Forgot the elastic!

So we got home from a fun party at a friend's home on Saturday night, and as I was about to sit down & sew up the remaining part of the pj's (the elastic), I realized I had forgotten to pick some up earlier in the week! I sat there for a couple of minutes and realized that I was too dog gone tired to venture out (it'd been a long day with the kids ... and this nasty Vegas heat REALLY zaps it out of you!), so today I'm hoping to come close to finishing the pants ... now that I've picked up enough elastic (I hope!). But in the meantime, I'd like to give a big round of applause to my husband (although I'm pretty sure he doesn't read this blog). He puts up with the mess everywhere in the front room & kitchen. He encourages me, applauds with me ... and sometimes if I'm really excited about a project (and beg enough times) he'll dance a happy dance with me when it's finished (but it is a rare thing). :) Thanks honey!!! :)

Flannel Pajamas

Usually I've bought their pj's from the Disney Store on-line, but they haven't had a decent sale in so long! And their curent pjs' are getting ripped apart and becoming belly shirts (so not cool on a boy), so I decided to use up what I had and then bought another $20 worth of flannel.
Savannah's getting 6 pairs (she couldn't decide between a monkey print & a blue w/ flower print ... so I got her both), while Colton & Hunter are getting 4 each.
Here's Savannah's fabric: Colton's: and Hunter's (he loves golfing, and space travel ... and last week he was a horsefly in a school play, so I got the cowboy stuff to remind him about that): This "Choose the Right" fabric is definitely a favorite, and there's still enough left over to make a pair for Jaxson. And now that the pants is all cut out ... I think this was an absolutely INSANE idea. Oh my goodness ... this is going to take a while to finish. LOL.

Ballerina Purse

So my daughter was begging to be a pretty little ballerina dancer. So we enrolled her in a tap/dance class this summer. She's in absolute heaven. But, we keep losing her shoes. So she had to have a pretty ballerina purse, right? :) And since she's in the class with two of her cutest, best-est, best friends I told her Mom I'd make some for them to. We used a pretty ballerina print for the inside and then I put ric rac on each of the girls purses' so they could tell the difference between them.One hot pink, one green and then I used the leftovers strips for Savannah's purse. There was enough leftover flannel ballerina print that this week's goal is to use up the flannel I have and make some pj's for the kids ...

Last Week's Goal

So last week I had two goals. To make another butterfly artwork for a sweet little girl who was having her princess tea party and the other was to finish the last three throw pillows for our bed ... and here's the pillowcases I made also with this tutorial. I was so excited as I was finishing the final stitches on these pillows. I looked at my husband and told him, "isn't it awesome?!? Now we won't have the plain pillow forms on our floor anymore!" To which he replied, "Yep! Now we'll just have the covered pillows on the floor."He's such a teaser. LOL. But it's true ... at least now I feel more motivated to "think" about making the bed. ;)

Savannah's Blanket

I realized I forgot to post finished pictures of Savannah's blanket! I did the super simple 9 patch with sashing between the squares. I wanted it to be something that would look nice, have all the fun, different prints in the ginger blossom set and still be okay to be used. I know she'll color on it with something permanent at some point, or put her dirty feet on it. And that's okay. It's her blanket, for her to love and destroy.I used the stripe print for the sashing and the backing is just the sheet that came with the sheet set I got for the mattress. My kids never really use the sheets anyways and the coloring looks perfect. When I gave it to her (all finished), she hugged & kissed it and kept telling me, "thank you mommy!" :) (Blogged about: Here, here, here and here.)

Finished Wedding Gift

So I promised myself (and my husband) that I wouldn't buy or start new projects until I finished a few of my WIP's. Something about the summer makes me make that promise each year ...

So last week, the goal was to put the three hours into this blanket. Which literally took me all week long, and was only finished with a few hours left until my self-imposed deadline. It's a gift for a friend that got married a couple weeks ago. The fabulous Miss Mati did a great job quilting in the description I asked her to. And now, it's off my list, and in the mail to the newly married family. I hope they love it as much I do. :)

Blades

When I first started, I didn't realize you were supposed to replace your blades ... then one day I sliced across my finger, and it didn't cut it. At all. Not even a scratch, that's when Mati suggested changing the blade. Ah-ha! What a difference!

Well I've been working on making an easy-peasy ballerina purse for Savannah. But after all the upholstery cutting I've been doing lately, it's taking three (or sometimes four) tries before I finally cut all the way across the fabric. So I took advantage of the sale at Jo-Ann's this week and picked up a new one ... and I also got a new cutting board with some birthday money my Grandma gave me. It makes me so happy. :) Yesterday was Jaxson's two month old birthday! So here's a pic I got of him last week ... loved the lighting coming thru the window like that. :)