Thursday, May 28, 2009

Big Bday!

Homemade Birthday gifts!

Here's the horses! My Big girl has a special day today! I got these done just in time!

B decided on a turquoise rose on her GOLD fancy dress. I love the combo of colors! Zowie!



I made the horses, fastening them together with a button front and back so the legs move... I decided to make them into puppets...

B has been very artsy herself, lately, and makes puppet after puppet, See below,

So I thought, hmmm, maybe she needs a place to show off her work?


For the puppet theatre, I used one big piece of fabric, and cut the square out.

It was very flimsy, so I first used fusible web & card stock to frame the opening then I went back in and sewn around the opening, added some trim, and put up a curtain across the back.


I put sleeve across the top and
put a tension curtain rod to keep it up in the door frame. I left the bottom drape very long depending on where she wants to hang it...

I love how the horses turned out, I may need to play with them some more...
to see what else I can do with them...

Thanks, ANN for great idea! And sharing your artsy ideas with us!

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Have a special day my sweet! You grow more beautiful,
creative, clever & powerful each day.
Momma loves you girl!

XOXOXO


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oooh! Look at my goodies! I won this pillow from Chen! It's so darn cute. I love the straight square stitching... Completely adorable! thanks Chen! go check it out, because she is now giving away a SPIDERWEB QUILT!!! Awesome!

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And lastly, my dear friend Corina, of
365 days of purpose, is learning to Sew & Quilt! She has a very sweet blog about family stuff, and charity works, and now hopefully some sewing!
Please go say hi to her, and drop a few words of encouragement to a new sewer!

14 comments:

  1. Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter, who looks great in her gold dress and turquoise rose! Her birthday is just the day after my daughter's, so we've been celebrating, too. I had a puppet theater as a child and absolutely loved it. B will have a fantastic time with hers!!

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  2. Happy Happy Birthday B! You look so beautiful and your dress is amazing(love the turquoise rose)
    Hope you have a super day.

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  3. Congratulations, your the mother of a 9 yr old! Didn't it go fast?
    Your horses are very, very cute. And B's dress is almost as cute as the girl wearing it. You've got alot to be proud of there. Have a great day, my friend. Happy sewing!

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  4. Happy Birthday B!!!! You look GORGEOUS in your new dress...I love the added touch. Her puppets are fantastic. That pillow you won is absolutely darling :) I will go check out the Chen blog.
    Thanks for the encouragement V! I really appreciate it. You are a good friend :)

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  5. Happy Birthday! What a great way to celebrate - new dress and puppets!

    Enjoy!

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  6. Wow, look at you! Now I feel like I should go make something for my son!

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  7. Cute dress, cute rose and even cuter birthday girl!! Great job on the puppet theatre and puppets. What a crafty family.

    Glad you liked your goodies. Hope the pillow wasn't too wrinkled.

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  8. Love that clever puppet theater and those horse puppets! B looks absolutely gorgeous in her new dress.

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  9. Magnificent!! All of it! And Happy Birthday!!

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  10. Happy Birthday to your daughter...she is beautiful. Lovely handmade gifts.

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  11. Wonderful gifts for your amazing girl! I LOOOOVE the horses! And the dress is adorable.

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  12. Happy Birthday to B!!!! It looks like a terrific birthday and you look so pretty in your gold dress!

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  13. Happy Birthday, B. I hope you had a wonderful day!

    Love the dress and the horses - and a puppet theatre, genius! Handmade gifts are the absolute best!!!

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