Category Archives: kids After the first cheater blanket with fleece backing and serged edges, I turned this one into the real deal with a top, batting, backing, and hand-stitched binding! I managed to cut, piece, baste (using basting aerosol spray) and quilt a second stroller blanket all in one morning and afternoon! The binding is on it now […]  In addition to working on the stroller cover (yes I’m insane and yes I’m super lucky that my children play together so nicely as to entertain themselves for hours) I made Ellie’s Disneyland skirt this morning. I made up the pattern as I went along and am very happy with it. In the future I […]  I finished Ellie’s stroller blanket last night (gotta love a project that comes together in a day)! It wasn’t without its fair share of trouble, though. The serged hole in the center was supposed to be just a slit. However, I learned that it is INCREDIBLY hard to serge something that’s not on the edge […]  We are headed to Disney soon and I wanted to make a stroller blanket that will attach to Ellie’s stroller so she can’t kick it off (she loathes any attempts at covering–socks, shoes, hats, blankets all immediately end up on the ground). I have some navy fleece that I bought to make myself pajama pants, […]  I finished Ellie’s ‘smocked dress’ from Weekend Sewing (since I’m busiest in the summer I am trying to get all of the summer clothes that I want to make for her done in the winter). But before going further I will say that this isn’t a smocked dress, it’s a shirred dress…and if you don’t […]  I made a set of sock monkey pajamas for a little girl who will be celebrating her birthday this week. I don’t know how I used to whip out these pajama pants in 10 minutes, though–they take me a solid hour now! I loved this sock monkey fabric, and this is actually from the first […] |
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