Window Seat Cushions for MaryLynne

A friend of mine, MaryLynne, asked me to finish covering the cushions she had begun years ago for her window seats.  She's a seamstress, so she was perfectly capable of doing it herself, but after so long, and needing to get her house ready to possibly sell, she asked me to finish them up for her.  Here you see them all in place.

Tropical Madness Border Dress

One of the last dresses I made for Trenna this past month is this fun dress, sewn from Michael Miller's Tropical Madness Border fabric.  The pattern is from New Look (#0983). We varied the pattern to be straight at the bottom, but without the ruffle.  It was a little longer than just leaving off the ruffle from image "B" so as to incorporate all of the fabric.  A very small hem was used so, again, more of the fabric could be seen.

Monica's Prom Dress

Monica's prom was Friday, April 25th.  The Sunday before, a friend at church asked Monica if she was nervous that I hadn't even started the dress yet.  No, was her answer.  I guess she'd seen me crank out dresses pretty fast.  That weekend, I was still sewing for Trenna and would have to have all Trenna's stuff done by a Tuesday shoot, so Monday, I couldn't start on her dress.  Tuesday, I began.  I have in my mind that it took me 18 hours total to make this, but the difficulty was that Monica was at school all day, so trying things on had to wait until she got home, but once everyone's home, I can't do any sewing.  I did the bodice Tuesday, but had to wait until after school for her to try it on. Sure enough, there was some changes that had to be made.  It took almost as long to "fix" it as it did to sew it together in the first place.  Long story short, it was done in time, but I wish I had had a few more hours.  The sash was a little tight, and I would have liked to make a new one, but, oh well.

Creeper Duvet

Here is a duvet cover that I was asked to put a "creeper" on.  It's appliqued on.

Floralicious and Black Dress

Remember the pink Floralicious dress I made for Trenna?  Michael Miller came out with the same print with a black background.  I like it better, but then again, I've always liked black as my neutral color.  Here is a dress I made - whipped it out in less than a day, it's not hard.

                                            Front and Back

 
They gave me two patterns to choose from, and although the numbers are the same, the patterns and instructions are identical.  Take your pick.  An easy pattern by Simplicity.

Black and White Houndstooth Quilt

I keep asking Trenna if I could make a quilt for her shoots.  Michael Miller sends her quilts all the time, and some of them bug me with the way the corners don't match or whatever.  With Meredith also being a quilter, we asked again for this catalog.  She got the OK from the company and I made the quilt top, changing the size of blocks from the pattern I have to finish quicker.  Meredith used her long arm machine to quilt it.  I must say it was a thrill to see it in the photo layouts that Trenna did.

       Close up to show the details in Meredith's quilting and the mini houndstooth back.

Tara's Firework Quilt Pillow for Trenna

The story I heard was that a lady made a quilt out of Michael Miller's cotton couture line and they liked it so much that they printed the pattern of the quilt on fabric.  Thus the name "Tara's Firework Quilt" for the fabric.  A lovely pillow made from this fabric.

Flower Fields Romper for Trenna

This dress is made from Michael Miller's Flower Fields fabric out of the New Look pattern #6214.  It was super easy to make.  It was done in just a matter of hours.  I love the colors of this print.  It would make a great back or border for a rainbow quilt.

PJ pants for Trenna

From the gaming Michael Miller fabric line, this print is called "Roll the Dice."  I whipped out these pajama pants in a couple hours and got them to Trenna that night.  My daughter, Fiona was nice enough to put them on for a photo, even though they weren't made for her. 

I-Spy baby quilt for fundraising auction

I'm really excited about our church youth group's dinner and auction this Saturday evening.  They have only one fundraiser each year to try and raise enough funds to send all of the youth to their various camps - girl's camp, scout camp and high adventure scout camp.  This year we have more youth than ever before, that I am aware of, and the high adventure camp is not cheap.  It's going to cost in the neighborhood of $9000 to get them all to camp.

I am trying to do my best to help out, especially with 3 kids needing to go.  I've committed to auction off sewing lessons and an embroidered fleece blanket. Those are easy.  Another thing I'm donating is this I-Spy quit I made for the occasion.

I love the way it turned out with the colors moving in a rainbow as it spirals out.

 
The inside dark blue has an aztec type quilting, with the outside border having a similar style, only on a larger scale.  Hope you can see it in the photos.

I've also made some homemade chocolates for Easter.  Monica and Fiona helped me make these and it took us several hours to complete.  I hope they go for a good price. 

Here are some other things we made:




Top left is an Oreo Icebox Cake, made by Fiona.
Top right is Lemon Crumble Squares, also by Fiona.
Bottom left is a blueberry pie, made by Emerald.
Bottom right is a French Silk Pie, made by Emerald.


 








In the back is a Pinata Cake, made by me, Virginia.
Front left is a Kit Kat Cake also made by me.
Bottom right is a pan of Triple Chocolate Bars, made by Monica.




Below is the inside of the pinata cake.  It's cake baked in 2 bowls, the inside hollowed out and filled with candy.  Then it's put together and iced.  When you cut into it, candy spills out.

This is a crunch time for Trenna.  I whipped out a pair of pj pants on Tuesday, sewed a dress and a half yesterday, need to finish up that dress and make another today. Then there will be a purse/bag and pillows to do.  Emerald is making a pair of men's golf shorts. All that has to be done before next Tuesday's shoot.  Then I need to make Monica's prom dress before her Friday night prom.  If I don't get on to show more things, know that it's because I'm busy sewing and will post as soon as I can breath again.