fabric origami... what the...?

Three C's describe this project.... Confusing, complicated, and challenging.   I found the project in a book written by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins called One-Yard Wonders.  Check out their facebook page for more inspiration.

The finished product turned out great!  

The finished product turned out great!  

burrito blankies

I made some receiving blankets this weekend!  Using the same method you'd use to make reversible napkins, cut two squares of fabric.  One measuring 34 inches and the other 36 inches.  I chose some cute quilters flannel for the smaller square and some great prints for the larger squares.  Lay the large square down wrong side facing up.  Center the smaller square of flannel right side up and pin all the way around.  Double fold the overhanging inch all the way around while pressing, and miter corners.  Pin like a mad woman and topstitch the binding all the way  around.  A cozy flannel lined burrito blankie for winter babies everywhere.

some new fabric!

Today was a bit too blustery for playing outside.  We made a fort with all the dining room chairs and watched a movie.  Then off to the fabric store.  It's still a fun outing for the girls, so there was much excitement.  I always let them pick a fat quarter which is interesting... it's fun to see just how different they are.  I ran across Kate Spain's Central Park and had to share.  

Cruising the internet after the find, I was excited to read a bit off her blog. Makes me want to sew another pillow.  So while the fabric is in the wash, I'll be thinking about that.

Check out the flickr pics of projects using Central Park!  Amazing and inspiring.  

birthday party thank you cards

Such a great birthday party deserves a fantastic thank you card! Step one is a little photo shoot in our neighborhood.  Step two is some photoshop action.  Step three will be making the cards. We made this cute thank you sign with a piece of a cardboard box and some sharpies.... yes I know, sharpies and kids really should not mix, but all in all it went well. More to post on this project later!

I printed the pictures today yeah!  I had some pink velum from some invitations I made awhile back that I mounted them on.  Put some pink thread in my sewing machine and did a little zig zag stitch around the picture.  Mounted those on some pink shimmery card stock and there you have it.  A personalized thank you from two very unique little girlies.

birthday party

The girls have birthdays very close which means we have a combo birthday party.  I'm sure that at some point this will no longer be acceptable, but until then we will simplify our lives with one party. I found this great scrapbook paper at Michaels that I couldn't pass up.  I punched out circles using my circle punch, and with needle and thread, strung them together with white pom poms and paper flowers.  Fun, easy and o-so girly!

doll house makeover

It was my daughter's birthday yesterday!  The big 6!  Because it was a school day, and she is such a studious kindergartener, she chose not to miss school even though I took the whole day off!  After the cupcakes had been delivered, her little sister and I decided to remodel the doll house.  It's been on my to-do list for awhile now.  I picked up these adorable scrapbook papers at the craft store and simply measured, cut, and glued them in place.

The sister's room... The beds have been recreated to match the pink of the wallpaper.

The bathroom... I love this mushroom paper.  I had some scrap organic terry cloth that I  used to create bath mats for outside the shower and bathtub.

The Parent's Master Bedroom.... and another bed makeover to match the wallpaper and terry cloth rug.  

Opposite view from the master bedroom.  I used some craft puff balls to hang as lighting from the ceiling.

The kitchen.... and a couple of hanging pendent lights.

Another view of the kitchen!

scrappy pillow

O- the joy of cleaning the fabric cupboard(s).  I've been wanting to convert these pillows I purchased at the Pottery Barn for years and finally took the plunge.  So a simple quilt square of fabrics I've been hanging on to, turns into this!  Great Sunday sewing project.