TeamBluegrass Tuesday: Flowers!

I adore the flower on this crocheted cloche from Sweetbriars.
























The Savvystitcher combined two of my favorite themes together in this cup cozy: owls and flowers.





















I am a huge fan of VolcanoBlue's origami hairpieces.









Smackinart's Paintings evoke the same bold love of color that I utilize in my own artwork. There is so much fluid movement in the paint in this floral, seems like it's alive.











I really dig these adorable Polymer Clay Flower Pendants from Gracieluv's Shop.

First Batch of Dumpling Dolls!

Well look who we have here! Clockwise from the top: Charlie Crackman, Betsy, Frannie, and Emmaline. I'll be putting them up for sale in my Etsy shop at various times starting tonight. Catch these little babies while they're hot!

New Softie in Shop!

Kitty and Mr. Chow Indie Goddess Matryoshka Softie Doll

I really enjoyed making this little beauty.
Kitty has been the most fun to make so far in my little matryoshka goddess series.

New Pendants in shop!

(Get a load of them.) Mixed Media Art Collage Necklace Pendant

(Books That Didn't Make it No. 1) Mixed Media Art Collage Necklace Pendant

Special thanks to Rodrigo the wooden mannequin for his displaying talents!

Fresh from the sewing table

It's a summer garden themed set for baby girls! I'm seriously considering making a little skirt out of the red polka dot fabric (and maybe a set of booties...?)

If I make those up, conceivably, all a parent would need is a onesie in a solid color and they'd have a ready-made ensemble!

Custom Order: Kylee's Strawberry Shortcake Bib

Kylee's mother sent me a swatch of the fabric being used to make another boutique-style outfit for her. I feel this bib was a great example of coordinating a bib to an outfit that allows the clothing to stand out with a bib that has a personality of its own instead of simply being "matchy-matchy".

Instead of going out and buying an identical measure of yardage of the same fabric, I pulled colors from the fabric and based my bib design on elements in the swatch.

Here is the front side of the bib. If you notice, I chose a green gingham print for the main background that would mimic the square elements in the swatch, and pulled the strawberry design from the fabric and replicated it in applique, as shown in the detail shot below.

I then embroidered around the strawberry top with a darker shade of green to add texture and make the image stand out from the gingham background.

The reverse is raspberry dots on a bubble gum pink background, which matches the dark pink on pink elements in the swatch. I am able to enhance the look of the ensemble and make it more visually appealing by harmonizing the bib with the fabric instead of making a carbon copy (which in a lot of cases with children's clothing, a carbon copy is perfectly fine, but with a very busy fabric like that found in this swatch, it is my opinion that the bib can actually take away from the outfit's look if it matches because it will camouflage the outfit's design).

Custom Order: Kylee's Ladybugs

This is another bib from Kylee's custom order, made to match an outfit with ladybugs on it.

Here is the picture of the outfit her mother sent me:

And here are both sides of the finished bib:

Quite a nice match, don't you agree?

Custom Bib Order: Kylee's Bee-utiful Bib

This bib were ordered for an adorable little 1 year old named Kylee to match or coordinate with existing boutique outfits she owned. More posts to come!







Bumble (front)













Bumble (Reverse)












Detail of the hand stitching over an existing design in the fabric.

Fresh from the sewing table

Bibs!

These bibs are reversible, and have magnetic closures sewn up inside the bib so little fingers (and mouths) can't get to them. It's like getting two bibs in one!