Just Here...

Okay, this has nothing to do with sewing or crafts whatsoever, but please bear with me. It's been a long couple of weeks. I was diagnosed on the 10th of March with gestational diabetes.  Since then it's been a whirlwind of doctor's appointments (another one Thursday yippee), trying to keep track and control of the GD through diet alone (massive failure), getting put on insulin, and trying to deal with a cranky hubby on top of not being able to do another damned thing in Robbie's room.  I still have plenty of sewing to do, don't get me wrong, but I can't help but feel antsy, like I need to have everything ready for my son's arrival today! I don't even have a diaper bag, darn it! Sorry if this makes no sense whatsoever, I just  needed to vent since my husband is currently asleep but has been infuriating to me the past few days. I dunno why, I guess it's just my body still trying to get used to the changes making me super sensitive.

Later y'all

BIG NEWS!!!

Guess What?!


I got an armoire to store all my fabric in! It's gorgeous and huge! I could sit fairly comfortably inside the top part and I'm  27w3d pregnant! I don't have the baskets and bins that I want yet to store the fabric in neatly because we just picked it up last night. Best part is, the armoire only cost us $50! I love LYS!

Here are the few pics I have. Please excuse the mess!

Sorry about it being unorganized but I was too excited to wait on posting pics!

Random stuff

It's 1230 here in Jax and once again, I'm awake. I'm tired but not sleepy AND I'm hurting really bad right now. My right hip is my enemy right now! Of course, the hubby is passed out but I'm honestly surprised he stayed awake as long as he did. He's been sick for the past few days and is still fighting the cold. The dogs are curled up asleep in the living room, finally being quiet!

I'm working on cloth diapers (for my stash and for a sewing swap on BabyCenter), bibs, and a crayon roll for the same sewing swap but a different person. Well, her daughter actually!

I'm gonna get off here and attempt to get to sleep. Later y'all!

Designer Travel Wipes Case

I've always liked the really cute cloth covered wipes cases, but could never see spending upwards of $10. One shop I saw even had their travel cases priced at $40!!! That was ridiculous! Heck you can get the Huggies brand plain travel case at Wal-Mart for around $3 and use scrap fabrics and ribbon like I did. Decorating the case was easy, but I didn't take pics during the process. 

Big things to remember are:
1. Have your fabric and batting (if you're using it, it's not necessary, just makes it look a little more 'finished') precut but make sure to leave enough room on fabric to do the sides of your case.
2. Make sure that you have enough of whatever ribbon you use to do the entire case. I ran out with about five inches left to cover on my case. Luckily i had more ribbon in a different color but the same width to finish. Still irritated at myself about that one...
3. Have lots of glue sticks for your hot glue gun around! I  can't tell you how many I used but you will need a lot! Also, a popsicle stick or something really helps to hold down fabric while the glue sets so you don't burn your fingers!
4. HAVE FUN WITH IT!

Finally pics!

Front...y'all aren't gonna see the back I'm embarrassed!

The Teddy Bear Massacre

Things got off to a rough start the other day, well for the bear at least!  See, my husband's puppy Dakota (almost 15 weeks old now) has to go in a kennel at night. Since she can't be out to snuggle with her mama Molly because Dakota chews on things (like oh, I dunno...REMOTES!) I put a teddy bear that she loves in the kennel at night to keep her company. Well I wake up one morning and aforementioned teddy bear is eviscerated, stuffing all over Koda's cage. I didn't think to take a picture of the massacre in the cage, but it was brutal. Here are a few pics of exactly how bad this poor bear was destroyed:

Here's where the stuffing came out from. How she got it to open up so neatly I'll never know...

This poor bear was FLAT! the only stuffing left inside it was at the ends of the arms and legs, and where Koda couldn't get all of it out of its head. Luckily I was able to save most of the filling , so I stitched Mr. Bear back up. He's now as good as new...at least until Koda gets ahold of him again lol.

All in all I guess it could have turned out worse. She only ripped off his graduation cap and gown before eviscerating him. At least she didn't tear him completely to shreds.

Project Updates

Hey y'all! I just realized that I haven't updated this in several months and really need to lol. I haven't been sewing very much lately, but that's fixing to change. I have a baby boy on the way whose nursery hasn't even really been started and he's due in THREE MONTHS! I have so much to do to get ready for his arrival it's not even funny! I have to make his entire crib set with the exception of bumper pads, I just have to make a slipcover for an existing bumper pad set. There are major amounts of cloth diapers to be sewn, quilts to be pieced together (for two of my friends, they're both due two weeks after I am! So excited, the babies can grow up together!) and sewn, curtains, pillows, and glider cushion slipcovers are all in the works. Plus I still have to finish the living room pillows AND make curtains for my bedroom. My sewing machine is going to hate me before JR gets here lol!

Here is some of what I have done the past few months:

Cloth diapers that I made using the Rita's Rump Pocket Diaper Pattern . Super easy and very quick to make! Probably less than 30 or 45 minutes from start to finish.

These three diapers and nine wipes were made for the Sewing Pin Pal Swap on BabyCenter. I sent these to my Pin Pal L and she said her kiddo likes them so far.

Here are the dipes and the cover she made for me! I love 'em and can't wait til JR gets here so I can try them out on him! Thank you again L!

I've started a couple of other things, but since they're for gifts, I don't wanna post them here just yet. I'll update on those when I can. Gotta go for now, may update more later!

University Of Georgia Purse

Here is a purse I made for my friend Amanda that has been giving me fits to put together. I cut out the pattern without checking to make sure the fabric pattern was running the right way. So I had to recut the patter, luckily I had enough fabric left over to do that. Off to more knitting to kill time!

AND...

My dog Molly cuz I think she's adorable!

Living Room Curtains

I finally made curtains for the living room, after having the fabric taking up space in my linen closet for three months! They didn't turn out quite the way I wanted. I'm thinking about starting over again with them but don't know. For now they'll work because I have other projects I want to try. I'm going to attempt to make a pair of jeans since they're hard to find that fit the way I like. Here are the pics!

They are burgundy on front, black on the back, with black tabs.

I'm piecing together quilt-top pillows for my couches but they're nowhere near done yet. I'll post more pics when I'm done with the pillows.

Later gator!

Crib Set

This is a crib set that I made for an e-friend's new daughter. It's not super fancy or anything, but it's the way the girl wanted it. Sorry for the pics, I didn't take them!

You can't see much detail here sorry

Here's the main fabric I used. University of Tennessee Volunteers

I used white satin blanket binding for the edges of the blanket and the ties on the bumper pads.

The set included a blanket, bumper pads, and a pillow.

Some stuff I've made...

Here are a few things I've made lately. Please excuse the off stitching, I've just started seriously getting into sewing in the past few months.

My purse: 

inside view: 

I also made a phone case that matches but I don't have a picture of it.

The picture below is of a sewing maching quilt that I made after getting the idea from Get Your Craft On!. This is definitely not my best work! This is only my second time working with a binding strip and I don't think I like them very  much. We'll see, hopefully it's just me being inexperienced that's making it be such a chore to put on.

I love the blues in the fabric with the green ribbon binding!