Tree Pants!

During blog perusal this past month, I saw Monica Solorio-Snow's Tree Pants post.  Silly me decided to add another project to the list to finish before Christmas.  Or after.   Or before next Christmas.  With a selection of scrappy reds and greens, I made a set of pants for the tree following the tutorial on Sew Mama Sew.  Instead of making bias binding, I purchased some.  I wish I would have just used all red but for some reason I decided to buy one of each at the store.  The green is mostly in the back of the tree.

 Perhaps now I will finish the other advent calendars for next December.

A Skirt, a dress and some Fruitcake

The weekend started by completing this Twirly Skirt using yardage from Make Life by Sweetwater.  I think I like the Lazy Days Skirt better because there just isn't as much bulk around the waist.  Or, I did the elastic wrong.

 After seeing the dress Angela of Fussy Cut made for her daughter, I bought the pattern for the Leila and Ben Sweet Little Dress.  She picked out some Alexander Henry Freeway Dots  and decided she wanted a nightgown.  Although she didn't wear it last night, she did wear it all day today and also for bed tonight.  The bottom hem isn't as neat and nice and I would like and I twisted the elastic around the neck by mistake.  But, I actually managed to sew something with a sleeve without my mother helping.

Charming Stars from Moda Bake Shop in Fruitcake is a birthday/Christmas present to my sister-in-law.  My mom has done more of the piecing lately.  I did the random arrangement of solids for the star blocks.  I can sew random blocks together without worry.  My mom wants to plan too much.  A 5.5" white border will go around and then I will quilt it.  We're hoping to complete it by November 1st.

My 100 Quilts for Kids quilt will be delivered by the local quilt guild to a charity.  I'm not sure which one but there was only one on their list that I really didn't want to support.  I got some more solid fabric and some flannel to use for backing to make another quilt to donate.  Perhaps that will be my project for the week.  

100 Quilts for Kids and a skirt

I need to contact the Baby Bank to arrange to drop off the quilt, but I figured I should wait until it was finished to do that so I will call them tomorrow.  I like the idea of quilting flowers and leaves, but the execution of it was ok.  It looks very good from the back where the thread matches the fabric color really well.  With a different thread color for the front, I'd like it better.  Lesson learned and I'll try again.  Eva is the fabric and it is bound with Kona Medium Pink.  Purple flannel from my stash is on the back.

And skirt number 2 using the Lazy Days Skirt tutorial by Oliver and S with the same modifications as the previous skirt.  She likes it a lot.