For baby K

My niece had a beautiful baby girl in November. We call her baby K. My niece started that before little baby K was born.  They had decided on a name but were not sharing it until after birth, but with this little hint, "baby K". 

These are for little baby K! Two onesies and a burp cloth. 

After long hiatus, another bag...

It has been quite some time since I made one of these bags (or posted much of anything for that matter).  A couple of months ago they hired a new lady in hubby's office and since I've made a bag for all the other ladies of the office, we wanted to include her as well.  Hubby asked and she said she likes paisley, so I picked this brown/orange/green/tan print from Joann Fabrics and the green pattern that matched real well for the accents.  The lining is a subtle tan on white print. Hubby took it in today, but I haven't heard anything as of yet.  I hope she likes it.

Mug Rug swap!

This will be the second mug rug swap I've participated in.  They are so fun!  This is what I am sending to my pal.  Later I'll post what I receive.

First there's of course the mug rug.  Than I made a little gift card holder - in which I'm placing a couple tea bags of my favorite tea-Constant Comment.  The second picture is a shot of the card holder opened up.

Tote and wine bags for Chamber Auction

The annual Chamber Auction is approaching.  This tote bag and wine in bags is our donation.  This will be the fourth year we've donated a tote bag, the second year for the wine and wine bags that match the tote.  In past years I've made bags with a race theme, but I decided to go a different direction because I think this material is so beautiful and there's only so many ways you can do checkered flag.  I would like to say it's my bags that garners a bidding war, but we all know, it's the wine!  Without the wine, I think the Chamber got about $20/25 and there were only a few bidders at that.  With the wine the bid was more than double that when we left with still 30 minutes of bidding left.   Of course that's pretty much what the wine cost.....   It's a small town and there's a lot of racing and other sports memorabilia to compete with. 

 

I have used this "Super Simple Wine Bottle Gift Bag" pattern and tutorial several times.  I just love it. It is so easy and good looking.  I put a link to the tutorial in the bar to the right so I can always find it.  

I made this!

A vinyl table cloth my daughter wanted.  This is the first time I have sewn with something like this-vinyl, that is.  I was quite pleased with the finished product and they seem to like it.

Fun with second hands

I have had on more than one occasion someone give me fabric scraps large and small pretty much just out of the blue. I have fun seeing what I can make with them. Recently I was given quilted pink gingham. Here is the first product produced:

Another retired teacher bag.

That time of year again. This past Friday hubby attended the annual retired teacher's luncheon where he gave away this bag I made just for the event.