Hudson's Play Teepee

The teepee is supported with 6 PVC pipes/poles.
The fabric is decorator quality and has small triangles
in taupes and grays on a cream background.

My daughter Michaele asked me to make a play teepee for Hudson, my grandson who just turned one year old.  Play teepees from Land of Nod and Pottery Barn cost almost $200 (for the teepee only - not including the pillow).
I found a Butterick pattern on sale for $1.99 (full retail is 15.99).
I purchased about 10 yards of decorator fabric on sale for $1.45/yard (usually over $20/yd)!  This is the main fabric for the teepee.
I purchased the front flap fabric for 60% off and the ribbon ties for 40% off.
I painted the poles with acrylic paint I had on hand.
I bought a pappasan pillow at Pier One on sale for $58.
When I calculated the total cost of all my materials, it came in at less than $100.  The pillow cost more than the entire teepee (less than $40).  So I was pretty happy with how frugal the project ended up being.  Also I was able to keep my daughter's requested color scheme in mind - taupes and grays.
I hope Hudson will enjoy his Christmas gift from his Nonny.

I painted the PVC pipe with taupe paint and then used a sponge to add texture with darker paint to simulate bark.

The teepee has a flap that can be closed with ribbon ties.

Where's the Fox?

The quilt has straight line quilting stitches for the grassy area and borders.
Cloud shapes are quilted in the sky area (batik fabric).
The tree trunk, limbs, and leaves are outlined quilted.

I made this quilt for my niece's son, Hunter James Stephenson, born Feb 18, 2015.
She has a Winnie the Pooh Hundred Acre Wood theme for her nursery.  This is the third quilt made with this theme in mind.

Emma's quilt

Claire's quilt

Tami sent me a picture of a quilt upon which to base my design.  Every quilt has had a tree as the main focus.  This time she wanted a fox in the quilt as well.  She requested creams, sage green, butter yellow, and gray as the color scheme.  I designed the quilt with a trio of white birch trees.  (Birch trees are usually planted with at least three trees together.)  I used our birch trees in the front yard as inspiration and took a leaf from the tree to design the leaf motif.

I appliqued a silver fox.

The leaf fabrics were used in the two previous quilts made for Tami's two daughters.
I used a birch tree leaf to draw the leaf shape.

I found a modern print incorporating the gray/yellow/cream color scheme for the backing fabric.

I added a smaller fox applique to the quilt label.

Froggie

Froggie quilt was made for Hugs and Stitches.  It was machine pieced and quilted with a diagonal stitching line.

Close up of block and borders.

Friendship Braid Quilt

I made this Friendship Braid quilt for Hugs and Stitches.
It was machine pieced from scrap fabric.
The machine quilting was done in the ditch for the braids and a serpentine stitch for the border.

Bon Voyage Baby Nova

I made this quilt for Nova Madeline Smith, daughter of Chris' nephew Jeremiah and wife Robin.
The quilt is machine appliqued, pieced, and quilted.  

I added a name tag to the suitcase.

The balloon ropes were hand embroidered.

The quilt pattern is from The Freckled Pear and purchased at In Between Stitches in Livermore, CA.
The background fabric for the applique blocks is a batik fabric purchased at The Granary in Sunnyvale, CA.
The border print is a Japanese fabric purchased at Prairie Queen in San Jose.
The turquoise batik fabric was purchased at Beverly's in San Jose.  The turquoise fabric for the balloon and Eiffel Tower was also purchased at Beverly's.
The rest of the fabric is from my stash.

The Eiffel Tower has hand embroidered embellishments.

The flowers in the basket are hand embroidered.

The details on the jacket are hand embroidered.

The label on the back is a Passport with Nova's information.
The quilt is backed with "Paris pink" Minkee fabric.

To go with the travel theme, my daughters contributed Dr. Seuss' book, Oh The Places You'll Go and the French baby toy, Sophie la girafe.