A few recent projects...

 

I have a little issue with losing things while I'm working.  So I made this pin cushion to keep next to my machine and added the elastic strap to hold those little tools that always seem to disappear!   I made the  cushion itself pretty large because I tend to lose those too!

 I put this pillow together for Austin's friend, Abby.  Just a fun, easy project for a super sweet kid!

Love these "TABBOws"...get it?

I've sold quite a few Ipad sleeves lately!

Ipad sleeves made from Sis Boom Crazy Love are my favorites!

And the best news is, I've hired Emmi Mac from http://chignonandfeuilleton.com/ to be my assistant!  Check out her blog!  It's new and it's going to be really fun!  You'll be hearing alot more about Emmi and Tabbo this Spring!  We're so excited to get things going!

Circa!

Look who's got Sis Boom fabric named after them!!!  Tabbo girls!  Austin, Taylor, and Bradlee are soooo excited!  We can't wait to order Circa!!

2013

Happy New Year!!!  Once again, I was a little ambitious about what I could accomplish this Christmas!  I was able to make a few skirts...

But most of them seemed to have just been worn by my own family!

Which is okay, I guess!  Next year I'll try to have a Winter sale a little more organized (like I say every year!).  I did manage to get a couple of other projects done in the last few days.  I made these zipper bags for my husband's office staff...

And a little pillow for a friend of Austin's...

And I have a pretty good start on some Spring skirts.  I WILL be having a sale this Spring!!  That is my New Year's resolution...sell, sell, sell!!!

Happy New Year!  I hope you had a wonderful Holiday season and I wish you all the best in 2013!

Winter Trunk Show...in the works!

 I've been busy getting ready for my Tabbo Winter Trunk Show!  Here's a little preview... 

   

 

Tabbo Tablet Covers!

 Sorry for the lack of posts lately!  It's cheer season and this year I am coaching or assistant coaching all three of my daughter's teams.  I enjoy it but it does take up a lot of time!  However, I have had time to make and sell a ton of Tabbo tablet covers!  This year the 6th,7th, and 8th graders have tablets at our school and pretty much ALL of the girls wanted covers.  They have zippers, handles, and a pocket to hold the charger.

 Here are some pictures from this weeks 6th grade cheer practice with their bags scattered around the gym...I think I've sold about 40 of them this year!!  And I'm still making them!

 Here is my sixth grade squad at our "Country Western Day" game...

 Yesterday was my oldest daughter Austin's last Home game.  I've coached her and about 19 other 8th grade girls for several years now.  It was a sad day!  I don't want her or any "my girls" to grow up! 

Go Angels!!!!

The Gigi Skirt?

Recently, I told you my basic rule for sewing with Sis Boom  http://tabbodesign.blogspot.com/2012/06/happy-home-blog-tour.html...if you can't decide which to use, then use them all, or as many as you can!  That's how I came up with my Gigi skirt.  

  

 

I named it after my sister Gretchen (Gigi).

 It is lined and has a yoga band waistband, so it's super comfortable!

   ...and different from every angle!

 

OR, you can turn it around for a completely different look!  It's a really fun skirt and perfect for the Summer!  I made this one for myself...

 Unfortunately, Gigi lives in San Antonio and never came through on her promise to take better pictures of this awesome skirt I so GRACIOUSLY named after HER! 

Sooo, since I STILL didn't have a great shot of the Gigi...I made a mini version with a little added sass!

   Last week in Hilton Head my sweet friend Mary told me that when she grows up, she wants to be a Tabbo model!

       And she's such a natural!

  She put it on right then and got to work!

 She didn't even make me wait!

 I think maybe I should change the name from The Gigi Skirt... 

...to The Mary Skirt!

Idle Hands

You know that thing they say about turning into your Mother?  I think it might be happening to me.  For as long as I can remember, my Mom has been carrying around a little bag with a needlepoint project in it.

   And I mean, she carries it everywhere! When I was in high school, we had Astros season tkts and she would sit at the games and needlepoint!   I walked around her place in Florida the other day and took these pics of some of her creations.

 This one is my favorite.  It's a little antique stool that's all about her...tennis, piano, OU, her kids and grandkids initials, a needle and thread, crosses to symbolize her faith...isn't it great?

You really have to see it up close to appreciate the work.  Each block is done with a different stitch.  Truly impressive!

   She can't sit and watch a TV show, or sit on an airplane, or on the beach, etc. with idle hands.  So she creates these amazing needlepoint canvases and turns them into beautiful pillows, framed art, seat-cushions, Christmas ornaments, bags, you name it!

I have been chasing after young children now for about 13yrs, so I haven't had much "idle hands" time.  But now that my youngest is 7, I do find that I get very antsy when I'm not being productive.

  Friends will say, "...isn't it great that you are out of the baby pool now and you can just sit and read a book or look at a magazine when you're at the pool?". 

 What?!?  How long can you actually do that?  I'd go stir crazy!

  So, I took up a hand-sewing hobby myself...

 .... beading!   It's not needlepoint, but isn't it gorgeous?  I did it on the beach, by the pool, on the airplane...it's a little addictive!  I feel like my Mother!

Sis Boom fabric is PERFECT for embellishing!  No idle hands for the rest of the Summer!  Thanks for the inspiration Mom!