Scrap baby quilt for a friend..
Murch, who lived down the hall from me senior year, and was a Whiff with C, and his lovely wife, Susan, are having a baby!They were married just months after us, and I made them a quilt for their wedding….When I found out they were having a baby, I waited and waited to find out […]
How to make a toddler playsuit/romper from an adult t-shirt (part 1)
Today I’m going to show you how to make THIS: I took OODLES of pictures, so every step should be really clear, but email me if it’s not! you will need: a shirt (I used adult small. It needs to be as long as your child from shoulder to ankle…. (or to knee if you […]
How to make snap crotch for a toddler romper/playsuit
OK, so hopefully you’ve read the part about how to cut/sew the basic shape of the romper, and all that remains is to make the snap crotch (that sounds so weird!) so, take one strip of stretchy coordinating fabric, serge the narrow ends, and line the ends up with the ends of one “U”, wrong […]
Quilt Blocks….
Last night was piecing night, obvi….I made my “Dandy” block for the quilt along…I made whirl-a-gig blocks for Heather’s month and I made triangles for Liz…. (the left is called “cards,” the right one is called “roses”more pictures on Flickrtonight I’ll work on my pie pan quilt, hopefully….
Uncle Jon’s Shirt….
The Bean’s godfather gave us one of his company’s shirts a few years ago….yesterday, I realized that, like the boxers I made a few months ago, a large t-shirt could easily make a suit for a small toddler…It worked out PERFECTLY, see:and you can still see all the logo on the back!this would probably be […]
Yesterday was productive:
Two shirts for D (more onesie-collars. I can get 1short sleeve and 1 long sleeve out of 1 yd jersey, so at $2.69/yd, these are awesomely cheap shirts. This green print has small racecars all over. D found it himself, and loves it)I also took an old stretched out waistband off one of my gram’s […]
Tada!
Ok, so the other day, (gosh, was that just yesterday? yikes!) I showed you this sneak peak… Here’s the finished product! It’s a zip-up hoodie for D. He doesn’t fit anything store bought right now, so why buy and alter when I can just make myself (out of superior materials, tailored to my boy!) He […]
Quilting catch-up!
Tonight, with help from a large Coke/Root Beer (mixed together 70/30, it tastes a lot like Vanilla Coke!), I made this weeks block for Modify Tradition (the block is called Shoo Fly)… Again, I’m only using scraps, so the red is from the bolt from the thrift store, the white was left over from… uh, […]
Utility sewing
The slupcover on the sofa on our back patio was ripped to shreds on the seat, so I grabbed a remnant canvas piece that sorta matched, pinned, and zigzagged it on. It’s not my best sewing, but the dogs are always on this sofa, and they don’t care about puckers!
What I accomplished last night…
the kids went out early, I didn’t… I was so excited to get the fabric for the 1st Wednesday Block Swap, I got right to work… I made a pinwheel star for Flic (she asked for stars, 12″ square, in black and red) I used the Made Tutorial as inspiration for a shirt for D… […]