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Last year my sister-in-law and I were talking about our wedding dresses and discussing if they were worth keeping for memories or for our daughters.  I mentioned that I made my dress into a baby quilt for my daughter...it was the fanciest baby quilt around!  I loved it for church and other "dress-up"occasions. 

So she asked me if I could make her dress into a quilt for her to use. 

Her dress had a long train so I had plenty of fabric to work with...though it was super scary to cut into someones dress.  She gave me free reign on design which also made me nervous, I know what I like but would she like it????  

So after much thought and design plan I finally cut into and started the process.  

I worked on it throughout the year and finally finished it before Christmas!

 The final quilt is a throw size. 

I used satin-back crepe as the accent white and I also found (in my stash) a linen fabric that had a silver thread though it for the small border and flower applique. 

I used flower pieces of the lace and the rosettes from the bows as accents. 

When I cut the flowers from the lace the sequins and beads all became loose so I  hand sewed all of the "bling" back onto the  lace flowers. 

It was hard to get a good picture of an all white quilt 

so I took a lot of up close for the details.

The dress had over 60 buttons to use so I sewed them on the quilt to 

act as the "quilting" of the the quilt.

I used the satin-back crepe for the ruffle strips.

Rosettes and lace flowers for detail.  The vine was done with bias tape.

The back of the quilt is done with white minky fabric. 
I saved extra pieces of lace and fabric for her to use for other memories
(such as her daughter's own wedding).

This quilt was a challenge but overall I am happy with the final product!

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I bought this boys button down shirt last winter in hopes of making a dress for my daughter.  My 1st attempt was to leave the collar and make 3/4 length sleeves but unfortunetly I FAILED!  It looked horrible. 

So I pulled it out again last night and gave it a 2nd try with and went for a summer look!

Here is the "before" of the shirt.

And after!  A little cutting, some bias tape and 2 pink buttons was all it needed to be a Perfect Summer Dress! 

I had to bribe her with a pink Starburst  so she would take a few pictures!

I LOVE the back of the dress!

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My son is in Kindergarten and each year they have a Kindergarten Circus.  

It is a 45 minute long program with all sorts of circus acts.  

They needed a new monkey costume so his teacher asked if I could come up with something.  They already had a boy version of the vest and hat so I made the girl version so it could be interchangeable.  

I asked my son to model the costume...but I had to bribe him with

M & M's because it was a "girl monkey!"

I can get my kids to do anything for M & M's!!

I used Simplicity Pattern 2855 which was really easy to sew!

For the tail I added wire so it would curl...so cute! 

Several years ago Toby's teacher had made a "boy" version of the hat and vest and did a great job so I just traced a pattern from the vest and made the girl version. 

For the hat I cut a large yogurt container down, covered it with felt and added the feather. 

I made a flower from felt and glued on a flower jewel to add a little pizazz! 

Thanks goodness for a glue gun! 

In order to make the hat interchangeable I sewed a large patch of Velcro to the top of the monkey head and then glued Velcro to the bottom of each hat.  

I had Toby run around all crazy like (actually that is how he acts normally!) and it didn't come off...mission accomplished!

Doesn't he make a cute "girl" monkey...he would be so mad if he knew I wrote this!!!

SSHH...don't tell him!!

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Here are two quilts I just finished for my nephews. 

Now I just need to get them in the mail they were Christmas presents...oops!!

The best part about these quilts is I only had to spend a total of $14.00 to make them since I only had to buy batting.  All the fabric came out of my stash (plus my Aunt gave me the red dog fabric, so thanks Aunt Peg).

Josiah's Dog Quilt

His name is embroidered on the quilt.

Appliqued dog.

Titus' quilt.

I have been wanting to do something with a Robot on it for a long time!

The tag on the back of the quilt. (I forgot to take a picture of the dog tag.)

*Holly Sew* *Holly Bake*

So I thought I would pay tribute to Sports since tomorrow is 

Super Bowl Sunday.  

And for those of you who know me realize I know nothing or could care anything about sports unless it means making it cuter or taste better.

So here is my "Making Sports Cuter" post

& 

my "Making Sports Taste Better" post

My son received this soccer goal/net for Christmas.  

Perfect gift for him but it came with a problem.

When you take it apart it has a million pieces 

-okay maybe not a million but it sure felt like it-

So I had to do something about this problem.

And here is the problem solution. 

A Soccer Bag!

It cost about $4.50 to make and was worth every penny.

I think I will stand by these in Toys R' Us and sale them to other moms who like organization.

I also made one for my nephew (he received one of these for Christmas too).

All right so now that the sports world is Cuter...let's make it taste better.

These amazing Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cupcakes 

from Annie's Eats 

one of my go to Recipe Blogs.

They are sooo, sooo, sooo yummy.  

Now I know you are wondering??  What makes them "Sporty."

Well...the sprinkles of course they are little Football Helmets and Footballs though very hard to see in this picture. 

I made them for my co-workers and I know they will LOVE them.

Happy Super Bowl to us!

Look at the inside of these...a ball of peanut butter filling yumminess!!

Remember to not fill the cupcake liners to high (as I did) only 2/3 full.

I also made my own frosting using leftover peanut butter filling, some cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk.