Little Bunny Foo Foo

A couple of years ago I bought this kit from Connecting Threads  www.connectingthreads.com .  It's called Hopping Hares but it makes me think of Little Bunny Foo Foo!  I completed it and ended up giving it to Jeff's Mom because she loved it so much.  In fact I think I traded a candle she had bid on and won at our Grade School Carnival.  There was enough left over and had been sitting in a Ziploc bag (it's on my summer to do list!).  The bunny blocks are completed except for the embroidery of the eyes and whiskers. I finished one and another one started while I waited for Jeff to get his latest scans and while we were delivering Elizabeth to LSM.

Emily's Dresser Runner Completed

I completed Emily's Dresser Runner a couple of days a go and it turned out fantastic.  Emily loved it when she returned home from Camp Tomah Shinga.

I love a project that comes completely from my "stash"!

Emily's Dresser Runner

Emily is off at Camp Tomah Shinga all this week.  She recently picked out colors to paint her room so while she's away, Jeff is painting her room.  We started out cleaning and purging it before she left.  Jeff took down the bunk beds per Emily's request and made them into a single twin bed.  The colors Emily chose were blue and green.  When we painted Elizabeth's room last summer while she was away at LSM, I quilted a Dresser Runner for her so I figured I'd do the same for Emily (even though it's not on my summer to do list, so just make this item #17!)  I started with looking at the one I made for Liz and then looking up the pattern I took it from.  I debated using the same pattern since it was so simple but ended up finding a different one.  The hardest part was finding the right shade of blues and greens that would go with her new wall colors.  Emily's inspiration was a music note wall hanging we purchased at Christmas from Senseney Music.

 It took me most of the day but I've got all the rows sewn, tomorrow I'm hoping to get the rows sewn together, quilt it and add a black binding.

Denim Guessing Bag

One of the items on my summer to do list is a denim "Guessing Bag" for Mrs. Cherry, one of our Kindergarten teachers.  Using some of the denim I had already saved I made a sample bag so I would have something to give her an idea of what they were going to look like to get her approval.  I did a lot of looking online at images and tutorials to get an idea of what I was going to make.  Here is how it turned out.

I added some embroidery stitches around the top edge and on the handle.  I was having a hard time deciding how to close the flap.  I took it the ladies helping me cook for VBS and Janene suggesting a button with a loop.  Great Idea! and no button hole!   Elizabeth has claimed this for hers and wants me to add her name in big cursive letters to it.  Mrs Cherry liked it.  I'll be making the strap larger so it can be worn cross-body and add "Kindergarten Guessing Bag".  Mrs. Cherry supplied me with several pairs of jeans so the only thing it is costing me is thread and time!  Bonus.