Baby Clothes!

I am so thrilled that I am soon to be an aunt, I had to share my newest craft projects which have been baby focused. I took some plain white onesies and undershirts from my sister's pile of hand-me-down baby clothes and decided to get crafty with them.

I decided to do the first ones in a garden/little girl theme using embroidery and scrap fabric from my Pottery Barn Kids days. Not sure how the embroidery and hand stitching will hold up in the wash, but they look adorable for now.

I'm sure you'll recognize the bird stencils used in the second set of baby clothes. I thought these would look a little more sophisticated and less "girly", but still be very cute on a baby girl. I enjoy the contrast of the dark brown paint on the white fabric, and look forward to doing more stenciling on clothes, and to seeing my niece in these outfits.

Sewing Projects - Tablecloth

I was asked to make a tablecloth for the dining room of a recent staging. We normally do not use draped dining tables in staging, but this dining room called for some drama, and so we delivered the table and chairs shown above. This was an easy sewing project, but ended up having a lot of impact in the room.

Sewing Projects -Duvet Cover

I made a duvet cover for a design client at work recently. It was a pretty simple project of sewing together two flat sheets in order to make a custom duvet cover that would match the sheets on the bed. It was a significant project for me because they are cal-king sheets and I live in a small apartment with very little room to lay out fabric of that size. I also learned how to do buttonholes for this project, which was very exciting.

Once the duvet cover was on the bed at the client's house, my boss didn't even realize that I had made it, he assumed it was purchased for the house. What a great compliment!