College Bound...

Soon one of the young ladies from our church is heading to college, and so tonight we are having a College Shower for her. I decided to make her a pillow...

I went with the Log Cabin pattern because her Grandmother gave her a quilt for college that was the Log cabin pattern...so  I thought how nice to 'corrdinate'...only the quilt is all pink! I added in green for a little variety :)

The label for the back was a quick handmade one, because the one I printed off on my printer didn't work out...see the wall hanging post.

It's a little wonky and slightly hard to read...but I think it's alright for the most part...I was running short on time - the story of my life!

The front is made with flannels and the back is a small corduroy...even with the wonky label, I like how the pillow turned out!

Also, for this young lady from her sister...a Message board! She came over to learn how to make one. We put it together in an afternoon...and it turned out very cute!

Some sewing, alot of staples, and a little hot glue = a great off to school gift. We hope she likes her homemade goodies to decorate the dorm room!

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Now therefore fear the LORD,

and serve him in sincerity and in truth:

put away the gods which your fathers served

on the other side of the flood,

and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Joshua 24:14

(Reading this along with the verses in front of it...) We realize we have all received blessings that we don't deserve...shouldn't we thank the Lord with sincere service and worship? We should!
Sunday is the day set aside for worshipping the Lord...why not attend church this weekend?
Amanda

Mini Boho Sweatshirt Dress...

This dress was inspired by a tutorial at Sweet Verbena for a Boho Maxi Dress...mine has some variation! Since it is different, I named it the Mini Boho Sweatshirt Dress...

Why? Because it is shorter, made of sweatshirt material instead of jersey, and has simple embroidery on it.

I also tailored it in so it didn't look so much like a sack and so it didn't need a belt like the original...but I got it a smigine tighter than I feel comfortable wearing...so hope I can lose a few more pounds or I'll have to sell it on Etsy...and make another one for me!

I did go ahead and put it on for a picture...

but now off to the Fair for this dress! I need to get everything ready to go...tomorrow night is the beginning of entering exhibits!

On another crafty note...I went to JoAnn's this week because they were having a good sale, and I got a 20% off entire purchase coupon email...here's the loot:

I was having major fall fabric attraction...and needed to buy some! The charm squares and FQ's were on clearance and the yardage was on sale for 50% off! It was a good shopping day...the rotary blades were $25.99...on sale for 40% off = $15.59...plus the extra 20% coupon, so, I saved another $3.12 for a final price of $12.47!!! That's still a $3.50 savings from the $15.97 I'd normally pay at Wal-mart...I love saving! (And it was so great using a new blade...like a hot knife through butter!)

Everything was either on sale or had a 40% coupon to go with...plus the extra 20%...and the material is a great weight...not the thin stuff! Ok...so enough of my ramblings about sales!

This weekend I'll be showing off a couple of gift projects...but I'm waiting for the recipient to open them :) Stop back to see what a young college girl is going to receive for the first "Going to college shower" I've ever heard of... it's great to have a party! And speaking of parties...checkout my right side bar for some fun linky ones!

But whoso hearkeneth unto me

shall dwell safely,

and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 1:33

God gives peace beyond our understanding...we just have to trust Him!

Amanda