Hooded Towel

I did it! Yay!! I have wanted to make a hooded towel for months and today I finally did! I have to say, I might get addicted. It was so easy and the possibilities are endless!

I got the idea from a fellow crafter. This chick is AMAZING! She has a tutorial on her blog:

Cole's Corner and Creations

Seriously, go to her site and have a look around, you will die! She is so talented!! Oh and she has 3 of the cutest kids!!

Ok, well here is my first Hooded Towel, and my little one modeling!

Mermaid is from Planet Applique

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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!

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