Feeling Crafty

I was going to post a part 2 of Favorite Finds Friday, but I didn't get a chance to over the weekend. Instead, I got my craft on. :) I can't show you all that I did yet, but I can show you my favorite thing I made. Or things, I should say.

February is Heart Month. This week, February 7-14, 2011, is CHD Awareness Week. I mentioned last week that my daughter was born with a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot. You can read more about it here and here. In honor of the week and the love filled holiday coming up next Monday, I decided to make her and her favorite bunny heart dresses. You'll have to forgive the pictures, I was having some trouble with the camera settings.

It's hard to see, but the white fabric is pleated down the front.

The heart is a pocket.

I had never made clothes before, so it was a learning experience. This post from Christie at A Lemon Squeezy Home was super helpful when it came to the construction and sizing. I wish that I had added ribbon or some kind of tie around the waist, since it ended up just a tad too big, but nothing a handy safety pin couldn't fix. I was going to do a tutorial, but couldn't see a need with so many awesome dress tutes already out there in blogland. Scarlett was super excited that she had a heart dress and even more excited when I showed her the little one I made for her bunny! Totally worth the billion times I pricked my fingers with stupid (but necessary) pins. We had studio pictures taken today, since I had a coupon. If you'd like to see them, you can do that here. (Please don't be a creeper and order them or anything. Thanks)

Here is Bunny and a few pics of Little Red hamming it up.

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Also, I thought I'd mention that MO weather stinks! This will be the second week in a row that quilting was cancelled because of the stupid icy weather. Seriously not cool.

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Feeling Crafty

I'm still not done with my super crafty craft, so I made a printable for you guys instead. Let me know if you like it and I may be encouraged to do more in the future. (Also, if you'd like a different background that can probably be arranged.) I like decorations and sayings that are a nontraditional, and this is one of my favorite love quotes: "Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."-Charlie Brown. So, here goes:

If I did it right, all you should have to do is click it to make it bigger and right click to save. It's free to use, not to sell and if you take it, please follow me!

I'm going to have 3 different posts today, so bear with me. I have a surprise for you guys in my last post today.

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I'm Feeling Crafty

I'm feeling very crafty. I have several projects that I'm working on, but I'm not ready to share them yet. Next week I'll have a tutorial for you, but this week I'm going to share this table runner that I made last year.

My version

The Original by Phyllis Dobbs for Quilter's World Magazine

It's really the only Valentine's Day craft that I've made since I was little.  I found this table runner pattern and got to work. It was the first time that I had worked from a pattern and turned out way better than I expected. I only used outline quilting and I flipped one of the hearts so they would face the same direction. It was going to sit on top of our buffet, up against a wall, so I thought it would look better that way. I loved how it turned out. Here is a close-up of one of the hearts on the sides:

This was only the second table runner I ever made and only the third quilted item. I made it as part of an ongoing gift for my moms. I'll share the other table runners I made in that gift throughout the year. I like to look through and see how much better I am now and see all of the new techniques I've learned.

Have you made an amazing VDay decoration? Leave a link in the comments below. I'd love to check it out!

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