Blessing

A few months ago we attended an event at our church designed to help families make their homes the first place their kids are exposed to God. Every age has a different theme. Since we have a one year old, that's the one we went to. The topic was praying blessings over your children. One suggestion they had was framing one and putting it close to your child's bed. I liked the idea, but didn't want to use paper so I embroidered one of my favorites on a linen like fabric.

To start with I printed the verse off on the computer in a font I liked. Then I added the embelishments. Since the verse was about not being afraid, I went with the moon and stars. Next I traced it on to the fabric with carbon paper and a knitting needle. Since it was such a dark fabric I ended up going over the lines with a fabric marker. I think I maybe should have used a brighter contrast for the blue thread, but overall I like the way it came out.

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Treasure Hunter

A few days ago my husband and I went to Savers. I'd been intrigued by it since it opened, but I had never made it in. I was really impressed with the organization and cleanliness of the store. We didn't end up getting anything for ourselves, but we did find some great buys for Joel.

Here are my favorite finds.

This is why.

Here is his dad's favorite.

First Day of Spring!

You have to love Kansas. (Daffodils courtsey of my sister.)

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Silver Lining

When you're up at 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday, you can do this.





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Flower Garden

When browsing the many wonderful blogs during celebrate the boy month I came across this tutorial for a dress for a newborn at This Mama Makes Stuff. I happened to have some fabric that I'd been wanting to make up. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to make. After looking through my stash I also found the ribbon and infant shirt. When I finished I thought if needed a little something more so I added the pink around the collar with embroidery floss.

Sorry the pics are a little dark, but you get the idea.

The dress is a present for one of Lucas's friends. It will be their first girl after four boys and 16 years later. So I thought a little frill was in order.

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Can you tell me the time?

I don't know if you're aware but Made by Rae and Made are hosting a month all about crafting for boys! (buttons below)I've been getting all kinds of great ideas and finding some wonderful new blogs to read. I haven't made that much time for sewing lately, but when I saw these cute felt watches I had to give them a try. Not to bad for a first attempt.




I modified them a little by taking the buttons off. I didn't want Joel to bite them off and choke.

Action shot below.



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Coffee Please

For Christmas my sister gave me this very cute camera case and coffee sleeve.



Ever since I've wanted to use some of my scraps and make some more coffee sleeves. In November the blog Sew Mama Sew featured tons of projects. One of the techniques was thread stiching by clutterpunk. I thought this would be a good project to try it out.