Car Seat Canopy

I put together this car seat canopy last weekend and love the fabrics. I was able to use the same fabric line that I recovered the car seat with, so it all matches. I followed two online patterns and both called for a yard of fabric for the top and bottom, but I think my canopy is about 2-3 inches too wide. It sort of bunches around the sides - oh well, I'm not unpicking it and it's probably just me that really notices. The inside fabric is the same material as the handle straps. This was super easy to make. It's kind of fun that with each kid I have there is something new out there for me to make.

The Duck Towel

Baby Blake's Blanket

This is the finished product of baby #4's handmade blanket. I used a free pattern from Joann's online projects found here. It was fun to pick out the different fabrics and colors. The instructions or at least the fabric requirements were completely off for the backing fabric. It says it needs 4 yards of fabric - so not true! I bought that much, but probably only used 2 yards. I ended up making a crib sheet with some of the extra.

 The funny thing about this quilt is, I found a Carter's sleeper outfit that matches the backing fabric almost perfectly. Needless to say, this baby will be coming home from the hospital in it! I made the blanket the size for a toddler bed so that it will actually get use for a long time. I'm sure it will just sit on my rocking chair looking cute for awhile. I paid to have it quilted at a shop in Salt Lake. I've never done that before, but it was so inexpensive (only $34!) that it was definitely worth my money to not spend the time on it.

Infant Carseat Recovering Project

One of my friends recovered her infant car seat and at first I thought there was no way I was going to attempt that, but the more I looked at my old car seat, I realized how badly I either wanted a new car seat or at least a revamp on the old one. I found fabric I love from Seasons of Home, right here in Midway. The line is called All Stars by Riley Blake Designs. I love it so much that I'm going to make a car seat tent/canopy out of different fabrics out of the line as well. I bought the Etsy pattern from Puking Pastilles and with my 15 page colorful tutorial, I went to work. I'm so excited about the way it turned out and can't wait to bring home my new bundle in it, in a couple weeks.

Blue Monster/Dino

Alligator

My newest creation is probably one of my favorites! I was making a dinosaur towel and thought I'd try something different. I found a website that sells hooded towels and made my version of their alligator. My sister had her baby shower last Saturday so I gave it to her, much to the dismay of my children. Her husband is from Texas and grew up around "gators" so it was very fitting that their little guy have it.

I love making these towels because they are so quick and easy!

Last Bag

I bought fabric for this bag well over a year ago while still living in Colorado. I've been wanting to put my sewing machine away for awhile and focus on scrapbooking, so I thought I'd better whip out this bag, so that it wasn't lingering on my to do list. I wanted to make it more like a diaper bag, so I made it wider, not as tall and did a foldover closure on top.

For just making it up, I thought it turned out pretty well. I'm not sure what I'll do with it, save it for someone, use it myself, etc. But the project is completed, my sewing machine is put away and I'm back to scrapbooking. I can't even tell you how far behind I am on scrapbooking. Like, I've only got my honeymoon scrapbooked behind. : ) Oh well, I've got to start somewhere and with a 4th kid on the way, I know I'll never be caught up, so I'll just have fun slowly getting it done.

Bagging Time Again

My Mom and I bought fabric for me to make her a bag over 6 months ago. With Swiss Christmas I kept putting it on the back burner. I finally got around to making it and it turned out really cute. It will be great for spring.