Chair Make Over for Rattle N Roll!

My dear friend Suzy asked me to do a "make over" on this chair.  Boy did it need one!  I was so excited to get moving on it that there are many before photos.  But the chair was a old ugly brown with beige velvet fabric.  The chair obviously lived in a home with kiddo's! LOL!

Suzy and I decided that the chair would be put in her Rattle N Roll store.  A super adorable children's boutique that by the way carries Sew Savvy by Brandy bows!  So the chair needed to reflect a "Rocker" flair.  Sooo...black shiny spray paint was called for. 

After the paint it was time for the staple gun!

Oooooh La La!!!!  This gold and red upholstory fabric is HOT!!!!   I have a friend who gave this sample to me and it came with a piece of red leather so I put that on the back.

It is a "Rockin" chair don't you think!  And my payment?  She has 3 more of these babies and one is mine!!!!  Hmmmmm what should I do with the next one????

The Sew N Sew

Spring is in the air and my favorite sewing hang out The Sew N Sew in Glendora has turned 1!  Shelly the owner of the Sew N Sew has definately taken off running with her little store.  She started off with one store front and has grown to having now 4 store locations in a small radius to accomodate her clientel.  2 store fronts to house merchandise and the other 2 for classrooms.  I am excited to join her on a new venture of having the supreme honor of getting "own" my very own window each month!  What a thrill!  I will be debuting a fabric designer and/or pattern designer each month as well as fabrics and certain notions etc.

For the month of April we cooked up some special Spring/Easter items just in time for the Anniversary Sale which happened this week.  So here is the newsletter that you can pick up at the Sew N Sew to assist you should you like to purchase items to make your own Claire or Woodland Bunny.  We featured Sandi Hendersen creator of Portabello Pixie who is a fantastic fabric & pattern designer.  I used Moda fabrics from the Bunny Hill line, they are to die for!

Here are photos from the window display at the Sew N Sew of all my handmade items:

 Yes, Yes!  I know there are alot of photos!  But I am picture happy!  It's been a long time coming, I have not been able to sew in a long while and I am quite proud of myself! Yay for me!  You may notice there are hats and bows as well?  Hmmm???  What outfit would be complete without those? LOL!  The bunnies attached to these items where done all in the embroidery hoop and then attached to the bows.  So all the items minus the bows were all sewn items!  Everything you see can be purchase at the Sew N Sew my favorite little hang out.  Stop by, Shelly would love to help you out!

April 2010 Sewing and Crafting Projects

THE ROXY DRESS
Ah, I just love spring time.  And the Roxy dress pattern by Farbenmix is the perfect fit for spring time fabrics.  So I went to my stash.  Mixed up some Chez Ami prints with JoAnn Fabrics and some Craigs List finds and Whala... Paige now has a new Birdy dress.  I love this one!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY KAYDA!
My dear cousin Isaac and his wife Amanda have the most darling little girl Kayda Rose.  They live up North so we don't get to see them often.  A few months ago I came across an embroidery design with a K and a rose on it, I knew I had to make something for Kayda.  So I put my thinking cap on and used my embroidery software to add her name stacked on top, embroidered the top part added a skirt, ruffles, sleeves and made her a dress.  Of course a 2 year old has to have the matching accessories too!  So I made a flower from excess ruffles with a covered button and put it on a crochet hat and then used a covered headband and added a detachable bow.  Pretty snazzy I think.  I hope they send me pictures of her wearing it!

HOPE LUTHERAN TUITION ASSISTANCE AUCTION
Our beloved church and school hosted a Tuition Assistance Auction on April 24th.  So I put together a really super spectacular "Every Girls Dream" Hair Accessories Flower pot to be auctioned off.  I put all the Flower Hair Clips, Bows etc on little sticks and put them in a flower pot.  Added Headbands, Pony O's, Korkers and even used some fabric and covered a nice box for the pot to sit on.  I haven't heard back yet what the pot sold for but I am sure it did well and the money is for a great cause.