
Bottoms up! Cloth diapers and swim diapers, let the fun begin?
I have more pictures of my baby sleeping than I would dare count. Mostly when her bum is in the air. I can't help myself, I am so drawn to how peaceful she looks and being so sound asleep, not a care in the world. I want to freeze time. We decided when I was pregnant that we were going to use cloth diapers, so we stocked up early. For my Husband's diaper party it was for cloth diapers. They are just too darn cute, not to mention cost effective. I honestly don't know how we wo

The Bapron style bib
Found another project:) The Bapron style bib (baby apron). This looks easy enough. Although trying to find a free pattern to download was a little challenging. (Maternity leave does not allow you to pay for all the patterns you want) *NOTE: I just did another search and could not find the same pattern I used or a free printable again. It is easy enough to recreate. I am getting very used to that. I would use a onesie and mark shoulders, armpits and just a 2.5 inches in the m

Oh the simple things I don't know....
It's bad enough I am struggling with trying to thread the machine. The new machine had a needle threader, oh how I miss that! Now sewing in any kind of straight line is causing some creative language, just saying.... I am spending a lot of time on Google and watching You Tube videos wondering if I will ever reach the point when I can just sit down and sew. I have broken more than a couple of needles now. I am not sure why. I always seem to jump when this happens and I am con

The battle of the sewing machines
So for Christmas I decided I wanted a sewing machine. Nothing fancy as I was just going to learn- hopefully:( My husband was shocked as I don't like sewing and always said I can't sew more than a button. Having a baby changed all that. I wanted to be able to mend things and eventually make some simple items. Being new to motherhood, I didn't even get a chance to open the sewing machine box until February. Once I did, I quickly became frustrated. After only a few minutes of s