Baby bloomers

I made these from the pattern in Amy Butler's book Little Stitches For Little Ones. They are so cute, but that's really not the point, since they don't fit AT ALL. (This is a great picture because you can't tell.) Ray cracked up laughing when he saw them and asked if they're baby low-riders. What did I do wrong?? I can't imagine that there's something wrong with the pattern, so I need to figure out what's wrong with me.

Mae doll and Margot

Marji bought this pattern off of Etsy www.bitofwhimsydolls.com for the Mae doll and shared it with me. Margot Mae, as Mae has been renamed, was born last night. Finished her off this afternoon. I can't decide if she'll have a face or not, I've always liked the faceless Amish dollies, so Margot Mae may remain faceless (not without personality though, don't be mistaken.) I lovw the Amy Butler print I used for Margot Mae's skirt, so I decided to make Margot a matching Pinnie.

I'm not sure if I've ever had more fun making something so quickly.

Ready For The Beach

Here's one little beach ball. Of course there's another one in the works.

Sunday Afternoon

Amazing looking blood oranges from Straub's.

Today was a nice lazy day, a little shopping, a little getting ready for the week and our trip to New Orleans next weekend. We went to look at new sewing machines at The Quilted Fox http://www.quiltedfox.com which is a gorgeous store in Frontenac I've never been to before. Then to Straub's to get ready for our Al Fresco style Sunday night dining experience.


Margot has a little cold and is teething, and her goofy big brother is finally feeling better.


Working on a little patchwork beach ball I'll probably post tomorrow. Also bought Amy Butler's book. Can't wait to get started.