Wrist Cuffs Tutorial & 733 Guest post

Hey everyone! Here we are continuing with our National Sewing Month celebration! 

Today I am guest posting the tutorial a day early over at 733 with Kim!

I am so excited to be guest posting and you will def want to see this tutorial! It is great for boys & girls... Young and Older!! 

Check it out! 

Quilted Carseat strap covers tutorial

Welcome to National Sewing Month!!! 

National Sewing Month is celebrated for the entire month of September! So for the month of September we have some exciting things going on around here! 

For one we have a giveaway at the end of the month! What are we giving away? Sorry can't tell! It's a surprise! 

There is going to be a new tutorial once a week on Wednesday!

I will be guest blogging over at Seven-Thirty-Three &  at Keeping It Simple!

It is going to be a crazy month folks! 

Don't forget to check out what is going on over at No Big Dill w/ Katy... She has some awesome ideas and plans!

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So let's get down to our first tutorial... Today we will be sewing the absolute essential piece to any babies car seat! 

Strap cozies!

{This tutorial is continued under the "Continue reading" so that this blog can be more reader friendly to those who have slower connections}

Quilting is terrifying...

Until you do it!!! 

It is not hard at all! Now granted I did not put together a quilt I used a solid top and bottom... but I did free-motion quilt! 

I never even opened my quilting feet! lol Sad I know... But they are out and breathing now! 

Quick Story as to why I tackled this ... 

I have been wanting to try quilting for a long while now! But the other day my son, grandmother, and I were at wal-mart. We were in the baby department and Bug saw a spongebob bedding set... so I grabbed it off the shelf and let him look at it while I searched for a price checker because it was on clearance with no price... and since bug IS getting a new crib... he needed some bedding anyway! So scanned it... and its $35... It will be a cold day in hell  a long time before I pay $35 for a pillow case sheet and puny blanket! 

So I put it back on the shelf at which time Bug started crying that heart breaking you just took my world away cry that I have never heard from him before except when he had to leave me at the hospital for my gallbladder surgery... So I gave it back to him and he stopped...

My thoughts... "Oh shit... he is in love with spongebob."

So off to the fabric dept we went where I picked up SB fabric and he proceeded to laugh and chew on it the rest of the way through the store...

After I snuck it away during a nap I was able to come up with this the next day... :D 

Oh so cute!!! 

I really wish someone had told me how tedious it is to hand sew binding on though! :P

Linking up to 

No Big Dill's Linky party...

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Linking to some of these parties...

September= Awesome

Do you like amy butler fabric? Me too!! Girl from Tulsa @ feather and cloth is giving away a full fq set of amy butler fab!
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September has always been a good month for me! 

Why do I love September?

-Starts to cool down because fall is on its way

-Means daylight savings time is closer and I love me an extra hour!

-Halloween is almost here and it means it is time to start thinking costumes

-We are that much closer to Christmas which is my fav holiday EVER.

And now I have a new something to add to that list...

{View from my sewing machine into the back 3 acres}

NATIONAL SEWING MONTH!

{nationalsewingmonth.org}

Yes folks there is a WHOLE MONTH dedicated to... SEWING! 

Now I might just be the last person on earth to know about this but when I read about NSM on Katy's blog No Big Dill... My jaw hit the floor. September just got THAT MUCH BETTER! 

With only 5 days left I am putting my machine in gear and my camera to work.... I am hoping to be able to offer 1 tutorial a week!

-crosses fingers-

I am also going to be doing a giveaway the last week of September! 

A friend of mine may be joining in but no promises yet! 

I can't wait to see what September brings! Can you? 

Am I the last person on earth to know about NSM? What are your plans for NSM?

I am mommy hear me RAWR!

Yep that's right I am Rawr 'ing! 

Not only did I complete 8 owl softies in 3 days but tonight I made a kick butt pillow in 2 hours! 

An accomplishment all on it's own because my terror 6 month old usually won't let me sew for any stretch of time. We had some night terrors so far tonight but nothing that a little pat on the butt couldn't solve.

Want to see what I have been up to? OF COURSE YOU DO!!! 

