Green is the new pink

Emmie and I had "Leprechaun Day" on Friday since St. Patrick's day fell during Spring Break this year. In honor of the event I finally had a reason to make something out of this shamrock fabric I've had for YEARS! I used the, oh so popular, Market skirt tutorial from MADE. This is the first time I made the skirt and used my serger. One word: awesome.

I made this headband for Emmie also, but she decided she wanted me to wear it...I didn't complain - I love it! Felt is my new best friend...we've bonded.

Happy Valentines Day!

Super Baby!

I haven't gotten my fill of Super Hero capes yet! I love how this one turned out for my friend's baby shower! Another E name! I think I need to make a girl version next for Emmie!

Boys!

In honor of my little boy and the new little boy arriving in April, I think that we should all Celebrate the Boy! All month long MADE and MADE BY RAE are doing everything boy... tons of tutorials and ideas all for boys! Today they show how to make shirts for little guys... adorable! So go see how they are celebrating!

Super Hero Cape

I had so much fun putting this cape together. Let me just say that I'm in love with fusible webbing! A totally easy, fun, and fast project! I hope Emmie's little buddy (who's name also begins with an E) loves this cape as much as Emmie did. I'm thinking she's going to need one now too! The neck fits her a little big...but her buddy is bigger than her so I have no doubt that it will be perfect for him! I used Puking Pastilles tutorial - I changed some things to make it my own - but the basics are very clear cut and easy to follow!

E is using her super power's to measure he daddy's drum set!

Berdi's Back!

Oh how I've missed you!

Now that she's back I have got to get busy!

Baby boy is only 10 weeks away...give or take.
On my To Do list:

One of these for one of Em's buddies:


Lot's of these:
(in boy print of course)

One of these:
(the crib set...not mobile...but come to think of it...maybe I should add that to my to do!)

Something like this:
(because why buy a moby wrap...when you can make your own NO SEW wrap for a fraction of the price!!! I LOVE my ring sling...but it's tricky when the baby is bran new but I've only heard really good things about this for the tiny new ones!)

And something a little like this:
(Anyone else have issues with the hooter hider cover?)

Well...that's it for now. I'm sure my list will grow as these projects get done! who knows if I will get to it all! Second semester is a busy time of year for a teacher!

What happens when I loose things....

My sister loaned me her sewing machine and not only did the foot fall off and get lost while in my possession...so did the flimsy vinyl cover (those dinky one's that come with the machine). I searched EVERYWHERE and didn't find anything - no foot, no cover, nothing. The only thing that I can think that happened it that I got a little too zellous in nesting mode and accidently threw it out. But I really don't know. I told my sister about the missing foot but couldn't bring my self to tell her about the cover.

Anyways I went out and bought a replacement for both at Joann's but when I got home I felt really poopy about the cover. It didn't have a nice hole for the handle...I wanted it to have a hole for the handle. I knew if the replacement I got didn't have a handle that my sister would hold it against me for the rest of my life - I have too many things that she holds over me...I didn't want the list to grow so what did I do? I pouted for a while....kicked a door and then....TA - DA...the light went on - I will MAKE her a cover!

I found this tutorial and got to work. I think it came out good - I think I would definitely do the binding on the handle hole differently if I could do it over....but it's a first pancake right?