St. Patty's wall quilt

My cute clover wall quilt, put up on my cute door. Love that thing! Stay tuned for the Easter wall quilt that will be replacing it in the next few weeks! ;)

Is it too late for Valentines?

For Christmas, I gave my Mom a pattern for a little wall quilt for each holiday. Then I told her that I kind of gave it to myself too- meaning I was going to join her and make them for me, too:) This was the first one I made, for Valentines Day! I embroidered "Love" in the corner, and all you have to do for the heart is sew strips of fabric together, then trace a heart on it, and cut it out! Then you applique it to the background and bind it! Super easy, and super cute!!

Big Brother Shirt

This is the little big brother onesie that I used to announce my second pregnancy!! I appliqued the letters and dots on, and then embroidered it all by hand. It took forever, because of the thickness! But I am happy with the way it turned out!:)

Vintage Toy Chest!

Before I painted the inside of the lid with chalkboard paint!

After! I also made that cute little fisherman applique on the pillow to tie it all in with his fisherman room!


My grandpa made this toy chest for my Dad and his 13 siblings (yes, you read that right- my Dad is the second oldest of 14 children!). So, as you can imagine, this thing is OLD! It is actually in really good shape, structurally, so all I had to do was paint it! I did three coats, because I wanted to keep the charm of the antique. I used crackle paint once again, but I painted it so you could see some of the undercoat so it looks kind of like weather barn wood. I really like how it turned out:)

Farm, Baby, Farm!

This is just a little onsie that I ironed some designs on! Perfect for that little farmer:)

Story Book for My Daddio

I made this book for my Dad for Christmas! I covered it with owl fabric, cause he loves owls, and then I scrapbooked all of the stories he has written. He is a very talented writer, and he is an even more talented story teller! He even has a blog- www.grandpageorgesstories.blogspot.com. Then at the end, I even busted out some skills, and wrote him a poem! If you want to read it, then you will have to email me- rachellelaree@msn.com.:) lol
This is the applique/embroidery that I put on the front of the binder as the "title".

Applique!!

I'm not ashamed to boast about this one! My Mom taught me how to applique last week. It is my new favorite thing to do!! I made this awesome stocking all by myself!! I was so proud. The only thing missing is the name of my future baby girl! (But that will just have to wait.) So anyway, I appliqued all the shapes on to make an angel, and then I hand stitched around each little peice. Then I sewed all the layers together to make the stocking, and lastly, put a hook on it, embellished it, and then bound it.
This one is a bag that I attached loops with velcro on and attached it to my laundry basket. It holds my fabric softener tissues, and stain stick!