{like you had any choice}

{my little vampire trying to help mommy sew}

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{My owl army!!! Aren't they adorable?}

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This pillow was inspired by a tutorial for a freezer paper stenciled version @ Ucreate {one of my favorite blogs to stalk read!}... Written by Running with Scissors. {Another good blog} You can see the tutorial here.

I used a ribbon as the embellishment and I used some fabric that I had left over from a Christmas gift I am making. I than used heat bond to hold the fabric and cut the birdie out using the template provided by the tutorial...Finally stitched all around the appliqué for added strength! 

This pillow is actually a case with a opening in the back so it can be washed etc!

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I am going to be doing a Arts & Crafts festival called the Sum Nelly festival, in my town come October with any luck... My friend, Emily, from Paperpixiecrafts and I are going together to share a booth! I can't wait! 

So I am going to try and not disappear but I might! 

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I am also going to try and start doing ONE tutorial every two weeks (every week preferred but I will only promise every two weeks).... Would this be something you guys would look forward to?

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I was also thinking about doing a sew along... Maybe with a new owl design I am working on... It would be a smallish pillow owl...Anyone interested? 

Enjoy your day folks!

Don't forget you can visit my store at RyBug!

The owls will be listed by tomorrow morning!

Linking to some of these parties...

Not so Wordless Monday #8

Not so wordless monday is my favorite time of the week! 

So let's get right down to it! 

{ARE YOU WATCHING MOM?!}

{Wasn't that cool mom?!}

{Man that was exhausting!}

{My little Book worm stole my book when he was supposed to be "sleeping"}

{my friend Emily (PaperPixieCrafts), Bug, and I, went to Sew Bee It}

{Mini Blue Berry Muffins on the left for Bug's snacks & Mommy size muffins on the right}

{Preliminary photos of the 8 owls that I just finished Sunday evening!}

Enjoy your Monday!

Cars everywhere!

Just a short post today...

My son fell in love with this fabric with cars on it... So what did I do? Buy it of course! 

I than couldn't decide what to do with it. 

He loves pillows through and I needed a small pillow to take with us places so that I could put it in highchairs since he is still too small to reach the back of the highchair with his back at restaurants! 

So here is the final product (The big car pillow is something I made for him awhile back) 

I just love the vintage cars! 

What do you need to make the mini pillow?

Poly fiber fill

1 fat quarter in your desired fabric

Cut two squares by folding your fabric in half. My pillow is approximately 9inches wide I cut it 10 inches wide. 

Put right sides together and sew all the way around leaving a 2 inch gape for turning. Turn and stuff than use a slip stitch to close the pillow! 

I also added some Bias tape but I had never done that before and just winged it. 

If I remember correctly I sewed the tape to the right side of one half of the pillow (right sides together) than flipped it over the edge and sewed all the way around kind of like quilting. :D 

Good luck!

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Enjoy!

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This pillow was featured by a good friend Emily @ PaperPixie Crafts!

Linking to some of these parties...

Introducing....MIMIBOO!

So a friend of mine and I were talking the other night. And she happens to mention her sister has a etsy store too...(thanks S.)

After checking her out I have decided that her stuff is too cute not to share with my readers! 

So with that said I am going to introduce you to MiMiBoo. 

MiMiBoo says this about herself in her profile..."Full-time mom, full-time librarian, part-time crafter, fledgling designer."

Full time AWESOME?! 

Remember that holiday that is coming up that we are all scrambling for... oh wait maybe it is just me... but halloween is on its way ! 

She has you covered! 

How cute would that be on a little pumpkin?

She has stuff for adults..

{I personally am thinking about purchasing this one if I can scare up the money}

Little girls...

& best of all!!! BOYS!

 

{I love boy stuff}

& it doesn't stop there! She even does little dollies!

& they are custom so you can make them look like you or someone you love! 

(I have also heard she does a mean star wars character)

So head on over and check her out!

You don't want to miss out... and just think wouldn't your family in doll form be the perfect edition to your little ones christmas or birthday?


There are even some gently used & in good condition pattern books!

Enjoy!