Lovin the applique

I just love how easy and fun appliqué really is (can you end a sentence with “is”??  oh, well, this ain’t no english grammer blog, ya know).  I just love how you can take a plain ole shirt and make it so purrty with just a lil bit o fabric (okay, I’ll try to stop now with the poor grammer, but no promises… I stink at grammer).    My sister in law and I took our kids for their annual “cousin photos” and my little girl was going to wear her oh so fun dress I made, so the cousins needed something to match.  I took some of the fabrics from the dress and made these stinkin cute shirts.

The boy got stuck with a navy shirt and khakis, but that’s what he gets for coming out a boy… ha, just kidding… I have to figure out how to make his clothes fun too.  Maybe by next year, I will come up with something (hint, hint… would love some ideas, bloggians.  On a side note, what should I call those of you who peruse my blog?  Bloggians… like North Carolinians or bloggies… like “what’s up my bloggies?  Any other ideas?  Moving on…).  So, since my sweet sister in law likes the appliqué so much as well, we decided that a class was in order.  Once she started, she questioned my judgement on starting her sewing adventures with such a project that requires more precise sewing, but since she is a perfectionist much like myself (I say that with love… there is no shame in being a perfectionist… embrace the perfectionism, I say), I knew she would do a wonderful job.  AND she DID!  You gotta trust Carrie with these things…

I KNOW, she seriously did that!  A novice sewer and first time appliquér.  Fantastic, wouldn’t you say?  I see more of this sort of thing in her future.

So, on another side note, check out the jewel I found at my favorite local discount fabric store.  You really have to dig in that store, but sometimes it really pays off.  I mean, I’m so not a digger… I like a good deal, but only if it doesn’t require much from me, but when it comes to fabric, I will dig for days and jump and giggle like a little school girl when I find something like this for $3.50 a yard…

Okay, so not only is it really cute, but it is probably the softest cotton I have ever laid my hands on.  It is Heather Ross fabric.  Have you ever had the pleasure of touching her fabric (although, I don’t know if it is all of her fabric, but certainly this one)?  I can’t wait to sew something for a little one with this… or maybe I will make some pj pants for me out of this.  Really, my bloggies, it is DIVINE!

Well, ta for now, my blogsters (Ha, I like that one too!)