Stagosaurus
Thursday, September 30, 2010
My Great Idea
The only problem, is sometimes my towel gets REALLY dirty throughout the day. And I would hate to throw the whole apron in the washing machine when just the dish rag is dirty. The solution? Add some velcro!
Close up of velcro:
This way, I can just pull the towel off and attach a new one!
The possibilities are endless! A plain apron, with seasonal dish towels? Sounds good to me! Maybe I'll try that next.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Spring Top Week
Friday, April 30, 2010
A Frock By Friday
A Frock By Friday
Thursday, April 29, 2010
T-Shirt Quilts!
Since this first quilt, I've made many more for family and friends. I'm currently working on 4 quilts for a friend of the family. She has two daughters who have gone through a lot of t-shirts!!! I finished the first for her oldest daughter yesterday:
I'm in the process of finishing one for her younger daughter as well:
These quilts are pretty easy to make...lots of straight lines. They're just really time consuming!!! And apparently I can't cut well, b/c the hardest part for me is getting all the lines to line up when I sew the rows together. I'm getting a lot better...but hopefully I will continue to improve!
A cute variation on the t-shirt quilt is the baby clothes quilt. I've made two of these for a friend..one for her little girl, and this one for her little boy:
I can't wait to make one of these for each of my boys. I have two large boxes full of clothes, one for each of them. Every time Sam outgrows a size (which is fairly often..we're at 24 months for our 10 month old!), I go through the clothes and make three piles...Quilt for Henry, Quilt for Sam and Donate. I think I'm going to stick to the clothes they wore during their first year. So I could probably start on Henry's quilt pretty soon.
So much to sew, so little time!
P.S. I've got to start taking pictures with a real camera...not my phone!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
In Awe of Wonder Under
I've also made a couple for friends. These are for Easter and 4th of July:
Since I master the art of the tie onesie, I've used Wonder Under for a variety of shirts for both my boys and myself. As a teacher, we get to wear jeans on Friday, as long as we're wearing a school shirt. All my school shirts were navy, blue and more navy, and I need a little COLOR!!! So I've created my own shirts to wear. This one combines my love of wonder under with my love of the rag quilt.
I've got more cute shirts I'll have to post once I get pics... More soon!
Hello, world!
I haven't been sewing as much because of my two boys, Henry and Sam. This is Sam, who is almost 10 months old. He's always smiling and always in a good mood.
Henry is my older boy. He's almost 2 1/2 and he's amazing. At times, he is definitely a 'terrible twos' kid, but most of the time, he is sweet, loving and cuddly!!
Being the only girl in a housefull of boys has taken some adjustments. Our house is filled with toy trucks, loud toys and all things "boy." But I wouldn't have it any other way!!