Holy Munki Surprise!

I did not craft these, but I had to share.  I swapped with a friend named Lesley for some of her awesome Monkey baby pants.  These pants are all the rage in Asia.  they have a gusset on the bum for lots of room to crawl and sport large diapers  I sent her some Flea Market Fancy for a couple of pairs of pants.  Imagine my total surprise when I opened her package today and there were FOUR full Munki Monkey (ha!) pants outfits in there as well as some highly coveted Munki prints.  I was totally floored and giddy.  Thank you Lesley, please go into business with these, you would sell them like hotcakes to the likes of me and many other munki loving mamas

Holy Cow, it’s been a while!

I have been overwhelmed with the thing called life, a new baby and everything in between.  I have done some sewing though to fill in the cracks  Here is the recent things I have made

Some of these are for my little man and some were for another mama.  I really like how they turned out.  I am considering a pattern pdf and tutorial, thinking…..thinking

I also crocheted a hat for myself.  I really didn’t have a hat to wear and it IS the dead of winter here  I got this pattern from a friend, it is inspired by the Twilight movie.  It is warm and pretty cute I think.  I used Paton’s Classic Wool in grey

And finally, here are the swaddling blankets I was talking about in the previous post.  My little guy has already grown out of them, bummer.  I may have to enlarge the pattern since he still needs to be swaddled to sleep.  I used some great flannel and fleece for the cowboy one and some Ikea fabric with fleece for the other.

I have also been sewing a wedding gift for my sister, but that is tightly under wraps as not to ruin the surprise since she reads this blog  Whew!  I think that is it for now!  Adios!

Here, lets catch that drool

I made this bib to match the Munki dog quilt.  It has linen on the back side and warm and natural batting in between.  Should be really absorbant.  And cute.  I like to kill as many birds with one stone as I can  If it hadn’t taken so dang long to make I might consider whipping up several for my little man.  Maybe one or two.

I am now working on the Lotta Jansdotter swaddler blanket for my friend.  I made one that we use all the time and it works so well.  The pattern can be found for free on Craftzine. Something to note though about the pattern, I could not for the life of me figure out how to print the pattern properly (tiled and then tape together)  I finally found a forum that was discussing this very issue and saying that you need the most complete version of adobe acrobat.  Another poster said she opened it in Adobe Illustrator and then printed from there selecting tiled pages when you print. I ended up doing that since I have Illustrator.  I highly recommend making one if you are interested, I love love love it!

Eden has passed away

Thank you for all of your comments about sweet little Eden.  She passed away last night, I am praying for her family.  My heart is broken for them.  They can use all the prayers they can get.

For Eden

My dear friend, in fact, my best friend’s older sister just had her baby.  Far too soon.  She was only 23 weeks along.  They named her Eden.  She is a fighter.  She is holding on.  She is beautiful.  I wanted to make something special for her.  I am praying for this sweet little girl.  Will you join me?

Measures approx. 32″ square.  I used 5″ squares from Summer In The City by Urban Chicks and Kona muslin.  Quilting is done 1/4″ from all seams and crossing each square.  Labal reads, “For Jeremy and Rachel and their little miracle Eden.

My first quilt completed this year!

And it’s only the second day of January  Ok, ok , most of it was done last year but it makes me feel like I am such an accomplisher.  Here is the munki dog quilt, all quilted and bound and about to be washed!  I love how it turned out and I hope little Oliver loves to snuggle up in it.

Baby It’s Cold Outside!

I have been on a crocheting frenzy the last week or so.  I love that I can do it any time and anywhere.  I came up with a design for an ultra warm and thick neckwarmer/cowl.  I made a bunch of them to put up in my etsy shop!  I can’t tell you how much I love these things!  They are so cozy and so soft!

And for all of you do-it-yourselfers (that is exactly what I am) here is the pattern.  It is for PERSONAL USE ONLY.  No selling of neckwarmers made from this pattern and no selling or re-distributing the pattern.  Thank you

Really Chunky Neckwarmer

items needed:

• Lion brand Thick And Quick yarn
• size N crochet hook (9mm)
• large yarn needle

There really is no gauge for this pattern, just make it to fit you!

1. ch. 48-50 and join with slip stitch
2. ch 2. Double Crochet in each stitch around.  Join with slip stitch
3. ch 2.  Double Crochet in front and back post alternately.  Around.  Join with slip stitch
4. Continue row 3 until desired height is reached (I do about 10 rows)
5. ch 1.  Single crochet in back loops around.  Join with slip stitch
6. Fasten off and weave in ends.

That’s it!  Easy as pie  Enjoy!  And if you do make one I would love to see the end result!

Quilted!

The quilting is done!  It went really quickly, it helps when you have a good husband that lets you sew all day to get it done  Now to the binding!  I am still deciding on what to do for it…….needs more thought

Progress

I buckled down yesterday and whipped up the backing and basted and quilted this puppy!  Only a bit more quilting to go and then the binding!  HOORAY!  Then on to other baby sewing adventures!

Sweets For My Sweet

My little girl is gonna flip this Christmas!  She is getting a toy kitchen set and apron from Mommy and Daddy and I thought she needed some goodies to prepare in her kitchen.  There are so many great online tutorials for felt foods!  I have so many ideas running through my head.  Right now, the cookies will have to do but I have big big plans

I used this tutorial on the sugar cookies.  For the chocolate chip cookies I did the same except sewed on chocolate chips instead of sprinkles.  For the gingerbread girls I used a cookie cutter as a template.

I found the wooden trays at AC Moore.  I need to paint them to match the kitchen and I figured they could be both cookie sheets and serving trays

I am so excited to give this gift to her!!