Kellan's Baptism Short All

My niece contacted me in hope of a favor earlier this Spring. She asked if I could make a short-all for her son's baptism. I asked her what the heck a short-all was. After she told me I chuckled and said that yes I certainly could. Apparently she had ordered a customized outfit from someone but due to flooding in that part of the country they would not be able to fulfill her order. She was frantic - but I had 2 weeks so I knew we could get it done. The only pattern I had was the one I had used to make Leila an outfit (I never saw Leila in it so I thought my daughter did not like the pattern ... oh well I keep trying)... anyway, she said that pattern was fine and in a couple days I had it ready to be shipped to her. She wanted a solid white outfit with the letter K embroidered on the pocket. As usual, I was concerned about sizing and after consulting my daughter (Macy wears the outfit often and Courtney asks why they don't make more of that item - ROFL) and decided once again to size down on the pattern. My niece received the package in plenty of time and was thrilled. She sent me a pic -- it still looked a little big but I'm so glad I chose to not follow pattern sizing! I told her next time to start with me! Love you Petra!

Welcome Baby Hudson

Life has been full of drastic changes this spring! But amongst all the chaos I was still busy sewing. Sometimes it just helps to get lost at the machines for awhile and make new items that I know will be enjoyed by families.

We had another firefighter baby born, Hudson is his name. His parents gave me absolutely no direction other than brown and green - and no firefighter stuff. I looked at several fabric stores and online, green and brown were not a popular duo at this time of the year. A lot of blue/browns ... so here's what I came up with.

Easter Baskets 2011

Well we had a wonderful Easter! My friend Chere had a little baby boy last year when I was in the midst of developing these little Easter baskets. He was born with the valves in his heart in reverse order and was in the hospital for awhile, including his first Easter. As usual, I was unprepared and had only my trial bunny basket available (middle pictured basket in white). Thinking I was making it for the girls, it had pink ribbons and I didn't have time to switch them out. In the process of developing the basket I determined that I needed 6 bunnies and proceeded in making the girls their baskets. Experimented with colors and pattern on these. Luckily they have complimented the girls dresses these past 2 years! Macy's is the pink, Leila's is the one on the right with a delicate pink floral print. We've had lots of oohs and aahs over all of these! Even little Ben had oohs this year and Chere said no one even noticed his basket had pink ribbons! He's getting a new 6 bunny basket next year and it will be appropriately adorned!

I hope you and your loved ones enjoyed a wonderful Easter as well.

Brenda

Pre-Easter 2011

My daughter, Courtney, and I worked on this project together this year at spring break. Suffice it to say that our tastes aren't always campatible. She is very conservative and I'd like to see those beautiful grandbabies of mine well, a little more ... frilly. So when the girls and Courtney were visiting me, I had Courtney catalog all my patterns (there are many) and we moved all my bolts of fabric to a new location together. My matermind plan was to get her familiar with what I had, and have HER choose this year's Easter outfits from pattern to fabric. This way, I know she'll be pleased! She chose Macy's outfit from pattern to fabric. I have to tell you that after making the dress I didn't feel that it was anything overly special.... kind of ... hmmm well I guess it's cute. We went back and forth on Leila's fabric though. I agreed that the fabric she was attempting to choose would have made cute dresses, but they were fall colors ... sooo. we came to an agreement on Leila's fabric together. I loved this dress! When the pictures came back with the girls in their outfits though .... I loved Macy's too! I guess that one just didn't have hanger appeal. Anyway, here are the girls in their 2011 Easter dresses. Macy 19 months and Leila 2 3/4. Hey, the 3/4 counts when you're young!

Happy days!

Brenda

We love our Ruffled Baby Bonnets!

It's been a very busy sewing week. Finally everything that had to be done is finished. Of course there's still a long list of need to get going on projects but I think I'm going to try to finish a movie I've been trying to watch now for 2 weeks. Hopefully I can stay awake long enough to finish it this time.

Sent out these 3 bonnets today. Thank you Etsy shoppers! I know these lucky little precious girls will look oh so fabulous this summer. We have to remember to protect those eyes and ears! :) Something I'm always reminding my daughter about. She's gotten better over the years. So many kiddos want to just yank off their hats. If you'll keep putting them on, they'll get to be like my grandkids and ask where their hat is when they go outside.

Have a great day!

Brenda

I'm behind!

I am always behind! Why is that?

The only thing I can do at this point is post what I've been doing lately and work my way back? The reverse is to overwhelming! Someday, I'll find a partner who enjoys the internet, postings, business aspect of this Butterfli Kisses ... or what hope I to be Butterfli Kisses.

Etsy orders are coming in! So exciting! This outfit will be seen visiting Busch Gardens in Florida this month... wish I was there to see that little girl walking down the pathway. I was asked to add a coordinating sun hat to complete the outfit, we used the petal hat pattern for a good sun hat. (I forgot to take a picture of the hat)! :( Her mom bought the dress and asked if I could make a co-ordinating hat. She is THRILLED with my work and gave me a wonderful review.... Thank you! (Those who know me know how insecure I am about my work). :)

Back to work. I have to get 3 beautiful double-ruffle bonnets sewn today!

A little Halloween and a little mother goose

The nursery rhyme biblets are oh so popular! I get asked to make them quite often. We absolutely love these for our babies! They can be found on the rocking chair arm, the couch arms, along with a few other spots around the house where we might bottle or breast feed baby. Small and easily handled as compare to a full size diaper when babies are small. Comfortable and absorbent at the neck, it helps keep milk from finding that neck area that is so hard to get to!

And then my little Ben needs a Halloween treat. Since he is still small there is no need for a regular size bib, so I made him one of my drooler/first foods bibs. Reversible, of course!

Sewing away!
Brenda

Halloween Bibs for the Girls

  
  

I love love love Halloween! But here's how this happened. I had listed fabrics and designs on Etsy for my reversible pocket bib, and my daughter sent me her order right away. She chose the co-ordinating fabrics and the designs. I did the rest. The girls are going to love them. I just changed the way I did the pocket. It's always been reversible, but to the one side when you reverse the pocket it creates a pocket which certainly catches food ... but I didn't like the total reversal look. So we'll see what she says about the "new and improved" reversible pocket.

Sewing away!