Last weekend, was a fund raiser for our local Catholic School, Bishop Baraga, and I put together a basket full of "baby girl items" for one of the raffle baskets. I always have fun putting together baskets like this and working on new items. I snapped a few pictures so you could see what I have been up to the last few weeks. Enjoy the pictures.
This is a picture of the basket with all the stuff in it.
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The next 6 pictures show the quilt that was included in the basket. Let me just say, {disclaimer} that I am not a quilter and don't profess to be. I drew out my own pattern and had fun with the placement of the blocks and color in the quilt. After I peiced the quilt, I took it to a long arm quilter to finish the quilting. I did attach the binding {I tried to get the quilter to do it for me and she wouldn't bite}
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In the next two pictures, you can really see the quilting. When I received it back from the long arm quilter, it looked kind of flat, so I decided to throw it in the washing machine and dryer. Believe me, I was holding my breath wondering if I had made the right decision. Let me tell you, it made the quilting look so much better.
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I just love the background fabric with stars in it.
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I also made a cat wall hanging for the basket. Love this little hooked cat! I matted him onto a art canvas which was covered with scrapbook paper. The sides of the canvas were done with different paper than the front. I attached a little piece of paper that read "cat".
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Pictured below are three onesies that I appliqued and detailed. I know it is hard to see, but around the collars I added a decorative stitch with my sewing machine.
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A closer picture of one of the onesies. You can see the stitching on the collar
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5 burp clothes for the basket....
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Some yo-yo barrettes for the little bambino!
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The sweet little bunny doll was made by my friend Melissa Bridges. This was her first attempt at a doll and she did a great job. I really wanted to keep the bunny, sniff, sniff!
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The purse is a pattern from Kindred Spirits and it is just the best purse. I didn't get a real good picture of it, but the purse has grommets and is lined with the wonderful bright pink Amy Butler fabric from the quilt and onesies.
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Picture of the covered button on the side of the purse.
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I also made a pillow for the basket and tried something new on the pillow. To the sides of the pillow, I added ribbon....you can see it better in the second photo. Babies and kids love the feel of ribbon and I thought it would be a fun addition to the pillow
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Thanks for stopping by and checking out all my photos. Maria