Part of my plan for Christmas/birthday/new baby season is a new set of gear for C’s baby. Actually, she has asked for a brand new baby with eyes that close. That’s part of the plan too. But this is scrap buster month over as Sew, Mama, Sew which got me thinking. I made a couple of diapers a while back but nothing too fancy and got to thinking about how to make them better. As a result, I barely slept last night but I did come up with an idea. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Baby Doll Cloth Diaper Tutorial
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Make Your Own Lacing Beads
Beads are a favored activity at our house. We started with preschool type chunky wooden lacing beads by Melissa and Doug. They’re great wooden beads that are easy to manipulate but became too easy in short order. Then we moved on to another Melissa and Doug kit that resulted in a number of pictures of teenie looking rather pathetic. But after a while, we lost interest in those beads too. So I started thinking. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Hump Day
I made this quick little ‘juice box’ for Chase not too long ago. I got tired of having to drink ‘milk’ everyday so I made some O.J. so at least now I have some options. I used the same template I used to make the milk carton but even so the new one came out about half the size and not at all the same. I could have done a much better job and I still might but it will do for now.
I don’t know, I’ve started to develop a real appreciation for slow projects. Hand-sewing, knitting, stuff like that. More than that even I’m able to take my time with things in a way that I could never do before. Spending a lot of time pinning, basting or marking used to be way down my list of things that are fun to do but lately I take a lot of pleasure in doing things and doing things well. Read the rest of this entry »