I made one a few years ago, but after two moves it seems to have gone missing. I had no idea this fabric was so hard to come by now. I only had a small bit left, so I had to settle with the cookie pattern oriented in this way. It will still hold what it needs to. You can find the tutorial to make one similar here. The only real change I made besides the size was that I didn't make a square bottom on mine because I wanted it flat for money.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!, originally uploaded by pearljamfanatic.

I realized I forgot to post the annual appliqued birthday shirt picture! Last year they wanted to decorate their own shirts with fabric markers, and the result didn't show up too well in pictures. So this year we went back to the old tradition.

Disney shirts and ironing board cover

We went on a family vacation to Disney World in December and the kids wanted me to make them a couple of shirts. Between work and getting ready to go, I didn't want to make the shirts from scratch this year, so I got some blank t-shirts at Target and embroidered/appliqued/bedazzled only.







The embroidery and applique patterns were purchased from an Etsy seller who no longer seems to be listed there. If I seem them reappear in the future, I will link them up here.

Another sewing project was from this evening, and that is a new ironing board cover. The ironing board is always out when there is sewing going on, so I decided it was about time to cover that old, stained up cover that was currently on it. I used the tutorial found at Sew Spoiled. It worked out great, was easy, and I think it looks a lot better now. It's a great way to use stash fabric as well.

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