Crown Shirt

I bought this pink shirt on clearance for $2 before Christmas and I finally got around to doing something with it. I raw-edge appliqued on a crown and then sewed on buttons on each point. It's hard to tell in this picture, but the middle button is the biggest, then they get smaller as they go down. It was a quick and easy project!

Crocheted tops

I have been having fun making tops for the girls and I. I found a cute free pattern that I used on my sweater and then I bought a pattern book by Leisure Arts called Topsy Turvy that has adorable girls sweaters. Here is my sweater and one of my daughter's sweaters. I didn't get a picture of the other one yet.



I am excited to try more patterns. For so many years I have made things for gifts for friends and my kiddos. I haven't made many things for myself. I am hoping to find many more cute adult patterns. I'll try to post a picture of the other sweater soon!

Tutus and headband

Lexi had a little dance performance in the beginning of December and their outfits were red and white tutu's. I had some extra stuff from making her tutu, so made one for her teddy bear and one of her dolls. I also made her a new flower headband.

She loved the tutus and headband and she looked so cute while she danced!

Pirate Shirt

Here is the shirt I made for Brecken with fabric markers. Jeremy helped me design the ship, then I traced it onto the shirt with a black marker.

I have lots of stuff that I am posting today. The first thing is this t-shirt I made for Lexi for Christmas. I bought a plain t-shirt at Hobby Lobby. It was $2.99 and I used a 40% off coupon, so it was very inexpensive. I also bought Crayola Fabric Markers. The regular price was $4.99 but I used a 40% off coupon on that as well (I went to the store 2 different times so I could use 2 coupons). I made a design in photoshop using some free brushes I had downloaded (and I drew some of it myself) and printed it in black and white. I put the paper inside the shirt so I could see the picture through the front of the shirt and then I traced it with the markers. When I was done tracing it onto the fabric I had to iron it for 4 minutes to set it in, and that was it. It was very easy and I am so excited about how it turned out! I am making one for Brecken with a pirate ship on it, so I will post that when I finish it!

The next thing is a fall table runner. I just cut a bunch of stips of fabric, making them each different widths, sewed on ric-rac in a few spots, quilted it, and them mom bound it :) I made one for mom as well, but was taking forever to get around to the binding, so she helped me out with that so we could put them up before fall is over.

Up next is the quilt I made for Lexi for her birthday. I used a pattern for the background (I don't remember which it was, but if anyone wants to know I will go find it and let you know) and then I drew a branch and cherry blossoms on some paper that doctors use on the exam tables (mom bought it at a medical supply store). I pinned the drawing to the fabric and cut it out, then used a glue stick and glued the branch and flowers to the quilt to hold it in place. Then I sewed it on. After that I did the quilting and binding. The fabric on the back of the quilt is little Asian girls and bright colored flowers. Lexi loves it and it looks really cute on her bed.

The last thing is this necklace I made for my sister-in-law for her birthday. I think it turned out nicely :)

Hopefully I'll have more things to post soon since I have a long list of things to make before Christmas!!

-Megan

Crazy Outfit

The leggings are from my Ottobre Design magazine. They have pin tucks from the knee down. The shirt is wild colors, but it matched the pants. I love how the bottoms turned out!!