Room Divider Panels

These are panels that I bought at Ikea to try to divide the space of my office from the front room.  If you look at my Bathroom post, I used the same material to make a shower curtain valance.

I have to give a shout out to Ryan Bingham, he made the beautiful gate for me to keep the kiddos out of my sewing space.  Thanks Ryan!!

Kids Rooms

Here are some pictures of my kids' rooms.

This is my girls' room

 I just made a basic tab-top curtain out of the bed skirt that came with the bedding, and then I used the top sheet for the set to add the trim and make an extra pillow case for each girl.

My boys' room

 I was completely in love with a Nautica crib set that I saw about 5 years ago, but I didn't want to spend that much money on a crib set, so I decided to copy the idea.  The border is a Nautica border, but the comforter, curtain, and crib skirt are all a "mimic" of the Nautica look.  My wonderful Grandma embroidered all of the boats for me on her embroidery machine and then I made a crib size quilt that I turned into a comforter by adding the large navy border.  I also bought a couple of crib sheets that I got on sale and kept one and used the rest to add into the quilt and make extra pillow cases so that the crib bedding and twin bedding all match.  I also made a throw pillow, but you can't really see it in the picture.  Lucky when I originally bought the Nautica wall border (5 years ago) I had bought extra so when we moved and had another baby I still was able to make the room the same.  I actually have enough border to do another room if we move again, although my boys might be sick of boats by then!   

So CUTE!

I love this and it was so fun.  I got the idea from http://www.makeit-loveit.com/, but I made my own pattern for the skirt.  Walmart carries the onsies for $1 and they are really nice quality.  I just added a little ruffle to match the skirt and booties.  Super cute!

Baptism Dress

This adorable girl got baptised the same day as my oldest daughter.  The lace on the dress is from her mom's wedding dress.  What a sweet and fun way to pass something on to your daughter.  I loved the idea of using her mom's wedding dress, and it was just a fun and sweet project to work on with this wonderful family.  It was also so much fun to work on the two baptism dresses at the same time.

Sewing Boot Camp

A friend of mine wanted to make a crib skirt and matching curtain for her babies room.  I gave her sewing lessons that we later dubbed "Sewing Boot Camp".  She learned a lot in a short period of time.  I made her take out a lot of stiching to make sure it was perfect and there were times I thought she was going to strangle me, but as you can see everything turned out great! 

Dance Bag

I made this bag for my youngest daughter for her birthday.  I made the bag, then sewed the "A" on it just using a regular zig zag stitch, and added some jems.  I then added the tulle and ribbon to make it look like a tutu.  The handles are just ribbon and tulle braided together.  So fun!

Weekender Tote

I love this tote.  I got the pattern from a sewing magazine and made a few changes to make it work the way I wanted it.