Halloween stash continued: the blanket

Once upon a time I bought some Halloween fabric...the next year some more...then some more...then a house remodel had all my fabric crated up for a couple of years. OOPS!  forgot all about that Halloween fabric!

Yesterday I shared some of the border designs, and even though the kids played nice I didn't get to the dresses and skirts.

Instead I did this:

It's a blanket panel I picked up years ago and totally forgot about! 

I didn't even set the serger up for the "correct" stitch--the 5 thread safety stitch was it:

Now I get to call this project DONE!  Out of the stash!

Yes, there is a whole lot of satisfaction in getting another piece of fabric out and into the world--I'm de-stashing bit by bit! 

OK fabric, which one of you is next!

The forgotten Halloween stash…

You know you have too much fabric when you forget what you have! I knew that there was a crate full of Halloween fabric somewhere in my house, and when I pulled it out last week I got so excited!
Look! Look what I forgot about:

Those boarder prints are going to make adorable dresses and skirts for my girlies (and maybe even their dolls!).  I wonder if yesterdays haul has anything I can pair these with?

So off I go, to many projects floating around in my head and the free time to start a few! My older children are occupied playing with friends and the younger are joining in—everyone is playing nicely!

Of course now that I’ve “said” it out loud, the screaming should start any minute.

Oh me, oh myo! What did I buyo!

My mission was simple: find a color to go with the purple gymnastics suits I’m making for my younger girls. And if I find giraffe printed fabric along the way, pick that up too.

Yeah…that’s all…really…all that other fabric you see just fell into my cart and accidentally got cut. So of course I had to buy it (hehehe).

I’ve got some fun projects planned for that pink zebra print! My girlies are just going to be rockin’ in their new jackets!

I manage to pick up the fabric I need to finish the gymnastics suits…the colors didn’t come out quite right in the picture, but that’s hot pink, neon-ish green and baby blue.

Now all I have to do is feed my crew and I can get to sewing!

Bag for my Ballerinas

I love these little ballerina designs from RetroBoulevard. I’ve used them for gifts, and I made this adorable little ballet bag, that each of my girls has used (currently the youngest is waiting for her lessons to begin!)

I drafted the pattern myself (years ago). I found the fabric in the upholstery section of my local Jo-Anns, and it was a perfect match to some pink denim I had lying around!

There are three outer pockets on the front and the back, trimmed in a pink boa I picked up at Michaels. The embroidered little ballerinas grace both sides of the bad, and one graces the inside pocket.

On the handle I sewed a ballet slipper button and a ribbon bow.

The bag was a great hit with my oldest girl, then her sister, and now the youngest girl is all excited to use it!

I guess some things really are timeless.

Pet Shop toys everywhere!

In an effort to help my youngest girls organize their littlest pet shop toys, I’ve latched on to their love of bags and made a lovely (if I do say so myself) little circle bag for all their little critters. Each critter has its own little pocket. Next time I think I’ll run elastic through each pocket to help hold them in a bit firmer. Still, the current pockets seem to hold them quite well.

The bag was a hit! Of course, the organizational concept of it didn’t last long—the girls are 2 and 4 after all! Ah well, I’m glad the critters still made it into the bag, if not their own little pockets.

Skirts for dolly and me!

In the interest of full disclosure, it's really skirts for dolly and a 5 yr old birthday girl! Although, the more I look at this fun fabric the more I think it would make a fun and flirty skirt for me!

The skirts where a perfect compliment to the back pack, sunglasses and sun visor my little ones picked out for their friend.

My girls had a great time at the "tea party"!  They got to dress up as fairies and drink tea..love the way the two year old does it:

 

Now that school is back in session, I have a bunch of projects and ideas to post to this blog--stay tuned!

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