A gift for twin girls

After a long day at work on Monday I went home and read the daily mail. Much to my surprise one of my husband's aunts was inviting me to a baby shower for her daughter, my husband's cousin who we really don't even know and have not seen in more then ten years. So after the initial shock I decided I better get sewing and create a shower gift for the twin baby girls since the shower was in five days from my receiving the invitation. So after several nights of sewing into the wee hours of the morning after working ten or more hours, this is what I boxed and sent off.

Purple, purple, purple

My currently youngest granddaughter loves purple and grandma loves to sew. So when these two loves collide this is what happens. The vest and skirt are made from the ever popular fleece and the flowers are appliquesed on using my embroidery machine. Just a couple more little things to do on this set and it is ready for post office to deliver to her.

Valentine Quilt

I had a few days left of vacation after Christmas so I decided to create something just for fun. since my latest issue of McCall's Quick Quilts arrived in the mail I took my inspiration from one of their quilts. I used Lynnie Pinnie's conversation hearts embroidery designs and this is the finished product.

I think I will send this quilt which measures approx 40" x 40" to my granddaughter who considers grandma her best friend.

Embroidered Dry Erase Message Board

Supplies Needed: Frame with GLASS (plastic doesn't work well), fabric for the background, ribbon, and embroidered Name.

First - embroider your name on the background fabric you choose.

Disassemble your frame - The frame I used already had a cardboard insert included. If your frame doesn't have that you will need to cut one to the correct size. Use a heavier cardboard for best results. Wrap the cardboard insert in the background fabric. You can glue the fabric to the back of the cardboard or tape it down. When you are done your fabric should be smooth (no wrinkles).

Next add ribbon in whatever configuration you like. Keep in mind that this is intended to be a dry erase board so you don't want TOO much ribbon. You can attach the ribbon with heat and bond, glue or tape them on (I taped mine to the back of the cardboard insert). When you are done, put the cardboard insert back into the frame and assemble the pieces of the frame. It should have a glass insert followed by your decorated cardboard insert and then the backing.

Add a nice dry erase marker and you are ready to hang it!

Embroidered Candles

These candles were made using 5" pillars, 2" ribbon and 7/8"covered buttons. I wrapped the pillars with the ribbon (first glue the start of the ribbon, wrap the ribbon around the candle, fold the end of ribbon over and glue it down - your candle should now have a band of ribbon wrapped around it with no raw edges.) Then embroider the initial on the ribbon and cover the button with the embroidered ribbon. Next cut a 8-9" section of ribbon and thread it through the shank of the button. Double the ribbon over and glue down to create the bow effect. Finally glue the bow and button to the front of the candle. The entire project took about 30 minutes for both candles.