Flannel Shirt for Corey

Finally finished the pretty plaid flannel shirt for Corey.  She was so patient waiting for it.  I used McCall's Pattern M6389.  It was a pieced shirt pattern with 3 pieces to each front and 3 pieces to the back.  Definitely more complicated than other shirts I have sewed.  It fit her well.  We put pretty purple wooden buttons on it that completed it.  I will say that Corey has enjoyed wearing it.  Here is a picture of the shirt:

Front view of flannel shirt

 

 

Back View of  Flannel Shirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you will be
inspired to create
this week!

Kay

A Colorful Little Elephant

My friend Liz and I saw the cute crocheted elephant by sunnystitching.  I was really wanting to make one and Liz said she would like to have one.  She chose colors for her little elephant from my inventory of yarn, and here is the result!...This cute elephant loved modeling her uniqueness!

Front Pose!

So cute!

Her special blue leg

I am very excited to give Liz her little elephant tomorrow.  I think she will really like it. 

A big thanks to sunnystitching for posting such a cute project on her blog.  Will definitely be making more of these!  I found the pattern on Lion Brand Free Crochet Amigurumi Elephant Patterns

It has been a wonderful day!

Thankfulness and Thoughtfulness....nice theme for the rest of the week.

Kay

Time for Encouragement

On several occasions friends have mentioned they are not creative or do not have a creative outlet or feel like when they make something it has flaws......I hope this bit of poetry that I read on Creative Chaos 
will be an inspiration to all of us.  Our creations do not have to be perfect....I really believe creating is so important for our mental and physical well being.  This poetry was really inspiring to me.

Ring the bell that still can ring,
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

Enjoying.....Creating......

Valentine's Day Cookies

I was at our local 99 Cent Store and purchased some DIY Valentine Cards, a great deal at 4 to a pack.  They came with the double stick adhesive squares and hearts and flowers to use with the squares to stick on the front of the cards.  I wanted to make them for our neighbors and decided to make heat shaped sugar cookies to include with the cards.
I used a Sugar Cookie recipe from a Betty Crocker Cookbook that had belonged to my mother.

I made the dough the night before and let it chill.  When I started rolling it out with a rolling pin that had also belonged to my mom, the dough was really soft.  Decided to roll it thicker and use the smallest cookie cutter in the package I also purchased at the 99 Cent Store.

Put them on the greased baking sheet, sprinkled sugar on them and baked them for 5-7 minutes at 425 degrees.

 

After they had cooled I piled them on a red paper plate and started getting the cards ready.

 

Divided the cookies to put on the 7 plates and wrapped them in plastic wrap.  Then put white tissue around each group of cookies and tied leftover red ribbon from Christmas around the tissue.  Put the cards on each red plate with the cookies and had a wonderful time delivering to the neighbors.

 

 What a wonderful way to spend Valentine's Day. ....... Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine Pouch for Corey

I saw a tutorial on sunnystitching for this Valentine Pouch.  I loved it and made one for my granddaughter Corey.  I did not have any adhesive backed felt so did the blanket stitch with red embroidery thread around the hearts.  It was so fun to make.  A big thanks to sunnystitching for the idea.  I have included a picture below.

Corey did really like it!

Beautiful California Poppy

Flowers are our greatest silent friends.

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We have the beautiful California Poppy plants in our front yard.  This one was a different color and especially beautiful.  I hope you enjoy it.

Photo of the Week- Bird of Paradise

A beautiful Bird of Paradise bloom on our plant that was started by a few cuttings many years ago.