Christmas Eve Surprise!

We always open our gifts on Christmas Eve after church.

This year, Brittany suggested that we open one gift each before church.

She handed me a "together" gift for Wayne and I to open.

I had been wishing for a calendar made of pictures of Reid,

but didn't ask her to make me one.

I thought it was something she might have thought of,

and didn't want to spoil her surprise if she had.

I was so excited when I opened the completely adorable calendar!

Here is the front. :)

This is March...

I was just loving every page of the precious pictures...

Then I came to July...

What was I so surprised about???

We had no idea! Brittany and Chris had known for 5 weeks
and kept it a secret so that they could surprise us at Christmas!
Isn't that FUN?!?!

Reid was surprised when he found out too!

He will make the most wonderful big brother to whoever this little baby is!

We won't know until July, because once again the

baby's mommy and daddy want to be surprised!

They are just full of surprises!!!

I hope you have some happy surprises

coming your way soon!

Blue Daygown for a Baby Girl

Anyone else having trouble uploading pictures to your blog?
I've had this ready to post for a few days and blogger is having some issues.
Wayne helped me figure out a round about way to get these pictures loaded.
I hope they fix the problem soon!

I already SO miss all the time I spent in my sewing room over the holidays.
I had to go back to school (work) yesterday,
but I'm trying to be thankful I have a good job and work with nice people.

I'd rather be sewing!!!

Here is another half finished project that is now finished!

I used my usual baby gown pattern for this one,

which is an old (28 years old!)Yvonne Denise pattern.

The gown is made of Imperial batiste.

I know y'all probably hate it when I do this, but I don't know what plate I used! :/

Probably something from an Austrailian Smocking and Embroidery magazine?

You could follow it pretty easily by looking at the close up picture though.

It's not a fancy design.

This is the back of the gown. I use clear plastic snaps to close the back of my gowns,

then add a button and a button loop made of embroidery thread.

The sleeve...

The hem...

This gown will hang in the closet of my sewing room

until I decide there is a little baby who needs it!

I've noticed my closet is filling up with girl clothes!!!

I guess that's because every single boy thing is now in Reid's closet!

Guess I should make a few boy things...

I am more reluctant to give smocked things at baby showers to those having boys.

I have given a few baby boy gowns away, and I'm not sure the babies never wore them.

I love these gowns far too much to give them

to someone who doesn't want to put them on their baby boy!

I know some people just don't dress their boys that way...

Poor them! :)

Happy Sewing!

A little white and pink bishop

I've just loved the last few days.

I've spent lots of time doing exactly what I want to do.

Some of what I want to do it nothing!

And I've spent lots of time in my sewing room

finishing up some half finished projects.

One of them is this little bishop.

I used Chery Williams' bishop pattern,

and the plate is April, by Ellen McCarn.

I think the fabric is such a sweet little print...isn't it?

Happy Sewing!

 

 

Baby blue for our sweet boy!

I've had this fabric for a few months and finally got around to making this outfit.

The longalls are made of baby blue corduroy

and the shirt is a baby blue cotton plaid.

I used Creations by Michie' pattern #137, the Jon Jon pattern.

For the shirt, I used Creations by Michie', Diaper Shirt and Shorts, # 118,

and cut the sides a little more straight down, rather than flared out.

 I have used that pattern so much,

and I've been making the 24 month size for Reid since summer.

Thinking that he was probably outgrowing that size,

I used the same pattern, but made the seams 1/4" instead of 5/8".

That did the trick! He has room to grow in this one.

I guess that makes it a 24 1/2 month size???

It is nice and long, so I just rolled up the pants a bit

and it looks cute that way because the lining matches the shirt! :)



We watched our sweet boy this afternoon so that

his mom and dad could go out for an early New Year's Eve linner.

(That's what we call a meal between lunch and dinner time!)

He is so much fun, and VERY BUSY!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Grandma's Secret Spot Remover

FYI-"Craftmom" wrote me a comment saying that if the crayon was washable,

the original blue Dawn works great to get crayon out!

Since I wasn't sure what kind of crayon it was,

I decided to try my little bottle of

Grandma's Secret Spot Remover that I picked up at Hancock Fabrics.

It worked!

It is probably original blue Dawn in a different bottle! Haha!

This is what it looks like:

I used it the other day to get a little spot of black grease out of something

 and it worked for that too!

The little bottle was only 3 or 4 dollars.

You need some!

I've been working on a little outfit for Reid that

 I will post as soon as I get a picture of him in it!

Coming soon!

Happy Saturday!

Uh oh...crayon!

At the Christmas Eve church service Reid got hold of a blue crayon

and got a little bit on his outfit.

Of course, it got on the white smocked insert instead of the red corduroy!

It's just a little bit between the reindeer and the sleigh...

It looks more obvious in person than it does in this picture.

Has anyone successfully removed crayon from white fabric?

I'm scared to try anything for fear of making it worse.

Please let me know if you have tried something that works.

I did check for tips on Google and found a few ideas,

but would rather try something that one of you has tried.

Thank you!!!

Merry Christmas!

HO HO HO!

Wishing you and yours a joyful Christmas,

and hoping your new year is filled with blessings!

Little Red Wagons

I stole another idea from Michie's blog ...

I used Creations by Michie' pattern #134, Baby Romper with Yoke.

The fabric is pima cotton gingham.

The plate I used is Little Red Wagons, by Mollie Jane Taylor.

I got the idea while clicking around on Michie's website one day,

but now I can't find the exact page that I found the picture on!

However, I did find a picture of a similar outfit in Jon Jon form!

http://www.creationsbymichie.com/classes.htm

Can't wait to see this on our sweet grandboy!

I will post a picture of him in it as soon as I get one!

Yes, I know it looks like a warm weather outfit, but guess what?

It is STILL 80 degrees here!

Expecting a cool front Monday...

it's a little hard to feel Christmasy when it's hot and humid. :/

Off to wrap gifts!

I'll put on some Christmas carols to help set the stage...

And turn down the A/C? And light a fire in the fireplace?

Maybe that will help...

Happy Sewing!