I finally got it stitched out tonight (49 minutes of machine embroidery! probably the longest design I’ve ever done)
while I waited for that to happen (cause, of course, I did a tester first, which means I was waiting by my machine for 1.5 hours), I altered a bunch of the Bean’s onesies into t-shirts… she’s so tiny, even the 6-9mo tops still fit width wise, they’re just not long enough to snap under her cloth diaper…. so I cut off all the snaps, and zip-zap-zopped them through the serger (with pink thread!), so now she has about 15 *new* shirts…
gotta love quick and easy fixes, especially when they’re cute and free!
I also FINALLY stopped procrastinating on this one project… I made this dress about a year ago (purposely too big, cause babies outgrow things too quickly for me to want to sew newborn-ish stuff), and it’s about ready to fit her, maybe…
but I’d never sewn on the closure at the top (*hand sewing* iew ick!)…
so, today, the Bean and I looked at buttons, and chose this little one with an apple on it, and then I opened up the other side seam, stuck in a piece of elastic, and resewed it. It took all of 3 minutes of work, MAYBE, so I’m not sure why I waited so long… but it’s done now, and it looks cute, and maybe tomorrow I’ll actually try it on her…
I also did as much as I could (on my serger, so no topstitching) of this week’s Frock By Friday shirtdress… of course, I wasn’t paying super close attention, so I cut a big chunk of the front off… Might have to go buy more fabric if I can’t figure out a pretty way to fix it… maybe ruffles… oooooohhh…
Oh, and I’m at 29 finished (of 64?) string blocks, and 30-something crochet squares, so I’m on track/ahead of schedule so far on my long-ish term projects. Yay me!