A Baby Quilt

My oldest nephew on John's side of the family is expecting a baby so I decided I should probably throw a quick gift together. I think it turned out wonderful so I thought I would share pictures...

I added a little label to the back so the baby would always know who made the quilt. I think it is very important to label quilts. There is nothing sadder than going through your mother's things and realizing she was the only one that knew who had made them.
Life is crazy around our house. While Ethan was at school on Friday, we tried our best to entertain my little ones...that was, until I realized they were able to entertain themselves.

Wyatt is the boy of all boys. He has been as long as I can remember. There was no mud hole he didn't find, no bug who could escape his capture, and he even has holes in his jeans in all the right places...

Friday, he found a great was to entertain himself. I had emptied a container of potting soil to get it ready for some fresh, "more nutrient" soil and he found it.

Some days I wonder how his boots get so dirty, but while playing with him on Friday, the wonder is GONE!!!

While Wyatt was off spreading dirt the old fashion way, Abagail was wondering around showing her attitude, playing basketball, and basically just being CUTE!!!



















I am a lucky, lucky Mommy. I just hope we can find some more ways to have fun tomorrow.

I can't believe it, I WON!!!!



I am so excited I can't believe it! I think I need to attempt to be more creative and make things on my own more often.

I am in the process of making a friend of mine some maternity skirts and will hopefully have those finished soon.

I have no idea what I will do next, but I really want to get some quilts done. I have a few easy panels I picked up cheap and might just quilt them to have as gifts.

Who knows....

...and now it's a dress

Lately I have been visiting loads of craft blogs and sometimes a project will hit me like a wildfire...I must make it NOW! This was certainly one of those projects. I dug around in my poor husbands closet while talking to him at work...

How about this shirt?
No, well, what about this one?

He finally decided he hadn't worn this shirt in 4 years, so it was probably safe to cut it up.

I worked feverishly for a few hours and finally came up with what I thought was a great "first" time effort at making a dress out of a man's shirt for Abagail. She was quite the little helper while I was sewing it, asking sweet little questions.

Mommy, that for me?

Mommy, that Daddy shirt?

Mommy, that Abby dress now?

She even was such a doll and took off her clothes repeatedly so she could try it on for fitting. Always making sure I knew it had pins. "Be careful, Mommy, pins hurt!" When I finished she put in on (with a little battle) and wore it the rest of the day. She wouldn't pose for pictures (little turkey), but I managed to snap some horrible ones, just so you could see how cute it turned out.

She wasn't really sure about it until Daddy came home and kept telling her, "Abby, give Daddy back his shirt. That's my shirt!"

She would laugh wildly and say..."Nope, it mine now!"

I am hoping that the pocket shadow will wash out a little and not be as noticeable. I have plans to make some more, but must go shopping at the thrift store for some fun ones. I was thinking of Hawaiian shirts or solid shirts with appliqué, none of which my husband has or is willing to part with.

While I am off shopping at the thrift stores, I am hoping to find some great wool sweaters to felt and make into bags. Maybe snag a few tablecloths at a good price to make some skirts.

Who knows?!?!

This new idea (new to me at least) of reconstructing things for a new use is a blast. I see lots of it in my future...

Welcome!!!!

I am sitting here tonight, realizing I have been using Ethan's Caringbridge Page as a journal for the last 3+ years and it was high time I got a blog of my own.

As my description says, I have entirely too many hobbies. I love to craft. it doesn't matter to me what method the project takes, (as long as it's not painting...man, I CANNOT paint) I am ready to tackle it. I dream up things I want to do, but rarely get them done. I thought this would be the perfect outlet to inspire/entice me to get some of those projects done.

I really do spend most of my days making things for my baby girl. I love to sew clothes and she is the perfect age to sew for. Unfortunately, she is a strong headed little girl, who has many opinions and rarely likes the things Mommy makes for her. Most items are put on her in a struggle, then she accepts them and learns to love them (usually after Daddy tells her how pretty they are)!

Thanks for joining me on this venture, I feel like it is an opportunity for me to start finding myself again. For so long I have been a caregiver to my sweet boy and haven't really devoted time to myself. So here I go, hopefully to fill these pages with things that make me happy...