Elephant Love

Said it before. I love hand

sewing. I love little. 

Whats cute but a

little elephant with

a fuzzy fancy collar?

 For eyelashes I used some

of that spider yarn stuff?

Worked perfect!

Of course we must measure

the sweet little elephant.

What should I name him?

Bigger question.

Which grandchild should get him?

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Grosgrain, one of the best blogs I read, and she is having
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I seriously want every pattern.

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Don't you just love a really good give away?  And when
they are just to cute makes this one even better!

Scottie Dogs

As I have said before, I cannot

just sit in a chair without my

hands being busy. At all.

Ever. 

So when it happened again

the other day, just sitting

fingers fiddling with nothing,

I grabbed some felt, found a

pattern, gathered up the other

things I needed and got busy!

A little while later I had this sweet

scottie sitting in my hand!

Single sweet Scottie!

Got him finished up so quick,

figured why not another?

Smaller? 

Second Sweet Smaller Scottie!

I am in love! But you can't

see how small they really are.

I asked hubs if he had a quarter,

he was behind me on the computer. 

Nope, will a penny do? 

Of Course! 

A penny for your thoughts?
Two for a penny?

Crinkly taggie purse

My friend Kathy asked me to make some items for

her grandaughters. No Problem. I LOVE sewing

little girl items. No don't get me wrong,

I love sewing for my grandsons too, but there

is something to be said for ricrac and sparklies, ribbons

and pretty buttons. 

Back to the sewing, for the youngest one,

still just a baby, I thought I would get

creative and make a taggie purse for her.

The little taggie lovies are sooo cute, but

you are never to young to start your purse

collection.  Its made of felt, and between

the felt are pieces of a washed tortilla chip

bag! Oh I was in the kitchen crunching every

bag of something I could find.  The tortilla was

best, and big to boot. I always like a little

extra material on hand. ha.

I think it turned out pretty darned cute!

I had lots of cute little pieces of ribbon

from past projects and they are

perfect!

 I think baby will like the bright colors of

the felt too. I found the patterned felt at

hobby lobby.  When I found it, I was just

doing my happy dance right there in the aisle.

Can't find it anywhere near where I live. And

a bonus, not to have to buy it online!

Next for baby is a sweet little sundress with

matching booties. With big red ribbons.

I'm a big ribbon fan too.  Its a cute

pattern, it just buttons on the top and ties on the

sides. I think the ties are a little thick though. But

they work. I should have used ribbon. tsk.

Next, I started matching aprons for the 2 older

girls and their American girl dolls. 

I have said before I LOVE cherry fabric.

When I saw this, I knew it was perfect.

The pictures are not that good. When I 

got the camera out to take pics, battery

was dead, so I grabbed hub's phone

to take the pics. Not nearly as good.

 On the apron fronts, I put a small applique of cherries 

with a little sparkle on it. So I took the sparkle

all the way along the top piece of ricrac.

 No matter what I sew, I always put a heart

on the finished product. Somewhere. 

I think they turned out ok. I'm nervous about

Kathy liking them though. I mean, I did

a good job. But I had a bit of a problem

with buttonholes. I would get a couple done,

then kawhacka..I would screw it up

somehow. Buttonholes are not difficult.

But the trouble I was having you would have

thought it was the hardest thing to sew.

Was making me crazy.

Next projects are some items for my daughter.

She is expecting in June. And I must get

started. I have a pile of fun items off of

pinterest that I just must make! haha

Actually, first off, a diaper bag.

then onesies with appliques.

burp clothes.

a Taggie 'O'. ( he will be named Owen)

don't you love it!

booties

and what ever else I can manage to get done!

This week I am loving 

swedish fish

fabric with birdies

polka dot poodles

the soft pile of flannel I have

nutella

hub's hugs

surprise phone calls

purple calla lilies

j.c. penneys prices

a nap before lunch

orangutan island

talking to grandkids on skype

breathing.....

sometimes, it seems, when things are going

a little rough, I just forget to breath.

Right now

Right now I am in the middle of  some sewing for

a friend. Aprons for her grandaughters with 

matching ones for their American Girl Dolls.

And for their baby sister, a little sun dress

with matching booties in the same fabric.

The fabric is cherries, one of my favorite

patterns ever! I really need to get pics!

Right now I am getting ready to do some

sewing for my new grandson expected 

to arrive in June! And getting ready is

so so so fun! I have scads of bootie

patterns and tutorials happily saved,

some cute little flannel to cut them

out on! 

And I found the cutest and prettiest

fabric for his momma's diaper bag to

carry around all his 'necessaries'! 

Its. Perfect. 

Again, pictures later! I swear, you

will like it. If you like Bunny Hill Designs,

you like it! Sad thing though, I

found it after it has been out for awhile

so not alot left in all of my favorite

fabric sites. Darn. 

