Bender Boutique

10/11/2026

This, my friends, is why I stockpile my crafting items. This is Effie (Hunger Games cosplay piece). The picture on the left is the original design. The one on the right is the forced/necessary redesign- aka Version 2. I can no longer find the large pink and gold beads nor the pink see through beads. The gold spacer beads are much smaller now and the clasp is no longer sold. Somebody, who will remain nameless, dipped not once, but 3 TIMES in my pearls using all but 2 of my 14mm 🤦‍♀️
The overall look is interesting. It doesn't feel as bold as the original, but it works. The real test- someone takes an interest in it and buys it at Lodge Con in a few weeks.

09/04/2026

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08/16/2026

Who's ready to storm the castle? Preparations are being made and a new Fandom quilt in the works!
Come see me in the Vendor's Pavillion at Lodge Con 🥰

08/15/2026

Morning hustle 🥰

07/28/2026

Going to be unveiling some new head gear this year! 😁

07/02/2026

3 & 1/2 quilts in 2 months. I say 3 & 1/2 because the medium sized Disney one was more than halfway done before I started my marathon session. 😁 This is a record! Previous record was 2 quilts in 2 months and they were baby quilts that I made BEFORE I had kids 🤣
The first quilt was the Hello Kitty baby quilt for my son's teacher. Really gave myself props on that one because I had 3 weeks to do it and got it to her 2 days before school let out. 😁🙌
The second was a custom order Fandom quilt for my OG bestie. I'm calling it The Imperial Quilt 🤣
The third one took waaay too long for me to finish for my liking, but it is the biggest t-shirt quilt that I've done to date. Difficulty was set on Easy mode...until Joann's went out of business and that gray Mickey fabric got discontinued. 🤦‍♀️ I got what I could from Etsy and Ebay and had just enough to have half a yard leftover. I lucked out and found the white Mickey fill in fabric at Michael's and took every yard they had- again, with roughly half a yard leftover.
All in all, I had too much fun with these! 😁 And it did emphasize the need for an actual quilting machine because i struggled getting the bigger quilts through my machine (was nearly in tears on the Big Mickey one!) Had to get Doug and the kids to help me reposition the quilt as I went 🤦‍♀️
One last overdue project to knock out and then I'll be switching to conference and convention mode! 😁

07/01/2026

Big project reveal coming soon!!

06/01/2026

The messengers have come. The date has been set. It is time to prepare...we are going to storm the castle!

Lodge Con

04/21/2026

Apparently, I've been REALLY slacking on updating the pictures on my page! 🤦‍♀️There's more that I need to dig through and find and quite possibly retake pictures of. That'll teach me for being forgetful for about 4 years 😆
Enjoy the new product pictures! 🥰 There has been some pricing updates because of (surprise, surprise) supplier price increases. But seeing as how it's been about 4 years since I've raised the price on anything, I'm giving myself a pat on the back 😆
***More pictures coming soon!***

04/21/2026