Easter Baskets and More

I have had so much fun embroidering these baskets. Most of them are being used as Easter baskets, but the possibilities of their uses are really endless. These baskets could easily be used in your own home for storage, as a birthday gift filled with goodies, or as a baby gift filled with goodies! I held a quick photo session with one basket to give just a few ideas of how versatile they can be! However, if they are just used as Easter baskets, one great aspect of them is that they are collapsible! I love the idea of saving room instead of having more holiday decor to find room to store! We are ready to test ours out at an Easter egg hunt!

Happy Valentine's Day

I am excited to share with you my newest "try it out" project that I used my new serger to complete! I had read through several different blogs and looked at several Pinterest pictures of cutting off blue jeans to turn it into a skirt. I loved the idea since blue jeans either get too short, worn out, or need to be passed from brother to sister. I already had the design for a raggy heart applique shirt for my daughter, and I decided that a re-purposed ruffled denim skirt would go great with it. I had plenty of scraps of material, so I thought I would give it a try to make my first piece of clothing with my serger.

I decided on adding three layers of ruffles to my cut off jeans-turned skirt. The materials from the ruffles are also used in the raggy heart applique that I added to her shirt. She absolutely loves it, and I do too!

Monogrammed Shirts for Bride and Bridesmaids

I had the great privilege in December to monogram shirts for a beautiful bride and her bridesmaids. I can just imagine them getting ready together on that special day wearing these shirts!

I am back!

I am back to the blog after quite a break over Christmas. It was not that I stopped Jumpin' Jacks Stitches. In fact, it was the opposite! I completed many projects during December...some for business and some for gifts. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of a lot of the projects! However, I did complete one new project and remembered to take pictures. This project is now a possibility because of receiving a serger for Christmas! I have been playing with the possibilities ever since! This new project is a personalized burlap garden flag. I love the possibilities with the garden flags for either "everyday" or holidays!