You Say It's Your Birthday

My main focus of embroidery up until now has been birthday outfits. I think I have a fascination with them because I always wanted something really cute and special for my boys to wear on their birthdays and it seemed hard to find something that wasn't super expensive. So when I first got my machine, I started making birthday overalls

I made a lot of these on ebay for boys and girls. Very cute, but it got to be a pain trying to find overalls in the right sizes and the thick denim and pockets were very hard on my machine. Then I moved on to the birthday dress (more on that later). Then I made this for a friend and I thought it was such a cute design for a first birthday that maybe didn't have much of a theme or a sweet little family party.


My inspiration came first from a shirt I saw that was a birthday monkey that was just a monkey face with a party hat. Then I had an extra pair of bear slippers from Christmas (weird, I know) and so I thought that idea could be easily changed to the birthday bear. I got the bear face design from http://www.pegasus-embroidery.com and then I just used some simple shapes I already had (I believe from embroidery mall) to create the party hat. I left the onesie un-birthdayed so it could be worn after the party as a shirt.

Fishin' Around

So I made this little Koi fish onesie a while back (hence the baby in the picture who is now a running, climbing, drawing on the wall toddler). I really like the Koi design because it's something interesting especially for a baby. I got it at Sewing for Sarah http://www.sewingforsarahembroidery.com/jumbokoiappliques.htm. I love in her pictures how the capris have it on the leg. And wouldn't it be super cute on a swimsuit cover up? If there were just more hours in the day, the fun I would have!

Chicky, Chicky, boom-boom!

I finished this sweet little onesie for my best friend's B (that's what my 2 year old calls a baby). I used the Baby Chick design from http://planetapplique.com/. It was my first design from her site and it stitched out great. I had to top it's giant bald head off with a little bow. I plan on getting the coordinating pants and putting her name on the booty. I think it's a good start for springy stuff!

I also made these today for some of our friends who are having a baby. They have kind of an edgy style so I wanted to do something a little different for them. The heart and crossbone applique also came from planet applique.

If at first you don't succeed.....

So I tried to make a sewing blog to show some of my stuff 2 YEARS AGO and I never liked the way it looked so it was left to stagnate. But now I am back and ready to try again! Instead of a blog to try and sell my things I would rather it be a place where I can share things I make with other crafty peeps and share where I get my designs, fabrics, blanks and whatnot. So here we go!