I took one gagillion photos today. Scarily most of them were of myself. yikes!
And I have many many more pictures to take… had a great thrifting trip
today and have a ton of new-to-us kids books to click through. But
Boxcar’s awake now so I can just get this one up today – thrifted polka dot fabric,
finished mini quilt and cutie Polish Joli doll from Joy. I love her so much, thanks Joy!!
the bunnies are ready for any possible new adventures that might come are coming their way!
bunn
As some of you might have already seen, I’m bringing ThriftCraft back into the fold of Wee Wonderfuls for now. It’s just too overwhelming having 2 blogs. Well actually it’s not. I could just let it sit there unupdated for long periods of time. But I get all twitchy when things are hanging out there like that so for my sanity I made an ‘official’ decision. So now thrifty treats will be over here on the w.w. Here are some of ThriftCraft’s greatest hits
pillowcase magazine caddy
pouf made from tablecloths
knotted vintage fabric and bead necklace inspired by marni
sweaters with ties
pocketbook covers
monster pillow
I was trying to come up with my own version of the Sunbonnet Sue applique quilt patterns but I just couldn’t work the bonnet in. So instead, here’s my no-bonnet Sue. I dig how she turned out. I’m thinking a few more applique squares and then I need to think of how to work them into a quilt design. Feels good to be getting back to this abandoned color scheme.
Well I’m finally Aunt Hillary! Thanks Katie for the 8lb 8oz bundle of squirmy cute pink cheek baby! Oscar is very pleased Maggie is here. Last night when we were over there visiting Maggie was crying in the other room while getting her diaper changed and Oscar jumped up and said "I’ll go check on her." gah! I have a feeling things are about to get overwhelmingly cute around here. I’ll try to keep my gushing to a minimum. Plus I don’t think my sister is too keen on me plastering my new niece all over the blog. poo.
In other recent arrival news…the embroidery girls postcards are in and again… gah! they’re cute! We couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out. I’m so excited about these. I’ve been collating all night and they’re ready to go. They’ll be on sale tomorrow, Wednesday at 12pm Chicago time. Here they are, the Stitchettes!
included are 4 postcards, instructions and iron on transfer sheet
the thank you card
new stickers I made to go on the packages
So that’s what that’s all about. Sale tomorrow, extremely limited edition and then we’re not printing more of these up. It’s on to Fall. Which at "feels like 102" is sounding really good right now.
Piece out.
I’ve started on my quest to cover the apartment in doll quilts. Tiny tiny squares. Well ok 2" isn’t that tiny but tiny enough for me. I can’t decide if they want to be arranged symmetrically or just jumbled up. I’m thinking the latter. And maybe whipstitching them together instead of sewing them in the machine. Maybe while watching some netflix that have been sitting on top of the tv for about a month now. If you ever wonder how does netflix make any money. Us, it’s us.
Just got off the horn with the printers and looks like middle of next week for embroidery patterns. We’re having postcards made up of the girls and one of each will be included in the set. I can’t wait to see how they turn out! And rockin bunny is on her way too. I think I’ll go ahead and be offline until next week then. Miss Maggie is a week past her arrival date and is coming out in the next few days whether she likes it or not!
You’d think it was the dead of Winter around here the way Oscar is nuts for covers lately. He can’t be sitting on the sofa unless he’s under a pile of covers with all his books and toys jammed under there with him. And the piling! He spends a good part of our indoors time piling all his toys into towers. He walks around muttering pillows, playmobile toys, monster truck, cars… as he gathers everything up. He’s snuggling in. So I thought I’d make him something super puffy. I made this quick and easy quilt from some great japanese fabric our friend Becky passed on to me and some Kona cotton, sewed it up like a pillow case and stuffed it with 4 layers of extra loft poly batting and then tied it down. Pouff!
and this is the look he gives me when I try to take his picture. geesh.
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
