In her kitchen, cooking food to eat,
Rocking her baby dolls to sleep,
Tea time is very sweet,
All of these make her day complete!
Today, our sweet niece turns 2. Happy Birthday Emmie!
We couldn't make it down for the party, but I made another superhero cape and matching felt crown for her. Watch out Birmingham, here comes Super Emmie!
I was finally able to complete a project for myself! A new laptop sleeve from the new handmade. Maybe it'll make taking minutes at church meetings a more exciting task!
I volunteered to be a pattern tester for the Scientific Seamstress's latest pattern. It's a reversible romper in sizes NB to 5T. There's also a "girlie" option to add ruffles on the bottom. I decided to make the romper for Leah and it turned out really cute and fits her well. Look for the pattern to launch next week.
In explaining to Chad what a pattern tester was, I described it in software terms, "It's like beta testing for patterns." He got it.
Edit: It's here! Go buy it now!
Now that my "12 Days of Christmas {crafts}" is complete, I'm back to my regularly scheduled crafting posts!
Molly was invited to her friend Julia's 4th birthday, so I made the birthday girl a felt crown. Molly has already requested a crown for her birthday party. A red one to be exact.
The focus of this year's Batson Family Christmas was "giving back" to our communities. For the person whose name we drew, we were to select a philanthropy of our choice and donate our time in honor of that person.
I drew my grandmother's name. She is a survivor of breast cancer, so I wanted to use my sewing skills to honor her. In searching for a project, I came across the Cancer Care Center's Dignity Robe Program. The program was started in 2006 to provide women receiving radiation therapy with a better robe than the standard hospital gown. The "dignity robes" have strategically placed Velcro to keep women better covered.
After talking to Arlene Segar, she mailed me two robe kits with pre-cut fabric and Velcro, as well as a sample robe. She included a sweet note saying, "Your grandmother will be very proud of you." And I hope she is!
I made the girls and my niece matching ribbon tree shirts. I surprised Emmie with an early Christmas present so they could all wear them throughout the Christmas season. The girls were finally all together for a picture during our family Christmas in North Carolina.
My sister knits, so I made her a knitting needle roll to keep all her needles together and organized.
The needles are held tight with an elastic band, and the flaps lift to cover the tips.
Molly loves to wear blankets around her neck like capes, so I made her her very own superhero cape!
This was the Christmas morning action shot!
I made my first Buttercup bag in August. So, with one under my belt, I took on making three more.
One for my mom's birthday at the end of November...
One for my sister-in-law...
(You might look at this picture and say, "That looks like the same picture she posted in August," and you'd be right, but I promise I did make the same purse again!)
And lastly, a bright and bold one for my youngest sister-in-law...
Bracelets are a big hit in our house. Molly has even been known to wear her ponytail holders on her wrists as bracelets! So, when I saw these felt bracelets, I knew I just had to make some for my girls and my niece, Emmie.
