Birds of a Feather

I have a flock of birds to stuff and piece together before Christmas. Twenty eight birds and fifty six wings!! That seems a bit overwhelming doesn't it??? I also have baking to do and my second Apron to sew together. Thank goodness my shopping is done...oh! The wrapping! I forgot about having to wrap all the gifts!!! I wish Santa would loan me an elf or two this week!!

Oh, and here is the Apron I made for Jackson's sitter Joan.

I think it came out pretty cool!!!

Little Birds

We went to a Christmas party this weekend where the kiddo's got to decorate cookies and the adults had an ornament exchange. I made these cute little birds as our contribution! I think they turned out pretty nice! They took a little longer to make than I'd anticipated...3 hours! (and I was putting the final stitches in on the car ride to the party!!) But so well worth it. And I'm especially glad my friend Michele was the recipient of these little birds. And I have plenty of fabric left to make some more to give as gifts. Oh joy! Another project with 12 days left until Christmas....

Holiday

Oh YES! Another new toy....my Canon Camera. I am still learning all the features of this fun gadget too! Poor Andy! I've gone and taken the fun out of Christmas by buying myself two BIG gifts right before the holiday's. BUT....but I wanted to make gifts for others and be able to use the camera (somewhat) before Christmas morning. I can't miss out on any memories!

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Projects

I'm starting on some fun Christmas gift projects! I went to Hancock Fabric today and picked up some pretty material. I want to make aprons for my MIL and Jackson's sitter Joan. This will be my first attempt at following an actual sewing pattern! I can't wait to get started! They are a bit retro...I left the fabric store just about as giddy as a kid on Christmas morning!!!

Another project I've begun, is to recreate some dish towels like my Grandmother Gross made. The one I have might be 20 years old. I'll have to check with my mother on that! My fist one turned out pretty nice, and it was easy on top of that!! I have five more to make before Christmas. Plus the aprons!! But I'll devote an entire afternoon of Jackson napping to start on those!!!

My grand mother's dish towel is the red one...

Finding My Knitch....

So....I'm blogging! Or I'm going to try to. I've taken up a few crafty hobbies this year. Knitting and Sewing. I want to learn and get better. I wanted a place to show off my projects and brag about my progress.

Mary, one of the women I work with, taught me to knit. I made a few hats and a couple of scarves so far. Here is the first project. I loved the colors, but it turned out really skinny and I only knew the knit stitch at the time.

My SIL taught me how to make a pretty basic baby blanket. She made me a couple when I had my son, and she showed me how and I got addicted! Now I want to REALLY learn to quilt. Here are some of the baby blankets I've made for friends and family...






These are in the wrong order...my first is at the bottom. I made this one for my friends Steve and Stephanie's new baby boy Gage. The middle was my second blanket that I made for my mom's lake house. And the top blanket I made for a woman I work with who is adopting a baby girl from China.