My Little Design Diva

The last Friday of the month at my granddaughter Kobi's school is Mustang day and they encourage everyone to dress western. Last year for her birthday we gave her red cowgirl boots (another fun trip to Boot Barn) This year she wanted a skirt to wear with them. She also had just received a pair of the cutest little Cheetah flats with a red bow from her other grandma.

She asked if she could have a skirt that would go with both and her Mom and I just kinda shrugged, meaning probably not.

We planned to meet at Strawberry Patches a couple of weeks ago to pick out fabric.

They got there a little before I did and she picked a pattern to show me what she wanted and then showed me the western themed fabrics she liked. Then...she wanted to see if they had cheetah fabric, and of course as is the case when you shop at the wonderful Strawberry Patches, there were a couple to choose from.

Kobi even gave her Mom and I a little lesson on animal prints..."no, that is giraffe, that is tiger, that is...", etc.

You know, when we got the fabrics all together, I really thought it might work. Her Mom was more skeptical,

but here she is in her "designed" skirt and her red cowboy boots.

 Here's the skirt before I took it to her today.

 She wanted a bow to match, so I found this cute pattern for pinwheel bows here and decided to make those. I had tons of fabric left and made a bunch for bows of the smaller size and some larger ones for pins.
Kobi's Mom works at the school and said she could sell them as the teachers are always looking for something western to wear on Fridays.

Here's Kobi  with her Cheetah flats with the red bow. But you can barely see the shoes.

 Here's the pinwheel bow. They really did turn out cute. Some with regular buttons and some with covered buttons.

This girl knows what she likes and she loved the skirt. Even though tomorrow isn't the last Friday, I'm sure she plans to wear her new creation.
Kobi has been a shoe girl since she could walk. If you took your shoes off, you could be sure she would be trying them on.  She is very particular about what shoes she wears with what outfit.

What will I do when all these girls get too old to want me to make their clothes.  Maybe by then it will be time to think about sewing for the "greats" or maybe I will just be too old to care...NOT.



God is Good!!
Life is Good!!



Hi! I'm Emmy Lou

Hope you don't mind, but I'm writing my Mamaw's post for her tonight. She's been really busy lately and is a little too tired tonight.

You see, I don't get much time with my Mamaw all by myself.  Being the youngest of 10 cousins, (5 of them are my brother and sisters) I don't get much one on one time with anyone.

But tonight it's just us playing, while Mommy and Daddy get a date night.

I'm crawling now, so Mamaw has to stay on the floor near by, because I can get into trouble really fast.

She has lots of toys for me to play with, but I see other things that look like a lot more fun.

I've also learned to pull up on furniture. Darn she moved all the fun stuff back so I can't reach it.  I promise I won't break anything, I just want to chew on it.

Papaw came in for dinner and I played bashfull with him. (That's my newest "trick")

I also show him how I play Patty Cake (another new "trick")

A little more floor playtime before I get to take my bath.

I love taking a bath at Mamaw's.  She has the greatest bathtub sink in her kitchen.

I can take all my toys with me, but it's really more fun to just suck on the washcloth.

Then I get cuddled and dryed off with a warm fuzzy towel.

I love getting rubbed down with good smelling lotion and getting my jammies on.

More playtime until Mommy and Daddy come pick me up.

Opps! The picture isn't upside down, just me!

It sure is fun being an "only" grandkid for the night.

Rest up Mamaw, because next time it will be all of us again.

Dayle at  A Collection of This And That asked that I link this post to her Simple Pleasrures on Thursday's. Such a great idea, so click on her name above or on the button on my sidebar to visit all the other "Simple Pleasures"