Friday, October 23, 2009
McCall's Native American Child Costume Pattern MC5953
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Native American-Inspired Quiver
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Lil' cowboy holster
My three-year old's cap gun holster is done! Woo! One-year-old's participation willing, I'll have a tutorial for it up tomorrow. Cross your fingers.Posted by Sabra at 3:08 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I know, I know...
More fitted diapers. But I made them, so here they are.
A friend needed a larger size than the regular one-size pattern I use. I took the other pattern and added 3.5 inches length to the middle. I also made a much larger soaker, covering more back area and being longer. I want to go back and make the new soakers for all of our fitteds now!
And with my new serger it took me DAYS less time than the last fitteds I made, and not even one was eaten by the serger-beast. Happy day.
these are all bamboo: velour on lining and outers and a layer of fleece sandwiched in between. SOFT! and should be pretty darned absorbant, too.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Little Cowboy Chaps
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Baby Girl Crib Bedding
Bumper pad, crib skirt, nusery organizer, and two pillows for my sister's baby girl due next week (!)
I used Simplicity pattern 3795. Overall, I really liked the pattern.
-I omitted the flowers because they just seemed so busy.
-The tabs on the bumper are too long. I guess the flowers would have covered this? But why so long? My sister's crib has pretty wide slats, and even then these are too long.
-I didn't read the instructions on the pillow, so it's not near as cute as it should be.
-The crib skirt pattern was pretty stupid. That bottom fabric? It requires more than twice what you see, only to have it taken back up and sewn to the back. No hem? Point of that other than to waste really cute, discontinued, I-bought-all-they-had-only-to-have-most-of-it-not-even-show? Stupid. I'm slightly bitter.
And I made an extra little throw pillow with the fabric swatches she gave me from the quilt I was matching. I need to get a picture of it all in Josie's (my soon-to-be-born neice) room, along with the amazing quilt her friend made. Until then, these will have to do...
On my baby's crib, with my baby admiring. 
The pillows and organizer
10.20 edit: Look! in Josie's room:
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
My boys' room
alternately titled:

This random K that I had laying around, I spray painted *it* silver and hung it on the end of my oldest's bed, Bert and Ernie style. I need a random S now...
These star pegs used to be red. But not anymore!
I took some customizable white boards, put alien themed pattern paper in them. Then I printed out my boys' responsibility charts on transparency film, SPRAY PAINTED (I know!) the frames, put it all back together and got these cute little ditties.
SO, the whole room. I think I'm done, at least for now.
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