Christmas Cuteness

I just couldn't resist posting the pics my sister took with her professional camera of these little cuties . . .

I just wish my girls liked their cousin! ;)

So, as you've seen, these were my girls Christmas nightgowns (sans gingerbread from Kelly's Kids) . . .

Since we always try to coordinate jammies with Ethan, I decided on the Gingerbread boy/girl set. 

I had some issues with my machine jumping on Ethan's because it was very tight in the 6x10 hoop.  I do wish the Singer XL-400 came with a 5x7 hoop!  Anyway, the head was a little mal-shaped, but it worked out ok.

Soon I should also be getting some pics of the cousins in their coordinating elf outfits.  Evynne's monag pleated dress went with these adorable Kelly's Kids leggings . . .

Elly's monag frill shirt went with some ruffle pants (that Grandmomma made and were handed down from Evynne) out of the dot fabric with red gingham ruffle . . .

And Ethan's went with some Kelly's Kids madras pants (excuse the iphone photos!) . . .

I also made the ornament trio shirt for Evynne to coordinate with the smocked one I had for Elly (another hand-me-down).  This went with a turquoise Kelly's Kids tutu skirt (Elly had turquoise gingham pants) . . .

That was it for my girls (thank goodness!)  These next two were for a friend . . .

This is one of those that takes all day, but it's worth it because it's so cute!

This one is also cute, but I sure wish it had a thicker satin stitch . . .

These little elf shoes turned out cute for a customer . . .

A matching set for some sisters . . .

Their grandmother liked it so much, their mom decided to get her one as a Christmas gift . . .

And lastly coordinating Christmas themed applique names for a brother and sister . . .

Oh, really one more thing!  I did about five of these for a Christmas parade (you may remember that I did seventeen last year!) . . .

Next post is the Kelly's Kids coordinates from Fall/Winter, which you saw some of in this post.  Better late than never!

bags and baby

I've done a lot of bags recently.  First being, a backpack for my own Kindergartener . . .

And then I got to do all of these for a sweet lady in my church and some of her family members . . .

{Ignore that most of the bags are wet from me trying to get the center marks off!} 

I think she got these bags on sale at the Christmas Tree Shops for $1.99 each!!!  I just did the wording, the embroidered designs were already on the bags.

And I did bright pink and turquoise bags for my girls to have as church bags, but apparently didn't take a picture.  They're already dirty now so a picture at this point wouldn't even do them justice. However, I did take a picture of this one I did for one of Evynne's friend's birthday . . .

Again, forgot to take my own pictures, but enjoy some iphone photos of these cute bags . . .

Also from Christmas Tree Shops for $5.99 and $3.99, I believe.  And they are good, sturdy bags.  Not to mention, easy to monogram!

And today we celebrated the upcoming arrival of a friend's first baby.  They did not find out what it is so I had the challenge pleasure of coming up with some cute, gender-neutral pieces! . . .

Since the daddy-to-be is my husband's co-worker as in, they share an office space, we had to do something just to please him . . .

I also just discovered quite a few pictures I haven't posted yet so there will be more coming soon!

OH, and take note, I've been working on updating my applique design pages!  I finally got the embroidery fonts page redone and now you can view all of my fonts.  YAY! {I'm still working on the applique fonts page.}

my girls, your girls

Every season it happens. I insist on trying to make cute clothes instead of buying more and end up with SO much to do for my girls. I have to weave my projects in with all of my customer orders to make sure it all gets done. And to be honest, sometimes my girls' stuff just doesn't get done. Here are some of my projects thus far for this season . . .

Walmart Garanimals shirts for playing. I paired them with cute skorts I also found at Walmart for Evynne and shorts/capris I already had for Elly. Both girls also have the shirt below with yellow bottoms . . .

These are tops with matching capris that mom and I found at least a year ago at an overstock sale . . .

I love them! And since I do so much, I have to keep it simple sometimes. These red shirts are going with turquoise gingham bottoms (I LOVE red and turquoise!!!) . . .



These tops are going with brown gingham shorts . . .

Can you tell I'm a bit obsessed with this ribbon ricrac trim?! This won't be the last time you see it either!



And here are some other girl projects that were interwoven with my girls' projects . . .





{LOVE the popsicles from Applique Cafe. I did this same shirt for Evynne although this one was for a friend. You may remember another top I did for Evynne with that middle popsicle fabric. Grandmomma made her capris out of it and I just really love that fabric!!!}

That's it for now, but I'm still sewing like crazy. Pretty soon I'll be doing a Kelly's Kids Coordinates post. I've been working on lots of tops to match Kelly's Kids bottoms, etc. Fun stuff!