Yarnaholic
What a weekend! Like many others we watched the Superbowl game and snacked the day away. With all that fun going on I was able to finish my husbands much awaited bobble blanket. When I first started it I was planning on having it done for Christmas. Oops! Just a little off schedule. Oh well it's done now. He is happy the blanket is done and sad that football season is over.
I like to have a lot of yarn on hand. I normally keep a nice stock so I can make whatever I have in mind without having to go to the store for each project. But with Christmas and all my hat orders I used up all my yarn. All I have left was a few small bits and pieces left. So I went on yarn spree and stocked up. My basket is now full again. :) But I could always use more. A girl can dream right. Maybe Mr T wont mind if he shares his room with my yarn.
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Teething Crib Bumper
I saved Mr T's crib from his alter ego the teething monster today!
I was looking online for a product that would save the cribs railing and didn't see anything I really liked. So I googled the DIY methods and saw how easy it would be. So I got right to it today and made a simple Minkey cover
It was three simple steps.
1- Measure the railing, mine was 53" So I cut a rectangle out measuring 59"x8" and cut 3"x1" out of each end. I layed some batting down the center and pinned it to the minkey.
2- Fold in the minkey and bind it to the edge of the batting. I also sewed a zig zag stitch quilting the layers together.
3- Measure the spacing of the rails for the ties and pin and sew them in place.
Bing bang boom the railing cover is a perfect fix! The bows didn't last long, Mr.T had them all untied in seconds. So ended up tucking the extra ribbon into the cover.
1- Measure the railing, mine was 53" So I cut a rectangle out measuring 59"x8" and cut 3"x1" out of each end. I layed some batting down the center and pinned it to the minkey.
2- Fold in the minkey and bind it to the edge of the batting. I also sewed a zig zag stitch quilting the layers together.
3- Measure the spacing of the rails for the ties and pin and sew them in place.
Bing bang boom the railing cover is a perfect fix! The bows didn't last long, Mr.T had them all untied in seconds. So ended up tucking the extra ribbon into the cover.
Happy Holidays
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We are so excited for Mr T's first Christmas! I got all my holiday orders done and mailed off, a few presents hidden away waiting for wrapping and stocking stuffing. I think this is the most excited I have been for Christmas for a long time.
Pennant Bunting
I am finally adding some small touches to Mr T's room to finish it off. I made a special doorway pennant bunting to match the vintage quilt for the twin bed in his room. I love how
it hangs on both sides of the door. So he can see it when the door is closed or open. It looks good and I will make a step by step tutorial soon:) His room had a beach/surf theme, so I picked out a few of our favorite oil painting and surf art and made a little collage and it had just enough room for his name to be added to the bottom corner. The letter just need a quick painting and I will post his whole room soon.
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My crochet projects have been smalls. I sell a lot of my creations at a local shop. So with Christmas on the way I am trying to stock up the stock. The headbands bows had all sold out so I started a new batch. I really liked all the pinks, reds and greens together it was kind of a bright happy Christmas batch. I also started a few Owl purses to stock up the shop as well. They use
up a lot of the small balls leftover and really clean up my basket its a
win win project. And just to top it all off there are a bunch more bear, flower, puppy and kitten hats. I also had a cool custom order for a couple Mexican Wrestler team hats. I have never made anything like them and it was a fun challenge. The best part is they were well loved by my customer. There was another custom order for a newborn that will be her in early December.
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