DRESSES FOR HAITI

I have two friends named Sue. I call them "My Sues". One is Mimi Sue - she has a blog, the other doesn't (slacker!)

Anyway my Sues and I like to go places together and one day we went to Quilter's Haven in Bountiful. They had a little basket with some fabric rolled up with a pattern for a pillowcase dress that you could take and make and bring back and they would send the dresses to Haiti.

Well we were game.

This was my kit...

See the cute little cherries on the fabric?

And this is what I made with it...

Of course I had to add a little something to it. The Haitians love bright colors.

And I had to add a little flower...

I tried it on Dolly...

It was a little big.

So I tried it on Dirty Faced Teddy...

Perfect! It should fit one of those chubby little Haitian babies just fine. I'm going to go make them some more.

Maybe I should make one for my chubby little 1/2 Haitian grand baby.

CHIP AND DIP

I found this sweet little lady at our local thrift shop yesterday.

Isn’t she cute? I shall call her Henrietta.

But alas she had a little CHIP on her head.

Sooo, being the lazy crafter I am, instead of going downstairs to look for some red craft paint, I grabbed some of this because it was just sitting there on the counter…

I sprayed a little into the lid and used the paint brush mother nature gave me to DIP in the paint and touch up poor Henny’s head.

(Don’t worry it will come off in the hot tub.)
All better

Now my Henrietta is as good as new.

She shall have a special place on my table for a while.
 
Ohhh, bad Henny… look what you did to my table.
Oh well, another project for another day.

I also got this. I’ve been wanting one for a long time.
Same problem, same solution…

All better 

RED! WHO ME?

In case you were wondering, I LOVE RED!  And today is Wednesday or REDNESDAY.
 
Sue over at  It's a Very Cherry World hosts  this event every Wednesday and I have decided to join her.
First, I found this cute little red picture from a friend on Facebook…



Isn’t she cute. I was born in Canada and was raised in Vancouver so I have had so much fun watching the Olympics this year and yes, it’s makes me very homesick. Utah has it’s beauties but it is nothing like British Columbia.
Anyway, for Rednesday I decided to share…
MY RED QUILT…

I made this quilt several years ago. I am fortunate enough to have an embroidery machine and I found these cute little redwork patterns somewhere…

 
I made blocks with them and I put a smaller version of them all around the border.

The cute gal on the bicycle is called, “petal pusher” and I loved her so much that I had to use her even though she had nothing to do with the “sewing” theme. I put her on each corner
 
I made some pinwheel blocks to alternate with the redwork blocks and did a little patchwork…

Then I quilted it with my machine, scalloped the edges and trimmed it and there you have it…

My red quilt.
HAPPY REDNESDAY

WHEN GRANDPA COMES HOME

My husband  works in Iraq and comes home every 6 months or so for some well deserved R&R.  It seems like all rules go out the door for the Grandkids (not that there are very many) but jumping in the hot tub is a no-no.
I was inside cooking dinner and he was outside taking pictures.
Here is what I found later when I looked on his camera…


 
 
 






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Did you know, you could get 14 grand kids in a hot tub at the same time?

I think there is only nine in this picture. Who knows though. A couple of them could have been under water at the time.

WE’RE ALL SO GLAD WHEN GRANDPA COMES HOME!

CURTAIN SKIRTS

I made these…

I didn’t like them.

So I made this out of them…

Then I made more….

And I made these….

For their hair.

And these…

For an accent.

I made them for these….

And this….

And this….

So cute…

Their Mom did their hair…

Love it.

Posing….

 

(We need to pull it up over that cute little belly.)

More posing….

I put some straps on this one so it’s a dress this year and a skirt next year…

They like them!