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Mario Party Birthday Party: Happy Birthday Braeden!

 

Kicking off the event with a postcard invite mailed out to his favorite friends. 

 

For Braeden’s 6^th birthday bash he wanted a Mario Party Party!  We had traditional birthday party games with a twist.  Ie: 

Hot potato with Mario music and using “bull dog”  pin the wii remote on braeden (painted an outline of him sitting with his hand out) kids made paper wii remotes and pined them on.

Gunny sack races with bags in the symbols of the Mario Bros characters hats… M  L  etc.   Simple cone hats and a bit of paper crafting turned them into themed hats. 

Braeden worked weeks ahead of time making all the decorations that we hung on the windows.  Hand made drawings off all happenings in the Mario Party world. 

Mustaches, Kettle Korn and Shave Ice topped off the party that would not be completed with out a fabulous cake!

How to make a dress out of 1 yard!!!

 

 

 

 

The One Yard Dress

Materials needed:

1 yard of fabric

Thread

Ribbon

¾” elastic

Top of dress

Fold down ¼” and finger press

Fold down an additional 2” and finger press to make casing for elastic

Pin and sew

Bottom of dress

Cut to desired length

Fold up ¼” and finger press

Fold up an additional 2” and finger press to make hem

Pin and sew

This is where you can get creative with the bottom, add ribbon trim etc.

Sew up side seam

Insert elastic with safety pins to hold into place

Add ribbon for straps

 

4 Months Old and Just Adorable...

If I say so myself!

How to make a modern baby (or big kid) quilt

 

This modern baby quilt was made for Holden before his arrival.  I have finally finished a tutorial on it so here you go…

I started with 11 different fabrics in bright and fun colors and scales.  Cutting them into 2.5”, 3.5” and 5.5” wide strips.  Random is the key to this quilt.  No order, no direction, no wrong way! 

Sew together

Cut into 6” wide panels. Flip, sew, flip sew…

Cut 6” sashing from another fabric

 

Quilt as desired.  I had it quilted f a local quilt shop with using variegated thread and an adorable star pattern.

Bind your quilt with yet another fabric!