New baby on the way...

 My niece, Amy, is having a little boy in the very near future.  This is her firstborn.  We have recently started "The Auntie Basket" in our family.  There are 5 girls in my family and we are the Aunties....For this basket for Amy, I made a diapee wipee holder.  These are fabulous little things to have.  Diapers, wipes, cream or lotion can fit inside to take for the change...You can find a tutorial here...

My favorite baby necessity are onesies...To whoever came up with this idea--bless you.  My second favorite baby necessity--the burpees.  I like to use the prefold diapers.  I prewash them because they shrink...then I add a binding to the serged edgings to give a more finished look.  Last but not least, the peepee teepees...I used leftover fabric from the 2 fat quarters that sewed the diapee wipee and bound the edges of the burpees and added some soft terry fabric for the inside for a matching set...Welcome Little One...

More Baby Footwear...

A smorgesboard of baby footwear....Lots of practice with free motion quilting.  A few tips I have learned this past week---I no longer drop my feed dogs and I slow down and now I feel like I'm in control with this free motion  stuff.  For you scrapbookers out there, the Crocodile tool set the eyelets in the little oxfords beautifully.  Great tool.  I have looked high and low locally for 14" shoe laces for the oxfords.  No shoe store carries them.  You can order them online, but total cost with shipping for 2 pair is $10.00.  I got out the embroidery floss and made a twisted cord...under 50 cents!!!  You can find the patterns for these fun little quilted shoes  here.

Diaper clutch...

A real fun and easy baby gift is this diaper clutch...just uses part of two fat quarters...you can find the pattern as a PDF download free at A Lemon Squeezy Home.  I added the flower embellishment just for fun!!

Baby Footwear...

 One of my daughter's Young Women leaders is having a baby shower today....she is having her first baby girl.  Said daughter informed me that we needed to get a gift.  I have had these little baby footwear patterns for a year now, but to CHICKEN to make them...imagine that.

 They are a bit fiddly to make, but I really enjoyed it!!  You first quilt the fabric, then cut them out and sew.  Free motion quilting is not my forte--but hey, I let loose last night on the feed dogs and went to town.  The quilting leaves much to be desired, but they are so small it doesn't matter.

The pattern shows a proper bow where I put the rosebuds.  I wanted rosebuds so I went Vanessa Christenson's blog to her ring tutorial and it was perfect for these little shoes.  If you need a baby gift or have adorable grandbabies, you can find the pattern here.  I was gigling quite a bit making these.  They are so adorable!!  There are also boy footwear patterns available on her website that are adorable as well!!

Diaper Clutch...

I just finished a neutral diapee wipee clutch...It was requested to make one that could go for boy or girl....I used the fabric line Zoo Babies for it...

It has a jumbo snap to hold it closed. On one side you put the changing mat and the other side is for a diaper and the wipes...

This is the little changing mat...So what do you think??? Pattern by All My Bags and Quilts Too!

My Boy is Home!!!

My boy arrived home from London safe and sound. He is his father's son after all, right down to the flat cap. Two years literally flew by--I just sent him off and he was home again.

Of course I had to take in Pine Needles on the Shop Hop enroute to the airport...one must do a little retail therapy now and again... The store was amazing!! I really like this birthday banner. I'll have to coordinate this with the other banner I'm in the process of making...

Darling quilts everywhere in the store...

Love the dresden plate. I'm doing a family quilt retreat this upcoming week and we are doing the dresden. It truly is a classic pattern...

Had to buy this patriotic Uncle Sam--love holiday stuff--love the yo yo beard...

More fun 4th of July...It makes my heart sing!!! I love this country and the freedoms we have!!!

I am amazed at the cute things people keep designing and I got a couple of these cute bib patterns for the sweet babies being born....

More adorable bibs...





More dresden...love the dresden!!

Fun day. What could be better than getting your son back and retail therapy??? Not much!!!

Pee Pee Teepees

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To finish off this baby gift, last night I went home and made 2 peepee teepees. For those of you who have not been exposed to this, they are a little flannel cone that you use with your baby boys to keep them from spraying all over when you change their diaper. Found the tutorial over on Little Birdie Secrets here. Quick and easy to make and hopefully useful!!