Burp Rags
Another project that I have been working on is burp rags. I have had lots of friends have babies, and my sisters both had babies. So I wanted to make some burp rags. I wanted them to be unique. So here is what I came up with. The ones below were made on white Gerber diaper clothes. I just measured the fabric and sewed it on. The back side is super soft. Then I added the ribbon for decoration, I mean hide my mistakes! 
As far as the monogram goes, I downloaded the letter M from some google picture, and then cut it out and put it on!
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| From 2010-06-20 |
These ones, I drew out a pattern. I wanted it to have some contour to the sides, so when it sits on your neck, it just kind of goes into your neck line. Does that make sense? One side is fabric the other side is super soft fabric. Then I cut out a bird and sewed it on. These were super fun to make. Now I just need to get them mailed to the right people!
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| From 2010-06-20 |
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| From 2010-06-20 |
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| From 2010-06-20 |
Oliver + S
I found a website called Oliver + S. It has some free tutorial’s for sewing. So, since I need LOTS of practice in sewing, I tried one out. I wish I was a better seamstress! My mom is so talented in this way, I can only hope that one day I will be better!
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| From 2010-06-20 |
This was the Popover Sundress! You can find the tutorial here.
Filed under Crafts | Comment (1)Homemade crayons.
I found this idea at Crafty Daisies and decided to try it today. The kids had so much fun, especially when I said you get to peel all the paper off and you get to break the crayons into little pieces. They were like YES!!! So here are all the broken crayons:
In the muffin tin:
All melted and ready for the freezer for a bit:
And ready to color:
These really are really good for little hands. They had the idea on Crafty Daisies to put some in a bag and give them as gifts. And I think that is a great idea.
My eldest is at Sports camp all week and he is having a blast. He wants to play real football next fall and I think I am going to let him. I think he will make a great player. He starts basketball in October and so does Chandler so we are going to be very busy with sports stuff. I am doing some new stuff with my eldest this week. And it seems to be working pretty well, I must say though that I am exhausted at the end of the day. It is taking all my energy. We got the final chore charts hung up and the kids are really enjoying putting there stickers on there chores for the day. I am trying to get really structured for him and see how that helps behavior and it seems to really help, but like I said it is tiring. We will see how the rest of the week goes.
Today I went into Chick -fil- a and I was sitting in the play area and all of a sudden Hillsong started playing and towards the end of the song everyone on the CD was just worshiping the Lord in there own way. It was so cool. I was like I am sitting in a public place listening to this, awesome. Then all these worship songs came on, it was great.
Anyways, I need to start dinner. Everyone is getting hungry…
Filed under Crafts, My Thoughts | Comment (1)Burp Clothe
Okay so I wanted to do something with all the burp clothes that I have. And this what I came up with. I used felt and stitched her name on to it. And then I sewed a piece of fabric on to the back of it. I am still learning all these things. I get a bit frustrated with myself. Cause I have friends like Joy, who does some pretty incredible work.
