Cardboard Jeep #2

For starters I did not make this jeep. Diana stumbled across my blog and saw the Jeep I made here and decided to make one for her VBS program. I actually like the height of hers better. You know that Imitation is the best compliment *blush*. Great job Diana and Thanks for letting me share the pics

Wood Box Footstool

Okay the cat is out of th bag, I found some REALLY beautiful furniture at the thrift store last month. I'm cheap, I never buy big ticket items (thats Mr.Incredibles job) but when I saw this set I HAD to have it. This has sparked a chain-reaction-redo-update of my living room because now my colors are co-ordinated. Instead of blue furniture that was my mothers from like 20 years ago (sorry Mom) I now have beautiful neutrals to work with. I LOVE NUETRAL!

I have a pair of these loverly wooden boxes that were screaming to have tops on them so they could be functional storage/footstools. I had to do it just to shut them up ;)

I cut a board the size of the top, and some canvas cut bigger than the board.

used lots of hot glue, I also stitched some velcro on top before hand so that my pillows would stay in place.

Waa-Laa! Happy box-Happy feet-Happy me.

Canine Couture

Woo hoo, I've been wanting to experiment a little more with knits. After seeing all of the cool things that Sachiko makes over at Tea Rose Home, I decided to experiment small scale.

I used the scraps from a previous re-make . I love the ruffles and flowers made from the knit fabric, one of these days I will get brave and fancy up some knit shirt for myself, but for now Bridgette gets some flashy doggy couture.

Mitred Corners

I love learning new tricks! Here's the latest in step by step, because I know I'll forget how I did it :) Perfect Mitred Corners

1. Cut 4 fabric strips, making sure to add extra length depending on the width of the strip. My fabric strips are 3.5 inches wide. So I need to make sure my fabric goes over by 3.5 inches on each side. Mark 1/4 inch in from the striped(bottom)fabric, this will be where your stitch starts on one side and ends on the other.2. You should have a gap that looks something like this on both ends. keep fabric folded back like this for the next step.

3. Repeat the same process with all 4 strips of fabric.

4. Fold in half diagonaly and line up the overhang. In my case the extra 3.5 inches in each side.

5. Draw a line here and stitch on the line.

6. Trim access fabric

7. Press seams down. And you have perfect corners.

That was sooo easy and fun!

Green Bag #9864

Guess what? I've been keeping a secret. I won something else at the SewMamaSew give-away a few weeks ago. I am the 9,864 th person to recieve a free bag from the Green Bag Lady. Dont know who the Green Bag Lady is? Well then you need to go right on over now and check her out. When I recieved the bag from her (along with fabric to make one more to share) I was so touched it made me all *warm and fuzzy* inside. This woman has a passion for what she is doing, and its so exciting to be a part of that. Her hubby "Bagette Dad" who does her contact/shipping etc. All I can say is that someone should give that man a cookie, lots of cookies and maybe a high five.
Anyways ..... I decided that instead of making one more bag to share, that I would make 4. One for each of my followers. I have been using my bag and I love that its light weight and fits in my purse for un-expected shopping stops. So I made these out of cotten and they roll up nice and tidy to fit in your purse. If you are one of my followers, you'll be getting an e-mail from me soon so I can mail yours off to you, enjoy and don't forget to check out the Green Bag Lady.
p.s. I havent heard from a few of you so I can give you your bag. If my message didnt get to you, contact me at kellysmith89(at)hotmail(dot)com and I will get your bag out to you :)

Deer......

Deer Freezer Paper,
You make the best fabric stencils ever.
Love, Me :)

More Caps

More caps, so much fun I had to post a pic.