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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
1st Sewing Project - Complete
If you remember, I posted a while back about my first official sewing project with my new sewing machine.
Read all about it here:
http://www.humzoo.com/betsyradish/blog/63/
Well, last night, I finished it, and I am pretty proud of it.
Here are photos of the finished project:
It's a baby blanket wrap, complete with pocket-for-baby, hood, little tassel ear thingies (that's my favorite part), and extra-wide absorbent wings (just kidding).
Mostly, it was pretty easy. The patterns and directions were well written and easy to follow. The only parts I had trouble with were when the fleece got to be 3 or 4 layers stacked up that needed to be sewn together. I had to do some hand stitching for those parts. Also, the bias tape (the pink stuff around the edges) was really hard to sew on where the fabric was thick.
It might look a little jacked up in some areas, but that adds to the charm, right?
I hope Miss Kris and her new baby will love it. Because I love them!
They will be getting a package at their door in Colorado very soon!
1st Sewing Project - Complete
If you remember, I posted a while back about my first official sewing project with my new sewing machine.
Read all about it here:
http://www.humzoo.com/betsyradish/blog/63/
Well, last night, I finished it, and I am pretty proud of it.
Here are photos of the finished project:
It's a baby blanket wrap, complete with pocket-for-baby, hood, little tassel ear thingies (that's my favorite part), and extra-wide absorbent wings (just kidding).
Mostly, it was pretty easy. The patterns and directions were well written and easy to follow. The only parts I had trouble with were when the fleece got to be 3 or 4 layers stacked up that needed to be sewn together. I had to do some hand stitching for those parts. Also, the bias tape (the pink stuff around the edges) was really hard to sew on where the fabric was thick.
It might look a little jacked up in some areas, but that adds to the charm, right?
I hope Miss Kris and her new baby will love it. Because I love them!
They will be getting a package at their door in Colorado very soon!
You must send a link!
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=143557.0
Here are some examples.
http://shewhorunsintheforest.googlepages.com/
Here are the patterns in case you decide to make your own.
In response to the Maxi pad comment; the washable kind do exist and have for quite some time now. Even though this is a souring subject for me to talk about, I did work in a nursing home for 2 years. The residents who required the use of these would have to use the washable kind provided by the nursing home unless their family bought them the disposable kind.
GROSS!
As far as the rest of this conversation goes... That's gross. Imy mom used reusable diapers on one of us. Which I can sort of understand, but as far as the other items mentioned... gross. And this is totally from a guys perspective. But that just doesn't seem right... I mean i guess if that was all that you had it would be better than nothing... but... ok... I'm feeling ill. I don't want to talk about this anymore.