Thursday, January 29, 2009

Voice for Children Donation

Voices for Children is a local organization which seeks to provide a stable adult to accompany a child through the court system and foster placement service. They will be holding a silent auction to raise money and awareness on March 7. Several firefighters in College Station got together and made a fire fighter "dollhouse" to be auctioned and I made this blanket to go along with it. Although it was made with the intention of going with the dollhouse, as of now the blanket it a separate lot and will be auctioned off by itself.

I hope that the blanket helps to raise some money for a very worthy cause.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Gift for Great-Grandma KiKi

I made this blanket for my Texas Grandma, Ms. Kathy Knight. The vibrant colors of the flowers made me think of her immediately when I saw the fleece. Although Kathy may have entered our lives as our realtor, she found a place in our hearts and has become a dear friend and an "adopted" grandma.

I'm hoping that this blanket will lift her spirits and keep her cozy with warm thoughts & memories of her time with me & my family until we can visit again.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Gifts for Baby Boy Clinkscales

Technically my husband & I met Lewis working at the Texas A&M Challenge Course in 2004 or 2005, but we got to know him & his then girlfriend Sheridan when Tony began to work for the College Station Fire Department in March of 2006. Lewis & Tony were on C-shift at Station 2 until Lewis got moved out to Station 3. Tony & I were lucky to get to attend Lewis & Sheridan's wedding in April of 2007 and were super excited to find out that they were expecting a little boy in January 2009.

Lewis & Sheridan are decorating their little ones room in farm animals so I figured that a breastfeeding pillow with a John Deere fabric & a cozy bright blue fleece backing would be appropriate.

I had some spare fabric so I decided to try my hand at making a binkie. It turned out really nice and I hope that the little one finds it nice & cozy.

To go along with the farm animal theme, I used some red bandana ribbon to embellish a couple of burp cloths.

I also embroidered a burp cloth with the maltese cross & one of my favorite fire fighter fabrics so the little one can still feel close to his Daddy even when he's on shift.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Reiter Special Order

I made these two burp cloths for a friend of mine to give to two friends of hers who were expecting little ones. The families were Aggie fans so we chose the Aggie fabric.

Aly is done with the 'Disney' font

Zander is done with the 'Gothic' font