Warren's Birthday Gifts

We had a great time yesterday at the birthday party for Danielle's friend, Warren, who just turned two.  I made him a personalized crayon roll and a hooded towel.  They are coordinated, don't ask me why!

I used the font "Fudge" from 8 Claws

The towel didn't go over so well with the birthday boy, who thought he was going to have to take a bath.  Note to self for future gifts....

Tonka Dump truck from Planet Applique

I can't wait to make my daughter a towel soon.  We still have two months of warm weather ahead of us and I have been in love with the design I plan to use since before I got my machine.  That will have to wait until I get a few other projects out of the way though.  Speaking of, I'm going to go get my sewing room finished right now while my husband is watching the kids. 

My First Crayon Roll

I've seen crayon rolls on other blogs and thought they were a great idea.  Planet Applique offers a free in-the-hoop design for one if you sign up for their Yahoo! group, so I decided to make one for my daughter before we went on a recent road trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Here's how it turned out:

I used the font "Madison" from 8 Claws

I thought it was pretty cute, but was surprised because I didn't realize how small it would be.  I made this in a 5x7 hoop, so it's maybe six inches wide.  It holds 8 crayons and had room for her name (obviously).

For my little girl who loves to dance

I laid a ponytail holder down during the step that stitches the front and back together to use as a closure, an idea I saw on one of my favorite blogs: Stitched By Janay.  

All rolled up

Danielle struggles a little with the rubber band and I like the idea of using velcro, but I wanted to make the whole thing with my embroidery machine and I don't have any software to edit designs yet.  I'll be saving my allowance for that after I get a coverstitch machine.  In the future I would also like to try some of the other designs for crayon rolls that include pockets for little coloring pads.