And she finally sews something useful....

Yup, I did it. Finally. My machine cooperated and I was actually able to whip something up in a couple of hours today.
I have issues. I get bored and impatient very quickly...especially with crafts but this one was instant gratification. It was very easy to put together, and it helped that I found an excellent tutorial for beginners....this blog really had great step by step directions.  

For those of you who dont know what its called, its a Taggie blanket. This site sells them for a small fortune. I have lots of flannel on hand (for those diapers I am supposed to be sewing) and bought a few yards of coordinating ribbon. The total for this blanket was under $3.00 for me. Seems like a good deal, eh?

And here is the finished product!

Is this for me?

Oh, straight to the mouth, just like everything else when you are 7 months old :)

 Now that is what its for! Thanks, Mom.

Just another thing crossed off my list of to do's for July, but this one was far more rewarding than the rest. The closet just doesnt smile at me the way she does :)

Until next time..

Add another to the list..

See all those toys next to Baby A? See what she's playing with INSTEAD of those cute, colorful toys?

A Tag.

Yup, she'd rather play with, suck on, bite on that interesting little tag. Isn't that the case with every baby?

Guess I'll add  this project  to my list of to do's this month ; )

On the sewing table this week.....

We've been sick this past week so not much has been getting done besides school but I did want to share that I am going to be sewing some curtains for our school room from some sheets I got in a bag full of freecycle stuff. Its a cute pattern and I think their going to look great in our newly organized school room! I don't have any extra money to decorate around here, but I love trying to figure out how to take what I have sitting around and putting it to good use instead! I also will have some extra material left over to cover a little bench in there that is used to house our dress up clothes and possible some big throw pillows to relax on while we are reading. Hubby also brought home 2 very much needed bookshelves and a little cabinet that will hold more stuff!! LOL I love his job sometimes...he comes home with useful things all the time (now that he calls and asks if I could use or want them I LOVE it!).

I will post pics as soon as I am done with the curtains!

Re-using old jeans in your wardrobe to save money!

Using Jeans to make a skirt- Part 1

I have been doing a personal challenge this week and let's just say wearing skirts is the main concept. I don't have that many of them, so I am finding it challenging to have variety of different outfits for the whole week. I remember seeing someone take a pair of old jeans and turn then into a skirt. I decided to try it and hope that I inspire another beginning seamstress to jump right in and not be afraid of her sewing machine! I have only a project or two under my belt (and really simple ones at that) so the sewing part will be the most difficult for me. I will put the next part up in the coming days as I get the skirt done...but give me some time k? LOL

First you need to find yourself a pair of old jeans, make sure they still fit you on the waist, but too short (can anyone say THATS what I can do with those highwaters!) or too tight in the thighs is fine too ;) You'll be making the skirt wider so it'll fit! The waist NEEDS to fit because we are not going to alter it.


I then measured where I wanted to cut them and tried to cut both sides the same..lol.


Keep those bottoms of the pants...your gonna need them:

Then take your seam ripper (happens to be my bff) and rip the seams of the inside legs of both sides of the jeans...almost to the zipper, but not quite. If you are working on a pair of levi's like I was, know that you'll be doing this all day it'll take some time...this is what you end up with...the jeans/skirt now should lay flat.


Then take those legs that you cut off and try to fit them to fill in the gaps, if they don't you can grab another old pair of jeans or some fabric and make a triangle (I may have to acutally do this as mine seem to be too short for the back of my skirt now that I am trying to sew it) This is how it will look:


You'll need to pin the triangle in place.....I will post pics of this in the second part of this tutorial when I have the finished product!

Let me know if you are going to make one and if you have any helpful tips!