Happy Halloween!

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I made this banner from felt and backed it with fall-colored fabric remnants.  I just cut out the felt triangles and backing fabric, embroidered the letters and sewed them together with a quick overcasting stitch and connected with ribbon.  This was a quick and easy project and another good one for those fabric leftovers.  Happy Halloween!

Baby Blocks

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I made these sweet baby blocks for our goddaughter’s birthday last week. They spell out her name on one side and have numbers on the opposite side. My inspiration was the blocks I saw over at Craftsbury Kids. So they would also be great with felt applique, but since I had the embroidery machine…well. Each one is filled with polyfill (though foam would have been a great alternative) and I put a plastic easter egg filled with various noisemakers in each one (duct taped for safety!).