Perhaps a touch ambitious

Altering a simple duffel bag to utilise some of the mountains of fabric I have lying around seemed like a good idea, but didn't really work as well as I'd hoped.

It's functional to a point, but a bit of a pain and not something thats going to last for ages. Here it is all packed and ready for Seans first sleepover at Nanna and Pa's house this Friday. Its HUGE and fits clothes, nappies, wipes, a bath towel plus manchester for the porta-cot as well as the madatory winter ugg boots! Its not as wonky as it looks, thats just due to how its packed - at least thats my story and I'm sticking to it! I also added one pocket inside for those easy to loose essentials like the dummy (I know, I know, he should be getting out of that by now - but its strictly bed time only so not too bad!)

the challenge I don't participate in...

is the one I finish, albeit a little late.

A trip to spotlight yesterday resulted in lots of new fabric, but after seeing all the lovely eb newbie bags from the challenge one particular fabric caught my eye and screamed "bag" and when a perfect lining fabric was right next to it and it was all 20% off, how could I say no.

I'm still definitely in need of a nappy bag not a handbag so its going into the pool of handmade christmas gifts I'm trying to do this year. I have someone in mind for it so I hope we get to organise the family kris kringle so I can make sure I get her!

Slack slack slack - I'm terrible at posting things on here.

Heres the baby set I made for Baby J the other week. Considering I made the bib freehand I'm pretty happy with it. I attempted another on the other day for one of the girls at work and it didn't quite turn out as well. Its a bit wonky, but I'm just going to maintain that it adds character. Plus with 2 days of work left I don't think I'll have time to try again!

Beanie and cocoon were lent to baby J for some pics and I forgot to get pics first. Perhaps when I get it back I can post one with a real live baby in it!

I'm also making good progress on the pram liners. I just need to add a couple more button holes for the arm straps then its done (except for the foot muff part which I'm thinking is going to be the tough bit) I might have a go at finishing the first one tonight. The third trimester has hit with a vengence and for a multitude of pregnancy related reasons I end up in alot of pain if i sit down for too long so we'll see how I go. Less than 12 weeks till my EDD, about 10 if he comes early like Sean... I can't wait, although I'm guessing it will cut my sewing time back even more!

the shoes!

So after being inspired by the cutest baby shoes on the planet I've attempted to make some.

Who would have thunk it but they actually worked! I found them a bit fiddly but I guess thats to be expected when making tiny things! I've got a load more cut and ready to go, its a just a bit of a pain trying to sew and then iron what you've just sewn with Sean wreaking havoc! I'm planning on making a little dress and matching headband in the tulip fabric for a xmas present. Hopefully it all works - never made baby clothes before.

I've also been introduced to the world of loom knitting - its soooo fast and soooo easy. I'm making a gorgeous baby blue cocoon and matching beanie to take some pics of this next bub when he arrives (3 months to go... bring it on!)

Trip to Spotlight...

Teeny tiny cloth baby shoes have caught my eye and now I've decided to ake some it seems that everyone wants in on the action...

Looks like I might have to make a couple pairs for ladies at work at then of course theres the pregnant mothers group cohort. I think they'll make lovely gifts. So I bought some material today and hope to cut them tonight while Sean is in bed and Yot and I are watching snakes on a plane - I know, bad bad movie, but I haven't seen it yet. I went with 2 co-ordinating prints for each pair of shoes. Green with spots and plain blue for the neutral shoes, blue with spots and the matching stripe for colourful boy shoes, black and white animal prints for more boy shoes (I'm having another boy so I want lots of gorgeous boy shoes seeing as I'll be re-using most of the neutral new born clothes I had from Sean) and some co-ordinating tulips and zig zag stripes for the little ladies out there.

I'll post pics when done.

Welcome

After finally letting the baby blog lapse, I'm back in the world of blogging with a crafty blog.

I should be better at updating this one as the eb newbie sewers provide me with endless inspiration and excuses for trips to spotlight, plus it doesn't seem likely that Sean and new bub will stop growing anytime soon either!

So here are some pics of past craftiness to "get the party started" so to speak.

We start with a duck. A completely edible yellow fondant duck from Seans 1st birthday cake. The bath cake itself turned out pretty well for a night before type job.

Taking photo's seems to be a huge drawcard with a little one around so here are a couple of my faves of my little man. I'm so glad I live in the age of digital cameras, now if I could just convince Yot that we need a digital SLR then my photography would really look special!

Oh and a yummy little baby shower cake and equally yummy - though more healthy (it has fruit) 4 tier wedding cake for J&J. Proudly decorated while looking after my own 6 month old Sean plus an 18month old and a 4 year old. Imagine what it would have looked like had I had some peace and quiet!

Over the weekend I'll come back and post some of my attempts at sewing seeing as thats what the blog was inspired by and will probably contain the most of. Although to date there isn't much pretty or exciting going on there. A bunch of bamboo cloth nappies, an assortment of pj pants, a GIANT pink hoodie for my fat pregnant self and some other random bits and pieces.