It's been a week, but how was your Fathers' Day, everyone? Sadly, Fathers' Day is treated as if less important than Mothers' Day. Maybe it is because it's hard to think of a gift for men in general. But, that's not the case for the twins. Well, thinking of the right gift, yes, it was hard. But, it is as important as Mother's Day. So our secret (maybe not so secret after the Mother's Day mission) plan had begun. There were a few project possibilities that came up, but we decided on the eyeglass case...because "Daddy always loses his glasses," the twins said.
Amelia cozily sewing a pincushion for her aunt who is a quilter. A perfect gift for her...
Sarah is quilting the eyeglass case...her first quilting work!
Sarah is on a roll...finished the case and went on to the cat...
Oh no!!! I pinned the right and the wrong side together instead of the right and right, but it was a good lesson. Remember girls, learn from your mistakes and a seam ripper is a sewer's best friend.
Here it is! The pink button is their choice, but their father likes pink according to them, and it picks up with the pink glasses on the fabric. Sarah did a superb job on the quilting! I'm sure their dad loves it and hope he won't loose his glasses anymore.
They made a couple more things for other members of their family whom they will see at the family reunion. I forgot to take photos again :-(
Sophie made these Badminton Skort and Top from Oliver + S. Too bad that they are not on her little girl to show off. Really, the photo doesn't do it any justice here. She was kinda exhausted after making these because this patten requires a lot of attention to detail. In the process, she began to wonder if her efforts would be worth it in the end. But, yes, of course, it was all worth making. Her girl loved it!
Little details count...
Uh oh...what's Dash doing on Marilyn's quilt? No, no Dash...this is way too pretty for your doggie bed. You know how nasty your bed is. This is supposed to be spread on her niece's bed. She just kindly let you pose on it for the photo. I hope you understood. Anyway, every star block is unique, and the colors are just gorgeous! 
And here is Shane in her yellow jacket which she made for her friend's birthday. I couldn't believe how well it was made. What a birthday present!
Yes, she is the girl with the magic hands. The black kitty was born by her hands. Hand embroidered! And yes, her friend has a black cat. 
She used Kona yellow cotton and lined it with blue woven cotton. Then she quilted it with batting in between. Her friend lives in Portland, Oregon, so it's perfect to keep her warm and happy with the sunshine color. 
Her original screen printed label makes the jacket even more special.
And here is Shane again without the Jacket. Her hand made shirt was just darn cute not to grab the camera although the fabric was not from Peapod. The shirt has short sleeves, and no, the print on her arms are her lovely tattoos. It looks like the shirt was meant to go with the tattoos, no?
