Baby Gift

I made these as a gift for my sister in law and (soon to be) nephew. This is a link to the tutorial for the shoes. I used one of my son's old jackets for the material. I used the hood of the jacket to make the heel of the shoe. This is a link for my lame explanation of the burp cloths. I made her a set of 6- 2 each of 3 different colors.
She's due in less than a month and we're excited to meet him!

Tissue Holders

I made these for Christmas presents too. We have a gift exchange with my husbands family every year so I put a gift card in with the tissues and put it in a little brown paper bag. I thought it was cute.

Sewing Machine

It's here! It got here yesterday, but we've been sick, so I didn't get it out until this afternoon. I read thru the entire instruction manual and after referring back to it several times I got my first satin stitch done! I'm going to be using the satin stitch a lot for gifts this year. I'll do a little more practicing and then I'll start posting my projects as I complete them!
If you have a sewing machine and haven't read the manual, I highly suggest doing so. I learned a LOT about sewing and settings and tension and on and on. It was well worth the time spent.

Hand Towel Bibs

Check out these bibs...I'm going to make some for my son!

Click here for directions on how to make this bib!

Hooray for my birthday!

My birthday is coming up and my wonderful husband has agreed to let me get a new sewing machine! I am SO excited and I can't wait for it to get here! I decided on the Singer 7470 and I can't wait to get it set up and going. Even better, I found a 15% off coupon for first time customers at HSN and saved 50$! Can't get a whole lot better than that!
I am drawing up some gift ideas for Christmas in my One Month of Projects and a new sewing machine will make things sew much easier!

New Project

I think I'm going to find some fabric and try to make this skirt for my daughter.
I think I'll add pockets and a lining though. I'm excited!