I have also picked up some white little

onesies, sized teeny. They are ready

for me to apply some cute teeny 

little tie and bow tie appliques.

I found them on pinterest and

immediately fell in love with them.

Adorable!

Now I need to get some white tee's

for babys big brother Landon so I

can make some matching ones

for him!  Oh my won't they

just be the cutest little boys!!

Right now I am loving my new

pulmonary doc, Dr. Dennis.  He is

the best. He is attentive. Wants to

know 'why'. Is trying to find out

'why', and best of all, he laughs

at my jokes and gives me alllll

my appt. time instead of cutting

me short. That  makes him a

keeper. Unfortunately, when your

Dr.s are all military, in a military

hospital, keepers usually don't

last long. 

Right now, I am wishing I was in

bed!

And I promise pics tomorrow and I

will show you why I love grey and pink.

And polka dots.  Gosh I love a

polka dot, don't you?

doll clothes!

I love sewing small things. By hand.

For hours on end. 

I love taking patterns and scanning

and reducing them. My latest was

a Simplicity pattern of a felt

elephant, poodle, and bear.

Made them 40% of regular size

and sewed my little heart out.

Unfortunately, no pics this time.

What I do have pics of are the sweet

little doll clothes I have made for

grand~daughter, Olivia. The doll

we got her for Xmas is a Daisy Kingdom

doll that only comes clad in a cute little

one piece under garment and shoes

and socks.  I HAD to dress her!

So. I. Got. Busy.

First up, a little pants outfit with

matching apron and itty

bitty shoes. 

 And as I was making those shoes,

I learned that I do afterall, have

patience. And Bob too, likes

itty bitty doll shoes.

Next up, a skirt, blouse and

vest, which is reversable, and

of course, the itty bitty shoes.

For a little flair I added some

tulle between ruffle layers on

skirt. And of course for the much

loved sparkle all little girls seem 

to love, some pretty little beads on

the shirt and vest. Too bad they don't

show up on the pics.  And I

really must add, I love love love

this matching fabric. I have had

it hoarded away for a few years now,

waiting for just the right thing to make

with it. I think this is it!

I have a feeling this princess one

will be the most worn. Princesses

and castles and a cute little bonnet.

Yea, I love bonnets. Something so 

sweet about them. 

There are a few others, alas no pics.

A cute little polka dot dress, and a

little lounge outfit that is brown with

pink polka dots. Yea, I like polka

dots too. 


NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

I just found out that my daughter is expecting

her second SON!  Oh I just love me some

little boys.  

I just finished up felt valentine bags

for the kids. Just small ones, about 

4" x 4".  When I asked Bob to pick

up some small goodies to fill them up

with, he came home with a FULL

grocery bag of goodies!  I think I 

should have made the bags a little

bit bigger!  He is such a good Poppa.

Just wanted to make sure they had a

yummy selection!  (I'm sure we won't

have any trouble finishing up the

leftovers.). After we finish up

the Christmas candy leftovers in

the freezer! ha!

I am still completely addicted to 

Pinterest! I have found sooo many

fun items in there! Great tutorials!

Great deals on Etsy.  Food to

drool over.  Pretty little dresses.

FANTASTIC sewing rooms.

And I know I am not alone. There

is SO much to look at on there!

Thanks to whoever created Pinterest!

I think I love you!

Meeting an old friend

About 7 years ago I joined a support group

on yahoo. It is one for people with 

Flatback Syndrome. Was so nice to

connect with people who knew what I

was going through, had advice and just

listened. Well as much as you can 

listen on an on line board!

During the first few months I met

Kathy. We seemed to click pretty fast.

Always had something to talk about,

felt comfortable opening up to each

other about what was going on. and

when I had my surgery I knew she

was praying for me as hard as her

little southern soul could. 

When I finally made it home and starting

my recovery, I remember her calling and

praying for me on the phone. When I

hung up, I felt soo rested and content,

I slept the best I had in days. I tell ya, the

power of prayer. 

So to shorten this up a bit. I finally got

to meet up with Kathy this last December!!

We flew into Texas to see the grandbabies

and Kathy and her hubby had moved up

from Houston, so it finally worked out

where we could meet! It was wonderful

to see her, give her a real life hug and

see that pretty face in person! We had

the nicest visit, much too short. And 

now that they have moved up to the

Dallas/Ft.Worth area, I will be able to

visit whenever we fly in! Yippee!

Me and Kathy

I love shy little boys seeing santa, and

little boys sporting a cute little mohawk, and

little girls who love their baby dolls, and

little girls who want to have sleepovers with

their grammies  and

awaiting the birth of my newest grandbaby in 

June, and

Bob's tattoos of the kids names on his leg, and

seeing mommy and son napping together, and

little boys in button up shirts, and

little boys in levi's, and

little girls who like to wear dresses, and

the power of prayer.