Crafting

My mom was/is an excellent sewer.  I just couldn't get into it too much.   We made some things together in my early teenage years, and I loved doing that with her.  But I didn't have much interest to carry on myself.  I have discovered that I love to do little sewing projects that don't take too much time.  (However, if I took more time on the projects they might turn out even better.) 

My sister-in-law gave me a darling carseat canopy cover for my baby shower, and I decided that I wanted to see if I could make one to give to a couple of friends.  So, I studied hers and bought enough fabric for mistakes - which was a good thing.  I ended up making two of them.  I didn't take a picture of the second one on a carseat...that's why it looks strange, but I loved the colors.

 I should have rounded the corners, but I was afraid. 

My sister made a cute "tag rag" with ribbons and such.   Drew absolutely loves it.  So I thought with the extra fabric that I had that I would make something similar.  As I searched online, I found a tag ball that was way cute that I wanted to try.  Sewing with that fuzzy fabric is hard, but it turned out.  I'm just glad no one can see the inside.  Next time I won't put as many ribbons on it.  I want to make some more balls without the ribbons, varying in size, since we don't have many here to play with. 

 Honestly, I'm STILL not completely finished with this project.  I just need to drill holes and get a ribbon so that it can be hung next Christmas.  I have time right?!  I saw this on a local tv show and tried it out.  I used my mom's Cricut over the holiday to make the fun numbers.  I was pleased with how it turned out. 

We were in need of a bigger blanket for our growing boy.  I made this for him and tried the rounded corners.  It wasn't too painful, but once again this fabric is so tricky for me to work with.  My embellishment was the zigzag stitch.:)

Thanks for letting me share!