Teacher Gift

School is out for the summer and my Kindergarten bound child asked last night when she's going back to school.  Hahaha...  Let's hope her love for school stays.

We made her teacher an apron for her end of the year gift.  Given that Kaitlyn Joy is older now and can contribute I gave her a piece of fabric, thread and a hoop.

 I had to re-thread her needle about a 1,000 times; it felt that way anyways. =)  She would tangle the string or go around the hoop.

 Although we talked about it a ton, she couldn't grasp the idea of small stitches.  I was okay if they were between small and medium, but she would make CRAZY big ones.  I pulled some out.  I bought a gel fabric pen (loved it!!!) and as you can see I put, "Kj May 2012".  Kj is how I always write her name on Facebook and in notes to her teacher.

 I used the triple stitch (whatever it's fancy name is, that's just what it did) to sew each of the kids hand prints onto the apron.  I know they aren't bold even though they're a different color, but I didn't want them sticking out any more than this.  After debating sewing each name onto the apron and knowing it would take to long (I finished last minute) I used the gel pen to write each child's name on their hand print.

And here it is finished!

Just in case she's having a non-teacher feeling day, I made it reversible.

I am a bit late..

Hello everyone.. I am still running behind but I thought I would show you my Christmas Stocking that I made for my Annual Christmas Swap... I had a great time making this little guy. I used variegated, and silver threads on it. I have to admit.. I made a mistake on it.. I discovered the mistake when I edited the photos. I didn't even notice until it was already in the mail. Do you see the mistake??

OH well makes it all the more one of a kind :O) 

I hope my partner loved hers.. I was very excited when I received my exchange from her :O)
 I will modify this post soon to show all of you her lovely stocking!

I also made a fun craft apron for my daughter out of used jeans.... The center pocket has a zinger to attach your scissors and the pocket is to keep them tucked out of the way when not in use ;O)

Mother's Day Apron Swap

I hope you're all not swapped out yet, because I thought a Mother's Day apron swap would be a nice way to celebrate motherhood. Has everyone completed the spring apron swap and are enjoying your new aprons for the new season? We'd love to see them on our Flickr group, just head over to Flickr and search for CP Apron Swaps, ask to be invited and once accepted, you can post your photos for all of us to see and aww over!

Ok, same rules apply to this swap as with the others, so if you've swapped before, you know how this works. If your new and would like to make and and swap aprons with us, just sign up on this post only over at Country Pleasures. Everyone one who wants to join in on this swap must sign up on this post, just make sure you leave me your email address, to keep it easy for me! You have till April 15th to do so, then you will be assigned a partner, then it's up to you to get the mailing info., likes and such. Mailing date is April 25th since Mother's day is May 8th. Tuckin's are required but please don't stress over them, just add a couple of goodies for Mom to go along with her new apron. Tea towels, stationary, candy, etc. are just a few examples. The style of apron depends on you and your partner and can be decided once you exchange emails.

So, there you have it, the next apron swap, and I for one, am anxious to get creative again and come up with a classy/sassy apron to celebrate the best job in the world, motherhood! Who's joining me?

A Lota Apron Sewing Goin' On!!

February has been a good sewing month for me and a lot of it has been aprons♥
But first I want to share pictures with you of the cutest♥ apron I received in the
Valentine Apron Swap 2011 hosted by Sue from Country Pleasures.
My swap partner was Ms Nadine from Apron Valley Road and this is the AWESOME apron she made for me!! :)

Close up of the sweet "Nadine Original" ruffled accents at the top ...

and the pocket♥

And ... this is the apron I made for her ~
lots of Valentine ♥RED♥ with hearts everywhere ...

even the pockets :)

Other aprons I made this month included this set of 3 farmgirl aprons in bright,
cheery farm kitchen colors ...

for some sweet lady friends of mine♥

I even made one more of these cute lil' aprons for my SIL for her birthday!! :)

September is Flying By!

Since my hubby is on vacation, we've been doing some traveling, visiting family and friends,
so September is really flying by for me!
But ... I have been sewing, mainly for a few craft shows ~

Halloween tote bags

Snowman pillows

and a few aprons

September is half over!!!
It's time to really get serious about the Christmas crafting and gift making!! :)
Sooo..... what are you working on??
Happy Crafting :)
Hugz,
CJ♥♥

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Craft Fair Turned...

Hi ladies! How are you all doing? We've gone a while without posting so I thought it was a good time to give an update. A friend of mine asked me to do a craft show with her last Saturday. Seeing how I made several pillowcase dresses a while back I figured I was good and didn't worry about making anything more. My plan was to use the week before to make ribbon socks and some reversible aprons. My plan was slightly dashed by the long weekend and my parents visiting. However I got most of it done. I sewed all the aprons on the last day. When #2 was finished (minus top stitching) without the waist ties I was ready to call it a night. I think if you are up crafting late and something goes wrong it's time to shut off the lights and crawl into bed. However I REALLY wanted to wear one of the aprons so I pressed on and finished #3. Seeing how I was doing them all together (sew the ruffle on all, sew the neck ties on all, ect...) it didn't take long to finish the last one. When Saturday rolled around, Heaven help me... It wasn't a craft show, but a small flea market. Ack! Seriously it was a garage sale. There were 2-3 other people selling handmade items. My friend and I did manage to sell a few items, but it didn't go as well as it would have if it was an actual craft fair. We were also in the lovely Texas sun for hours. Can you say "sunburn"? We are looking into doing another one that is an actual craft show.

Now I'm heading upstairs to iron my fabric for APP Christmas block swap. =)

Aprons!!!

Hi, my name is Becky and I'm a fabricholic.

Well, I am.

Does anyone else have the "Whoever dies with the most fabric wins" bumper sticker?
It's on my workroom bulletin board.

This year I have been really, really really trying hard to not buy new fabric. (Not buying "new fabric" leaves a loophole for fabric buying at the thrift shops heh heh)

In keeping with my De-Stash 2010 pledge I find myself coming up with some pretty cool combos of fabric.

Last month, I participated in Yarni Gras' Pin-Ups for Hot Mamas Apron Swap.

Tons of fun! And there were so many amazing creations!!

I sent my swap partner this

and these goodies.

I was handstitching like a crazy woman. Not sure why but for some reason I wanted to do it all (almost all) by hand!

This led me to create an apron for my Sister from another Mister's birthday.
Pam is the best! So I wanted to make her a really special apron.

I embroidered this beauty using one of Jenny Hart's Sublime Stitching patterns!










This one shows the colors better.








I love a big pouffy bow!

Here's the finished apron.

My Sis loved it!!!!

July Is Here Already??

Well, I don't know about you, but for me it seems like the summer is going awful fast!
I wanted to share a few of the sewing projects I have finished up on ~
This is a Sunflower Tote Bag I made for an order. It was sooo fun to make, because I ♥LOVE♥ SUNFLOWERS, but it was sooo hard to mail away! lol!!

And I got one more of my PIF aprons done and shipped out.
Fun! you know how much I ♥LOVE♥ RED :)

I'm kinda stuck on these "lil' yoyo & button accent thingies"
Too cute!♥♥ lol!!

and this Herbal Themed Tote Bag I made for a herb loving friend :)

I am really enjoying all the posts here!
Keep em coming!! :)
Hugz to all,
CJ ♥♥