The big ONE

I had one craft goal this year and it was this ONE. A gift for my son's number ONE birthday. I saw this first on Homemade by Jill and I fell in love. I loved it and it was the first ONE of its kind I saw. It seemed super ambitious but I decided to make it a goal for 2010. Now I am happy to say it's completed and it feels great.

Welcome to Matthew's home
The Entrance
I borrowed many of Jill's templates for the entrance. Pick the flowers or look for mail.
The Garage
Garage with truck parked outside. Window is open so you can peak out of the car. Car has squeegee and sponge in a bucket in the truck's bed.
The Side Yard
In the side yard you can peak through the window, shoot some hoops, or pick some oranges off the tree.
The Garden
In the garden you can pick some vegetables, pick the oranges, hang clothes on the clothesline and crawl through the secret hideout entrance.
Birds eye view
After many months and hours of cutting, sewing, and creating I got my reward. Take a look. It makes me smile.
I have to give credit to my husband who designed the truck and had the clever idea for a bird's nest and clothes line. He is awesome!

Anthropologie inspired

I saw this...

so I made this...

I made my skirt longer and went for a black elastic waist band. The hardest part was pulling the elastic band tight while sewing the skirt onto it. This required a second person to help pull the elastic. I also had to relearn how to do a blind hem stitch but I think I could whip up a second skirt fairly quickly now.

Husband's Handiwork

Our garden grew and grew and needed a new home so my handy husband built two troughs for our tomato and pepper plants.
Now it's time for those tomatoes to make their debut!