Surgery Pants

My sweet baby is having surgery tomorrow to have tubes put in his ears, again.  This time around he'll also be having his adenoids removed.  I am hopeful this will be the end of his ear infections.

A good friend  of mine has been making some adorable baby pants and inspired me to make some for L so he has something comfy to wear after his surgery.

Baby L's favorite color is orange (and I didn't even have to encourage that).  I used some of my favorite Riley Blake fabric, All Star 2.

Here's to an easy recovery!

Tic Tac Toe!

The season of crazy Christmas sewing has begun!  I'm a little crazy and I've had almost all of my Christmas shopping done since last month.  All that's left to do is sew.  

The first project completed is for my nephew.  It's a game quilt, based on this adorable Tic Tac Toe quilt.  How cute is a game quilt that little ones can toss bean bags at to claim their square for Tic Tac Toe?

I still had a ton of fabric left from the quilt I made for Baby L's bed that I've been anxious to use on a project for a special little boy.  Ready, Set, Go! by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman is one of my favorite lines.  And as a proud OSU grad, I have a special place in my heart for the color orange.

I made my quilt a little bit larger (it's about 44 inches square) than the pattern and I did not appliqué on the words "Tic Tac Toe".  The small squares are about 3 inches instead of 2.5.  This was a great way to use up scraps. 

Can't take a picture without Bear.

I still have to make the bean bags so my adorable nephews can play.

One project down, many more to go!

Bags!

An embarrassingly long time ago my mom requested I make her a lunch bag.  I followed this tutorial for a totebag.  I made mine a little bit bigger with wider straps and added a pocket.

Reversible!

My friend Kira loves gnomes.  A few months ago I bought some Gnoming Around by Michael Miller and I've been waiting for the perfect project.  This bag fit the bill.

 

Gnoming around, indeed!

These bags are a great evening project.  Baby L has already requested his own bag so I'll need to get working on that. 

Checking out Oma's bag.

Yep.  This bag will definitely hold stuff.

The LAST film strip quilt

I finally finished the last of the film strip quilts!  This one was for my baby rhino.  The uniform I used in this quilt is extra special because it was one of the uniforms Adam wore on his deployment right after L was born.  

Here it is!

Deep in thought.  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is very intense.

Baby feet

I think he likes it.