Gone a bit applique happy...

So I am finally getting around to posting some recent applique projects.  (Recent meaning in the last year or so.   )  Most of these were for Craftster swaps.  My favorite was the owl.  It was based off my partners wist, but it was on an apron.


an owl on an unintentionally tie-dyed onesie


A little blue pick-up truck


A dragon, it's a bit hard to see.


Reverse applique Sock Monkeys


a tree


VW style car


Handwritten with fabric markers then appliqued on


an "M" (duh!)

An elephant and an octopus

Valentines for the preschool set

My daughter needed 41(!) Valentines to hand out this year. So I looked through a few catalogs and really liked those felt lollypop covers they had. However I was not going to pay $1 per Valentine. Plus I didn't want to make anything too labor intensive because I knew my daughter would get tired of them after about a dozen. (I am sure you know how that goes.) So we cut out 82 felt hearts (felt was from stash, woo-hoo!) and paired them up. I sewed them together, leaving a tiny hole at the bottom and a larger one at the top.

Here's what they looked like after chain piecing them all:

(Who knew they'd make such a cute garland...)

We wrote quick note using a sharpie and stuffed them with Tootsie Pops and here is the finished result:

All 41 of them:

Yes they are mismatched. My daughter likes them and we are done 3 days before having to bring them to school.

Happiness on Your Wrist

I made this for a swap partner. She loves buttons and rainbows, so... I used some vintage buttons that were from my Grandmother's stash. (My aunt found them when cleaning out her condo this summer and gifted them to me.) The rest are from my stash.

I really loved how it turned out. It was pretty easy to make, now my girl wants one in pink.