Jacob playing

Jacob has been learning some new tricks since his last video

Train Stop Shirt Dress GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Train Stop Shirt Dress GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!
You have to check this blog out. This lady is an awesome seamstress plus she gives away dresses once or twice a week. These dresses fit girls from age 2-5, so if you have girls this age, check out her blog. If not, collect dresses for your future 2-5 year olds.

Fabric Gathering

I don't always post about the fabric I have gathered, but lately I have been gathering a lot. It is mostly to build up my stash of fabrics for the large quilting project we have taken on.

This fabric above is from Ebay. It was from a quilter's stash. There were lots of all different colors imaginable. I got the green. I should have tried for a complimentary color like peach or yellow also. Oh well. These will be going toward the Refuge House quilts. We have to make 30 or more.

I love the thrifted pillowcases above. They look almost screenprinted. They are beautiful and are probably destined to become shopping bags. I also picked up a few more yards for quilting.

I love it when estate sales have fabric. I also love it when it isn't wildly overpriced. I got all of these beauties for 25 cents a yard. Also not pictured are yards of flannel and quilted cotton for baby blankets. So much fabric and so little time.

Cloth diaper!

The diaper dilemma is over! Jacob is wearing cloth about 99 percent of the time. I love his recycled wool sweater diaper covers. I had them made from some felted sweaters that I had been saving for crafting. They cost about $12 each to make. The nice thing about wool is that it absorbs extremely well, no leaks so far. Also, there is no smell because it neutralizes the smell from the urine. They are not as bulky or warm as most people think either. They also don't irritate his skin. Overall, I'm really happy with the way things are working out. Jacob seems happy too. It's been nice because he hasn't been in daycare this summer, so we can do whatever we want with feeding and cloth diapering. We'll see how things go in the fall when he goes back to daycare. I don't think they are opposed to cloth diapers, but according to his teacher, not one mother has done it in her time working at the daycare.

These baby shoes almost kicked my butt

If you have been following my blog, you might have noticed that sewing has become one of my hobbies. I have enjoyed learning how to sew a few things, and have gained confidence in my skills. I think that I might even have become overconfident. I saw a free pattern for these baby shoes online a while back and saved it for when I was feeling more confidence in my skills. The day finally came when I decided to put my skills to the test. I can say that I am happy with how these shoes turned out, but along the way, I wasn't sure if I would make it.

This was my first time working with fusible interfacing and I fused the interfacing to the ironing cloth (oops). Recut, redo.
Then, I misread the pattern and topstitched too far over. Seamripper...but it left dots on the fabric, cleverly concealed by the rickrack. Finally, when attaching the top, I didn't cut the sole closely enough to the pattern, resulting in more seamripper action, recutting and redoing.

At least the shoes are finished, and they look normal, and some baby might even wear them. Also, now I know what not to do if I ever get overconfident and want to try this pattern again.