Sewing woth Grandchildren

Maribella and her children are staying with us for awhile. I have taken this opportunity to so some sewing with Jade and JT. JT picked out several pieces of fabric he liked from my 'stash' then held on to my hand as 'we' sewed his blanket together. It is just stripes of fabric on the front and soft minky on the back. He loves his blanket he made with Grandma.

Then Jade, being much older and completely sewed her blanket, the back is a soft rosette minky. It was such a delightful experience to make this together.

We are planning a few more projects before they move into their new home later this month.

Starting the baby's room

My youngest daughter recently had her first baby. What fun!!!! While waiting, they had fun gathering furniture, fixing them up and decorating a room for the baby. 

They picked the theme of Jungle Animals. 

To start with they were given this glider, Alison decided she wanted to recover it with a zebra print.

They also got a crib and wanted to do sheets, bumper pads and a dust ruffle for it.

So we all went to work....

Byron started sewing the sheet.

Alison started on the glider.

 Here they are working together:

Alison got the foot stool recovered.

Byron finished the sheet.

I did the bumper pads.

Tune in later to see how Byron painted the room and see it all put together.

Halloween Applique

All machine applique, this makes a great wall hanging or add to it for a full quilt. Teri completed this on her new embrodoriy machine.

Nifty fabric/quilted containers

When Teri and I went to the International Quilt Show Market, I found this great pattern to make handy decorative baskets from 2 square pieces of material. They make up fast and are soooo cool and useful. I have shared it with several ladies...here are a few that they have done.

The last picture is of me and my sister.

Mary's Show and Tell

Mary brought a few project to share with us. The first is a table runner that both she and her husband put together. Aprons are SO 'IN' right now. Mary's son made this one for his dad.

This is a new apron Mary made, you can't see it here but it is reversible.

Maribella's Dress

Michael commissioned as an Officer in the Texas National Guard this summer. There was a formal ball held that we got to attend. I wanted to make Maribella a perfect dress for the occasion. I failed to get a picture of just her in the dress to really show it off, but here is the best I got of the dress. She was very stunning!!! Sarah did her hair.

T-shirt dress

My daughter, Melissa, has a daughter of her own now. She is taking a new interest in taking up sewing. So a few weeks ago when we went to visit her, we went material shopping, what fun!!!! To start with, we decided to try our hand at a t-shirt dress. The t-shirt was a little big for her, but after we cut and added and sewed, it fits her just great! Enjoy the pictures of Melissa's finished product. Check out Melissa's blog about her sewing project and to see Zoey in her new dress.