April Finishes

A very busy month April ended up being.
I did pretty good at working on my goals and even added another one by doing a few stuffies for Hopeful Threads monthly project "Fluff for Foster Care".  I contributed a total of 17 little stuffed items.

2 rainbows

12 owls

and 3 cars

All my own little designs, so not perfect, but kind of cute.
I finished 5 mugrugs for the April Showers blog hop, you can view that post here.
I made my rainbow table topper you can read about it here and here.

Getting used right away.

But I am most proud of finishing my very fist quilt top, a mini version of the Anchors Aweigh quilt using Salt Water fabrics from Tula Pink.

I am hoping to quilt it in May to a blanket that I bought at IKEA, a little scared about that, but I don't have the way or money to buy batting, I think it will work and it will be nice and soft for my kids bed.

Linking to a Lovely Year of Finishes - April
and

Great Karma from Hopeful Threads

If your stitching and entering all of the giveaways on the internet and not winning anything, then you need to participate in one of Hopeful Threads projects.  Each month Kristy has a project picked out for those of you that are creative and would like to share your creativity.

I first read about her projects during September of last year when the project was to create an I-Pad case or pillowcases for the American troops serving our country.  I just had to make something because my father was in the military and even though I had only been sewing for a month she was kind enough to take my pitiful donation.

2 Pillowcases and an I-Pad sleeve in Matching Polka Dot material.

 This was made with 1 of only 2 cotton fabrics that I have found in Greece, the other one still smells bad even though I have washed it a whole bunch.
And I won an awesome fabric package from Contemporary Cloth, the beginning of the great Karma had begun.

The next project that caught my eye was her November project to make Christmas Stockings for children stuck in the hospital during the holiday time.  I made 2 and she always encourages you to also give to your own community and since we had to take my son to the hospital during December I took my 2 stockings and gave them to the teacher in the children's hospital ward to give to the most needed child.

And while I was giving these to the hospital I won a fat quarter set from Caitlin over at "I don't do dishes" Etsy shop.

This month of April has been about making stuffed animals for children in the Foster Care system and are about ready to go through a court hearing, a very stressful and fearful time for any child of any age.
I was adopted luckily by my biological mother's cousin so I didn't have to go throught the Foster Care programs, but I did have to go to a court hearing, very scary, even though every one tries to be nice it is still scary, so I  had to make some FLUFF.  Kristy was nice enough to agree to take my little projects unstuffed (to save on shipping) and she will stuff them there.

I made:

2 Rainbow Umbrellas, bottom one was a prototype :)
I made these out of a charm pack that I won from Shirley
over at SIMPLE SEW

3 cars out of Riley Blakes Peak Hour fabric

and 12 little owls

I made these owls out of a charm pack of Moda Snap Pop that I won in February from Stitches and Giggles.

So if you are feeling a little Karma less and want some good Karma to come your way, sew for Hopeful Threads, at the beginning of each month she has a new idea, if you like it and it speaks to your heart then please think of using your time to create something for her monthly project.

And may the Good Karma bless you as it has me.

Stockings

I made 4 Christmas Stockings, 2 for the kids and 2 to donate.  I would like to make more but we will see how the time goes, they are for Hopeful Threads November Project.  You can find the button to the right.  I particularly like this project because Nik spent so much time as a baby in the hospital, lucky for us not on Christmas but for Thanksgiving and his 1st birthday.  We also fear that he will have to again have another operation but the doctors would like for him to be older and that will make things so much more difficult.
So here's some pictures, of the ones I am sending, Nik and Kat's were prototypes and not as pretty, I think I did a better job the second time around.

The Cars material and buttons are from Rhonda and Dad.

a little button detail on an otherwise plain stocking.

I didn't have any Christmas fabric so I had to make due, I like the girly one and made it really easy, in fact I was thinking of making a tutorial, what do you think?   
French Seam Flannel Christmas Stocking Tutorial?
I am also making Nik a placemat for school out of the Cars Material, that should be done by Christmas, hopefully.

I won something!

That is so awesome to win something for making something for someone else, it makes me feel so good.  Read the blog below for what I made and check out what I won.

I can totally make something cool out of this, Daisy Janie Geo Grand Charm pack & 1/2 yard each of Hip Squares and Caravan.  Super, Super excited this is the first time winning anything, if you have an idea of what I could make out of this too cute fabric let me know.  The fabric is being given by Sondra at the Contemporary Cloth store.
If you are a crafter or would like to give you should check out Hopeful Threads, each month they do a new project, I don't have money to give but I can put a few hours into creating something to give and that feels good.

2nd COMPLETED sewing project and a giveaway!

Hello everyone, I am so happy that I completed another sewing project and this one was for a good cause!  Over at Hopeful Threads they do a special project each month, and in September it was Remember Service Men and Women, go to their website to get more info.  I really like the project that they did in January, the babies are so cute, there is even one that I can tell has the same problem that Nik had, see if you can spot him with a diaper around his waist.
Okay back to the project, the goal was to make 100 pillowcases and electronic cases, so I made 2 pillowcases and an I-pad sleeve. The I-pad sleeve tutorial can be found Here.

What do you think?

Well I hope someone enjoys it!  Now if you think you want an I-pad sleeve I have a gift for you.

You can have this one! made with organic cotton!

My first I-pad sleeve I kind of made a few mistakes and although it still works I didn't want to give it as a gift to a complete stranger, but hey family is A okay.  So if you want it, just let me know, I also have the insides to make another one you can tell me what colors you like and I will make a special one just for you.  The inside is made with a really nice cozy fabric and I also put some of my precious Warm and Natural batting inside for extra protection.
If your wondering I do not have an I-Pad because they cost 640euros, that's $821 dollars, $321 dollars more than what you pay in the States, Greece is in a crisis, hello, I don't think anyone can afford that.