More custom items

Just before Christmas I finished a few custom items.  Christmastime is always a rushed and hectic time because I always try to bite off more than I can chew.  Even after cutting a few items off my list of things to make I still have a few things that I couldn’t finish in time.

I was able to finish these though:

This little ensemble was made for the same woman who wanted these adorable little shoes:

 

I also made her an outfit for a co-worker who was having a little boy soon.

And finally, a woman who I met at the Butcher’s Hill Flea Market and Craft Fair back in September just had a sweet baby girl and she wanted a custom Boppy pillow cover for herself and her sister. 

I have one more custom item to make, which is a mobile with jungle animals.  I have the fabric picked out and all the materials ready to go, just need some time to make it.

Organization

I’m trying to become more organized. Especially here in my dungeon. I have, for the most part, everything down here organized fairly well. I have several drawer carts where I keep all my scrapbooking things, my yarn, etc. I have my fabric stash somewhat organized into long rubbermaid bins but they are overflowing. My husband is going to build me some shelves with cubby holes to transfer the fabric to. Can’t wait for those shelves!

Anyway, I love anything that makes it easy to keep things organized. Like this, for instance:

Pattern: Butterick B4476

I had this pattern and thought it would be nice to have. It was EXTREMELY easy to make and now all those little things I like to keep handy while sewing are exactly that. Handy.

I have another pattern for a knitting needle organizer, which I desperately need. I plan on making that, but not until after Christmas. My plate is too full so I will suffer through until then.

Monkey shoes

So lately I’ve been in more of a knitting mood than a sewing mood but I’ve promised a few things that need to be sewn so I’m forcing myself to get them done.  I’ve put them off for too long. 

And so I present to you the monkey shoes.  They are seriously cute.

I’ve stared cutting out the pieces for the romper and hat to go with the shoes so I hope to finish those tomorrow or Wednesday.

Just added

It's amazing the things you will accomplish when you are in an environment that you want to be in. After rearranging the basement, I actually want to be down there. Who knew? I've finished a hat (well, the hat has been finished for awhile, I was just dragging my feet with making the flower) and a blanket. They are now in my etsy store.

And I'm getting internet back! Can you tell how excited I am! At home, I post using Windows Live and with that program you can add watermarks to your pictures and it's just much easier than Blogger is. The Verizon FIOS people are coming out next weekend to get us all hooked up....can't wait!

Custom items

I finished my first few custom items! A client of my husband had some fabric left over from some receiving blankets that were made for her grandson. She wanted a Boppy pillow cover and whatever I could make out of the other fabric.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures...I forgot to take some before I left to drop the things off and all I had with me was my point and shoot digital camera so they aren't up to my usual standards of photos that I post on here.

This was the fabric she gave me. It's a super soft flannel with cute little froggies all over it.


This is the back. It is so soft...I love it.

The other fabric is a cute jungle/safari print and I basically used every last scrap of it.

First, I made some little booties. You can't see it but the bottom is made with the blue ribbed knit fabric from the pants.

Then I made a long sleeved onesie. I was planning on a sleep sac, but there wasn't enough fabric for that.

I had this blue ribbed knit in my stash and it matched perfectly so I made a pair of pants to go with the onesie.

This is a little blurry (sorry) but you can see the print a little better. This is the hat.

And finally, with the last little scrap of that fabric I made a bib.

I have a few more things to make for her, including a couple rompers/sleepers, some shoes (that look like monkeys...can't wait to see how those turn out!) and a mobile.

I rearranged my sewing room/dungeon. So now it looks more like a sewing/craft room and less like a dungeon. Now it won't be so embarrassing to take pictures of works in progress, which I plan to do from now on.

Also, I've been asked to sew a bedskirt and a window treatment for another client of my husband's. Does that make him my sewing pimp? Hmmmm.... Anyway, I've never done anything on that scale before but I'm going to give it a try. The sewing is easy enough, it's just the large scale that has me a little apprehensive. I told her I wanted to try it on some scrap fabric (and I have plenty of that...I'll have to post pictures of my stash) first before I try it on the expensive stuff. More to come on that later.

Stay tuned!

Just pictures

Ok...no time to post but here are some pictures (better late than never, right?) of some finished items. I have also finished a Boppy pillow cover and am almost done with a set of booties I made for a client. I will have pictures later this week.

Some finished items

I have plans to attend a local flea market in a few weeks where I will have a table to sell some of the things I’ve made. I still haven’t bothered with my etsy store yet. Someday.

Anyway, in preparation for the flea market I have finished a few things and will be starting on (and hopefully finishing, but you know me…) a few more. Here a few of the finished items:

A cute little sunhat.

Another pair of felt baby shoes. These are a pair of moccasins. I don’t like these as much as the first pair I made, but they are still cute.

I LOVE these shoes so much that I’m contemplating on whether or not I really want to sell them. I took the pattern I had for the felt baby shoes and modified it a little to make this pair of Mary Janes. You’ve probably picked up on the fact that I do not care for pastel colors for babies. At all. I mean, a little pastel here and there is fine but a whole wardrobe? No thanks. And I love the white, black and red combination. Especially the peep show of red. Yeah, I’m going to have to keep these for myself.

Busy little bee

Ok, so I am not really that little but I have been busy.  Mostly with work but I have finished a few projects.  I think that is another reason I like making baby stuff.  It’s usually small and somewhat quick to finish. 

I finished the felt baby shoes and did another pair as well.  I don’t have pictures of the second pair yet but check out the finished red ones.

I also found a cute sunhat pattern and made one and am almost finished with another one.  I will try to get those pictures up on Wednesday. 

Felt baby shoes

You’ll probably notice a theme developing here. I make a lot of baby stuff. No, I don’t have any children but have been trying for quite some time, hence the whole baby theme. Anyway, I’ve just finished (well, one anyway) baby shoe. I think (and that’s all that really matters, right?) it’s the cutest thing EVER! I plan to put these on my Etsy store when they are done. It’s empty (my “store”) now because I want to put several things on there at once. I think it will look better. Enough about that. Check out the shoes….errr, shoe.

I can just picture a fat little foot wearing this. There will be a tie that goes through the eyelets…I just need to get some more embroidery floss. I think I will use the chocolate brown for the tie. Neither the blue or the green would look right.