Seam 2 Rip

I have been keeping my daughters mail in a tote bag and delivering it every few weeks. It works fine, but I wanted something different. I had a few scraps of vinyl left over from a project I did a while back, and decided to experiment.  I used a Teflon foot.  It worked pretty well. I am pleased with the final bag. Not too big, not too small.  I will work with vinyl again.

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Since the foo foo panties I made for Ansel’s baby sister turned out so cute, I decided to make a reversible vest for him from the same fabric.  I like it.  I think Ansel will as well.

I wish I had more of this fabric!

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Little Eleanor, warrior princess, daddy’s clone, was born several weeks ago. Yay!  A girl! Time to sew an outfit for the new bundle of joy.  I like making kids things. They are generally super cute, and don’t require much fabric.  This is what I decided to do.  A jumper for when she is toddling.  Foo foo ruffly panties for right now.  : – )

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Karen and I were talking recently about how much we hate our work aprons. They get dirty very quickly, and no one looks nice in them.  We are allowed to wear ones we make as long as we use fabric sold in the store.  Well, she asked if I would make one for her if she bought the fabric. Of course, I will. Soon after, Karen purchased a yard and quarter of cotton licensed fabric, and we were good to go.

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Susie recently moved to an apartment. She has a fouton in need of a fitted sheet. She asked me if I would try to make one. Well, her knowing me as well as she does, knew I would take the challenge.  I already had a fitted sheet that was close to the dimensions, and the corners cut. I went with it.  😉

I think it looks pretty good. She is pleased!

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I recently made a baby blanket, which was a “quilt” of sorts. I am not a quilter, but I  have been playing  with the process. I decided to give it another shot.  I tore all the pieces, machine stitched them, and hand stitched the border. I used batting this time. I tied the corners with embroidery floss. I didn’t want to hand quilt the whole blanket. More hand sewing than I like to do.  I realized that batting hides a lot of imperfections. I like that.  Still a learning process.  I don’t know if this will be a regular thing for me, but it has been interesting.

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Courtney is due April 23rd. She could give birth any day. Here’s a few things I put together for mister Nico.

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Recently I made shirts for my nephew Christopher. He was kind enough to send pictures of him modeling them, including the prototype. A total of 4 shirts.  He looks very nice in them, if I may say so.     : )

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Natalie has a memory foam neck pillow that she wanted to be used in a hoodie travel pillow. I found a woman’s, X-large, black hoodie at Thrift Town for a bargain price of a $1.99. ( My price.)

She requested I put in a zipper. Which I did and is a good idea due to the fact that memory foam in so dense. A little tricky to get it into any kind of cover.  And, helpful when you want to wash the hoodie.

It turned out pretty good. Nat is happy. Mission accomplished!

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My nephew Christopher was in the Peace Corps., and spent time in Africa.  While in Africa he purchased some brightly colored fabric, and wanted shirts made.  I agreed and made 2 protoypes.  When the fit, and sleeves were just as he wanted, I got busy and created these 3 shirts.  They turned out really nice, and fit like a glove.

I learn something every time I make something for someone. I now have a much better skill set for collars and sleeves. Both gave me trouble, but now, not so much.

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