Talented Mommies

This is a perfect gift for any little girl or boy that likes to have baby dolls. I put it together with pockets on the inside just like a full sized diaper bag , made mini cloth wipes and mini cloth diapers all to match. I can not wait for this set to get to its new home. I know that the little princess this was ordered for is going to love it!!

I am totally in love with this pattern! It was so fun to pick out fabrics and gave room for creative expression! I did a few tweeks to the pattern to suit my prefrences but over all it is perfect!!

My darling eco-nut of a son is crazy about all things eco-friendly. This is the same child who tells complete strangers they don’t need bags for their goods at the grochery store (while I turned 50 shades of red, yes that really happens). Anyway, he refuses to blow his nose with paper tissues so I thought I would give hankies a chance and guess what?! IT WORKES! He loves them and totally uses them. And so easy to make. I took a nice old sheet with a high thread count (it had worn through in the center) dyed it with some fun partial emersion dye and after chopping it all into tissue sized squares serged the edges and presto! I figure I probably also managed to drop a good portion out of my tissue budget!

I was given pictures of 3 skeins of yarn and given the chance to be creative with the appliques, It was AMAZING! This mom was a thrill to work with and loves the same vibe I do with a more retro funky feel. I was very very happy with how these turned out and I can not wait to see them in action!

Aidan as my ever cooperative model and this is my latest baby doll sling that is off to a very special little girl in Surprise , AZ. It is just the right size for little ones and enables them to carry their baby dolls just like mommy carries the real thing! This sling also will be sent with cloth diapers for baby dolls as well. They are fun and colorful and kids just love them. A great gift for anyt occasion I have found. I am looking to give a couple more to some older (ages 7-10) girls who love baby dolls too. That will be a slightly larger version. What fun!

this adoreable tunic is a custom I made for a cute-as-a-button 18 mo old. It is not a dress but a long shirt, it was designed to match a pair of longies made by her mama out of yellow and black wool yarn she had custom dyed. It was not the easiest pattern to follow but I am thrilled with the end result and it gave me creative licence to create the appliques of my choice! Next time around with this pattern I will make some changes that will make the whole thing easier for me to execute. I can not wait to see pics of it on the darling little girl!

So the rule around this house is “necessity is the mother of invention” and this little number is no exception. I can barely keep pj’s on my son let alone a bathrobe and with the weather finally turning colder something had to be done. My mother had made a caftan for my father several years ago and that was my inspiration for Aidan’s. I had this fleece laying around (my sister had bought him 1/2 a yard while we were at Joanns one day), so I layed out the measurements and started sewing away. It was all done in less than 30 minutes! What a cool project and a VERY forgiving fabric. I am thinking about making one for each of us, maybe adding sleeves next time! (side note, the floor is clean it is just stained lol!)

Aidan has been wanting letters for his room for a while now & there is a WAHM store that sells AMAZING ones that I would have loved to have ordered but at $10 + each letter they are wayyy out of my budget. Here is the solution I came up with. These wooden letters were on sale at Joanns (they are not exactly perfect but what can you do) I painted them with acrylic paints, about 4 coats in all. I took Aidan to the craft store to pick out what embellishments he wanted to have for each letter, we are missing K, Q, X, Y & Z but will be on the continuing hunt for those while the hang on the wall in his room. He Is so excited about them it makes all the effort worth while. It took a little over a week to complete this project with drying times and embellishment searches but well worth it to have such a happy preschooler!

In my quest to go greener and help others to do the same, I have developed a nice bamboo velour diaper that is easy to use and currently out being tested for improvements. It has gathered legs, aplix to close and I added laundry tabs so that the hook side of the aplix doesnt snag everything in the wash! The plush of this diaper is a dream, super soft! Not to mention the anti microbial properties of bamboo make it perfect for use in diapers. I made the center soaker section with multiple layers including a new fabric called Zorb. It seems to really help with the trim of the diaper. So many cloth diapers have to be super bulky but this one seems to be working pretty well trim. I will keep you posted on any improvements! if you are interested in being a tester please let me know.

Dispite last night’s tragic loss to OR, there are still those of us out there that are die-hard USC fans. In honor of us, here is my latest creation, a fun USC outfit for a 3mo old baby girl in WA. USC stuff is hard to come by in WA so here is a way for a family of USC fans (transplants from CA) to share their love of USC footbal with their little one. The USC fabric is fleece so it will be nice and warm too!! BTW that cool green color is now the color of my sewing room/master suite! lol, just a few more trim pieces that still need to go up but the project is moving right along.