New Embroidery Machine.

After four craft fairs and a few internet sales we were finally able to get an embroidery machine - Yay!
Here are a few samples of what I've been sewing lately.

Clark Gardens

Clark Gardens Fall Festival 2009

Pumpkin Golf...more like hockey

Scavenger Hunt...smelling herbs

Yuck!

G scale Train Village

First Haircut

Before (at Sea World)

After...love his expression.

Labor Day Weekend in San Antonio

Nothing like a spontaneous trip to San Antonio! Friday night we decided to take a mini vacation and see the Alamo, River Walk, and Sea World.


Larry and Wesley at the Alamo. It was neat, but kinda disappointed in the lack of information on the battle. I guess we have been spoiled by Civil War Battlefields. But, it was free.

The first Saturday of the month just happens to be a special event. This is us with reenactors.


Sea World
Sea World

Family pic with flamingos

Waiting for a show

Waiting for a show

Budweiser Wagon.

Sea World was nice but the last time Larry and I where there was in the early 90s (separate trips). They have a water park and big roller coaster rides now both of which we did not do. There was just one fish tank and no hands on aquatic stuff for kids. The shows were nice but overall it was not Wesley friendly. He did surprisingly well at the shows and enjoyed watching the animals do tricks.

Laptop Sleeve and Log Cabin Village

Today's sewing project, a laptop sleeve complete with appliquéd initials. Of which I made start to finish after visiting the Fort Worth Log Cabin Village Living Museum. Definitely worth the $3.50 admission.

Smoke House

Wesley being Wesley

Looking at the mill and fish in the pond.

Spoiler Alert

Today, I made a pear.

hummm...at Christmas time one gives pears...hummm.

Dancing Queen and Puppy Pillow

Today I finished sewing Wesley's puppy neck pillow to use in his car seat while he sleeps. It's a little big now, but he will be able to use it for a very long time.
I also took some video of his dancing skills. Enjoy!

I Love Custom Orders!

I love sewing custom orders for family and friends!

Here is the latest custom order for Bev's granddaughter and her new baby girl! I thought it came out so well so I thought I would share. Most of the fabric is from Michael Miller by Sandi Henderson with some Heather Bailey and Moda as well. My favorite new change is a gap in the sewn handle of the diaper bag to add a baby ring for attaching stuff. Feel free to let me know what you think and please keep me in mind next time you need a baby shower gift!

If you look closely you can see another sewn line in the handle just under where the handle flaps down. That is where a plastic baby ring can be attached!

Pockets! Five in total with a magnetic snap closure.

Diaper wipes holder and two burp cloths.

Minky backside of the lovie with ribbon tags.

Front of the lovie with a minky rose in the middle. The cool think about these roses is that they look better after washing.

4th of July

Fourth of July. Ok, so I'm only a week and a half behind, that's not so bad. We celebrated the fourth with neighbors across from Bryce and Carmen's house. The food was good and there was a big blow up waterslide, but the best part was the fireworks. Love Texas (you can buy the really big ones here). So just before 9pm, when it starts to get dark, we started the exploding extravaganza. Over two hours later we were finished. The coolest part is when you and your other neighbor set off kabooms at the same time. It is almost like being at a fireworks show. On Sunday we continued the celebration by watching 1776.

Happy Birthday Taryn! Did you get my text?

Springtown Mayfest

Springtown Mayfest was an overall success.

I sold 13 of my baby items including a bag and Carmen sold 4 tutus! We thought this was pretty good for the attendance of Mayfest, or lack there of. There were a few lessons learned but overall it was a successful practice for the weatherford peach festival in July.