Sweet Turtle Shirt

With the input I received on a previous post I tried the poly mesh stabilizer. I actually ended up hooping the poly mesh and tear away, making sure the poly mesh was closest to the shirt. I am pleased with the outcome, but it still needs to go through the wash to see how it looks.

It's just so cute!

Applique is from Lynnie Pinnie and the font is "Itty Bitty" from 8CAAP

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This past year all of the major holidays seem to have snuck up on me and I was not able to make cute shirts for my girls or my nieces and nephew. This year, one of my new years resolutions is to make sure they all have cute shirts for the holidays! So, I went ahead and made my nieces their Valentines Day shirts!

I took this opportunity to try out my new (to me) technique of making the shirts with tear away/wash away stabilizer and I am still very happy with the end results!

Here is the back of the hoop after the design is all stitched out! I am really impress with how well it all holds together considering it's tear away stabilizer. I kept expecting to turn it over and see it all shredded or starting to pull apart, but it wasn't.

Here is Sara's sweet tweet shirt! I love this little birdie!

And her is Em's!

Savannah and Scarlett will be getting sweet tweet shirts of their own also, but it will have to wait until after we get back from another little trip to see family.

The bird applique is from Embroidery Boutique and the font is Madison from 8CAAP

And the results are....

I am very happy! I took a few pics to show what the shirt I did looked like after I did the embroidery. The first one is the back of the shirt after pulling what tear away stabilizer I could off.

This one is the shirt flipped back right.

This is after running it through the washer and dryer and then doing a light press.

It turned out really nice!

And here is Miss Scarlett wearing her new snowflake shirt!! It fit her so much better than the minnie shirt because the design contoured with her body and wasn't stiff!

I am excited to try a few more shirts this way!

And as per a few comments on my previous post, I will be trying the poly mesh stabilizer as well and see how that turns out!

I LOVE seeing other peoples creations and learning new tips and tricks so if you happen to come across my blog or already follow and have a site/store of your own, I would love for you to share!!

The snowflake is from Planet Applique and the font is Bella from 8CAAP

Snowman Shirts

Here are 2 shirts I just did for my niece and nephew! I am loving doing the snowman appliques!

Applique is from Planet Applique and the font is Casual from GG Designs

Applique is from Planet Applique and the font is Bella from 8CAAP

Winter Shirts

I have recently become addicted to putting Christmas appliques on black shirts!! I just love the way the colors "pop!" I am so, so happy with the way these two shirts turned out!! I wanted to send my nieces Christmas shirts, but time slipped away from me so I decided to send them "winter" themed shirts for Christmas. The snowman and the "foam" on the cup are both white Minky dot and the rest of the applique fabric is Riley Blake's Colorful Christmas! I really like the way the shirts coordinate! The appliques are from Planet Applique and the font is "Bella" from 8 Claws and a Paw!

TuTu Tote

I really love when customers have special requests! I usually don't have enough hours in the day to be creative and make new things, let alone just do my "regular" projects. I was asked to make a TuTu Tote for a little girl for her birthday and I was instantly excited about the project! I thought it out very carefully for a day or so before I began and all of my careful planning paid off and the bag came together without a hitch! I think it turned out really cute and I look forward to making more!

I ended up using the tulle on a roll and OH MY GOSH it was so much easier to use than using the by the yard stuff! Plus it stores so much easier! Here is the bag with the tulle sewn into place. At this point I could also just add a ribbon around it and be done, but the customer wanted a fabric overlay....

So I broke out my new ruffler foot for my new(er) brother sewing machine and ruffled a strip of fabric. I will attempt to ruffle it a bit more for my next one and make the fabric about an inch longer. (This was my first one so there are always kinks to work out!)

Then I added a ribbon and bow and TADA!! It's done!

The possibilities and color combinations are endless! I think I am going to make a few Huskers totes for my craft fair in Dec!

The font is Andrea from 8CAAP

Mickey's Rockin' Road Show

I have been guilty for too long about not making stuff for my girls! I get too caught up in customer orders that I wasn't making time for my own girlies, but that has changed! I am trying to do better about making S and S shirts!

On Saturday we had tickets to take the girls to see Mickey's Rockin' Road Show! Of course I had to make Minnie Mouse shirts for the occasion! I have been wanting to do this design for a while so I was thrilled with how cute it turned out!

*Design is: Frou Frou by Heathersue and the font is: Walt by 8 Claws and a Paw*

Miss Scarlett was not so happy about the shirt at first! She kept pulling on the design trying to get it off.

Savannah showing off her matching bow.

Savannah enjoying her $10 bucket of popcorn! Expensive YES good ABSOLUTELY!

Over all we had a great time at the show!

Halloween Tote

I was contacted by a customer who asked if I could monogram her kids halloween totes. Usually I am cautious about embroidering on peoples items because I am still learning about embroidery and not so confident that I won't screw up their items, but I said yes and I am glad I did! These are the two bags she had...HOW CUTE ARE THEY!?? I used the Bonz font from 8 Claws and a Paw. I think they are just adorable!

Lil Monkey

Being a mommy to two little girls I tend to fall victim of not making things for boys. I actually LOVE making boy stuff! Blue and browns, greens and browns, trucks, dinosaurs, rockets...all that stuff is so much fun! Well here is a bundle that was recently ordered for a baby boy. The blanket was the hardest part because it's a double sided minky (a pain to work with!!!) with embroidery on both sides! I ended up including a blue and brown paci clip after I snapped a pic.

I think it turned out super cute!

I love being able to make coordinating baby bundles!

Bundle Includes: 30X30 Blanket, Onesie, Bib, 2 Burp Cloths