Adventures in Sewing - Bunting

I have always wanted to make my own bunting for my office.

Look how cute this looks in a classroom???

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I personally have a small office for me to have individual and family therapy for the kids who live at the facility I work for.  I thought it would be fun to make a bunting that would serve several purposes.  One it would make the space brighter and CUTER and friendly.  I also thought I could include my kids in the process to allow them to have a discharge activity where they get to leave something behind for other kids.

I used this DIY but I know there are tons available on the internet if this one isn't to your liking.

Here are the triangles I made

Really you need some good coffee to make crafting really great!!

I wish I had gotten a picture of me sewing these triangles! I figured out what was messing up on my machine! Yeah and BOO! I somehow can't get the tension right for the top thread, so I have to physically hold the thread in my right hand from the top and then with my left hand hold the fabric! Its a challenge, so I'm glad these triangles look half way decent!!!

Now to get to the kid part - I am letting the kids decorate one side of triangle when they are getting close to discharging from our program.  Here is the first one I have.  I marked out the identifying info.  I love that this kid added a mustache to his picture of himself!

(no matter what I tried I couldn't get this picture to turn the right way! I saved it different ways but blogger always made it back to this... sigh!)

So now I am trying to decide if I sew the bunting all together now or do I just add a flag as the kids decorate them?  Either way I'm taking it down each time.  If I put it all together then I can have it in a nice color pattern and the other way it feels a little more symbolic adding them one at a time... Suggestions??

Crafting for my Cub Scouts

My son has been in cub scouts for a few years and has moved up to Webelos this year.  Now that they are Webelos the boys get pick their own patrol name and start getting ready to be Boy Scouts.  

My husband is our den leader and he thought it would be fun if the boys had their own flag to show off in the pack.  So here came the crafty momma to help out!

I used my new embroidery skills and loved how it turned out!

Here are some of the pictures from the process 

 I loved getting to do this for the boys and seeing them getting so excited about having something that was made just for them.

Halloween Sewing Fun

This year my son came up with a costume idea that I was going to have to make!

He wanted to be Ike from Smash Brothers

I'm glad I have a husband who has some engineering skills because I had no idea how I was going to do this one!! He had the idea to make the tunic from a large T-shirt and how to make the "armor" work with just some material and a belt.

I had fun putting it together and working with my husband on it!

So here is the finished product

I love hats

One thing I have loved making is hats! They are easy, fast and make great gifts!

I had made a bear hat for my nephew when he was born and my sister requested another one since he has gotten just a little bigger now. (why do babies grow so fast????) 

I couldn't say no of course and made two cute hats for him!

He has a new bear hat and a mohawk hat too!! He is so punk rock!!!  

I used this awesome crochet pattern from ravelry and added my own touches with the ears and hawk.  

Isn't he the cutest????

Hats and Booties for some cuties

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted! I've been making lots of things! Most of the items I am making are gifts for other people so I have to wait to post a picture! Don't want to spoil any surprises!!!

My Cousin had twin baby girls and I had to make them some special things!!!

They of course need the cutest hats and I found a great pattern from The Dainty Daisy.  These hats are much cuter in person!!

And of course every girl needs a pair of booties to match!  These were made from a lovely pattern I purchased on Etsy from Two Girls Patterns

The babies were just born and are only 3 pounds right now! They have some growing to do before they can really enjoy their new things.