made to order

A few weeks back Jessie contacted me through this little blog of mine and asked if I would help her put together a little birthday gift for her daughter.  I admired her wanting to give something handmade to her daughter, but at the same time I asked myself, "She wants me to help her?"  I feel like such a novice at this whole sewing thing and the thought of making something "for hire" was a tad intimidating.

Well here is what I came up with.  I thought it would be fun for Jessie's daughter to be in on the creation of her little gift so I only finished it half-way.  I made her a smock apron.

 

I also made some pockets that she can sew on herself wherever she pleases (she will be 8 years old).

To aid in the hand sewing I also put together a little sewing kit for her stocked with fun trims and buttons to further decorate her apron.  This little egg crate idea came from a back issue of Country Living magazine. 

  

A needle book and small scissors are tucked in the lid, and down below I included some fun pins pushed into a strawberry pincushion, thread, a measuring tape, and some other buttons and trims (some are not pictured).  Isn't that a cute way to put it all together?  Can you tell what the recipiants favorite colors are?

I also crocheted up some veggies and a market bag.  Pretend food is so much fun to play with (real food is too for that matter).

   

I purchased the patterns here some time ago.

So, off they shipped yesterday.  As much as I enjoyed creating all of it...I still felt a bit nervous as I shipped it out yesterday.  Hope she likes it!