Monday, October 17, 2011

tag-a-long doll for Sofia

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Another wonderful custom order from the Babes & Babies show. A doll for one of the sweetest little girls I have ever met. Little Sofia came to see my table at the end of the show. She asked if I could make her a doll that looked like her, and could she please have pink bows in her hair?



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Turns out her mom, Rebecca, owner of Petit Couture, was another vendor at the show. She placed the order and asked if I could include her adorable freckles.



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Of course I can! I was excited to learn something new!



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Such a perfect little dolly.





I also included Sofia's name- sorry for the terrible picture, I forgot to take a better one before I sent her off.

Friday, October 14, 2011

the lonely owl shadowbox- custom order

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I made this cute shadowbox for Stephanie, whom I met at the Babes & Babies show. She bought the tweet tweet birds one, and wanted an owl one to match.



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I did a different blue background to coordinate with the other one. Luckily I still had a scrap of the houndstooth wool that I used for the original for the owl. I used the same fabric for the tree and leaves.



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I did the grass a little bit different- it's kinda hard to do the exact same thing when you just make things on the fly, like I did with the original. But having it be unique is part of the art, right?

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

prospect park throw

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Just in time for colder weather- I got my Prospect Park throw ready to cuddle up in.



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The fabric line is called Prospect Park, it's designed by Kitty Yoshida. Every line she comes out with I absolutley and totally fall in love with. This is the first "big" project I've done with her fabrics.

It's a "cheater" quilt, meaning it's a panel that looks like it's pieced. I got the lilac fabric for the border and some grey for the binding. When I bought the fabric I wanted to have it machine quilted.



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But then we moved, and I decided to "tie" it instead. So for fun- I added a ruffle instead of the binding!



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I paid an arm and a leg for the swirly minky for the back- but isn't it perfect?



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I also doubled up on the batting to make it ultra plush. Not that it gets cold enough here to really need this cozy of a quilt, but I don't mind.