I need a new fall wreath - maybe this would do...

Tutorial.

Halloween Quilt

I pieced this together last year... and then let it sit forever until I was motivated to sew the black edge on and quilt it.  It is finally done, and pretty cute.

My favorite halloween corners this year

I finished the sweatshirt and he loves it.

Celestial Pumpkins

Of course I want to carve some pumpkins but these are so pretty I might have to make a few of these too.

Father's Day

I finally finished Dad's wall hanging- and only 6 months late!  Oh well.  Happy Father's Day Dad!

Crib Bumper

I finally finished the crib bumper (below). I think it's cute. It wasn't technically hard, just annoying to work with such long pieces of fabric. Above is the quilt top I'm still working on turning into a quilt...hopefully I'll be done with that soon.

Amy's Curry Chicken

serves 6

3 whole (6 split) chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
olive oil
kosher salt
freshly ground pepper
1 1/2 c mayonnaise
1/3 c dry white wine
1/4 c Major Grey's Chutney
3 T curry powder
1 c medium diced celery
1/4 c chopped scallions
1/4 c raisins
1 c whole roasted cashews

Preheat oven to 350.

Place the chicken breasts on a sheet pan and rub the skin with olive oil. sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Roast for 35-40 minutes, until the ckicken is just cooked. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove the meat from the bones, discard the skin, and dice the chicken in large bite size pieces.

For the dressing, combine the mayo, wine, chutney, curry powder, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process until smooth.

Combine the chicken with enough dressing to moisten well. Add the celery, scallions and raisins and mix well. Refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend. Add the cashews and serve at room temp.

Cami's Baby Shower

Before Cami left we threw her a baby shower up at Dave and Kristine's house. Here are a few pictures.

The invite.

The seating

The centerpiece and flower clips we made and gave out.

Straws

The food: fruits and veggies

the caramel brie that my Aunt Celeste made- it was the best thing ever

yummy curry chicken sandwiches

the cake my mom made.

The robe and the dress

I saw this towel robe on MADE and knew immediately that the kids had to have one for the lake this summer. Jamesy loves wearing his everywhere. Ian's is cut out and waiting to be sewn...


Here is the dress I made last month. I truly despise modeling clothing. Can you tell?

Walker Skirt for Susan

I'm in TX with my sister-in-law Susan helping her after her hip replacement operation. I went to the store to get a pattern for a walker skirt, but they didn't have one in stock so I made this one up for her. She can keep track of everything she needs to take from room to room in the many pockets like her meds, phone, eye glasses, paper and pen and even put a water bottle in if she is going out. She loves it!

SOI Bake Sale

The girls and I have been going up to SOI a lot to help out with their fundraisers for the Marine Corps Ball. One of the other girls made the SOI Bake Sale sign but I figured the table could use a little more so I made a table runner/sign and etched a glass jar for the donations.

The kitchen desk area

I wasn't going to post this until I got the shelves decorated the way I want but that might not be FOREVER so I thought I would post a picture anyway.
BEFORE:

Middle:

After:

The wall behind the desk is corkboard and there is a light under the shelves (curt's favorite part). Now if we just had an IPad sitting there....anyway I think Curt did an amazing job - can't wait to see what his next project is.

Sewing like crazy

Just made these shorts from this tutorial for James today and he was so excited. (btw after I finished Ian asked me when I was going to start his shorts and also could I make him a whole outfit including underwear and socks?)


I made this tote as an end of school present for Ian's teacher. It actually has her name embroidered on it in white but you can't see it in the picture (and barely in real life - unfortunately).

And some birthday gifts for some of my favorite babies who will be having birthdays while I am in NY this summer.



And of course a few gifts that I can't show you yet....

Hey guys I made a shirt

I have actually worn it several times already - it looks cute with a belt too. I also made a dress but I haven't taken any pictures in it. Seriously I am getting addicted to making clothes - it is fun. The modeling part...not so much (obviously).

I love this picture wall

Streamers

Speaking of parties- I really want to sew together streamers like this. So cute!

ultrasound

Lou - I can't wait to get the invite to your reveal party. Actually I don't really care about the party I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE HAVING! But wouldn't these be cute if you were having a party?

And I want to make this cute stool. ( the baby picture was attached but I would like to make one of those as well)

New Shirts

I was making a shirt for Luke for his birthday when I discovered that Make the Cut has a new search images button in the program and when I searched I found this: (image below)

So of course I had to make a shirt for ian. I think it is one of the best freezer paper stencils I have ever done. Ian was pretty happy about it.

Then of course I had to make a boba fett one for jamesy. His didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. I think it is the colors. But he thinks it is awesome. Can you tell?

AND.. curt finished building our built in desk in the kitchen. All the stuff on the wall is coming down and he is going to build built in shelves above it. Not sure what to do about the outlet in the middle of the wall - I don't know how to hide it. But I love having a desk and more storage in the kitchen.