Superheroes and a Princess

I've just returned from StashBash and my daughter and her husband arrived from the Caribbean while I was gone, so life is just slightly crazy right now as I try to catch up on my sleep and entertain the troops and (hopefully) carve out just a teeny bit of sewing/photography time (I have a bee block due tomorrow - yikes!), but I wanted to share these adorable photos my daughter sent of her littles with their presents from grandma!

I love this photo.  Even though I made both capes for Britton, I love that he is sharing and that Abby is wearing one too.  I love that they are holding hands.  I love the picture on the wall above their sweet little heads.  I love how it looks like she is taking such good care of her little brother.  And I love that he has one pants leg up and the other down.  I really just love this photo.

Here's the little guy in his cape working on the puzzle grandma sent with the dress up stuff.  (Doesn't he have the cutest little toes?)  I forgot to take their presents from my visit to St. Maarten when I went last time.

And it seems that Abby's Cinderella dress is a bit big for her (which is odd considering that it's the same pattern as the Elsa dress) and a bit long (not so odd considering that I was going by memory) but the good news is that I'm sure she will grow - and fast!  She seems a bit more reconciled to the photography session this time too, which is nice.

No pictures of Rapunzel yet.  I hope she likes that one too.

And her momma has already ordered fabric for a few more princess dresses. 

Maybe there will be enough fabric for a few more superheroes too.

Equal Time

Now that I've made three princess dresses for the big sister, I decided it was important to give equal time to the young boy in my life.  He is such a joy in my life, even though I don't get to see him often.  I had some left over fabric from two of the princess dresses, so I decided to make him a couple of superhero capes.  This one is Super Britton.  The piece of fabric I had left over was a triangular shape, mostly so I could get as much use out of the small piece as possible.  Keeping it simple, I drew a circle and a "B" to fit inside it.

Very basic, but I don't think elaborate would necessarily have made him happier.

Oh, and I found out something interesting - Wonder Under doesn't work on felt.  Luckily, even though the cape is slippery, felt just naturally kind of stays put, so the fact that the Wonder Under didn't stick wasn't a huge deal.

I had a long, narrow piece of the purple left, so I cut it in half and put a seam down the middle.  I didn't want to use a character logo - I don't think he would recognize them yet anyway, and I wanted this to be something he could use his imagination for.  I started with a double triangle and then added the shaft-like thing.  I was kind of going for a lightning bolt, but when I got it on there, it looked like a fox running to me.  A stretch, I know, but maybe that's ok.  His momma is "A Crafty Fox" after all.

So, equal time for the little boy.  (He really is durned adorable, if you ask me!)

Just to prove Grandma doesn't play favorites.

I can't wait to see him play in them!