Hand Smocked Little Girls Dress sizes 2-8 Pink Co - $50.00

This hand smocked dress is perfect for summer! Made of a soft 100% cotton fabric that is light and airy, it is hand smocked with shades of aqua and embroidered with pink and yellow flowers. It is made to have a comfortable fit that will grow with your child. The generous hem and tucks can be let out as your child grows taller. Please allow 3 weeks for the creation of your custom made dress. Shipping will be firs...

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Custom Boutique Ladybug Feliz Little Girl Dress or Jumper Dress size 2T-8 Pink Co. - $60.00

I just listed this little dress at Etsy for the Pink Co. Bunnies and Bugs launch. Search Pink Co for many more adorable listings!

This lively little dress will bring lots of happiness to you little sweetheart's springtime wardrobe! Ladybugs, flowers and mushrooms in vibrant colors will just make her feel like dancing! The ladybugs are machine appliqued. They are heat bonded and the edges are sealed. The back of the dress has a cascade of multicolored ruffles. The generous fit of this dress gives long life to its wearability. Elastic in ...

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Fabric Contests... Votes appreciated...

So I entered a couple of fabric contests this week.  

If you feel so inclined as to vote for me, I would greatly appreciate it! 

I entered this design at Connecting Threads.

This is how it would look as a fat quarter, just to give you some idea of scale. 

I also entered this design at Connecting Threads. 

And this design at Spoonflower for the Circus Contest. 

All of these were created using Inkscape which is a free vector drawing program.  I am far from mastering it, but I did learn a lot from my drawings here. :)

Might try this...

My friend Courtney clued me in to a photography challenge that she is trying.  It is being hosted by Laney at Living by Faith. I received a new camera for Christmas and I have been trying to learn how to use it.  I have taken a few hundred pictures at this point and I am getting to know my way around the camera, but creatively I am a little challenged.  I feel like all I ever take pictures of is my flowers or my cats, LOL.  So, I think I might try this challenge just to see if I can learn a few things.  I can't say that I will keep up every day and the thought of the self portraits leaves me feeling a little uneasy.  I am not a person who is comfortable with my appearance.  But some of the others sound interesting and fun to me and a good challenge creatively.  Anyone feel like joining me?

Japanese Take Out...

I think it is probably safe to share this now....
I made this quilt for some friends that recently got married.  We happen to go out for sushi once in a while with them, so I made them a sushi quilt. :)
The blocks on the side are bento boxes and "sushi rolls".  The sushi fabric is from Robert Kaufman.

Crazy Clearance...

It is time to thin the closets!  This skirt is brand new. Only worn for pictures. Starting bid is only 99 cents!  Auction is for the skirt only. :)

More to come in the following days, so stay tuned....

I can finally share these!

I have had so many  things that I have been working on that are surprises that I couldn't share them until now! 

I made this quilt for my niece who turned 20 a few weeks ago. I made the same pattern for her sister who turned 20 3 years ago. The pattern is "Turning Twenty" and uses twenty fat quarters.  I used twenty different solids.  I tried to stick to blues with a few greens and yellows thrown in.  The fat quarters came from Connecting Threads and I LOVE them.  They are so wonderfully soft and the colors are beautiful!  I backed it with dark blue and bound it with teal.  

I also finished more socks!  I sent these along with the quilt for my sister and her other daughter who also have birthdays this summer.  They were made with my Kool-Aid dyed yarn.  I found the patterns at knitty.com.  I love that site!  The yarn I used was a fingering weight superwash merino wool from Knit Picks.  

I have more surprises in store that I have been working on today.  I can't reveal them just yet, though.  That will have to wait a couple more weeks. :)