More Christmas Fun

 Made some Christmas ornaments kept some and gave other as gifts. 

I got a big box of the snowflakes then some Christmas/winter fabric and made Yo-Yos out of them. Next I hand stitched the snowflakes onto the Yo-Yos and added a ribbon to hang them on the tree  

Big blanket

My husband is over 6 feet and has all ways said he wished he had a longer blanket so I made a huge blanket.

Had to push the furniture against the walls to fit the blanket on the floor to tie it.

Helping Daddy open his gift

It was hard to get a picture the shows just how big it is, but trust me it is huge.

Christmas bags

I decided to make bags for most of the women in the family for Christmas most of them were the same pattern and fun to make. I changed the pattern a little bit, I am not a fan of zippers on my purses so I left them off.

I have to say this fabric was my favorite, and I loved the way the orange button over the magnetic closure blends right in.

Added an eyelet to this bag to make it fun.

3 of the same different at the same time

Made a bigger one same pattern but bigger with 2 different fabrics and ...

an awesome inside.

Reversible bag. I made this pattern on the go wish I would have documented the steps 

a second one, I love how bright this one is. I think I had a thing for orange this year. 

This one I made for my Grandma.
(Side note I really need to get better at pictures)

I love the tradition of making home made Christmas gifts and with a big family making something similar for everyone makes it easier to keep track of what we gave everyone.

Birthday ABC's

Did an ABC Birthday celebration.  Made awesome ABC invitations but forgot to take a picture :(

It was full of letters and balloons. We put them all over the walls

We had the kids color their own ABC book. Each page had a letter and an animal whose name stated with that letter

All the food had a letter or two with it the cupcakes got letter C and each cupcake had a letter and we tried to give each kid the letter that their name started with. 

It was fun and simple but perfect for little ones with little attention spans.

Halloween

 Made little one a Dorthy dress for Halloween this year, she was so cute and it was fun to make! And mostly problem free.

Matching hair bows

The dress and kiddo in action! We even found ruby slippers!

A lot of 1st

My first post should start with my first pattern and the first time I put sleeves on anything!

A skirt I made for my self

Lots and lots of gathering (another 1st for me)

I put the yoke on upside down and got tired of working on it by the time I got to the hem so it is coming apart now :(

With the left over fabric I made my little one a dress. I added a flower button the the yo-yo and totally messed up the sleeves I am not even sure what I did wrong but they look good as long as you don't look too close and it survived my oldest and is being passed on to her younger sister soon.

These two projects have lots of errors but they were made with love and were a great learning experiance.