Nursery Fun!

Ever since I found out I was pregnant at the end of April, my brain has been on everything baby! Well of course, I know. But I will say my plushies took a little back seat for a while but hopefully will start up again this month. I wanted to share some of the items I have made for little Zoe when she makes he appearance this December!

The first is this giant Z! At our wedding we had giant paper-collage letters at the entrances to the church. An 'E' on my side, 'J' on Jason's side, and an 'A' in the middle. I thought it would be perfect to continue the letters by making one for her nursery.
Next I was on a bib kick. At this point I hadn't bought anything yet but was itching to make something. I found a real easy bib tutorial online and bought the designs from Urban Threads. I know she won't need these for a real long time, but couldn't resist!Making the bibs from scratch took a bit of time. So next I went out and bought a ten pack of terry cloth bibs to embroider on instead. My husband is in gaming so I decided to make one that spoke to him!

Next I have a few onesies to finish and then I really want to work on her baby quilt. Although, I do have a wedding present I need to finish first. Grr, I want to make more baby stuff!

A Handmade Christmas

Since the holiday has passed, I can now show all of the handmade gifts I gave this year!
The first was a pair of hand towels for my mother-in-law. The embroidery worked pretty well on the towel fabric.

The second is a table topper I made for my grandma. It's so big, she might use it for a lap quilt instead!

The third is a table runner I made for my mom. We all laugh that I continue to say I'm not a quilter, but apparently I'm getting better at it.

The angel wall hanging was for my grandma-in-law. She loves angels and this applique was fun to make. Mom made the base and cut out all the pieces, her favorite part. I did the applique and stitching, my favorite part.

The ruler holder was a gift to me from my mom. Let me rephrase that. Back in February '09 my mom and I went to a sewing expo here in Tampa. She bought the pattern for the ruler holder bag and said she would make it for me for Christmas. I opened the box it was in, and withdrew the pattern! We made the bag together over the few days I was there. The embroidery design is from UrbanThreads.

And last are pictures of my flamingo guest bath. The towels I embroidered with my mom while she was here for Thanksgiving. The wall hanging we made over the Christmas break. I love having time off to just sew! This February my mom is coming back to Tampa for us to go to the sewing expo again. Hopefully will get more projects done at that time!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas as well.