this one's for me

i haven't received my annie doll from the swap, but I have one in progress that I'm making for me. now on to the clothes! no naked babies!

Happy Mothers day ! Spent the day in Palm Springs with my mother in law, husband and son. So much fun. Had a great day.

SWAPS

I've joined a couple more swaps, another one at Aunt Pitty Pats, disappearing 9 patch block swap,
and another at morning glories and moonflower's, nancy drew swap,
which is a new kind of swap for me. its still some handmade and I'll do some altering of things, but no aprons! all my swaps so far have been aprons except the annie doll swap. I'm going to get started on both today, but I need to do some research on my nancy drew book. its the Quest of the missing map, that should be lots of fun.

I've mailed out my annie and upcycle apron swaps and the post office shows they were delivered, now I'm checking my mail for packages!

annie swap

Here she is, with arms and all dressed up! I was too afraid to paint a face on, so I used buttons for the eyes and embroidered a mouth. I looked at the dolls posted on flicker and their faces came out so cute! maybe next time I make one I will try painting the face...I don't think my partner will mind, I think she's very cute. it was really hard to send her off to someone else.

up cycle apron swap

my up cycle apron swap was delivered today according to the USPS, but if my partner hasn't seen it yet, I hope she doesn't look here!
I used a skirt that I loved the flowers and ladybug, but didn't particularly like the skirt. I was thinking about making a bag, but then this swap came along. I hope my partner likes it.

I used my new ruffler foot to add the ladybug ruffle at the bottom. the pockets are too deep I think, but i didn't want to lose any of the flowers. I learned a lot having to take something apart and put it back together as something else! I didn't want the edges to be ugly so I used some binding to make the side seams clean. the people at work liked it, and couldn't believe I had to send it off to someone else. Now i can look forward to getting my apron :)

Art Nest Pincushion RingGIVEAWAY!!!!

Art Nest Pincushion RingGIVEAWAY!!!!

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