Showing posts with label i have a whole bunch of projects i'm working on and not quite sure how to finish all of them. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i have a whole bunch of projects i'm working on and not quite sure how to finish all of them. Show all posts

Monday, November 8, 2010

Projects

 I have a lot that I want to start.

Two of which have to do with Christmas.  One of those is a HUGE project that I should have started months ago.  There's a possibility of another big giant project for Christmas that I really want to do, but would have to take second place to the first giant project so I don't know if it will happen at all.  Vague?  Yes.  But my family reads this and since each one of these projects are for them...

Projects for my new basement family room remodel thing.  I have another picture wall (I have one upstairs in my dining room, but this one would be different).  Art for the wall.  Art for other people. 

I still have one thing I need to do for Nae's room. I KNOW.  She's over a year old!  Get on it, Whit.

Is exercising a project?  I've not regularly exercised since I ran my half marathon in JUNE.  I've started and stopped about 4 times.  I'm hoping to start and not stop soon.  (Update:  Started today! Yahoo!)

I want to re-do my personal blog, private blog and my photography site.

Blogging!  Biggest being my daughters.  I need need need to catch up and record these milestones.

But really, the first things on my list are the Christmas projects.  So daunting.  So huge.  So long.  So time consuming.....  I'll tell you all about it in 2 months. 

Update:  And in the week since I've written this I decided I wanted to make my own headboard.  I'm really excited about it, but wont start until I figure out what the heck I'm going to do for my Christmas tree this year.  I don't' want to rope it off - I want ornaments Naomi can play with and stick in her mouth.  Going between making some out of felt or buying the unbreakable balls she can roll around, suck on and throw and then put back on the tree.    Ideas?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Onsie Lovsie!

I got a sewing machine for my birthday and I'm rather excited about it.  I decided I wanted to be domesticated and figured this was the best way.  But when I got it I just stared....  Ummm... I only know how to thread and press the pedal and make it go, but I don't know how to make anything!

Then my aunt came and saved me from a domesticated mess.  She showed me how to follow a pattern and I made a dress!  With her coaching me the whole way, but I sewed it and am very proud of myself.

Behold!


 
 

so proud....

Then I knew I wanted to make plain white onsies not so plain.  So she taught me how to blanket stitch and showed me how to use the sticky thinger that makes them stick to the fabric and off I went.

I've finished one pack of 0-3 months and someday I'll do a pack of 3-6 months.  I want to get more creative with them, but for now we have some basic shapes and some other stuff.

Behold again!

 
 
 
 
 


I'm so proud of myself.  I also make receiving blankets and nursing covers.  I made a boppy cover yesterday.  It was... interesting?  haha.  I'll blog about those later and post pictures.  I do like sewing these onesies so much that I want to make them and sell them. Because there is such a thing as too many onsies for one baby.  Do you think anyone would buy them?