Perfect fix

Our dear Eli has been blessed with a love for yarn crafts.  He loves to crochet, weave, braid, and anything else you can do with a skein of yarn. 

His latest creation was a hat.  As he made it, it seemed to get smaller and smaller.  I suggested that he increase his stitches to make it bigger BUT his solution was better than any I could have come up with!  A chin strap!

Scrappy Part II

My sweet niece, Mica, helped with some stitching

I used pearl cotton to quilt this piece.  I love how the circles look!

I am using this runner on an old thread cabinet, how fitting!  And here are two of my most recent book purchases:
"Girl's World: Twenty-One Sewing Projects to Make for Little Girls "
"You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes: And Other Great Advice from an Unlikely Preacher's Wife"

Scrappy

I have so many fabulous scraps! I found a wonderul pattern in my book, "Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration" to use some of them.  This was such a fun project!

We LOVE teachers!

As the mother of three, I have a GRAND appreciation for all that teachers do for our children!

...and the bus drivers, speech therapists, para-educators, cooks, and the list goes on!....

I had fun making these Valentine's gifts with love and appreciation.  I covered soup cans with fabric, filled them with goodies, and even made a laminated bookmark!

Apron

I made this apron for my dear mother in law for Christmas.  I wish you could see the details more clearly, as the pleats are so sweet.  The fabric is from Amy Butler's Lark Collection.  I used Amy's Domestic Goddess apron pattern. 

A smock

(My camera was never found, but was reluctantly replaced. Ugh. I am now able to share what I have been busy creating and completing!) 

This is an art smock pattern from one of my favorite children's sewing books, oliver + s little things to sew.  It was too cute to use as just a smock. Izza shows how functional it is!  I will definitely make another.

Oh where, oh where could it be?

I am sooooo sad.... my camera is missing.  I am cleaning one room at a time with hopes of uncovering it!  I am anxious to share some more pictures....