Monday, July 18, 2011

Quilted Baby Shoes

A new quilt shop has opened in town called My Girl Friend's Quilt Shoppe. It is as darling as any quilt shop I've been too. On my first visit there I saw quilted baby shoes. The instructions were listed on a poster board for all to see so I took a quick picture on my phone and headed home to experiment.

The little girl ones are a lot of fun and always turn out cute. (Little girl things are like that, maybe it has something to do with pink and flowers...) I'm still in the process of tweaking my pattern for the little boy ones, but I'm making progress!

I can't wait to shop for more embellishments! Brown velvet ribbon really completed this pair.


Maybe if I take a picture of these little boy ones IN the flowers it will boost their cuteness!

No one in our family will fit into these darling little shoes, but that's okay. I'm in charge of the compassionate service for new babies and their mom's in our ward at church. I've already given two pairs away and am in the process of sewing more!
(Watch for purple ones soon!)

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Baby Chickadee!



We just returned from a Hochstrasser family reunion in St. Louis, MO. We went and did just about everything there was to do in that fabulous town. The highlight of the trip however, was seeing family. My youngest and newest Sister-in-law is due with a baby boy this October. She is super cute and going to be a great mom. I was so excited to put together a quilt for her new little one.



I went on line and literally searched for "cute baby quilt pattern". I found this "Precious Peeps Baby Quilt" from Joann's for free! Not only was it a free pattern, it wasn't too hard and it was DARLING!! (and oh so fuzzy!)


I kept myself busy on the 20 hour car ride to St. Louis sewing on the binding. (When I wasn't entertaining 3 little boys...)
I was "sew" happy with how it turned out and happy to brush up on my applique skills. (You never know when you will need them!) Now my mind is swimming with other variations I could do with this pattern. Just imagine penguins, owls, piggies....
Some one stop me!