Busy Day of Applique

Today was a Saturday full of fun projects! The first is a birthday present for one of my former students. She was sweet enough to invite me to her upcoming birthday party, and I'm super excited. It's going to be at a giant trampoline park that looks incredibly awesome. Although there are sure to be other adults present, I may be the only one participating. But clearly, I can't let an opportunity like this pass me by! Here's a visual:

Umm, yeah. It's going to be awesome! Back to her present though. This little cutie happens to love baking with her parents. So after much brainstorming, I decided to make her a special apron and give her a complete baking themed gift. I found a red kid-sized apron, sewed some ribbon on the top and bottom, embroidered her name, and viola, I hope she'll love it!

I also bought a few smaller aprons for kids 2-6ish. I wanted to practice my applique skills and create a little boys grilling/cooking/art apron. A sweet friend from Walhalla has ordered a few tutus from me, so I decided to throw an extra little surprise into her order:

Like most of my things, it's not perfect, but hopefully Max will enjoy it!

A few weeks ago I bought two size 18 months shirts from Target, but I wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do with them. Tonight I put out a open call for inspiration on facebook and the first two responses (with size 18 months babies right now) were cuties named Ziva and Savannah. So here's what I made:

I'm really enjoying getting my feet wet with applique! It's so fun and allows for so much creativity. I hope those of you who've been considering getting machines will do it. You won't regret it!