. I'm hoping that with all those birdies spring will get the hint and come already!!!

Choices For Angie

Angie.... here are some onesies I made today.

Choose which 3 you want (put it in the comments section)

and then I will get them in my shop!

Post script: OK, so I'm looking at these and you can't really tell what color they are. #1 navy blue, #2 dark brown background, # 3 obvious, #4 brown background, #5 brown background.

Great Teacher Gift

Every year I give the same thing to our children's teachers (when they are in elementary school anyway, there are just too many teachers once they hit jr high)... I give them a rice pack....just in case my kids give them headaches! (Except for the one year that Big B's 4th grade teacher got a roll of duct tape, but that's another story for another day! :)

What is a rice pack? It is a cloth bag filled with

rice, which you heat in the microwave, to soothe

aches and pains, or just warm up cold toes.

This is Mrs. Johnson Christmas gift this year.

It's easy, cute and contains no calories.

I thought I would share with you how to make one.

Decide what motif you want on the front. Iron a piece of 'wonder under' on the back side of your fabric, draw your motif and cut it out. I am making each of our kids one to stick in the toe of their stockings this year. Theirs will have their initials on them because we fight over rice packs at our house.
I zig-zagged a stem, peeled the 'wonder under' off the back of my apple and leaf then ironed them in the center of a flannel rectangle.

Top stitch around each piece.

Pin right sides of two pieces of flannel together. The size doesn't matter. I have made them big, little, rounded to lay around the neck and shoulders. Any size will do.

Stitch all of the way around the fabric, leaving a 1.5" opening in an inconspicuous place. Clip all four corners. This will ensure that you have nice sharp corners once you turn the piece. Then flip it right side out.

Uh oh!!!! Look what I did. I didn't center the apple. Oh well, that's an easy fix.

I just ironed on a worm (if your iron is totally free of water - no steam - you don't need to sew it on).

Next you will need

• rice (you could use flax seeds or lavender if you like)
• a funnel (yes that's a Gatorade bottle - reduce, reuse, recycle)
• and some sort of cup for pouring

Fill the bag about 3/4 of the way up with rice.

If you fill it too full it won't mold around the body part that you're using it on.

Whip stitch your opening closed and......

You're done!

They're Done!

Stephanie...... I couldn't wait to show you how cute these turned out! I am seriously thinking about adding monograms to my shop. Love them!

Playin' Around With Monograms

A customer asked for monogrammed custom tops to match some skirts she recently bought her twins. I'm just havin' the time of my life playin' around with the idea. I think I'm going to edge it with the embroidered scallops I hem my skirts with. So fun! I might have to add this new addition to my shop!

She's Got The Bug

So, while other mom's are running their girls to AE and Hollister, this mom sits back and shakes her head as her girl raids the old clothes closet, the fabric stash and creates more cuteness. My pocket book thanks you Miss Er'.

One old, plain brown T.

This one's been sewing since she was 7, so she's

feeling pretty comfy here at the machine.

Erika came home from the Xterra this morning and
said, I saw the cutest little girl with a guitar
on her shirt at the race. I want a guitar shirt!
So, she came up with one.
She is so, so into the raw edge look. I even had to
talk her into cutting some of the loose threads.



I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!