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Happy Fourth Of July Everyone! Just a note to everyone out there. I have received two orders for Kiwi Paper in the last two weeks. We do not sell Kiwi Paper any longer and have not since 2008. I don't know where everyone is finding it on the site and wish someone would please let me know where you see it on the pages of the site so it can be removed..Let me know what pages you see it on. It is finally summer in most places across the country. It has been summer in Florida for quite some time now, so I am already tired of the heat. I have been a busy bee trying to get caught back up an everything that has not been done while I have been recovering. My friend Joan has also been busy making baby quilts, seems the winter was worse than expected in most areas so now the baby boom is upon us all. She made this beautiful quilt for a recent birth within her circle of friends. It is one from Alex Andersons book, "Baby Quilts With Love" and is available on Amazon.com for not too much money.
She also made a sort of layette to go with the quilt that is just adorable. It is made from some of the characters from the "Bazooples Gang". The designs can be found online through Amazing Designs. The soft book can be found online in many places such as E-Bay for not too much money either. Just Google "Bazooples" and more things will come up than you care to look at! I found 5 yards of the Bazooples fabric on E-Bay for just a few dollars.
OK now come on ....admit it....isn't it just darling?? When all was done she put it in this lined gingham basket...what a wonderful baby gift idea this is! Joan is very clever and comes up with some wonderful ideas! I have also been busy. My neighbor and dear friend left me and went back to Michigan to be near her children so I made her a few things before she left, a sort of housewarming gift for her new home up north.
I also made her a reversible apron from a pattern I had from Mary Mulari...it was easy to make and came out just beautiful. I even found some buttons that looked like rolling pins for the pockets of the apron.
I also got involved with the local sew shop here in my area. She is having a contest for the best pet idea and all the items will then be donated to the local no kill shelter so here is what I came up with for that...
Here is the one I did for the puppies....The embroidered designs are from Anita Goodesign Petite Collection.
I was going to make it really fancy and satin stitch everything down then I realized....hey it's for puppies not a baby...so I simply tacked everything down really well and made it sort of raggedy instead. I thought they would like it better with something to pull on and play with on the blanket. I also made some "Bone" pillow toys for them too and embroidered "Woof" on them, and braided some fabric together and tied it around the bone pillow for the pups to play with. So that is what we have been up too....how about you all? We have not gotten any new photos for the gallery for a long time, so please send us your ideas!!! We will post them on the site for all to see. That's it for me this time, take care and have a wonderful June! Judy (aka: the popper)
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Side two
I even made it reversible and added catnip inside the
blanket to help to attract kitties to it. The patterns for these dog and cat
things were taken from a book called "Quilted For Dogs And Cats" by
American School Of Needlework. They have some wonderful ideas and all the
templates for everything in the book.