Baby Shower and Life

 I went to a baby shower today for my son's best friend and his wife.

I had a long time friend ride with me and we met up with one more friend at the party.

I have not seen these ladies in such a long time!

It was such a joy to catch up with these ladies.

Here are the mama and papa to be with me.

Doesn't she look amazing?

They are the sweetest kids and are going to be fabulous parents!

I got all the binding made for the three unicorn quilts earlier in this week.

I love them all.

Cole often attends me in my sewing room.

I have a quilt that he lays on, just like Autumn used to do.

It's so difficult to get a good photo of a black cat.

The light was good and I put my phone on portrait mode.

I managed to get some really nice shots of him.

I must say, I think I missed the mark with his name.

I should have named him Shadow, as he is always near me!

~XOP~

Catching Up With Makes

 I have been SO busy sewing and trying to finish my "to do" list. 
 (and no, Margie, I have not forgotten about the stockings).
I have LOADS of Christmas presents to finish binding, some baby quilts to ship out, and baby shower gifts that I needed to make.

First up is to share what I made for Avery for his first birthday.  

I put together a car mat, and made a Bendy Bag to put the little cars in and

 then a Midi bag to put it all in.  

This way his mom can carry everything together.

  Isn't that mat the bomb?

You can see both bags here.  Loved making them and will likely make more .

I used Hot Wheels fabric on the back of the mat too.

I was working on a quilt back that needed some attention  

The front was made using the fabric line called Dorothy's Journey.  

So I used the panel for the back and then I broke out my embroidery machine to make this crown and the label for the quilt. 

 I'm still a beginner with my machine so was pretty proud of myself to make this!

I had the BEST helpers.

Next up a lovey using the cutest skunk flannel and some minky.

Of course, my signature chenille blanket!

Made another 6 burp cloths

2 receiving blankets

2 crib sheets

Here it is all together, but I added some resuable wipes in a container, 

and some teethers that I made, and a sloth Warmie.  

Plus 2 books.

Another chenille blanket and a Tiger Warmie. 

 How cute is this combo??

I may need to find more of this fabric. 

Making the tiger stripes for the chenille was so cute!

I have a few more things to share but they need to be gifted first.

I leave for a retreat in WI on Tuesday.

Will likely not post again until I get home since I can't show gifts.

PHEW!  Lots of new stuff!!

~XOP~

Babies Everywhere

 Our family has had 5 babies born between October and today.  

This past weekend I went to the baby shower of my niece who was due to have her baby in April 

(she actually gave birth to her baby today!)  

It was a few weeks early, but so far everything seems to be ok.  

Haven't heard much since this morning.

Chris came with me and hung out with his brother while I was at the shower.  

We picked up his sister and stopped at her daughter's house before going to the shower.  

We had not met our newest grand niece so we were able to do that on Saturday.

Just look at all that hair!  Her name is Lincoln (our last name).  

Isn't that so cute?! 

 She is the one I made the Neverland, Star Break quilt for (posted about previously)

We were so happy to get the chance to meet her. 

 She is the youngest of 4 girls and they all look like each other!

Once we got to the shower we also got to meet the first baby born after Avery, Timothy.

 He is very good natured and went to everyone!

This is our niece, Jessie.  

Our great niece, Addie is showing her the Warmie I bought the new baby. 

 You can see Jessie's hubby, Josh in the background.  

I made 2 crib sheets and several burp cloths for them too.

My go to for baby showers is a chenille blanket and this was no exception. 

 I made a gray and yellow one for their baby. 

 The nursery is gray and white. 

 You can see the sheets on her lap too.

You can see it a bit better in this photo.

This is a close up of the chenille blanket

I forgot to take pictures of the sheets or the burp cloths.  

They are pretty standard like I usually make.

As I was leaving 2 other great nieces wanted to do a selfie so here I am with Clara and Addie.

It was a fun day with family. 

 I can't wait to meet the newest edition

 (a little boy also named Lincoln).

More tomorrow. 

~XOP~

Socially Distant Baby Showers

 Last weekend we were in NC for our daughter and SIL's baby showers. Their friends were having one on Saturday and we were hosting one for our family and friends. Two of her friends hosted first.  They came over and set up some very cute and delish food.  We set up pop up tents outside with tables and they scheduled when friends could stop by so there were only a few folks there at the same time.  Then after the drive by folks came by the Zoom shower began.  

Here you see the pregnant mama and her 2 friends that hosted the party.

Many gifts were dropped off.

These were the tents and tables we set out.  

My daughter and SIL are on the left and

 the minister that married them and his pregnant wife is on the right

Nick's mom made those adorable hats!

 Then on Sunday we hosted the family shower.

  On Friday I opened all the Amazon boxes and combined the gifts and wrapped them all in brown paper and tied them up with Tulle ribbon.  

My sweet sister in law bought this mobile for the baby and sent all the decorations and the food.

She also sent this tiara for Kelsey to wear during the shower too.

To be replaced with a flower crown later.

Grammy-Mama-to-be-Gigi

Gige, mama and daddy to be, and Papa

I gave her some sheets for the crib, and a chenille blanket for the first shower.

We also bought the mattress and the baby monitor.

We tried to help with a few of the more expensive necessities.

The colors are not true in this photo.  It was navy and green.  I used the Tula true colors for the back.

The big gift I made was the milestone mat.  I'm not sure it was exactly what she wanted size wise.  It turned out a little on the large size.  I used left over blocks from their wedding quilt for the center.  I paper pieced the letters and numbers.  I used a aqua minky for the back.

It was a whirlwind of a weekend. 

~XOP~

WIPs With Friends

You may remember that I was going to a baby shower for my niece this past Saturday.  

I was helping throw the shower so decided to have us make some Onsies for the baby to be.  

The theme of the nursery is whales (pink and navy) 

so I went with using a Under-the-sea theme for the onsies.  

I found lots of coloring book pages of Under-the-sea animals and sea life. 

 I narrowed them down to the ones I thought would translate into making Onsie appliques.  

I bought several different sizes of Onsies, and both long and short sleeves.  

Ahead of time, I traced the designs onto fusible (remember to do this using the reverse of the design!)  I flipped my papers over and put them on the light box (aka the window) 

and traced them onto the fusible.  

Next I chose fabrics to make the design.  

I rough cut out the pieces of fusible and fused them to the desired fabrics. 

 I roughly cut the fabric out, but not the individual pieces.  

I put the Onsie, the coloring page and the fused fabric into a Ziploc.  

I had the coloring book page facing out so when I laid them all out 

the guests would be able to choose by the drawings.

I brought scissors (small ones), a table top ironing board and an iron with me the day of the shower.

People came up to the table and selected a design and took it back to their table.  

Once there they took out the fabric that had the fusible design on it and cut it out, ON THE LINE.  Once they were finished with that they brought them back to me.  

I had them remove the paper and place the pieces according to the design they had chosen.  

It was so much fun!  

I took them home to stitch around but here is what they look like before I stitch them.

Narwhal and Otter

Stingray and Jellyfish

Dolphin and Sand Dollar

I guess I have my work cut out for me to get them all stitched around!

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~XOP~

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